Reuters CAIRO—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage Egypt’s tourism industry and relations with Moscow.»Has terrorism ended, no it has not but it will if we unite. Whoever downed the Russian plane, what did he mean? He meant […]readmore
Reuters PRISTINA—Hundred of Kosovars put up tents in Pristina’s main square on Tuesday demanding snap elections and the suspension of a parliamentary vote that will bring in a president who helped broker a deal giving more powers to the ethnic Serb minority.Opposition parties accuse presidential candidate, Hashim Thaci, deputy prime minister and the head parliament’s […]readmore
Jeff Seldin Even as U.S. officials highlight military gains against the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria, there is a growing sense of unease among former officials and analysts that the current strategies are not enough. Their fear is that while the U.S. and its coalition partners are degrading Islamic State’s abilities on […]readmore
BEIJING—China’s recent announcement of a stringent new publishing law for online content and a visit by the country’s increasingly powerful leader to several state run media headquarters is but the latest chilling sign of President Xi Jinping’s efforts to exert increasing control over society, analysts say. But, it also highlights the limits of that […]readmore
VOA News The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is investigating 14 new reports of Zika virus infection in the United States, all suspected to be sexually transmitted. The Atlanta-based CDC made the announcement Tuesday and said all of the 14 cases are women whose only known risk factor is sexual […]readmore
Cindy Saine CAPITOL HILL—President Barack Obama is vowing to finally close down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as he pledged to do when he first ran for office eight years ago. But the Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate was quick to reject the president’s plan, calling it […]readmore
Boston, MA, 23 de Febrero, 2016 — *Berklee Latino, el programa de Berklee College of Music impartido en español, se expande a Ecuador y Perú en su tercer año de vida. Berklee Latino también regresa a México con dos programas de 1 semana y a Colombia durante el 2016. El programa ofrece a músicos hispanohablantes […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), Rhode Island State Police and Rhode Island Department of Health today announced that fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes are down in the Ocean State, beating nationally trending data in which fatalities are increasing. Over the past five years, the number of lives lost on Rhode Island roadways […]readmore
Pawtucket – The City of Pawtucket has been designated a HEARTSafe Community by the Rhode Island Department of Health’s Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program and the American Heart Association, Providence Affiliate. The HEARTSafe initiative is based on the principle that lives can be saved by being prepared with prevention, early access to care, early […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced Robert S. Hull as her choice to lead the Department of Revenue. The Governor will submit his name to the Rhode Island State Senate today for their advice and consent. «We are working to ensure that everyone can make it in Rhode Island, in part by […]readmore