UN says world is running out of time to tackle the climate crisis, with 2020 one of the three hottest years on record.Time is fast running out to tackle the climate crisis, a United Nations report has warned, with the COVID-19 pandemic having failed to put the brakes on “relentless” climate change. In a “double…
Some of the justices are sceptical that protected migrants who entered the US illegally should be offered legal citizenship.US Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to let people who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds apply to become permanent residents if they entered the country illegally. The justices…
Climate activist denounces unequal access to coronavirus vaccines as WHO chief issues warning about rising infections.Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the world to “step up their game” to fight vaccine inequity after the richest countries snatched up most COVID-19 vaccine doses and those in poorer nations have gone lacking.…
Tribal groups are vying over $8bn in funding intended for tribal governments under the 2020 CARES Act.US Supreme Court justices on Monday signalled sympathy towards allowing federal COVID-19 relief funds to go to specially created corporations for Native Alaskans even though they are not officially recognised as tribal governments in a case pitting groups of Indigenous…
Miguel Díaz-Canel has been named first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), the most powerful role on the island. He will be the first person without the name Castro to run Cuba since the 1959 revolution. The move, announced Monday, was widely expected. It means the tall, silver-haired 60-year-old now holds Cuba’s two most…
Ten years ago, anti-government protests in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain fostered hope, within the region and without, that a pro-democratic, pan-Arab movement was finally in bloom. But with the exception of Tunisia, the Arab Spring uprisings failed. And even Tunisia’s success is a qualified one: The nation’s economy is in a shambles…
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DEVELOPING STORYAt least 97 people injured after eight carriages derailed in the city of Qalyubia, north of Cairo.Ninety-seven people were injured when some train carriages derailed in Egypt’s Qalyubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. More than 50 ambulances rushed to the site and moved the injured to three hospitals…
From: Studio B: UnscriptedIn Part 2 of Studio B: Unscripted, restaurateur Asma Khan and refugee activist Hassan Akkad discuss problematic social hierarchies and how to disrupt them.RelatedRefugee filmmaker Hassan Akkad and restaurateur Asma Khan discuss their separate paths for combatting social injustice.Geneticist Adam Rutherford and economist Faiza Shaheen discuss how to deconstruct racism and build…
Brisbane, Australia – In the early hours of the morning, security guards at an inner-city motel and serviced apartment complex in Brisbane would begin knocking on each door. They were conducting a headcount, checking that everyone was still inside their room, and still alive, just as they had every day since the start of 2019.…
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Mansour al-Shahatit was unable to recognise his mother and brothers following his release from an Israeli prison after 17 years. He was in a deplorable state after being freed on April 8, suffering from memory loss as a result of torture and solitary confinement for many years in Israeli jails.…
The incident took place on Saturday as workers were demanding a pay rise at a Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant.At least five people have been shot dead and dozens injured when police opened fire at workers demanding a pay rise at a Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant in southeast Bangladesh. They were protesting over unpaid wages, working…