Ghana demands compensation for slavery in landmark UN vote
Nations will vote on whether to designate the slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Source link
Air Canada C.E.O. Draws Scorn for Delivering Condolences Only in English
The lack of French in Michael Rousseau’s speech about the deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport reignited a debate over linguistic inclusivity in Canada. Source link
Pentagon orders thousands of troops to deploy to Middle East : NPR
The Lebanese flag is waved amid the rubble of a Lebanese Civil Defense post destroyed in an Israeli military airstrike in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Fabio Bucciarelli/Middle East Images/AFP via…
Estonia and Latvia say territories hit by stray Ukrainian drones
The incidents occurred on the same night that Ukraine launched a massive attack on Russia’s port of Ust-Luga, near the Estonian border. Source link
Iran War Live Updates: Israel Strikes Tehran After Pakistan Offers to Host U.S.-Iran Talks
The Pentagon said it was sending 2,000 airborne troops to the Middle East, even as President Trump seemed to endorse Pakistan’s offer to broker negotiations. It was unclear whether Iran…
82nd Airborne deploys; Israel-Lebanon conflict; DHS : NPR
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'Major player' in alleged mistaken identity kidnap of Sydney grandfather charged
The 23-year-old is the third man to be charged in connection with the death of Chris Baghsarian. Source link
Islandwide blackouts bring life in Cuba to a near total halt
NPR’s A Martinez asks CNN’s Havana Bureau Chief Patrick Oppmann about Cuba’s power blackouts, which have brought the country to a near total halt. Source link
Danish PM’s party fails to secure majority in weakest showing since 1903
But Troels Lund Poulsen, who leads the Liberals, the blue bloc’s biggest party, has flatly ruled out going into government again with the Social Democrats, and urged Rasmussen to join…