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Month: October 2024

After pressing an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, the Biden administration shifts its message

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says there is a significant difference between Israeli actions that have expanded its war against the Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran’s retaliatory missile attack against Israel, which it condemned as escalatory. In carefully calibrated remarks, officials across the administration are defending the surge in

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US ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A program that helps refugees resettle in the United States has expanded to include LGBTQ+ people who have been threatened and harassed in their home countries. The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it resettled 100,000 refugees last fiscal year, the most in more than three decades. Many come through

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Countries, businesses and trade officials urge EU to rethink deforestation regulation

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A growing number of governments, international trade organizations and businesses are urging the European Union to reconsider a deforestation regulation set to take effect in December. Critics of the EU Deforestation Regulation say it will discriminate against countries with forest resources and hurt their exports. Supporters say it will

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels are looking to gain from continuing conflict in the Middle East

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been quick to show they’re an important player in the complex conflicts convulsing the Middle East. They fired a ballistic missile at Israel’s main airport on Saturday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was arriving back from

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