Day: April 30, 2024

Mexico takes Ecuador to top UN court over embassy raid in Quito

12:54 pm April 30, 2024

Mexico took Ecuador to the top U.N. court on Tuesday, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted asylum by Mexico. The April 5 raid, hours after Mexico granted asylum to former Vice President Jorge Glas, spiked tensions […]

King Charles visits cancer center as monarch returns to public duties following diagnosis

12:53 pm April 30, 2024

King Charles III has returned to public-facing royal duties for the first time since Buckingham Palace announced his cancer diagnosis in February. On Tuesday, the 75-year-old visited the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre where he met with medical specialists and patients. The British monarch was joined by his wife, Queen Camilla. KING CHARLES’ CANCER BATTLE HAS HIM ‘DETERMINED TO MAKE […]

Stefanik hits special counsel Jack Smith with ethics complaint, accuses him of election meddling

12:48 pm April 30, 2024

House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is filing an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, accusing him of violating Department of Justice (DOJ) standards and trying to tip the election against former President Trump. In a letter sent to the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility, Stefanik urged the government watchdog to […]

Charlotte law enforcement officers who died in shootout identified: ‘Forever indebted’

12:08 pm April 30, 2024

Three of the four law enforcement officers killed during a shootout Monday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina, have been identified. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) identified their lost officer as Joshua Eyer. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) identified Sam Poloche and Alden Elliot as task force officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals Carolinas […]

Taliban-run tourism institute aims to attract more travelers to Afghanistan

11:57 am April 30, 2024

Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run institute training tourism and hospitality professionals. It’s a motley crew. One student is a model. Another is 17 and has no job history. The students vary in age, education level and professional experience. They’re all men — […]