For many Americans, pets offer a rare source of comfort during uncertain times. Dog lovers are quick to say their pets aren’t just companions, they’re like members of the family. “I’m really happy to have Bentley,” said teenager Aisha Simmons, as she walked the black Labrador retriever around her neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington. […]
Poland’s president is scheduled to address Ukraine’s parliament Sunday. Andrzej Duda will be the first foreign head of state to speak to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Poland has accepted more than 2 million Ukraine refugees. There will be no cease-fire or concessions to Russia, Ukraine’s lead negotiator said Saturday as Russia […]
A group of African Americans has filed a lawsuit to stop the return of some Benin Bronzes from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC to Nigeria. They claim that the bronzes – looted by British colonialists in the 19th Century from the kingdom of Benin in what is now Nigeria – are also part of […]
