Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected accusations of incitement and said the newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of “the greatest election fraud” in the history of democracy. In power for 12 consecutive years, Netanyahu faces being […]
Day: June 6, 2021
Merkel’s party wins key state vote: Exit poll
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a resounding victory in a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday, in a boost to Armin Laschet, who hopes to succeed her in September’s national election. An exit poll from the Saxony-Anhalt election for public broadcaster MDR had the […]
Brazil COVID inquiry staffers urge postponing Copa America
Staff members of a Brazilian Senate inquiry into the country’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic have called for the upcoming Copa America football tournament to be postponed, citing low vaccination rates and risks of spreading the virus. In a letter to the country’s football team […]
Israel releases Sheikh Jarrah activists after hours-long arrests
Activists Muna al-Kurd and Mohammed al-Kurd, who have been at the forefront of a campaign to stop the expulsions of Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, have been released from custody several hours after they were arrested by Israeli police. “No matter what […]
Mexico votes in widely anticipated midterm elections
Voters are casting their ballots across Mexico, where thousands of posts at the local, state and national levels are up for grabs in what is the biggest vote in the country’s history. Sunday’s midterm elections will determine the makeup of the 500-seat Chamber of Deputies, […]
Key Democratic senator says he will oppose US voting rights bill
West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, a crucial swing vote in the United States Senate, announced on Sunday he intends to oppose a sweeping voting rights bill backed by the majority of his fellow Democrats that would expand access to voting across the US. Speaking […]
Controversial Nigerian pastor TB Joshua dies aged 57
The popular but controversial Nigerian evangelical preacher Temitope Balogun Joshua has died from an undisclosed cause, his church said on Facebook. He was 57. The preacher, popularly known as TB Joshua, founded The Synagogue Church of All Nations, a Christian megachurch in Lagos. The father […]
Meghan and Harry announce birth of daughter Lilibet
Britain’s Duchess of Sussex Meghan has given birth to her second child, a baby girl, who she and husband Prince Harry have named after Queen Elizabeth and his late mother Princess Diana. Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday at the Santa Barbara Cottage […]
Will G7 tax deal force big companies to pay up?
A group of the world’s richest nations agree on a minimum global corporate tax rate to close cross-border tax loopholes. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/6/6/will-g7-tax-deal-force-big-companies-to-pay-up
‘Time for the Catholic Church to take responsibility’
Warning: The story below contains details of child abuse Montreal, Canada – Gerry Shingoose went to deliver a message. But the 63-year-old said she had to wait more than 10 hours on Friday to meet with Archbishop Richard Gagnon at St Mary’s Cathedral in Winnipeg, […]