Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. An Indigenous community in western Canada has found 182 unmarked graves near a former boarding […]
Month: June 2021
Lebanon approves $556M in cash payments for struggling families
Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday approved cash payments for families struggling financially, a move that will cost $556m a year and could allow the lifting of a $6bn subsidy programme for basic goods. Every family eligible for the programme would receive around $93 a month, a […]
Tensions run high in Eswatini as pro-democracy protests continue
Pro-democracy protesters in Eswatini have defied an overnight curfew to call for constitutional reforms as tensions increase in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Demonstrations flared on Monday in the tiny and landlocked kingdom previously known as Swaziland, with protesters taking to the streets in the two […]
‘Never seen anything like this’: 100s dead amid Canada heat wave
Authorities say more than 200 people have died in Canada’s westernmost province over four days, as record-breaking temperatures raise serious concerns for vulnerable groups, including the elderly. British Columbia’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said on Tuesday that the BC Coroners Service received at least 233 […]
Trump company, CFO expected to face criminal charges: Reports
Former United States President Donald Trump’s namesake company and its chief financial officer are expected to be charged on Thursday with tax-related crimes by Manhattan’s district attorney, according to multiple news reports. The charges against the Trump Organization and its CFO, Allen Weisselberg, appear to […]
Trump company, CFO expected to face criminal charges: Reports
Former United States President Donald Trump’s namesake company and its chief financial officer are expected to be charged on Thursday with tax-related crimes by Manhattan’s district attorney, according to multiple news reports. The charges against the Trump Organization and its CFO, Allen Weisselberg, appear to […]
Bahraini 400m world champ Salwa Eid Naser gets 2-year doping ban
Bahrain’s 400-metre world champion Salwa Eid Naser has been banned for two years and will miss the Tokyo Olympics after the highest court in sports overturned a ruling that had cleared her on a technicality for doping tests she missed. The Court of Arbitration for […]
Bahraini 400m world champ Salwa Eid Naser gets 2-year doping ban
Bahrain’s 400-metre world champion Salwa Eid Naser has been banned for two years and will miss the Tokyo Olympics after the highest court in sports overturned a ruling that had cleared her on a technicality for doping tests she missed. The Court of Arbitration for […]
Could fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray trigger a wider conflict?
From: Inside Story Government forces withdraw as rebels retake regional capital, Mekelle, and reject unilateral ceasefire declared by the government. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/6/30/could-fighting-in-ethiopias-tigray-trigger-a-wider-conflict
Could fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray trigger a wider conflict?
From: Inside Story Government forces withdraw as rebels retake regional capital, Mekelle, and reject unilateral ceasefire declared by the government. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/6/30/could-fighting-in-ethiopias-tigray-trigger-a-wider-conflict