The New York Knicks are taking over the streets of New York City, literally. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday that some city streets will be co-named as Knicks players in a press release. The renaming of the streets came ahead of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Knicks […]
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Ukraine may need to temporarily give up territory to Russia for peace, Klitschko says
Ukraine may be forced to temporarily give up some territories to Russia, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview with BBC published on April 25, as U.S. pressure mounts for a peace deal with Moscow. “Right now (there are) a lot of conversations about a possible solution. One of the scenarios is… to give […]
Federal judge temporarily blocks shutdown of US-funded radio network
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the shutdown of a U.S.-funded radio network. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, granted a temporary restraining order on the shutdown of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a non-profit news organization originally founded in the 1950s by the Central Intelligence […]
Germany temporarily shuts embassy in South Sudan amid fears of civil war
Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan’s capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil war, the German foreign ministry said on Saturday. South Sudan President Salva Kiir this week sacked the governor of Upper Nile state, where clashes have escalated between government […]
Judge temporarily blocks 2,200 USAID workers from being placed on leave by midnight
A Trump-appointed judge said at an emergency hearing on Friday that he would put a temporary block on the administration’s plan to put 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on paid leave by midnight, Fox News has learned. He also told a government lawyer that he’s not sure whether he would include the […]
North Korean troops temporarily withdraw from contact line in Kursk Oblast after losses, Sky News reports
North Korean soldiers temporarily withdrew from the contact line in Russia’s Kursk Oblast after incurring heavy losses, Sky News reported on Jan. 27, citing a Ukrainian commander with a callsign “Puls” who is fighting in the area. North Korean troops were deployed to Kursk Oblast last fall to support Russian forces in countering a Ukrainian […]