A manager at Amazon.com Inc sued the online retailer for discrimination on Monday, saying it hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them more slowly than white workers, and that she was subjected to harassment. The lawsuit from Charlotte Newman, a business development head at Amazon Web Services who[Read More…]
The Biden administration on Monday downplayed the prospect of sharing coronavirus vaccines with Mexico, saying it is focused first on getting its own population protected against a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans. The remarks by White House press secretary Jen Psaki came before a video conference between[Read More…]
Almost six years ago Tareq Alaows drifted across the Aegean in a rubber boat before walking most of the way from Athens to Vienna. Now the migrant who fled military conscription in Syria is trying to win a seat in Germany’s parliament. He plans to run for the Greens in[Read More…]
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been moved to an undisclosed detention center outside Moscow that may be a prison camp, his lawyer and a member of a rights organization said on Thursday. Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was jailed this month over alleged parole violations[Read More…]
On Tuesday February 16th, 32-year old rapper Pablo Hasél was arrested by police in a Catalan university, where he had been barricading to avoid a 9-month jail sentence issued in 2018. The rapper, whose real name is Pablo Rivadulla Duro was convicted under “glorification of terrorism” “insulting the crown” and[Read More…]
The news of Indian farmers going on strike has rapidly become a global conversation that seems to keep gaining momentum. Statements by international celebrities and even an alleged ad related to the movement was said to have made an appearance during Sunday’s Super Bowl, all which has kept this case[Read More…]
Myanmar’s powerful military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is in the spotlight after politicians from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party were detained and the army announced it was taking power. Myanmar’s military is notoriously reclusive and even sophisticated observers know little about its inner workings. Here[Read More…]
President Vladimir Putin signed legislation on Tuesday that allows former presidents to become lawmakers for life in Russia’s upper house of parliament once they leave the Kremlin, a government website showed. The legislation follows sweeping changes to the Russian political system initiated by Putin this year that, among other things,[Read More…]
Tunisia’s revolution after a fruit seller killed himself a decade ago inspired a wave of revolt in Arab countries as people rose up to demand democracy. This is what happened in each of the main uprisings. TUNISIA Fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010 after[Read More…]
Somalia cut diplomatic relations with neighboring Kenya on Tuesday, accusing it of meddling in politics as protests and gunfire erupted in the capital Mogadishu over delayed elections. The dispute could undermine cooperation in the fight against the Islamist group al Shabaab in Somalia, where Kenya provides 3,600 troops to an[Read More…]
