Top UN Officials Resign Over The Organization’s Incapability To Protect Human Rights In Palestine
November 30, 2023
Jan 7 (Reuters) – A Georgia judge sentenced Travis McMichael and his father Gregory McMichael on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for what he called the “chilling” 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their mostly white neighborhood in the southern U.S.[Read More…]
SAO PAULO, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Deforestation last year rose to the highest level since 2015 in Brazil’s Cerrado, prompting scientists on Monday to raise alarm over the state of the world’s most species-rich savanna and a major carbon sink that helps to stave off climate change. The Cerrado, one[Read More…]
Western Education Cities and states across the country have felt the pinch from the labor shortage as critical positions go unfilled. But these challenges are particularly sharp in areas that already have a wealth of natural beauty but highly dispersed populations. In Box Elder, Mont. one unique solution is being[Read More…]
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) – China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by the five nuclear powers published by the Kremlin on Monday. It said that the five[Read More…]
MEXICO CITY, Jan 1 (Reuters) – A statue of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that had been erected in an important opposition stronghold lasted just two days, the state prosecutor said, after photographs of the apparent vandalism were shared on social media. The statue had been unveiled on Thursday[Read More…]
NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) – A 2009 settlement agreement between late financier Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre was made public on Monday as part of Giuffre’s civil lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew, who has said the deal shields him from any liability. The agreement between Epstein and Giuffre contains[Read More…]
TOKYO, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The yen traded near a one-month low to the dollar on Tuesday as safe-havens fell out of favor following Wall Street’s rally to a record high overnight, with Omicron uncertainty consigned to the background. The Japanese currency weakened as far as 114.935 yen per dollar[Read More…]
Dec 28 (Reuters) – The Omicron variant was estimated to be 58.6% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States for the week ending Dec. 25, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The fast-spreading variant was first detected in southern Africa and[Read More…]
Dec 28 (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition activists blamed on government soldiers, saying he was “horrified” at the violence. The ruling military has not commented on the killings near Mo So village in[Read More…]
Dec 27 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran of the struggle against white minority rule and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died on Sunday aged 90. Following are reactions to his death. PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement[Read More…]