U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced $100 million in disaster relief aid for Turkey and Syria as the countries grapple with the aftermath of a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 46,000 people.
Ahead of the holiday break, US lawmakers reached agreement on a final FY2023 spending deal. After months of stalled negotiations, an omnibus appropriations package was far from guaranteed. But concerns about the consequences of a long-term continuing resolution and the prospect of adding a major task requiring urgent attention to the agenda of the incoming 118th Congress meant compromise prevailed.
that didn t have to happen. it could have been more ordinarily. they didn t have to listen to the truth. one startling aspect clarissa ward was talking to what is happening to girls and women. the trump ambassador for global women s issue saying approximately 25% of those evacuated during the neo in afghanistan were women and girls and saying to put this figure in context, historically women and girls represent half of emergency refugee out flows. why is that. this is the saddest story where the girls and women left behind. i personally got four bus loads of little girls, girls, students at music academy in kabul. thank god we got them out and to your point, 75% did not. they referred to it as shinld