Author: Sarah Walsh

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet leaders of Australia and Britain in San Diego on Monday to announce a way forward for Australia to receive nuclear-powered submarines in Canberra’s biggest-ever defense project. The three countries announced the so-called AUKUS plan in 2021 as part of efforts to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region. However, questions remain over strict U.S. curbs on the extensive technology sharing needed for the project and about the length of time it will take to deliver the submarines. Australia is expected to buy up to five U.S. Virginia class nuclear-poweredsubmarines in the 2030s as part of the landmark agreement to be revealed in…

Жаноби олийлари, Ҳурматли ҳамкасблар, Ассалому алайкум! Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, First of all, I would like to commend the Governments of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands and all UN entities for co-hosting and convening the United Nations 2023 Water Conference. In 2015 the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals to build a better future for all people. Uzbekistan remains strongly committed to achieving these goals and has taken an initiative aimed at revitalizing the region and preserving water and ecosystems of the Aral Sea. In 2017, UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited the…

While it’s early to say this, and we are still in the midst of it happening, the New Jersey Devils 2022-23 season will historically be looked at as a successful one for the team. After years of struggles, rebuilding and disappointment, the team looks primed to re-enter the postseason, and to possibly do some damage within it as well. The 98 points the Devils have accrued at the time of this writing still sees them sitting third in the entire NHL, and while that tells a lot of the story of the season, there’s a few numbers surrounding those numbers that I’d…

Kazakhstan plans to sign an agreement with China on the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. This issue was considered at the corresponding meeting in the government, according to the website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. The term of passage of transit goods through the territory of Kazakhstan compared to last year has been reduced by half: from 12 to 6 days. This term is planned to be brought to 5 days. The deadline for the delivery of goods from China to ports to the Black Sea within the framework of TCITR has already decreased from 38-53 to…

Romanian state-owned company Romgaz and Azerbaijani oil and gas company Socar will sign a new contract for the delivery of natural gas on Friday. Azerbaijan delivered the first quantities of natural gas to Romania in January, and the two state-run companies will sign a contract for new deliveries starting with April, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday after a meeting with his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev. Romania will continue to work with Azerbaijan on multiple energy projects, such as the Southern Gas Corridor – an EU initiative to secure a natural gas supply route from Caspian and Middle Eastern…

Constantine II, the last King of Greece, has died at the age of 82, APA reports citing Sputnik. The news comes roughly a week after Constantine was hospitalized following a stroke. On Sunday, he was described as being in “serious but stable” condition at Hygeia Hospital in the Athens suburb of Chalandri, and had been moved out of the intensive care unit. Constantine ascended to the Greek throne in 1964, following the death of his father, Paul, King of Hellenes. However, he was forced to flee the country just three years later, when the Greek military seized power, setting up a military…

With North Carolina’s two legislative chambers at odds over details of a comprehensive plan for health care access, the House gave tentative approval on Wednesday to a linchpin of any agreement with the Senate by voting to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults. With robust bipartisan support, the chamber voted 96-23 to accept more Medicaid coverage available under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. It could cover potentially 600,000 people who usually make too much to qualify for conventional Medicaid but too little to benefit from subsidized private health insurance. The bill still faces one more House vote on Thursday before…

The Virginia senate shut down two major proposals in Governor Glenn Youngkin’s law and order agenda at a hearing on Wednesday, rejecting harsher penalties for fentanyl dealers and some firearms offenses. HB 1455, patroned by delegate Timothy Anderson (R – Virginia Beach), would have have made it possible for prosecutors to charge fentanyl dealers whose customers overdose with first degree murder — a policy championed by Youngkin. “It is unique as a Fentanyl bill, it targets something that is an actual problem in Virginia,” Anderson said. “This is only targeting dealers who actually know that they’re selling counterfeit pills to…

Different regions of New York have experienced varying amounts of snow and weather patterns this winter, partially because of a La Niña winter and milder temperatures. However, despite consistent snowfall in Ithaca, other factors indicate climate change in the area. According to an article by The Ithacan from April 2022, Rebecca Evans, acting director of Sustainability for the City of Ithaca, explained that the specific concerns for Ithaca include flooding and droughts. This is because the city is built around 150 waterfalls, making the city an easy target for flooding. Ithaca primarily floods from Fall Creek, which leads to a…

While waiting for the L train at Union Square one Sunday earlier this month, a commuter named Liz spotted something — or rather someone — whose doings had bedeviled her and a few other New Yorkers for more than a year: A white man, wearing a leather jacket and a black hoodie, scrawling a neo-Nazi slogan in black marker on a support beam. Liz snapped the man’s photo but he quickly ran away. Since then, she and other activists in the city have been searching for the man, whom they have dubbed “The L Train Nazi.” His graffiti of choice…