Day: April 7, 2023

Afghan women-run radio station resumes broadcasts after being shut down

1:55 pm April 7, 2023

A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officials shut it down for a week for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official and the head of the station said Friday. Sadai Banowan, which means “women’s voice” in Dari, was launched 10 years ago in Badakhshan province […]

Salmon fishing banned for much of the West Coast as population declines dramatically

1:50 pm April 7, 2023

A federal regulatory group voted Thursday to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish, also known as chinook, returned to California’s rivers last year. The Pacific Fishery Management Council approved the closure of the 2023 season for all commercial and most recreational chinook […]

Greek far-right party looking to participate in upcoming election, names new leader

1:11 pm April 7, 2023

A retired senior prosecutor in Greece was named Friday as the new leader of a far-right party as it seeks to sidestep a ban on its participation in an upcoming general election. Participation of the Greeks Party could potentially change the outcome of the May 21 parliamentary election as poll margins tighten between the leading […]

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he’ll ‘once again’ recover following leukemia diagnosis

1:03 pm April 7, 2023

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said he believes he will overcome the lung infection caused by a chronic leukemia that has hospitalized him in intensive care, Italian daily Il Giornale reported on Friday. “It’s hard, but I’ll make it once again,” the 86-year-old media mogul said in a phone call with Il Giornale’s editor-in-chief, Augusto […]

Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson rebukes ‘large corporations’ for poverty, violence in the city

12:50 pm April 7, 2023

Liberal Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson put the blame on violence and poverty in the Windy City on big corporations. “We have large corporations. Seventy percent of large corporations in the city of Chicago — in the state of Illinois, did not pay a corporate tax,” Johnson said during a Thursday appearance on CBS Mornings. He […]