#The city DOE’s ‘child soldiers’ and other commentary

#The city DOE’s ‘child soldiers’ and other commentary

“#The city DOE’s ‘child soldiers’ and other commentary” Education beat: The City DOE’s ‘Child Soldiers’ The city’s Department of Education has “a potent cudgel” against those who oppose scrapping the Specialized High School Admissions Test for its top high schools, reports The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium: the student group Teens Take Charge. “Weaponized as…

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#Belarus’ isolation grows after journalist’s dramatic arrest

#Belarus’ isolation grows after journalist’s dramatic arrest

“#Belarus’ isolation grows after journalist’s dramatic arrest” BRUSSELS — Belarus’ isolation deepened Tuesday as commercial jets avoided its airspace, the European Union worked up new sanctions, and officials expressed concern for the welfare of an opposition journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a plane that was diverted to Minsk in what the West…

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#Biden needs to make Belarus pay for terror in the air

#Biden needs to make Belarus pay for terror in the air

“#Biden needs to make Belarus pay for terror in the air” Vladimir Putin’s client state Belarus on Sunday forced down a jet owned by Irish-based Ryanair en route from Greece to Lithuania so it could seize a passenger, and the Biden administration wants … an investigation. Huh? The facts of this (to quote White House…

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#Russia fine with Belarus plane ‘hijacking’ to arrest journalist

#Russia fine with Belarus plane ‘hijacking’ to arrest journalist

“#Russia fine with Belarus plane ‘hijacking’ to arrest journalist” Belarus faced growing international outrage and threats of sanctions Monday over the “hijacking” of a passenger jet to arrest an outspoken critic — a move that only Russia defended as “absolutely reasonable.” Britain on Monday barred Belarus’s national airline and instructed UK aircraft to avoid Belarussian…

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#Belarus fighter jet diverts airplane, journalist arrested

#Belarus fighter jet diverts airplane, journalist arrested

“#Belarus fighter jet diverts airplane, journalist arrested” A commercial flight was diverted to Belarus after a phony bomb threat that international leaders are calling a ploy to arrest a journalist critical of the country’s president. A Ryanair flight from Athens, Greece to Lithuania was reportedly escorted by a fighter jet to the Belarus capital of…

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