Author: Edward Mills

Berlin (29/2 – 30). Ukrainian officials are concerned that Russian advances could gain significant momentum by the summer unless their allies can increase the supply of ammunition, according to a person familiar with their analysis. Internal assessments of the situation on the battlefield from Kyiv are growing increasingly bleak as Ukrainian forces struggle to hold off Russian attacks while rationing the number of shells they can fire. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Thursday that mistakes by frontline commanders had compounded the problems facing Ukraine’s defense around Avdiivka, which was captured by Russian forces this month. Syrskyi said he’d sent in more…

WASHINGTON — Following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, the Biden administration said it would fully support a transparent and inclusive transition process toward a nonsectarian government accountable to the Syrian people. “The transition process and new government must also uphold clear commitments to fully respect the rights of minorities, facilitate the flow of humanitarian assistance to all in need, prevent Syria from being used as a base for terrorism or posing a threat to its neighbors, and ensure that any chemical or biological weapons stockpiles are secured and safely destroyed,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in…

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Five Republican hopefuls took center stage at Wednesday night’s third presidential debate in Miami, Florida, again without former President Donald Trump in attendance, but that did not stop the field from addressing the world’s top foreign policy issue – the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. All five candidates showed their unanimous support for Israel after Palestinian group Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, yet none addressed the plight of Palestinians killed in Israel’s strikes, which this week climbed to more than 10,000, including over 4,000 children. “They’re massacring innocent people, they would wipe out every Jew,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – generally running…

African countries must sustain a common position in their demand for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, the president of Equatorial Guinea said Friday. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo said the continent has been pushing for the position since 2005 without significant progress toward achieving its legitimate aspirations. There is a need for a “renewed and revitalized action on the part of the African continent, in its demand to correct the historical injustice it has been suffering, as it is the only continent that does not have representation in the UN Security Council,” Nguema said while addressing a summit of the…

Frankfurt (3/12 – 12) The relatively rapid cohesion of disparate nations, historically competitive or even at war with one another, into the European Union came about in part because of the ongoing threat from the Soviet Union. The specter of a tank invasion from Warsaw Pact nations, today forgotten, was such a reality that the German government kept a major portion of its gold bullion across the Atlantic. The USSR, an ally in World War II after being double-crossed by Hitler – remember the “Non-Aggression Pact signed in Moscow by von Ribbentrop and Molotov – was soon appraised as a…

The super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis (R ), Never Back Down, rolled out a new video hitting former President Trump over his commutation of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick ahead of Trump’s campaign stop in the Michigan city’s suburbs on Sunday. The spot, titled “Welcome to Detroit,” details Kilpatrick’s sentence to 28 years in prison on corruption and fraud charges in 2013 and how Trump commuted his sentence on his last day as president in 2021.  The video alludes to how millionaire businessman Peter Karmanos relayed the clemency request to Trump’s son-in-law and former White House adviser Jared Kushner before Trump commuted his…

WASHINGTON — The Arkansas Arts Council recently announced Linden “Lin” Rhea as the 2023 Arkansas Living Treasure for his work and dedication to the craft of bladesmithing. “Lin Rhea is an outstanding addition to the Arkansas Living Treasure program,” Mike Mills, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, said in a news release. “He has contributed so much to the rich creative culture of Arkansas.” The Arkansas Living Treasure program annually recognizes, honors and celebrates masters of traditional crafts or folk arts in Arkansas with the goal of highlighting and preserving Arkansas’s unique heritage, identity, culture and…

Ten years ago, control of Washington’s government was split between the two major political parties; the National Rifle Association was one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in America; and even some Democratic state lawmakers wouldn’t support stricter firearms legislation. Contrast these events with Tuesday’s bill-signing ceremony in the state reception room at the Capitol building and you’ll see just how much the conversation around guns has changed in Washington. Flanked by dozens of advocates and Democratic elected officials in a Capitol closed due to security cautions, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law shortly before noon a trio of ambitious…

OLYMPIA – Washington is on track to receive the state’s first electric fire engines through grants that aim to reduce harmful diesel exhaust. The Washington Department of Ecology has awarded $1.18 million towards the purchase of electric fire engines for the Bellevue and Redmond fire departments. The cities are expected to receive the new vehicles from Pierce Manufacturing and replace two existing diesel-powered fire engines in 2026. “Electric fire engines are an emerging technology, with only a few in service across the nation,” said Molly Spiller, with Ecology’s Clean Diesel and Volkswagen Settlement programs, which provided the funding. “Through these grants, we’re…