NY lawmaker prompts 'End Jew-Hatred Day' amid uptick in antisemitism
"How do we shift the growing trend from hate and violence to love and tolerance?" asks State Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick.
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Russia unleashes rockets after Mariupol ceasefire
In a Telegram video, Captain Sviatoslav Palamar of Ukraine's Azov Regiment said that Russia pounded the steelworks with naval and barrel artillery through the night and dropped heavy bombs from planes.
'Russia learned nothing from WWII,' Zelenskyy blasts
Ukraine's grain exports in jeopardy as authorities formally close seaports captured by Russia. Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile.
Russia accuses Israel of 'supporting neo-Nazi regime'
Brewing diplomatic crisis between Jerusalem and Moscow over remarks by FM Lavrov suggesting Hitler had Jewish ancestry escalates. Israel demands Kremlin apologize, several Western leaders denounced Lavrov's comments, Ukraine's Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'forgetting lessons of World War II.'
US Supreme Court set to overturn landmark abortion rights decision
Roe v. Wade "was egregiously wrong from the start,” conservative Justice Samuel Alito writes in a draft opinion leaked to Politico. "Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each state from regulating or prohibiting abortion," he writes. Clinton says any such decision is "an assault on women."
In Kyiv, Pelosi vows US support 'until the fight is done'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads a top-level US congressional delegation to Ukraine, says, “Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done." European Union says it is leaning toward banning imports of Russian oil by the end of the year.
Lapid slams Lavrov's comments as 'unforgivable, horrible historical error'
Israel summons the Russian ambassador over comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, including claims that Adolf Hitler was Jewish, that Foreign Minister Yair Lapid says blame Jews for their own murder in the Holocaust.
Pope condemns 'barbarous' action in Mariupol
The pontiff calls for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to evacuate people trapped in besieged Mariupol.
Germany sues Italy at ICJ over Nazi-era compensation claims
Berlin says that Rome continues to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation from Germany domestically despite a 2012 ruling that such claims were inadmissible.
'North Korea could pre-emptively use nuclear weapons'
Pyongyang is adamant to continue developing a nuclear-armed military that could "contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves, including ever-escalating nuclear threats from hostile forces," Kim Jong Un says.