Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Back in October, the 36-member Porto Alegre city council unanimously voted to pass a bill that lightened the load on taxpayers, sparing the Brazilian city’s residents the expense of replacing stolen water meters. After being vetted by several of the council’s committees, the law went into effect … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave In its first unified statement on the ongoing war in Gaza, the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday passed a resolution calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses” in fighting, unhindered humanitarian assistance to civilians and the unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The U.N. Security Council failed again Wednesday to adopt a unified position on stopping the carnage in the Middle East, with the United States and Russia vetoing each others’ resolutions. In charges and countercharges reminiscent of Cold War debates and more recent discord over Ukraine, Moscow and … Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin heaped praise on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and backed India’s inclusion in a reformed United Nations Security Council, in a grievance-filled speech at an annual discussion forum. Putin’s comments come as the war in Ukraine remains stalemated and the Russian leader casts the conflict as a struggle against Western hegemony … Read more
(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational armed force led by Kenya to Haiti to help combat violent gangs, marking the first time in almost 20 years that a force would be deployed to the troubled Caribbean nation. The resolution drafted by the United States and Ecuador … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. The resolution drafted by the U.S. and Ecuador was approved with 13 votes in favor and two abstentions from China and the Russia Federation. … Read more