Author: Ethan Johnson
MEXICO CITY — An altercation between Ecuadorian President Daniel Novoa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador escalated into full swing Friday night when Ecuadorian police raided the Mexican embassy in a highly unusual use of force. Legal experts, the president, and diplomats judged that the country had entered a diplomatic crisis. Violation of long-established international agreements.With Noboa's permission, police entered the embassy and arrested former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Gras, a convicted fugitive who had been living in the country since December. In the months leading up to the police raid on the diplomatic compound, relations between the two…
PIERRE, South Dakota (KELO) — Here is a summary of South Dakota state government board and commission meetings and rule change hearings that will be open to the public in the new week beginning Monday, April 8, 2024 . Click on the name (highlighted in blue) to view meeting details. Please note that the event may be postponed due to bad weather or other reasons. Monday, April 8th technical education committee7 p.m. Central Time, Social Reception, Joy Ranch, 16633 448th Avenue, Florence. Tuesday, April 9th Economic Development Finance Agency9:30 a.m. Central Time, conference call, 711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre. economic…
For the latest advice on how to save the planet, sign up for Independent Climate emailsGet free climate change emailsWithin 24 hours, Australian authorities had rescued hundreds of people stranded in floodwaters after nearly a month's worth of rain hit eastern New South Wales.The government has declared a state of natural emergency across New South Wales after heavy rain forced the evacuation of around 300 homes in Sydney's northeast.Sydney received 111 mm (4.4 inches) of rain in the 24 hours up to Friday morning, with the average rainfall for April at 121.5 mm, marking the region's seventh flood in the…
Sometimes I wish I could live in a country somewhere between my hometown of Greece and the United States where I live. By “middle” I don't mean geographically, but rather countries whose laws, social customs, etc. lie somewhere between the two. Perhaps I like to dream that such a country would combine the best of both Greece and the United States, without their shortcomings. In this ideal country of my imagination, police behavior would be very different, both for police officers and for the citizens they are called upon to serve and protect, to name just one example. I believe…
LOPBURI, Thailand — When Gustun Aunlamai arrived at school at age 4, he was so overweight that his teacher worried he’d have trouble breathing during naptime. His arms and legs were thick. His mouth peeked out from two ballooning cheeks. He moved slowly. Throughout his toddler years, Gustun had regularly asked his parents to refill his bottle with his favorite “milk” — a type of formula made especially for kids his age. And they were happy to oblige. Sumet Aunlamai and Jintana Suksiri, who lived in a rural province north of Bangkok, had carefully chosen the brand. Like other Thai…
“Every government, almost every government, is going to want a sovereign cloud,” Larry Ellison, Oracle's chairman and chief technology officer, said during a recent earnings call with Wall Street analysts. . Oracle's cloud technology is part of Albania's efforts to cut red tape. Albania is using ChatGPT to speed up the review of legal issues related to joining the European Union, and multiple countries are working with Elon Musk's Starlink internet service to improve rural access. . Governments are increasingly digitizing processes, and while cloud services and artificial intelligence will be a big part of the future, critical government functions…
The Harvard Divinity School Student Association passed a resolution Friday morning calling on the university to withdraw from organizations involved in “violations of international law and human rights against the Palestinian people.”The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority following an 8 a.m. vote. The vote comes just a week after the Harvard Law School Student Government passed a similar resolution that drew praise from pro-Palestinian activists but led to the resignation of two members of the HLS Student Government. Ta.The HDSSA resolution calls on Harvard Management Company, which manages Harvard University's $50.7 billion endowment, to “comply with weapons manufacturers,…
The costs of climate change are mounting, but nearly 70 per cent of Canadians oppose the recent increase in the federal carbon price. Carbon pricing works because when the price of fossil fuels goes up, people use less of them. A carbon pricing system gives citizens the choice of reducing emissions or paying taxes, whichever is cheaper. By not prescribing technology, households are free to choose the cheapest ways to reduce emissions, such as installing a smart thermostat, switching to a heat pump for their next home heating system, or buying an electric car as their next car. You can…
If we didn't know better, we'd think the purpose is to make the public as informed as possible about what's going on in government. You might say that a city council meeting is not a newscast. That's true, but it's a communication platform where government officials and the public interact. At the very least, it's a wasted opportunity to promote the good things they're doing. “Council meetings are the wrong time and wrong place.” Are there other forums that councilors and staff use to communicate with the public? Any? I never have? Every two weeks, we get to peek through…
Anti-Israel protests in Amman, Jordan, April 5, 2024 (palestine chronicle) Continued protests in Jordan demonstrate perceived flaws in the Biden administration's Middle East policy. Iran and Hamas have been successful in destabilizing the Jordanian government, raising concerns among Gulf states about a potential “domino effect'' across the region. The United States has 3,000 American troops stationed in Jordan. In January 2024, Iranian proxy forces attacked the US military outpost Tower 22 in Jordan, killing three soldiers and injuring 47 others. Tower 22, a US outpost at the crossroads of Jordan, Iraq and Syria. (Map: Al Jazeera) The Middle East's Moderate…