John Barsa News Today

“Congress must have intense oversight over all expenditures and operations regarding Ukraine,” Trump’s USAID chief says of the $113 billion.

And Biden calls Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine "genocide."

The First Astronomers shares the extensive star knowledge of First Peoples worldwide, stretching back millennia to reclaim so-called Western discoveries and highlight the strength of oral traditions.

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Opinion Columnist In her 2019 memoir, “The Education of an Idealist,” Samantha Power, who emigrated from Ireland as a child, described how she knew, even before being naturalized, that she had become an American. “I now thought like an American, reacting to problems in the world — like the Bosnia war — by asking myself, ‘What, if anything, can we, America, do about it?’” That question has animated Power’s epic career, which has stretched from war correspondent to United Nation...

Print this article A wave of internal crises and even wars could follow the coronavirus pandemic “in at least a few — and perhaps many — countries,” according to an intelligence community assessment. “Some hard-hit developing countries are experiencing financial and humanitarian crises, increasing the risk of surges in migration, collapsed governments, or internal conflict,” the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reported in an annual threat assessment. That finding ...

In restoring Americas soul, Biden can become a hero for the persecuted Toufic Baaklini, opinion contributor © Getty Images In restoring Americas soul, Biden can become a hero for the persecuted President Biden campaigned on a promise that his top priority would be to "restore the soul of America." He emphasized that he would focus on healing Americas partisan divides and seek to reinvigorate bipartisanship in Washington. One way the president can heal the nation and bring Dem...

What’s new? As Nicolás Maduro forces dissidents to flee Venezuela, exiles have come to play important roles influencing both the opposition’s political strategy and international policy toward Caracas. Analysis of social media suggests that exile can lead opposition members to use strident rhetoric and advocate aggressive ideas more often than domestic counterparts. Why does it matter? Internationally facilitated negotiations remain Venezuela’s best path to peace, and the new U.S. ad...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wedne...

Stakeholders share a photo opportunity at the Jamaica Energy Resilience Alliance launch. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a three year US$4 million Jamaica Energy Resilience Alliance led by Cadmus Group LLC (Cadmus). This alliance, which involves a number of prominent local organisations, is expected to invest up to US$50 million to boost Jamaica’s renewable energy landscape, with direct economic and environmental impacts in the energy sector to the ...