Nicolás Maduro heads back to a US court, fighting charges as Venezuela moves on without him

NEW YORK — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a New York courtroom Thursday as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees. Maduro’s lawyer contends that the U.S. is violating the deposed leader’s constitutional rights by blocking Venezuelan government funds from being used to … Read more

Conservative parents and teachers unions become unlikely allies fighting tech in schools

Since Moms for Liberty launched in 2021, the conservative activist group has demonized teachers unions as an “education mafia” that parents “cannot trust,” blaming them for school closures in the pandemic and calling educators who offer children LGBTQ-themed books “groomers.” Moms for Liberty has said the unions are “radical,” “don’t care about kids” and “prioritize … Read more

“I was fighting to survive”: Patients still struggle with preauthorization despite promise of reform

Sheldon Ekirch is used to being disappointed by her health insurance company. That’s why Ekirch, 31, of Henrico, Virginia, was stunned when she learned Anthem would finally have to pay for life-changing medical treatment. For two years, she had battled the company to cover blood plasma infusions called intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG. The treatment has … Read more

Iran vows to keep fighting as tensions ramp up over Strait of Hormuz

Iran continued retaliatory strikes across the Middle East and threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump said Monday he would not allow “a terrorist regime to hold the world hostage and attempt to stop the globe’s oil supply.” CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman has the latest from Tel Aviv. Source link

Iran’s foreign minister rejects calls for a ceasefire: ‘We need to continue fighting for the sake of our people’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East, telling NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that his country needs “to continue fighting for the sake of our people.” The U.S. and Israel “are killing our people, they are killing girl students, you know, they are attacking hospitals,” he told … Read more

Rising energy prices from the Iran war could help Russia pay for fighting in Ukraine

FRANKFURT, Germany — FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Iran war’s disruption of Middle East oil and gas supplies and soaring prices are strengthening Russia’s ability to profit from its energy exports, a pillar of the Kremlin’s budget and a key to paying for its own war in Ukraine. Prices for Russia’s oil exports have risen … Read more

Exiled activist Anna Kwok vows to keep fighting after Hong Kong jails her father

WASHINGTON — A prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in the U.S. said a court ruling back in Hong Kong to imprison her father for eight months has only made her more determined to fight for the territory and its people. “I think obviously the (Hong Kong) government wants to use guilt, wants to use … Read more