Author: Olive Metuge
When President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 5 he’d started looking at sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, he said it was because of something he saw on television. He said the city was being destroyed by paid agitators. “What they’ve done to that place, it’s like living in hell,” he said, a comment that became an internet meme as some Portland residents juxtaposed it with tranquil images of the city. Trump didn’t say which channel he watched; he said at one point he saw something “today” and at another “last night.” The evening before, on Sept. 4,…
Todah OpeyemiBBC Africa, Benin CityAFP/Getty ImagesGuests and dignitaries looked on as protesters stormed the Museum of West African Art in Benin City on SundayNigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics on the week it was supposed to – but failed – to open its doors to the public for the first time.The six-hectare (15-acre) campus sits in the heart of Benin City, capital of the southern state of Edo – and includes an archaeological dig and buildings designed by high-profile British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, best known for…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny to save money and because the one-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.The last pennies were struck at the mint in Philadelphia, where the country’s smallest denomination coins have been produced since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act. Officials said the final few pennies would be auctioned off.”God bless America, and we’re going to save the taxpayers…
The Supreme Court will kick off 2026 with a series of arguments in blockbuster cases. In a calendar released on Wednesday afternoon, the justices announced that they will hear arguments in January in cases involving transgender athletes, the latest chapter in the court’s gun rights jurisprudence, and President Donald Trump’s bid to remove Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. The court in January will hear seven arguments in total, over five days beginning on Jan. 12 and running through Jan. 21. In Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B. P. J., scheduled for oral arguments on Jan. 13, the…
Home Daily News Federal judge’s decision tossing youths’… Environmental Law Federal judge’s decision tossing youths’ climate lawsuit had ‘silver lining’ By Debra Cassens Weiss October 21, 2025, 9:25 am CDT Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana of Oregon, the lead plaintiff in Juliana v. United States, speaks at a rally in June 2019. (Photo by Steve Dipaola/The Associated Press) A federal judge had some good news for 22 youths in his Oct. 15 decision dismissing their lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels. The opinion had a “silver lining,” the New York Times reports, because it concluded…
Heritage recipes, hand-crafted rituals, and Emre Ongurlar’s vision for making Hafiz Mustafa a Dubai sweet habitWalk into any Hafiz Mustafa in Dubai and you feel the same quiet confidence: glass cases piled high with pistachio-rich baklava, copper kettles steaming for tea, servers in traditional dress moving with well-rehearsed ease. That sameness is not by accident. “All stores deliver the same standard experience… authentic products, handmade desserts, and identical hospitality,” says Emre Ongurlar, Deputy Chairman of Hafiz Mustafa.The brand’s Dubai footprint now spans five locations, with more on the way. Ongurlar confirms Festival City is next on the local wishlist, alongside…
Reporting Highlights Mercy for Allies: In his second term, President Donald Trump has largely used his clemency power to benefit allies, donors and culture-war figures — including Jan. 6 defendants. A Long Line: Few of Trump’s pardons have gone to people who met the Justice Department’s criteria and properly petitioned the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Missed Opportunity: Trump could have reformed clemency by moving it out of the Justice Department and having an independent panel in charge of it. Instead, experts say he has exploited it. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this…
At least 19 people have been killed in an air strike on a suspected rebel camp in Colombian province of Guaviare, according to the country’s military. The attack targeted a dissident faction of the Farc rebel group, which engages in drug trafficking.Colombia’s left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, had in the past been reluctant to use air strikes to hit rebel camps but following the breakdown of peace talks with several of Colombia’s armed groups, he gave the green light for the military offensive. The air strike comes after the Trump administration accused Petro of allowing the drugs trade to expand, which…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Turkey on Wednesday said 20 of its soldiers were killed when a military transport plane crashed in Georgia a day earlier, marking the NATO member’s deadliest military incident since 2020.The C-130 cargo aircraft left Azerbaijan for Turkey and crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, leaving chunks of twisted metal strewn across a grassy knoll.Ankara has not provided a reason for the crash, but said Turkish and Georgian authorities started inspections at the site, located in the Sighnaghu municipality of Georgia’s Kakheti district early Wednesday.Footage from the site near the border with Azerbaijan showed ambulances, firetrucks…
On Monday afternoon, the Trump administration and lawyers for the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed additional briefs in response to a Supreme Court order for them to discuss whether, for purposes of the federal law on which President Donald Trump relied to call up the National Guard – which allows him to do so when (among other things) he cannot “with the regular forces … execute the laws of the United States” – “the term ‘regular forces’ refers to the regular forces of the United States military, and, if so, how that interpretation affects the operation” of the law. The…