Featured, Global, Global Geopolitics, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Credit: United Nations UNITED NATIONS, Sep 3 2024 (IPS) – When the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly took place last September, there were several key world leaders missing in action (MIAs)—including, most importantly, leaders of the four of…
WASHINGTON – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the national Wilderness Act sixty years ago, marking a major step in the movement to preserve forests, waterways and wildlife from human development. When Johnson signed the act on Sept. 3, 1964, he launched a system that protects about 110 million acres of federal land today. It was…
KEY POINTS Cuban said he initially supported Trump when he launched his 2016 campaign and even said in 2015 that he would consider being his running mate. But he was quick to back Harris when she became the presumptive nominee at the end of July. Mark Cuban, the billionaire and Shark Tank host, recently stirred…
Puerto Rican musicians Anuel AA and Justin Quiles attended former President Trump’s latest Pennsylvania rally, labeling the GOP candidate “the best president the world has seen.” The 45th President of the United States introduced the reggaeton stars as “musical legends,” adding that “every Puerto Rican is going to vote for Trump.” Both of the Caribbean…
Editor’s Notes: i) We have divided Part One of Thomas Gotowka’s essay into three parts. This is Section 2—we will publish Section 3 on Tuesday, Sept. 3, Read Section 1 at this link.ii) This is the opinion of Thomas D. Gotowka. “Mein Kampf” at the Claremont, NH Rally Tom Gotowka In a nearly two-hour rambling…
For the better part of two years, every Greek interlocutor I encountered had a version of the same question: “In a country as big and dynamic as the United States, are Donald Trump and Joe Biden really the only two presidential candidates you can come up with?” After a summer full of political developments so…
American law enforcement has seized the private plane of Venezuela’s President Maduro, who is facing pressure at home and abroad to either step aside or provide proof that he actually won the 2024 election there. He has been accused by fellow heads of state, international organizations, and Venezuelan opposition leaders of falsifying the vote count…
Trump observed in Fox interview that Biden did call him He spoke of his poll spike after being indicted for election interference By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor Published: 13:35 EDT, 2 September 2024 | Updated: 13:51 EDT, 2 September 2024 Former President Donald Trump issued a blunt statement in a Fox News interview…
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a Russian TV interview on Sunday that Moscow would prefer seeing Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House next year because she is more “predictable” than her opponent Donald Trump. Peskov’s comments were delivered with a dash of sarcasm, as the Russian government insists it has no preferences…
As Trump allies seek to justify deploying the military at home — be it to round up undocumented immigrants, quell protests, or simply make an aggressive point — they’re looking again and again to the early 2000s. The nation is in crisis. An invisible enemy has attacked, requiring a powerful presidency to confront a novel…