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More than 100 environmental and human rights groups sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. president Joe Biden urging him to pardon American attorney Steven Donziger. Donziger is under house arrest for refusing to hand over privileged client information in a high-profile environmental case. In the letter, the groups decry the prosecution of Donziger, w...
Yemeni refugees in the central Ma’rib province on Tuesday appealed for humanitarian aid and protection from Houthi rebel attacks. Refugees in al-Sumayya camp, south of Marib, said they were forced to leave their homes to flee Houthi rocket and drone attacks. They say more than 1,800 families in the camp lack basic necessities amid an […...
Tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators took to the streets in cities globally over the weekend voicing protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In Germany, a sea of people carrying yellow and blue signs reading “Stop Putin” and “Stop the War” gathered Sunday at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Police estimated a turnout of between ...
The United Nations on Monday said that the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine has climbed to more than 2.8 million. It has become Europe’s fastest growing refugee crisis since World War Two. European Union officials say the number of refugees is likely to reach 5 million. Over one million Ukrainian refugees are in Poland, which […...
An American journalist was shot dead and another wounded Sunday in Irpin, a frontline suburb of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. The reporter was identified as 50-year-old video documentary shooter Brent Renaud (BRENT RENO) of New York. TIME magazine released a statement Sunday saying Renaud was in the region working on a TIME Studios project on the [...
A mosque in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol (MARY OOPAL) remains intact amid clashes in and around the city, the head of the mosque association said Saturday. Ismail Hacioglu, (HAJI OGHLU) who heads the association of Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Mosque, said the Russian army has surrounded the city and has been shooting at the city […]
Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into the “accidental” firing of an Indian missile that landed in Pakistani territory last week. New Delhi on Friday acknowledged the missile accidentally fired during a routine maintenance due to “a technical malfunctioning.” The missile landed in Pakistan about about 150 miles from the Indian bord...
A dozen ballistic missiles targeted Iraq’s northern city of Arbil, including the U.S. consulate on Sunday. The attack caused damage but no major casualties, Kurdish security forces said. Kurdish authorities said the missiles came from beyond the eastern border, suggesting the source was Iran. Iran wields considerable political and economic inf...
A new study suggests the COVID-19 pandemic may have claimed over 18 million lives worldwide by the end of 2021, more than three times the official death toll. The higher global casualty estimate is believed to be more realistic, according to analysis by a consortium of health researchers published in the medical journal The Lancet. […]
A Chatham County woman said her son experienced a “slave auction” last week at J.S. Waters school in Goldston, North Carolina. A group of white students at the school reportedly auctioned off Black students for money, with one student playing the role of “slavemaster.” The mother said she had a video of students “harmonizing racial […...
