Red Sea Conflict Imperils Vital Internet Cables
Geopolitical tensions and maritime hazards are reigniting concerns over the vulnerability of the internet’s critical infrastructure as conflict brews in the Middle East, focusing attention on the strategic waterway of the Red Sea, reported The Wall Street Journal. Serving as a crucial conduit for a substantial portion of internet traffic between Europe and East Asia, […]
Zelenskyy Urges West to Send More Air Defense Systems
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday urged the West to deliver more air defense systems after at least six people were killed in the latest Russian strikes. Overnight aerial attacks claimed four lives in the southern port city of Odesa, including a three-year-old child, while shelling killed one person in the Kharkiv region near the […]
Pope Francis Asks Aide to Read Ceremonial Speech Due to Bronchitis
Pope Francis, who has been suffering from influenza, said he delegated the reading of a speech at a ceremony Saturday to an aide because he was unable to read it due to bronchitis. “I have prepared a speech but as you can see I am unable to read it because of bronchitis. I have asked […]
4 Killed by Russian Drone Attack on Ukraine’s Odesa
Four people including a 3-year-old child were killed and eight others wounded when a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Saturday, authorities said. At the scene, smoke poured from rubble strewn across the ground where the drone had ripped a several-story sized chunk out of the […]
Ship Earlier Attacked by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Sinks in the Red Sea
A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar comes as shipping through the crucial waterway […]
EPA Tightens Chemical Plant Safety Rules Eased by Trump
To prevent accidents at chemical plants and other industrial sites, the Biden administration on Friday tightened regulations that were relaxed during the Trump administration. The Environmental Protection Agency said it completed amendments to its Risk Management Program, providing the most protective safety provisions for chemical facilities in U.S. history that require stronger measures for prevention, preparedness, and […]
Education Department to Probe Oklahoma Student’s Death
The Department of Education has opened an investigation into the death of 16-year-old “nonbinary” Oklahoma high school student Nex Benedict, who died the day after a fight in a school bathroom, according to The Hill. The Office for Civil Rights alerted the Human Rights Campaign to the investigation, which seeks to determine if Owasso Public Schools failed to respond to the […]
Ky. GOP Aims to Strip Governor of Power to Replace McConnell
Kentucky Republicans advanced a bill that would strip the state’s Democrat governor of being able to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy and would instead call for a special election. The state House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee voted to advance HB 622 on Thursday, the day after Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced he […]
DA: Man Charged in Times Square NYPD Attack Was Misidentified
A Venezuelan man who became the subject of national attention for allegedly kicking a police officer in Times Square and then flipping off news cameras on his way out of court was cleared of wrongdoing on Friday after prosecutors concluded he played no role in the attack. The exoneration by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg came […]
U of Florida Axes Diversity and Inclusion Office Under GOP-Led Law
The University of Florida is eliminating its chief diversity officer position, scrapping the program’s staff jobs and halting any contracts involving the subject because of a new law passed last year that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The university in Gainesville, Florida, said in a memo released Friday that staff whose jobs were […]