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mack2happy/Christian Offenberg/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/Insider The climate crisis affects young people most, but older generations are deciding the planet's future. Not all see the generational divide on climate as an impediment to progress. "I'm not young. I'm not old. I worked my fucking butt off," said Rep. Debbie Dingell, 68. When a group of young […]
REUTERS/Imelda Medina A Mexican governor and her husband, a former governor of the same state, were killed in a helicopter crash in the center of the country on Monday. Martha Erika Alonso, the new governor of the central state of Puebla, and her husband, Senator Rafael Moreno, died when their helicopter came down not far from the […]
President Donald Trump claimed that “Florida will become Venezuela” if Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee, the Democratic candidate running in Florida’s gubernatorial election, is elected over Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis. Trump alluded to Venezuela’s hyperinflation crisis, which has spurred riots, and caused power, food, and medicine shortages. Trump gave DeSantis, a vocal supporter of Trump, […]
Thousands of people rallied in Armenia, blocking government offices and roads and vowing to bring about a ‘velvet revolution,’ following the appointment of former President Serzh Sargsyan as the country’s new prime minister. Protesters in the capital Yerevan blocked access to several government agencies on Tuesday, including the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Foreign Ministry. […]
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan was named a starter for the NBA all-star game on Thursday for a second straight year. It will be DeRozan’s fourth appearance at an all-star game. He started for the East team in 2017 and was named a reserve for the 2014 and 2016 games. The 28-year-old DeRozan is averaging […]
Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider Civil rights attorney Larry Krasner won the Philadelphia district attorney’s race Tuesday in a blowout. Krasner says the race shows why local elections are so important. He argues that local officials hold incredible power over people’s day-to-day lives and can push reform “upward” to the national level. The Philadelphia district attorney race […]
Twitter exploded with sarcastic comments after French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly told a former political rival that “the king was elected four months ago,” apparently referring to his election victory in June. The French leader was exchanging barbs with his former presidential rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who heads the left-wing La France Insoumise party. Mélenchon, who […]
Published time: 20 Sep, 2017 18:02 Russia 2018 World Cup Local Organizing Committee chief executive Alexey Sorokin has been elected to the FIFA Council following a vote in Geneva on Wednesday. Election to the council of world football’s governing body was on the agenda at the 13th Extraordinary FIFA Congress held in the Swiss city. […]
A former associate of President Donald Trump boasted in emails to Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, that a proposed Moscow real-estate deal would “get Donald elected.” Cohen then wrote an email to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, asking for his “assistance” in the project. The emails were exchanged between November 2015-January 2016, months into […]
Comedy Central “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah focused on a different target during a segment of his show Tuesday night, ripping into the Democratic Party’s series of nationwide election losses since November. “As the health care effort lurches through the Senate, it shows the importance of momentum in politics,” Noah said. “And you know […]
