Month: October 2023

With wary eye on Moscow, European Union opens door to Ukraine

Cooperation Europe With wary eye on Moscow, European Union opens door to Ukraine | View caption Hide caption Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is opening the European Union’s doors to Kyiv. Other candidate countries are clinging to its coattails. Joining the EU would take years, but the process would redraw the European map. The vision is…

EU farce as Brussels increases aid to Palestine just a day after scrapping it

Brussels is set to increase humanitarian aid to Palestine just one day after it had planned to suspend funds to the country, the vice president of the European Commission has said. Following an emergency meeting of the 27 foreign ministers of the EU member states, Josep Borrell said the “overwhelming majority” of EU nations want…

California governor vetoes bill to make free condoms available for high school students, citing cost

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill on Sunday that would have made free condoms available to all public high school students, arguing it was too expensive for a state with a budget deficit of more than $30 billion. California had about 1.9 million high school students enrolled in more than 4,000 schools last…