Khartoum, Sudan – Hundreds of women have taken to the streets in and around Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, to protest against sexual violence and harassment, including alleged rape by security forces during a pro-democracy protest. The United Nations said this week security forces were alleged to […]
A jury in the United States has found former Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter guilty of two counts of manslaughter in the fatal April shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright, which set off mass racial justice protests. Potter pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree […]
Antofagasta, Chile – Chile’s next president will be in power during an historic period of constitutional transition, but opposition in Congress is expected to hinder Gabriel Boric‘s ambitious, social-democratic agenda when he takes office next year. Boric, a 35-year-old left-wing congressman and former student movement […]
Amazon.com Inc. workers across the country now face fewer hurdles to organize against their employer under a settlement the company reached with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board. The agreement requires Amazon to inform past and current workers of their rights and ensures that it […]
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – For the first time in three decades, a 125-year-old church in Indian-administered Kashmir reverberated with traditional bells and religious songs. Ahead of Christmas, nearly a dozen Christians gathered at Saint Luke’s church in the disputed region’s main city of Srinagar on […]
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, who has sold more than $15bn worth of shares in the company since early November, said on Wednesday that he was “almost done” with his stock sales. The billionaire had made confusing statements as to whether he might […]
At least three people have died in a plane crash in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) South Kivu province, says the provincial transport minister while another local official says the death toll could be as high as five. The small passenger plane […]
Beirut, Lebanon – On a recent afternoon at the Oriental Paper Products factory just outside of Beirut, more than a dozen workers were busy on the factory floor, grateful for their jobs producing notebooks, papers, and office supplies. But one level up, in CEO Ziad […]
The United Kingdom’s foreign secretary has warned Moscow that any Russian incursion into neighbouring Ukraine would be a costly mistake as tensions continue to rise following a recent troop build-up near the border. “Any Russian incursion would be a massive strategic mistake and would be […]
Former US President Donald Trump has turned to the United States Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from a congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Trump’s lawyers argued in their petition submitted to the Supreme Court on […]
