“Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you know, Medicare by $273 billion. She cast a vote to cut Medicare.” — Former President Donald Trump at a July 24 campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. During a July 24 campaig…
Harris Did Not Vote to ‘Cut Medicare,’ Despite Trump’s Claim
“Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you know, Medicare by $273 billion. She cast a vote to cut Medicare.” — Former President Donald Trump at a July 24 campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. During a July 24 campaig…
Traveling To Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to …
Change Nigerian flag, passport, constitution – Primate Ayodele tells Tinubu
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Wednesday advised President Bola Tinubu to change the Nigerian flag, passport and constitution for prosperity and unity in the country. Primate Ayodele said the aforementioned …
Georgia, Kyrgyzstan face scrutiny over possible sanctions-busting
By Brawley Benson for Eurasianet Recent investigations into trade involving Georgia and Kyrgyzstan reveal indicators of sanctions-busting behaviour involving Russia. In Georgia, the investigative outlet iFact published findings of suspicious patterns i…
MOSCOW BLOG: Muscovites largely unfazed by Ukraine’s Kursk incursion
By bne IntelliNews Moscow bureau Ukraine has brought the war to the Kursk region, having captured more than 1,000 square km of border territory in a mere week and prompting the evacuation of more than 120,000 civilians. Marking the first time a foreign…
Corruption: EFCC runs after ‘yahoo boys’ while judiciary, NASS are gone – Kingsley Moghalu
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu, has said corruption will continue to eat Nigeria for breakfast, lunch and dinner, stressing that accountability anchored in rule of law does not exist. Moghalu lamented that …
Assembly elections 2024: Kharge, Rahul Gandhi to visit Jammu, Srinagar on August 21, 22
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Jammu and Srinagar for key meetings in preparation for the upcoming assembly elections, Congress General Secretary K…
Kyiv to launch new body for countering Russian influence among Ukrainian diaspora
The Ukrainian government is preparing to launch a new institution that would promote Ukrainian unity abroad and counter Russian influence, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 19. Speaking at the meeting of Ukraine’s senior diplomats, Zelensky dub…
Kyiv to launch new body for countering Russian influence among Ukrainian diaspora
The Ukrainian government is preparing to launch a new institution that would promote Ukrainian unity abroad and counter Russian influence, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 19. Speaking at the meeting of Ukraine’s senior diplomats, Zelensky dub…