Top UN Officials Resign Over The Organization’s Incapability To Protect Human Rights In Palestine
November 30, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused the International Olympic Committee of being complicit in China’s rights abuses ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games after the IOC president’s call with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, who supporters say may be under political duress. Foreign governments[Read More…]
SANTIAGO, Nov 22 (Reuters) – After two years of dramatic street protests and the election of a left-wing body to re-write the nation’s constitution, Chileans surprised analysts, markets and even themselves on Sunday night by favoring a right-wing presidential candidate and delivering significant gains to conservatives in Congress. With 99.99%[Read More…]
London, Nov 22 (Reuters) – The euro fell on Monday to trade close to a 16-month low on growing concerns over the impact of new COVID-19 restrictions in Europe, with Austria starting a full lockdown and Germany considering following suit. Austria began its fourth lockdown, the first introduced since vaccines[Read More…]
“Friendship first, competition second, that same thing still resonates and has great meaning in 2021,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday night while Houston hosted the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships and commemorated the 50th anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy. “As the nation’s most diverse and welcoming city, Houston[Read More…]
Families Helping Families, a nonprofit organization, are Fort Bend’s own personal angels, helping families in their region since 2013. This year they were able to assist 3,000 families – 300 more than last year – in their annual Thanksgiving food drive. Quincy Collins, the nonprofit organization’s founder, started this event[Read More…]
On Nov. 12, 19-year old Marshall Ervin had a close encounter with death on his way home, while driving through Fort bend Toll Road. Lucky to be alive, Erwin recalls a black Dodge Challenger speed by him and seconds later, sees the gun. “I didn’t really realize what was going[Read More…]
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) – The White House is set to announce Monday that more than 90% of 3.5 million federal employees covered by a presidential COVID-19 vaccine mandate have received at least one vaccine dose ahead of a Monday deadline, Biden administration officials told Reuters. In total, the administration[Read More…]
MADRID, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Dissident Yunior Garcia said on Thursday the protest movement he spearheaded in Cuba would carry on without him despite his leaving the communist-run island for self-exile in Spain. Garcia said he traveled to Spain after the authorities cut his phone lines and those of his[Read More…]
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, Nov 17 (Reuters) – The Canadian province of British Columbia could introduce a state of emergency on Wednesday to help deal with massive floods that cut access to the country’s largest port and stranded thousands. Mudslides triggered by heavy rains destroyed several major roads and killed at[Read More…]
On Aug. 23, the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees issued a mask mandate, that after a few days had to be removed due to Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning such mandates. However, on Nov. 10 a federal judge overturned Abbott’s executive order-saying it violated the Americans with Disabilities[Read More…]