Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Month: December 2021
From WWII to Today,A 98-Year-Old NYC...
Tony Vaccaro, a 98-year-old photographer, was an ordinary infantryman during World War II, yet he documented the war for 272 days unofficially. Anna Nelson spoke with Vaccaro to explore his contribution to the war’s documentation
Religious leaders in South Africa Urge...
As a new wave of infections caused by the omicron variant sweeps the country, more South African organisations and institutions are making COVID-19 immunizations mandatory. South Africa’s Religious Forum Against COVID-19 has been urging religious followers to get the vaccine to assist reduce vaccine apprehension
Artificial Intelligence is Used to Bypass...
University of Maryland computer scientists have created a new artificial intelligence system that learns to detect and avoid internet censorship in authoritarian countries
Chinese Social Media Users Slam State...
Social media users have been berating China state-owned media, which is tightly controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), over their failure to report on a deepening scandal surrounding a jailed Shanghai entrepreneur who raped and enslaved women, holding them captive in a brothel for the rich and famous
UN Secretary-General Meets With Members of...
Members of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity meet with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
App to Combat Gender-Based Violence Created...
In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, violence against women has increased around the world, particularly in South Africa, where half of all women have experienced at least one incident of abuse during their lives. To help prevent the abuse, a local tech firm has developed an alarm system
Court in China’s Chengdu Jails Veteran...
court in the southwestern province of Sichuan has handed down a four-year jail term to veteran rights activist Chen Yunfei after finding him guilty of “child molestation.” Charges of sexual misconduct are sometimes used to target peaceful critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
UN Secretary-General Meets With Norway’s Crown...
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, meets with Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon
As Cooking Gas Prices Rise, Nigerians...
Following a spike in gas prices in October, Nigerians are turning to firewood and charcoal for cooking. Environmentalists and liquefied petroleum gas producers in Nigeria are pressing the government to lower consumer costs to avoid a rise in air pollution and deforestation
Stuck Jet Stream, La Nina Causing...
America’s winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional.The calendar says December, but for much of the country, temperatures beckon for sandals. Umbrellas, if not arks, are needed in the Pacific Northwest, while snow shovels are gathering cobwebs in the Rockies