On the brink of WW III? Rising fear of U.S.-Russia conflict in Europe
Fear of major war erupting in Europe and a possible third World War came as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared two breakaway enclaves in neighboring Ukraine independent, ordering “peacekeeping” troops into the area. The West called his act a violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty. His action left United States and European allies scrambling for a response at Final Call presstime. But...
UN highlights human cost of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The United Nations on March 29 remembered the horrors of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honoring the tradition of resistance to slavery and unity against racism, through personal stories of courage. In a commemorative event in the General Assembly Hall that included remarks from Member States from around the world, top UN officials denounced racism...
Germans fail to pay up for sacking Namibia’s indigenous lands
(GIN)—Reparations, a system of redress for egregious injustices, are not a foreign idea imposed from the outside of the United States. On the contrary, the U.S. has given lands to Native Americans, paid $1.5 billion to Japanese Americans interned in the U.S. during World War II, and helped Jews receive reparations for the Holocaust, including making various investments over...
Indigenous demonstrations in Ecuador continue
Thousands of Indigenous Ecuadorians have converged on the capital Quito in intensifying protests against soaring fuel prices. Indigenous people and members of other disgruntled groups began a peaceful demonstration towards the city center starting from the South of the capital, with hundreds joining from the North of Quito. The popular Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) called for setting minimum prices...
Hate crimes against Muslims in Canada jump by 71 percent: Study
Hate crimes against Muslims across Canada jumped by 71 percent in 2021, according to a newly released report by the government agency Statistics Canada. Released on Aug. 9, the study found that the number of recorded attacks against Muslims increased from 84 incidents in 2020 to 144 in 2021. In 2019, a total of 182 incidents targeting Muslims had been...
Japan and China mark 50-year ties
TOKYO—Japan and China marked the 50th anniversary of normalization of their ties September 29 as their leaders Fumio Kishida and Xi Jinping stressed the importance of their strengthened relationship over the decades, though they still face difficulties. On Sept. 29, 1972, then-Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai signed a communique normalizing their ties and pledging peace and friendship....
Brazil expels U.S. fishing tour company from Indigenous land
RIO DE JANEIRO—Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tourism company to leave a remote Indigenous area of the Amazon after prosecutors filed charges of operating without government authorization and manipulating Indigenous people, which is illegal in the country. The Attorney General’s office in Santarem alleged in the civil lawsuit that the company Acute Angling invaded an...
U.S. weapons sales to NATO members almost doubled in 2022
The United States’ weapons sales to NATO member states in 2022 have shown a drastic increase as countries react to fears caused by the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. Foreign Policy magazine reported on December 29, 2022, that U.S. arms sales to NATO almost doubled this past year as the war between Russia and Ukraine prompted other European countries into purchasing more...
A worldwide message with global impact
The Nation of Islam annual commemoration of Saviours’ Day held in Chicago, Feb. 24-26, was global in scope and participation. The celebration recognizes the birth anniversary of Allah (God) in Person, the Great Mahdi, Master W. Fard Muhammad, who was born in Mecca, Arabia, on February 26, 1877. The keynote address of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan titled “The War...
Over one million UK children receiving food aid as cost-of-living crisis deepens: Charity
New figures released by a major British food charity organization unveil that more than a million children in the European country received food aid in the past 12 months amid a deepening cost-of-living crisis. According to the latest stats released by the Trussell Trust charity, which supports some 1,200 food banks across the UK, about 1.1 million out of nearly three million...