UPDATE: A suspect in the fatal shooting has been identified as attorney and men’s rights activist Roy Den Hollander, according to the New York Post. The suspect was later found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound near Liberty, New York, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. A municipal employee discovered the body in a car. The deceased suspect was an attorney who had a case before Judge Salas in 2015, sources said. A FedEx package addressed to Judge Salas was discovered in the car, sources said. “As a judge, she had threats from time to time, but everyone is…

En 2006, le délégué Koweitien me chargea à New York de emailer à tous les responsables américains politiques et ceux de la société civile et les différents  dignitaires religieux pour les remercier de leur charmante hospitalité envers la délégation Arabe dont je faisais partie. Rentrée à Alger, je commencais un travail énorme, emailer à tout ceux qui nous ont reçus n'était pas facile du tout et formuler des remerciements spécifiques à chacun était chose aussi délicate.  Mission accomplie, je reçus des retours ravis, cependant un mail de l'American Peace Institute m'intrigua, cet institut est financé par le Pentagone. Le responsable…

Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping $700 billion economic plan to bolster American manufacturing, jobs, and research on Thursday. The presumptive Democratic nominee’s spending agenda, which is a direct challenge to President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy, is expected to be a keystone campaign issue. The plan, called Build Back Better, emphasizes investing in the American worker while arguing that Trump has done just the opposite. “Growing up rich and looking down on people is a bit different than how I grew up here,” said Biden at a metalworks facility in Dunmore, Pa., immediately going for the President’s…

A TEMPORARY LULL IN PROTESTS When the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading across the world, an early victim was the wave of protests that had roiled many countries in recent years. Lockdowns imposed on public health grounds restricted citizens’ freedom of movement and assembly, while fear of contracting the virus discouraged many from publicly gathering. Consequently, major protests in countries like Chile and India have gone silent during the pandemic. In some countries, illiberal governments have capitalized on the chaos of the pandemic to persecute critics, criminalize dissent, ban public demonstrations, and further concentrate political power. In Hong Kong, the introduction…

China’s ambassador to Australia has called on the nation to sign up to the Belt and Road Initiative, saying Australia will benefit from the initiative. Speaking at the Belt and Road Initiative in Australia conference in Darwin on Wednesday, Ambassador Cheng Jingye said China will work with other countries to uphold free trade in the world. “We are determined to work with other countries around the globe, including Australia, to uphold free trade and multilateral trading regime,” he told the conference. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has expressed doubts over the benefits Australia would derive from the…