By Matthew Chapman Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is remaining firm in his blockade of military appointments and promotions from being considered in the Senate, in protest of a Pentagon policy that allows servicemembers to travel to other states to obtain abortions. But this obstruction could actually begin to hurt his own state, warned founder of […]
By Agence France-Presse France celebrates its fête nationale every year with fireworks, concerts and an extravagant military parade down the Champs-Élysées in the presence of the president, a bevy of politicians and often a foreign head of state as an honored guest. The July 14 date of the fête commemorates two important events in French […]
By Reuters By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – The role of the monarchy in Thailand is at the core of a looming deadlock that could tip Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy into crisis, with reformers once again vying to dislodge the grip on power of the royalist military establishment. Despite a stunning victory […]