Israel pushes for changes in UN’s Lebanon peacekeeping force

As the United Nations prepares to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, Israel is working with Security Council members to push for tough changes in the way the force deals with the Hezbollah militant group, Israeli officials said Wednesday.

Sanders Urges Progressives to Keep Agenda Alive with Vote for Biden

For the second time in four years, progressive voters’ hopes to elevate Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont to the top of the Democratic ticket were dashed this spring, when Sanders’ call for a social revolution and Medicare for All fell flat, and former Vice President Joe Biden surged to victory in the race for the presidential nomination.

Black Lives Matter leader says US is like a looter because it “pillages” other countries

A leader of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization has said the US government is similar to a looter because it “pillages different countries,” Fox News reported. BLM of Greater New York Chair Hawk Newsome made his remarks in an interview on Fox News’  ‘The Story’ Tuesday, following former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s description a day earlier of BLM as a domestic terrorist organization.

Low TV viewer turnout for first night of 2020 Democratic convention

The first night of the virtual Democratic National Convention (DNC), which had been moved online due to COVID-19 concerns, has been described as a “media disaster.” TV viewership of Monday night’s event was reportedly down at least 25% from the live DNC convention of 2016.

Biden is officially the Democratic presidential nominee

Following the tradition of both political parties, Biden was officially named the Democratic Party presidential candidate after a roll call of his roughly 2,690 delegates collected in the various primary contests throughout the winter and spring.

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