Virus variant races through Italy, especially among
Nurse Maurizio di Giacobbe tends to a patient in a COVID-19 ICU of the Tor Vergata Polyclinic Hospital, in Rome, Italy, Dec. 13, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for families around the world managing work and home life with children kept home from school and after-school activities. For the Di Giacobbe family, the juggling is even ...
Afghan president rebuffs U.S. proposal for power-sharing, seeks to offer counterproposal
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has rebuffed a U.S. proposal to replace his elected government with an interim administration sharing power with the Taliban, and plans to put forward a counterproposal, officials say. According to Reuters, quoting senior government officials, Mr. Ghani will propose a new presidential election within the next six months under the observation of the United Nations. The proposal is likely...
UK act of parliament authorizes torture and rape under ‘certain circumstances’
Proposed legislation giving police sweeping powers to decide whether protests are justified, the power to impose start and finish times and even the right to disband one-person protests has led to nationwide protests. The legislation includes vague criteria such as being “too loud” or a “nuisance” as being sufficient justification for any action undertaken by UK police during protests. The protestors...
Biden lied: U.S. president breaks word on Cuba
WASHINGTON—Despite Joe Biden’s campaign promise to do the opposite once elected, the United States recently imposed sanctions on the Cuban police force and two of its leaders. Mr. Biden has promised Cuban-American leaders, whose votes he wants in next year’s congressional elections, more punitive actions are coming. The Biden administration’s actions were condemned by activists who see America continuing to...
French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
PARIS—Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Oct. 5 after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country’s first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown number of other people involved in the...
Afghan victims saddened U.S. drone strike to go unpunished
KABUL, Afghanistan—The Afghan survivors of an errant U.S. drone strike that killed 10 members of their family in August said they are frustrated and saddened that U.S. troops involved in the attack will not face disciplinary action. A hellfire missile had slammed into a car belonging to Zemerai Ahmadi, killing him and nine relatives, including seven children, in the chaotic...
Turkey: 19 migrants now found dead at border with Greece
ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities on Feb. 3 found seven more dead bodies near Turkey’s border with Greece, raising to 19 the number of migrants who have frozen to death at the frontier. Turkey has blamed Greece for the deaths, accusing Greek border guards of illegally pushing the migrants back over the frontier. Greece has strongly rejected the accusation. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
The Saharawi people resist and Cuba stands by them
by Nuria Barbosa León | Granma “Cuba has always supported our people, the historical ties we share are inalterable and will be maintained as long as the Saharawi people exist,” insisted Omar Bulsan, registered under the name Mohamed Salec, who serves as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Arab Democratic Republic in Cuba. In an interview with Granma, he recalled that...
Extremism surging among Canadian military ranks, says report
The number of White supremacists and other violent extremists within Canada’s military is growing at an “alarming rate” and the officials have failed to address the problem, a report has revealed. The report by a four-member government advisory panel, published on April 25, found widespread anti-Indigenous and Black racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism within Canadian military ranks. “Membership in extremist groups is growing,...
Dutch police leaders vow to tackle racism in their ranks
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The most senior Dutch police officers vowed June 8 to crack down on racism in their ranks after a documentary last month exposed a deep-rooted culture of bullying and discrimination. “The police top is clear: the organization has to set an example in tackling discrimination and racism,” a statement on the police website said. “If a police employee crosses...