Thousands of people have rallied across Brazil in support of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely decried amid a continuing surge in deaths and infections. Protesters gathered in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and the capital, Brasilia, where […]
The Sikh community in the US city of Indianapolis organised a memorial ceremony on Saturday to honour the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a Fed Ex facility last month. Four of the victims of the April 15 attack were Sikh, sending shockwaves […]
Bulgaria will head to the polls in July after the Socialists became the third political party to refuse to lead a government following last month’s parliamentary election. The Socialists, who lost almost half of their seats in the April 4 election, said on Saturday it […]
Before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postponed the Palestinian legislative elections, some observers thought that there would be fierce electoral competition that could lead to political change. Others argued that elections are the only way to achieve national unity and end the Palestinian internal rift between […]
Ethiopia has added two armed groups to its “terror list”, including the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), against which it launched a massive security operation late last year. The council of ministers approved a resolution on Saturday to designate the TPLF as a “terrorist” organisation, […]
Washington, DC – Angelica Villalobos still remembers the bumpy, 16-hour bus ride that she, her parents and her four siblings took to reach the United States border 25 years ago. The family, originally from the Mexican city of Guanajuato, waded through the Rio Grande River to […]
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said Tehran expects US sanctions on oil, banks and other sectors and on most individuals and institutions to be lifted based on agreements reached so far at talks in Vienna, Iranian state media reported. Russia and Western European powers meanwhile gave […]
Indian media struggle to report the true extent of the crisis. Plus, the history of anti-Asian stereotypes in the US. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2021/5/1/india-smothering-critique-amidst-the-second-coronavirus-wave
Hooded, black-clad demonstrators clashed with police in Paris as thousands of people joined traditional May Day protests across France to demand social and economic justice and voice their opposition to government plans to change unemployment benefits. Police arrested 46 people on Saturday in the capital, […]
A charity ship has sailed towards Italy’s Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers’ boats, while Italian coastguard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island. The maritime rescue group SOS Mediterranee said on Saturday a ship it operates, […]
