Eligible Bostonians will be able to cast their ballots to elect the city's next district councilors and at-large city councilors, whether that's by mail, voting early, or going to the polls on Election Day.
LOCAL activist Alicia O’Sullivan has been appointed as one of Ireland’s United Nations Youth Delegates for 2023 and 2024.The 22-year-old Skibbereen woman is a final year law student at UCC, and her advocacy and activism journey began at a young age. She recently completed an
After Biden vowed that the war in Yemen must end, a number of Democratic lawmakers have taken an initiative to request he restore the humanitarian aid in northern Yemen which was suspended in the times of Trump.
Massachusetts Senator Edward J Markey, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen and Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator Gloria Steele seeking reversal of the previous administrationâs decision to suspend Washingtonâs humanitarian aid in Yemen.
In March last year, the Trump administration cut off tens of millions of dollars for healthcare programs and other aid to the devastated Middle East nation, rejecting requests by humanitarian groups and some members of Congress to delay the decision as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the region.