Month: May 2023

Former diplomat and presidential adviser Henry Kissinger celebrates his 100th birthday on Saturday, surpassing many of his political contemporaries who guided America through some of its most tumultuous periods, including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War. Born in Germany on May 27, 1923, Kissinger remains best known for his key role in American foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s, including eventual attempts to pull the US out of Vietnam, but not before being inextricably linked to many of the most contested conflicts. shares David Kissinger, writing in The Washington Post on Thursday, said his father’s centennial…

ARLINGTON, Mass – Arlington police are investigating a crash in which several pedestrians were hit by a vehicle in the Stop & Shop parking lot According to Arlington Police Chief Julie Flaherty, officers responded to an accident at the Stop and Shop located at 905 Massachusetts Ave around 10:16 am. Upon arrival, officers found several injured people in the parking lot, and Arlington police and firefighters began administering emergency medical care. The initial investigation shows that a 2005 Mercury Marquis driven by an 87-year-old Belmont man was entering the Stop and Shop parking lot when it struck an occupied parked…

HONG KONG – One of Hong Kong’s few remaining pro-democracy parties voted to disband on Saturday, joining a growing list of organizations that have dissolved as the authorities repress dissent. Civic Party president Alan Leong told reporters the dissolution of the party was “writing on the wall” as there was no one to take over. None of its members in an extraordinary general meeting presented candidacies for executive positions. Thirty of the 31 members voted in favor of dissolution, with one abstention. The party, which was founded in 2006, was made up mostly of professionals, lawyers and academics. At its…

BILLERICA, Mass. — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the man who robbed the TD Bank on Boston Road Friday afternoon, police said. On Friday at approximately 2:45 p.m., Billerica police were notified of a bank robbery at TD Bank, 449 Boston Road, Billerica Police Chief Roy Frost said in a statement Saturday. An investigation found that an unknown male entered the bank and passed a note to a teller demanding cash, then left on a bicycle. No weapons were shown. There were no reported injuries. The suspect is described as an Asian male with a medium…

SAINT ANTHONY – A man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound after he was pulled over to catch suspects who broke into his car, according to San Antonio police. The shooting happened around 1:50 a.m. Saturday at an apartment complex in the 3600 block of Fairmeadows Lane. SAPD said a 24-year-old man was awakened by the sound of his vehicle entering. When the man got out of control, the suspects fired shots at the man, striking him in the lower abdomen. He was taken to hospital in serious condition. The victim told police he returned fire, possibly hitting one of…

On Thursday, the National Electoral Council (CNE) officially called on citizens to participate in the general elections, to elect a new president and 137 assembly members, which will take place next August 20, and the likely second round would be, if necessary, the October 15. The elected candidates will be sworn in between September and November 2023, and will be in office until May 2025, when new general elections will be held, as planned. Until Friday, five pre-candidates had confirmed their interest in the presidency in the face of the electoral process after the current president, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved Congress….

Give this item as a gift Share this article without paywalls. In this version of Hot off the Wire: » House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and debt ceiling negotiators have reached a “crunch time” as they scramble to reach a deal with the White House to raise the nation’s debt limit, avoid the ‘default and reduce federal spending. » An Army veteran, Jessica Watkins, who stormed the US Capitol in a military-style formation with her fellow Oath Keepers has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. A political aide familiar with the plans says two-term North Dakota Gov. Doug…

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