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People in Kinshasa protest against Rwanda and the crisis in the eastern DRC
Demonstrators carrying flags swore allegiance to DRC President Felix Tshisekedi as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battled Congolese ...
U.S. News & World Report14d
What Is Happening in Eastern Congo, Where Rebels Claim They Captured a Key City?
Associated Press writers Justin Kabumba in Goma, Congo; Christina Malkia in Kinshasa, Congo; Ignatius Ssuuna in Kigali, Rwanda; Rodney Muhumuza in Kampala, Uganda; and Edith M. Lederer in New York ...
The Hamilton Spectator15d
What is happening in eastern Congo, where rebels captured a key city?
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely ...
The Hamilton Spectator15d
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2 million people
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army.
CNN15d
Nepal increases Mount Everest climbing fee to $15,000
Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...
New York Post16d
Trump rules only the Stars and Stripes will be flown at State Department buildings around the world
WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...
People17d
American Flag Sitting Atop of the White House Lowered to Half-Staff Following Trump's Inauguration
According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...
The New York Times18d
What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means
The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear. By Kenneth Chang During his Inaugural Address on Monday ...
BBC18d
Rwanda-backed rebels capture key eastern DR Congo town
Government forces have been fighting against M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern ...
The Hill18d
Flags are set to fly at half-staff until next week: Why they were at full-staff on Monday?
(NEXSTAR) — Flags across the U.S. are meant to be at half-staff for another eight days, but they were at full staff in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Why was the nation’s capital in defiance of a ...
Newsweek18d
Ron DeSantis' Inauguration Day Flag Order Attacked In Home State Newspaper
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' order to fly flags at full staff for Donald Trump's inauguration during the mourning period for Jimmy Carter has been panned by the Miami Herald for prioritizing ...
Fox News18d
New York Gov. Hochul orders flags to be raised for Trump's inauguration amid mourning period for Jimmy Carter
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has ordered flags in the state to fly at full-staff on Monday for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as the nation remains in a mourning ...