by Chiara Vercellone | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, Military
WASHINGTON – Coronavirus has already taken its toll on U.S. troops across the world, but it has most recently affected those supposed to participate in the large-scale combat exercise starting this spring. The decision to reduce U.S. participation in Defender-Europe...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Mar 10, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON— Small businesses are suffering declines in sales due to misinformation and confusion surrounding the spread of COVID-19, or Coronavirus, industry representatives said Wednesday in a hearing before congressional leaders. Andrew Chau, co-founder and...
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by Joe Snell | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — “Frustrated” was not a word used by five-year-old Tamer until he watched the children’s show “Ahlan Simsim,” the Arabic version of the “Sesame Street.” He learned the word from the show’s blue monster Gargur — Grover in...
by Aishwarya Airy | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud, a senior leader of the al-Shabaab terrorist group, was killed in an airstrike by the U.S. Africa Command on Feb. 22, a Pentagon statement confirmed Monday. Mahamoud, alias Bashir Qoorgaab, worked with al-Shabaab for more...
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by Chiara Vercellone and Sara Wilson | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured, Politics
1. The House is voting under suspension of the rules Monday on the Divided Families Reunification Act (H.R. 1771), which would support Korean Americans in their effort to reunite with relatives in North Korea. Nearly 100,000 Korean Americans have been separated from...
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by Joe Snell | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States will halt humanitarian assistance to Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, where a majority of the country’s population lives, if the rebels refuse to remove obstacles to aid distribution. The announcement, made Feb. 25 by the US Agency for...
