KAZITISKIS, Lithuania, Aug 13 (Reuters) – As Taliban fighters seized a series of provincial cities across Afghanistan, thousands of kilometres away in a makeshift refugee camp in eastern Lithuania, former Afghan soldier Fazel Rahman looked back on a war he abandoned two months ago. He said he had been warned…
Apple is ready to acknowledge the controversy over its child safety updates, but it sees this as a matter of poor messaging not bad policy. Senior software engineering VP Craig Federighi told the Wall Street Journal in an interview that introducing both the scans for child sexual abuse material (CSAM)…
Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics. Sign up here to receive this newsletter. Send tips to bgriffiths@insider.com or tweet me at @BrentGriffiths. Here’s what we’re talking about: Programming note: No newsletter on Monday, but I’ll be back in your inbox first thing Tuesday. With Phil Rosen. Clockwise from top…
When Joe Biden became the 46th US president in 2020 many Democrats were celebrating, but one the data analyst David Shor was nervous. After crunching the numbers and looking at the extensive data, David believes that if the Democrats continue as they are, the party is going to lose the…
Supporters of wearing masks in schools protest before the special called school board workshop at the Pinellas County Schools Administration Building in Largo, Florida, U.S., August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that having children wear masks is not about…
MADRID, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Spain has recalled its ambassador to Nicaragua after the Nicaraguan government accused Madrid of meddling in domestic politics, the Spanish foreign ministry said on Wednesday, further isolating the Central American country. The decision comes a day after Nicaragua recalled its ambassadors to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation, effective in two weeks, after N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James detailed the sexual allegations against him in a report. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images In the space of just over a year, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo went from a pandemic “hero,” watched daily by…
Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics. Sign up here to receive this newsletter. Send tips to bgriffiths@insider.com or tweet me at @BrentGriffiths. Here’s what we’re talking about: What we’re watching today: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is expected to speak with reporters for the first time since…
Former US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who served under former President Trump, pushed back against bans on mask mandates in schools, saying, “We’re letting politics get in the way of protecting our youth,” on CBS This Morning Tuesday. Adams was specifically commenting on an order by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Perhaps the 234 scientists behind this week’s landmark climate assessment had hoped that their report—published during a summer of deadly flooding, wildfires, and heatwaves—would act as a wake-up call, one that would unite the world’s governments and parties.But political consensus on the issue of climate change, much like the goal…
