Zuup Hurricane warnings add urgency to Florida evacuations
MINNEAPOLIS AP 鈥?Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Friday that a police officer who decorated a precinct Christmas tree with items such as a cigarette pack and police tape will be fired.Frey called the tree a racist display and said the unidentified officers termination is necessary. This behavior is racist, despicable, and is well beneath the standards of any person who serves the city of Minneapolis, Frey said in a statement. The offending party will be fired before the
stanley cup day is over. Shifting the culture of the police department requires swift and decisive action. Termination is necessary 鈥?both to discipline the officer and to send a clear message: Chief Medaria Arradondo and I will not tolerate conduct that depart
stanley travel mug s from our values. The head of the police officers union did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking comment on the officers firing.Arradondo called the display racially insensitive and said it was removed. He said he has started a full investigation into the incident. I am ashamed and appalled by the behavior of those who would feel comfortable to act in such a man
stanley quencher ner that goes against our core department values of trust, accountability and professional service, Arradondo said in a statement.The tree is in the precinct police station on the citys North Side, which has a fractured relationship with police. The precinct was the site of more than two weeks of protests after the 2015 fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark, a black Latc U.S., U.K. Ambassadors Attend Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Memorial at Tokyo Temple; Israeli Envoy Also Attends Service at Zojoji Temple
Kim Min-Hee / Pool via ReutersNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Sunday.Reuters11:33 JST,ensp;January 30, 2023SEOUL Reuters 鈥?NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea on Monday to increase military support to Ukraine, citing other countries that have changed their policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict after Russias invasion.Stoltenberg is in Seoul, the first stop on a trip tha
stanley quencher t will include Japan and is aimed at strengthening ties with U.S. allies in the face of the war in Ukraine and rising competition with China.In meetings with senior South Korean officials, Stoltenberg argued that events in Europe and North America are interconn
stanley cup ected with other regions, and that the alliance wants to help manage
stanley kubek global threats by increasing partnerships in Asia.Speaking at the Chey Institute for Advanced Studies in Seoul, he thanked South Korea for its non-lethal aid to Ukraine, but urged it to do more, adding there is an urgent need for ammunition. Russia calls the invasion a special operation. South Korea has signed major deals providing hundreds of tanks, aircraft and other weapons to NATO member Poland since the war began, but South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that his countrys law against providing arms to countries in conflicts makes providing weapons to Ukraine difficult.Stoltenberg noted that countries such as
