Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term
The elections were widely criticized by the UN and rights groups for severe repression of the opposition.
The elections were widely criticized by the UN and rights groups for severe repression of the opposition.
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.
The country’s first IPO since 2015 is part of a bid to fund infrastructure projects.
Rodríguez has replaced the head of the central bank and the leader of a feared military intelligence agency.
The Syrian Democratic Forces control large parts of northeast Syria, and are a longstanding ally of Washington against the Islamic State group.
The shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent earlier this month sparked a widespread outcry.