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  • Biden may delay removing troops from Afghanistan

    Although former President Donald Trump set a deadline of May 1 to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden is hinting that he will not meet that deadline. The Taliban has not fully held its part of the agreement made in February 2020. The Associated Press has the story: Looking more and more like…

  • Russia calls U.S. policy toward it ‘dumb’

    Tensions between the U.S. and Russia continue to escalate since President Joe Biden took office. Now Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called U.S. policy toward Russia “deadlocked and even dumb.” The Associated Press has the story: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attacks U.S. policy toward Russia, says it’s bound to fail MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top…

  • India confirms its commitment to the Paris Climate Accord

    India confirms its commitment to the Paris Climate Accord in its meeting with John Kerry NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi told U.S. climate envoy John Kerry that India was committed to meeting its climate change pledges, and Kerry said the U.S. would support those goals with affordable access to green technologies and…

  • Russian opposition leader Navalny has spinal hernias, said lawyers

    Russian opposition leader Navalny has spinal hernias, said lawyers MOSCOW (AP) — A lawyer for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has complained of serious back and leg pain in custody, said Wednesday that doctors have found him to be suffering from two spinal hernias. Vadim Kobzev told the Interfax news agency that Navalny…

  • U.S. and Iraq set no timetable for withdrawing troops

    Talks between the U.S. and Iraq have resulted in changing the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq to training and advisory roles. This will allow the U.S. to withdraw combat troops. However, no steps have been taken to start that process. The Associated Press has the story: U.S. and Iraq agree to withdrawing U.S. combat…

  • BATF nominee is gun control advocate

    After a series of mass shootings in recent weeks, President Joe Biden announced that his nominee for director of the BATF will be gun control advocate David Chipman. Chipman works at the gun control group Giffords’ Courage. The Associated Press has the story: Senior policy advisor for gun control group nominated to head the Bureau…

  • Lawmakers disgusted by YouTube Kids

    The U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy is looking into Google’s operation of YouTube Kids, which representatives claim pays scant attention to content and does sneaky things with advertising. The Associated Press has the story: House subcommittee calls YouTube Kids “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content” A House subcommittee is…

  • Israel likely behind Iranian ship blast

    A limpet mine was placed on the hull of the MV Saviz, an Iranian ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. The New York Times reported that an anonymous source said Israel informed the U.S. that it was behind the attack. No one was injured. The Associated Press has the story:…

  • Dozens sentenced to prison for Turkish coup

    Trials for hundreds of people arrested for their involvement in a 2016 failed coup against the Turkish government concluded with dozens sentenced to life in prison. The coup was reportedly led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Associated Press has the story: Former military, other dissidents sentenced to…

  • Cops to reveal Tiger Woods crash reason

    The sheriff for Los Angeles County is holding a press conference today to discuss his findings investigating golf legend Tiger Woods crashing his SUV. Law enforcement did not request a search warrant to check his blood for drugs or alcohol. In 2017, Woods was charged with a DUI and checked himself into rehab for prescription…