Day: February 19, 2024

Eastern Congo aid groups warn of new humanitarian crisis linked to rebel group

6:06 pm February 19, 2024

Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help. Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for […]

Democrats frustrated by ‘bedwetting’ complaints from Biden inner circle, demand West Wing ‘be better’: Report

5:54 pm February 19, 2024

Complaints of “bedwetting” are reportedly frustrating top Democrats who feel like their concerns are being brushed off by the Biden campaign as they demand the president and his team “need to be better.” CNN reported on Sunday that Vice President Harris has been meeting with leading Democrats for some guidance on the Biden-Harris re-election effort […]

Deadly bodycam shows knife-wielding man attack police responding to 911 call, officers open fire

5:13 pm February 19, 2024

A New York man lunged at police officers with a knife Saturday morning after they responded to a domestic 911 call at his home – stabbing a rookie cop multiple times before another opened fire and killed him, bodycam video shows. Speaking at a news conference outside Stony Brook University Hospital, where the injured officer […]

Hundreds of tractors block downtown Prague as farmers protest EU agriculture policies

5:11 pm February 19, 2024

Hundreds of tractors blocked a lane in downtown Prague in a farmers’ protest Monday over European Union agriculture policies and what they said were unfair practises. Major organizations representing Czech farmers didn’t participate and distanced themselves from the rally after it turned out some organizers were behind recent pro-Russian demonstrations. Traffic was not halted but […]

Adapting in times of crisis: Gaza tailors make diapers instead of wedding dresses

5:10 pm February 19, 2024

Two stylized images of women wearing glamorous wedding dresses adorn the front of a tailoring workshop in Rafah, but the workers inside have switched to making diapers, one of the many necessities that have become impossible to find in wartime Gaza. With most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people displaced by Israel’s military offensive, more than […]