Top UN Officials Resign Over The Organization’s Incapability To Protect Human Rights In Palestine
November 30, 2023
Egypt’s SUMED pipeline operator has approached oil traders to ask if they want to book its system to transport crude oil as a stuck container ship could block the Suez Canal for weeks, three trading sources told Reuters on Thursday. The 400 m (430 yard) Ever Given, almost as long[Read More…]
It’s easy to assume that all onsite workplace clinic programs are the same—they’re an added benefit for employees, they improve access to care, and hopefully reduce lost work days for employees. But in a world that thrives on touchpoints, what happens when an onsite clinic is unable to treat the[Read More…]
This week the Health & Human Service Department of Fort Bend warned citizens about the increasing fraudulent schemes that have been offering vaccine appointments through social media. Due to an increase in the scam detections, the Department of Health and Human Services urges the community to be cautions when registering[Read More…]
A 7-year-old girl was killed in her home when security forces opened fire in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Tuesday – the youngest victim so far in a crackdown against opposition to last month’s military coup. The ruling junta accused pro-democracy protesters of arson and violence during the weeks of[Read More…]
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in an unnanounced visit to Kabul on Sunday, as Washington reviews the peace process there and its planned troop withdrawal. Austin said on Twitter he had come to “listen and learn,” on his first trip to Afghanistan since his[Read More…]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday criticized China for blocking access to the trial of Michael Spavor, a Canadian detained by Beijing since late 2018 on spying charges, a case that is part of a wider diplomatic spat between Washington and Beijing. Spavor and his lawyer appeared at a[Read More…]
President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin will face consequences for directing efforts to swing the November 2020 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, and that they would come soon. “He will pay a price,” Biden told ABC News in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. Asked what the consequences[Read More…]
The 2011 party in central Israel turned grim when a woman was cornered by two men in a side-room. Then her girlfriends, worried about her absence, turned up. The assailants fled. It was a strength-in-numbers moment that inspired one of the friends, Neta Schreiber, to develop SafeUp, an app that[Read More…]
Bolivia’s former interim President Jeanine Anez vowed on Saturday to seek international redress after she was arrested for her alleged involvement in an alleged 2019 coup, reigniting political tensions in the Andean nation. Anez, who helmed Bolivia for less than a year after former President Evo Morales left office following[Read More…]
Fort Bend County Commissioners Court announced the designation of funding from the Federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for families who are struggling to cover childcare expenses. “In Fort Bend County, we care about our children,” County Judge KP George said during the announcement of[Read More…]