8 UN peacekeepers killed in Congo helicopter crash

world-regions army said terrorism” target=”_blank”>rebels< helicopter carrying eight peacekeepers and U.N. observers on Tuesday and the U.N. said there were no survivors. The helicopter was carrying out reconnaissance for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo along with another helicopter when it was attacked, according to a statement from Congo’s army….

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Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers

A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor had in January issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Navy from disciplining or discharging 35 sailors who sued over the Navy’s vaccine policy…

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Lauren Boebert declares runner-up to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas 'rightful winner'

EXCLUSIVE: Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert is leading a resolution in the house-of-representatives” target=”_blank”>House of Representatives< as the “rightful winner” of the NCAA Women’s 500-yard freestyle swim. University of Virginia swimmer and Olympic medalist Emma Weyant came in second place on March 17 at the national championship event by 1.75 seconds. Thomas made history as…

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Finnish bishop 'relieved' after hate speech charges dropped: 'Biblical teaching is never offensive'

The hate speech case against a faith” target=”_blank”>Christian politician< MP of the Christian Democrats Paivi Rasanen arrives to attend a court session in Helsinki, Finland on Jan. 24, 2022. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images) Räsänen has served in the Finnish parliament since 1995 and was the minister of the interior from 2011 to 2015.  “I…

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Susan Collins to vote 'yes' on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court, in first Republican backing

judiciary nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will have at least one Republican backing her confirmation, as Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she will vote for her. Collins is the first GOP senator to announce that she will support President Biden’s pick for the high court. ADVOCATES URGE SEN. SUSAN COLLINS TO ‘THOROUGHLY’ REVIEW JUDGE JACKSON’S…

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Ukraine calls on UN to push Russia away from Chernobyl to prevent 'nuclear catastrophe'

Top Ukrainian officials have called on the United Nations to take immediate action to prevent a “nuclear catastrophe” by demilitarizing world-regions forces that have occupied the Chernobyl exclusion zone.  “Is the world ready for a nuclear catastrophe because of Russia’s bungling?” questioned Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk in a Wednesday Telegram post.  “The occupiers set…

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