McDonald’s will pay $33.5m to a former baseball player who owns multiple franchises to end a lawsuit he brought against the company accusing it of racial discrimination. Herb Washington, who is Black, owned more than a dozen restaurants in Ohio and Pennsylvania when he filed […]
US President Joe Biden has pledged to protect voting rights in the United States and reform law enforcement, while acknowledging that his agenda faces an uphill battle amid sharp political divisions in Congress. During a commencement speech on Friday at South Carolina State University, a […]
Antofagasta, Chile – Samuel Burgos Espejo was just a child when soldiers killed his older brother, one of the victims of a 1973-1990 Chilean dictatorship that saw thousands of dissidents tortured, executed and forcibly disappeared. “I was 11 years old when they killed my brother. […]
The Bank of Russia delivered its second 100 basis-point hike in interest rates this year and warned that monetary tightening isn’t over yet as a raft of factors from labor shortages to geopolitical tensions complicate its fight with inflation. The central bank’s seventh straight increase […]
When Canadian artist Trevor Jones graduated 14 years ago from the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, he was quickly confronted by the harsh realities of the art world. “I had some decent exhibitions and gallery shows,” he told Al Jazeera. “But it was no way […]
Developing nations in Africa have waited months for COVID-19 vaccines as richer countries hoarded supplies. While that remains a problem, the shots are arriving. The World Health Organization (WHO) says 430 million doses have been delivered continent-wide so far. But only 7 percent of Africa’s […]
Rivian Automotive Inc shares skidded nearly 15 percent on Friday to hit a record low after the electric vehicle maker’s first result as a listed company highlighted the challenges it was likely to face in ramping up production to take on EV leader Tesla Inc. […]
Kimberly Potter, the former United States police officer who shot dead Black motorist Daunte Wright earlier this year, has testified that the fatal traffic stop “just went chaotic” after the 20-year-old tried to get back into his car and leave. Potter, who is facing first- […]
After three months and dozens of witnesses, Elizabeth Holmes’s fate is about to be decided by 12 jurors. A defense lawyer was making his final closing argument Friday in the Theranos Inc. founder’s criminal fraud trial in San Jose, California. Prosecutors will have a chance to rebut, […]
Tunisian demonstrators have rallied for and against President Kais Saied as the crisis-hit country marked the anniversary of a revolution that sparked the 2011 Arab uprisings. On Monday, he extended his suspension of parliament until elections in December 2022 and announced a nationwide public consultation […]
