Blockade, bombardment and Israeli occupation have not stopped Palestinians from documenting and telling their stories. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2021/7/16/made-in-france-in-the-name-of-war
Day: July 16, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro recovering, hopes to be ‘back in action soon’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, undergoing hospital treatment for an obstructed intestine after a near-fatal 2018 stabbing, said on Friday he hoped to be “back in action soon”. Bolsonaro has been in hospital since Wednesday, when he travelled from Brasilia to Sao Paulo for treatment relating […]
Iraq PM announces arrests for murder of prominent analyst Hashemi
Suspects in the murder of Iraq’s prominent academic and government adviser Hisham al-Hashemi have been arrested, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Friday. Al-Hashemi, a specialist on armed-group networks with close contacts among top Iraqi decision-makers, was shot dead outside his Baghdad home in early […]
Spreading wildfire in western US destroys dozens of homes
Firefighters have been scrambling to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that is spreading in windy conditions for miles in a day, one of numerous wildfires straining resources across the western portion of the United States. Crews had to flee the fire lines late […]
Fake news proliferating online during Cuba protests
False news reports have spread fast following unprecedented protests in Cuba. Among them: former President Raul Castro had fled to ally Venezuela, protesters had kidnapped a provincial Communist Party chief and Caracas was sending in troops. The Cuban government said they were spread by counter-revolutionaries, while […]
US judge: DACA programme for ‘Dreamer’ migrants is illegal
A US federal judge in Texas has blocked new applications to a programme that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation but said the hundreds of thousands of people already enrolled would not be affected until further court rulings. […]
Bonus edition: Football racism, Nicaragua, US Indigenous schools
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World leaders pledge to focus on global vaccination efforts
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC, including US President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and China’s Xi Jinping, pledged on Friday to work to expand sharing and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines to fight the global pandemic. The leaders, struggling to tame outbreaks exacerbated by […]
US retail sales jump in June as Americans dine out and shop
U.S. retail sales rose unexpectedly in June, reflecting fairly broad gains across spending categories and wrapping up a solid quarter for household demand. The value of overall retail purchases advanced 0.6% last month following a downwardly revised 1.7% drop in May, Commerce Department figures showed […]
Scientists round on UK over plan to end COVID curbs
The UK government’s plan to scrap day-to-day pandemic restrictions in England next week is reckless and has no basis in science, international experts have warned, with one arguing it amounts to premeditated murder. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this week it was “highly probable” the […]