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DR Congo’s M23 rebels say they will no longer join peace talks in Angola
Talks, which the DRC government previously rejected, sought to resolve the conflict in the east of the country. Published On 17 Mar 2025 The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has announced that it is no longer participating in peace talks after earlier confirming it would alongside the Congolese government, which says it will still attend the…
Israel warns more to come as airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce
Hundreds killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes: Palestinian authorities By James Mackenzie, Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose March 18, 2025 3:45 PM CDT Summary JERUSALEM/CAIRO, March 18 (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people on Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said, shattering nearly two months of relative calm since a ceasefire began, as Israel warned the onslaught…
Entire families killed during Syria’s violence, UN says
By Reuters March 11, 20251:00 PM CDT GENEVA, March 11 (Reuters) – Entire families including women and children were killed in Syria’s coastal region as part of a series of sectarian killings by rival groups, the U.N human rights office said on Tuesday. Pressure has been growing on Syria’s Islamist-led government to investigate after reports by a war…
Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 6:02 PM CDT, February 21, 2025 A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020. The changes have come in response…
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and REGINA GARCIA CANO Updated 9:21 AM CDT, March 17, 2025 The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the…
‘More than brick and mortar:’ DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza near the White House
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JACQUELYN MARTIN Updated 4:57 PM CDT, March 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Starlette Thomas remembers coming down almost daily to the intersection of 16th and H streets, to protest police brutality and systemic racial iniquities during the summer of 2020. On Monday, the 45-year old Bowie, Maryland resident returned to the site of those…
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign
By COLLIN BINKLEY Updated 5:15 PM CDT, March 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students. The Education Department announced the new investigations Friday, one month…
83,000 VA Employees Slated to Be Fired This Year by Musk’s DOGE, Memo Says
By Rebecca Kheel Published March 05, 2025 at 2:40pm ET The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to fire more than 80,000 employees under a sweeping reorganization effort being planned to comply with President Donald Trump’s orders to slash the federal government, according to an internal VA memo obtained by Military.com. In the memo, VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek…
US Education Department to investigate DC schools’ treatment of disabled students
The announcement of the DCPS investigation comes as President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order as early as Thursday to shut down the entire Education Department By Andrea Swalec • Published March 6, 2025 • Updated on March 6, 2025 at 7:23 pm The U.S. Department of Education will investigate DC Public Schools to evaluate if the district is failing…