UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Regardless of political perspective, no one could argue that the presidency of Donald Trump — and his second term so far in particular — has been anything less than consequential, not only for the United States but for the world. That hasn’t gone unremarked-upon at the U.N. General Assembly’s meeting of…
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of a meeting of world leaders. The seven-page declaration is the result of an international conference at the U.N. in July –…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – A new state law will impact Kentucky students’ school day and how they will communicate with parents during that time. House Bill 280 requires school boards to adopt a policy restricting cell phone and social media use during the school day. The goal of the bill is to take pressure…
Dozens of public officials in Lancaster County have said they don’t conduct government business over message-deleting apps like Signal. For now, the public will need to take them at their word. Experts warned during a March 24 state Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee hearing that there are no laws requiring officials to disclose their use of…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once a powerful opposition force in the city’s political landscape, will ask its members whether the group should dissolve after its leadership backed the idea and set up a task force to handle the legal steps involved. Chairman Lo Kin-hei said on Thursday the task force, to be led by him,…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would strip powers from several Democrats elected to statewide office this month, including removing the authority of Cooper’s successor to appoint the state elections board. These and other provisions, contained in a wide-ranging measure stuffed through the Republican-dominated General Assembly…
A Kentucky state legislator predicts there likely will be new bills introduced in the 2025 General Assembly regulating students’ use of cell phones in Kentucky schools. State Sen. Steve West, co-chair of the Joint Interim Committee on Education, on Friday heard testimony on the effects of social media and cell phones on K-12 students. “With…
Slovakia is ready to join the “Friends of Peace” group launched by China and Brazil at the United Nations to resolve the war in Ukraine, the Central European country’s prime minister said on a trip to Beijing. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. During the meeting, Fico said that…