Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis Saturday demanding justice in the fatal police shooting of a young Black man. Amir Locke was shot and killed by police who were executing a “no-knock” search warrant on an apartment last week. This allows law enforcement to enter private property without first alerting occupant...
“Midwives,” a film about a Buddhist midwife and her Muslim apprentice, has earned one of the prestigious Sundance Film Festival’s major awards. On Friday, it won the Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Vérité Filmmaking. It features the story of two midwives. Hla, is Buddhist and part of the majority population in Burma. Her apprentice, [&h...
New emails released by the British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee suggest that Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally intervened to assist an animal charity, to the alleged detriment of British nationals and Afghan civilians, despite his previous public rejection of the accusation. One of the emails, dated Aug. 25, 2021, was fr...
