CBS News By Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield Burnsville, Minn. School just started and already a Twin Cities principal has made history. Salma Hussein is the first female Somali principal in her district and believed to be the first in the state. It’s lunch time at Gideon Park Elementary in Burnsville and Principal Hussein is laughing, smiling and

By Anadolu Agency The West is following a “provocation-based policy” towards Russia, but Moscow should not be underestimated, Turkey’s president said on Wednesday. “I can clearly say that I do not find the attitude of the West (towards Russia) right. Because there is a West that follows a policy based on provocation,” Erdogan told a

Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP) By The Associated Press The last suspect in a horrific stabbing spree that killed 10 and wounded 18 in western Canada is dead following his capture, and police hope the stunning end to a gripping hunt that stretched into a fourth day will

By Reuters The U.S. Pentagon has stopped accepting new F-35 jets after it discovered a magnet used in the stealthy fighter’s engine was made with unauthorized material from China, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. An investigation that gathered steam in mid-August found that an alloy in the engine’s lubricant pump did not comply with

Mark Fullbrook leaves Downing Street after a meeting with the new prime minister, Liz Truss. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA The Guardian By Rowena Mason Mark Fullbrook asserts grip on Downing Street by giving senior roles to founding members of Fullbrook Strategies Mark Fullbrook, Liz Truss’s new chief of staff, has asserted his grip over Downing Street

President-elect William Ruto By Daily Nation President-elect William Ruto has invited more than 40 heads of state to attend his inauguration slated for Tuesday next week. The Nation has established that the invitations are being made to the countries identified by the former Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Ababu Namwamba, who led as Dr

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS News Agency Host Pool Photo via AP) By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow will press on with its military action in Ukraine until reaching its goals and

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that they will continue to save the world with their grain. Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his country will send 28,600 tons of wheat in the coming weeks to Somalia, which is at risk of severe famine due to drought. The

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden struck a note of confidence on Tuesday on meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit in Bali this Fall. Asked if he would see Xi Jinping at the gathering of world leaders, the president said, “If he’s there I’m sure I’ll see him.”

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss waves alongside her husband Hugh O’Leary outside Downing Street in London, Britain Reuters/ Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss has selected a cabinet where for the first time a white man will not hold one of the country’s four most important ministerial positions.