News 05/30/2019
Over 1,200 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo). According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Border, this is the worst ever reported ...
Africa 05/30/2019
Sudan's protesters are threatening a civil disobedience campaign if the ruling military refuses to hand over power to civilians.The threat comes after a two-day strike meant to pressure the military showed no tangible effects.The coalition ...
Africa 05/30/2019
Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this year and left hundreds dead, raising alarm about the effects of ...
Africa 05/30/2019
The fate of several teams vying for places in the Super Rugby playoffs is likely to be sealed in this weekend's 16th round.If the Chiefs can't beat the Crusaders in Fiji, if the Waratahs can't ...
Africa 05/29/2019
Farmers in Kenya are swapping high-risk crops for silkworms. In a bid to find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihoods, many farmers are turning to silk production and ditching traditional cash crops such as ...
Africa 05/29/2019
Yasir Arman says he wants to help resolve the ongoing standoff on who should lead Sudan's transitional government
Africa 05/29/2019
WHO officials say success hinges on improving security in Congo's conflict zones
Africa 05/29/2019
A prominent Egyptian militant wanted for scores of terror attacks in his country was handed over by Libyan forces loyal to a commander pushing to take the capital of Tripoli and flown back to Egypt ...
Africa 05/29/2019
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began his second term as head of Africa's most populous nation on Wednesday, facing heightened pressure to defeat Islamic extremism and boost the oil-dependent economy amid concerns over his health.The 76-year-old ...
Africa 05/28/2019
Report alleges that security forces, who have been conducting military operations against Islamist insurgents in region, have engaged in unlawful action against civilians
Africa 05/28/2019
Malawi's President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday called for unity as he was sworn in for a second five-year term after an election in which top opposition parties alleged irregularities.The 78-year-old Mutharika began his acceptance speech ...
Africa 05/28/2019
Sudan's protest leaders have launched a two-day general strike to press the ruling military to hand over power to a civilian-led authority.Wajdi Saleh, a negotiator for the protesters, says they resorted to holding the strike ...
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Australia & Oceania 07/13/2019
Nearly 60 native birds died after "falling from the sky" in front of horrified onlookers in a suspected case of mass poisoning in South Australia, rescuers say. Bird rescuers said it was like “something out of ...
Australia & Oceania 06/26/2019
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Central America 07/12/2019
Two weeks ago, the Cuban Ministry of Finance published a new list of prices for products sold in CUC (the Cuban equivalent of the dollar) and in pesos. The inventory of prices of food and hygiene ...
Central America 07/12/2019
As a contingency plan to curb immigration, the Mexican government unveiled the first two U.S. investment projects in the south of the country. The $800 million granted for the region would be for the construction ...
Central America 07/10/2019
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South America 07/13/2019
Last Friday, the United States government extradited to Colombia former Agriculture Minister Andrés Felipe Arias, who is awaiting conviction in his country for embezzlement among other crimes. The Colombian Embassy in Washington received a note last ...
South America 07/13/2019
Infant mortality under Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela has soared to the point that analysts are already talking about genocide. Experts warn that the deterioration of medical and food supplies under Maduro's regime is causing conditions ...
South America 07/12/2019
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions Thursday on the Maduro regime in Venezuela for assassinating military Captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo. The measure will affect the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence and will increase pressure on Maduro's ...
South America 07/12/2019
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, revealed on Thursday, July 11, that he is nominating his son, Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, from lower house of the National Congress of Brazil, as Brazil's ambassador to the United ...
South America 07/11/2019
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South America 07/10/2019
Admiral Craig Faller, head of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command, confirmed Tuesday the presence of Russian troops in Venezuela, according to Agencia EFE. "There are Russian troops and there are Russian defense contractors in Venezuela, ...
South America 07/09/2019
The U.S. government yesterday demanded that Nicolás Maduro's regime release U.S. executives detained in Venezuela. Through a statement, the spokeswoman from the State Department, Morgan Ortagus, denounced Venezuela for the six directors of Citgo being " ...
South America 07/09/2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Argentina next week to participate in a summit against terrorism and pay tribute to the victims of the attack on the Israelite Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA) that ...
South America 07/08/2019
The shortage of gasoline that has paralyzed Venezuela since May has forced dozens of Venezuelan agricultural producers to reduce their area of cultivation, farmer Joandry Santiago told the New York Times. The agricultural industry is on ...
South America 07/06/2019
The northern province of Jujuy in Argentina signed a contract—for $30 million—with the Chinese technology company ZTE for a complex surveillance system that will make the streets "safer" according to Ekel Meyer, the province's security ...
South America 07/05/2019
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again said he would like U.S. President Donald Trump to visit South America to discuss the Venezuelan crisis with the presidents of the region. On Wednesday night, July 3, during an ...
South America 07/02/2019
Tens of thousands of tourists flocked to cities and towns across northern Chile to stake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness Tuesday's total solar eclipse. Millions are expected to gaze at ...
South America 06/28/2019
About 1,000 guns and hundreds of explosives were seized in Argentina from an international criminal gang on Thursday, June 27. Authorities said that this is the biggest seizure of its kind in the history of ...
America 07/05/2019
A campaign of pro-life groups has been collecting donations for migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The initiative is called Bottles to the Border and is led by former employees of abortion clinics and pro-life ...
South America 07/05/2019
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again said he would like U.S. President Donald Trump to visit South America to discuss the Venezuelan crisis with the presidents of the region. On Wednesday night, July 3, during an ...
America 07/03/2019
Mexican authorities are investigating several reports of illegal immigrants trying to buy children to enter the United States, and obtain family unit benefits. According to testimony gathered by the Seattle Times from locals and the police, ...
South America 07/02/2019
Tens of thousands of tourists flocked to cities and towns across northern Chile to stake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness Tuesday's total solar eclipse. Millions are expected to gaze at ...
America 06/28/2019
An engineer shouted for the young migrant woman to hurry up and climb aboard the freight train or she'd be left behind. In her bright red tennis shoes, she quickened her pace and was the ...
America 06/28/2019
Megan Rapinoe went from controversy to triumph, scoring twice for the United States in the much-anticipated clash with host France to send the defending champions into the semifinals of the Women's World Cup with a ...
America 06/28/2019
About 100 Mexican soldiers and immigration agents raided a freight train in the southern state of Chiapas on Thursday and detained dozens of Central American migrants riding atop the cars. Such raids had been rare since ...
America 06/26/2019
U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams assured that President Donald J. Trump supports political change in Venezuela during a briefing session on Tuesday, June 25. Abrams’s affirmative declaration came after a Washington Post article, citing ...
America 06/25/2019
Around 15,000 soldiers and National Guard policemen have been deployed by the Mexican government to the U.S. border in a bid to check migration flow from Central America, the country's defense chief told reporters on ...
America 06/21/2019
Mexico has completed its deployment of 6,000 National Guardsmen to help control the flow of migrants headed to the United States and filled 650 immigration agency posts to regulate border crossings, the government said on ...
America 06/21/2019
The deaths of eight American tourists in the Dominican Republic this year are not part of a mysterious wave of fatalities but a medically and statistically normal phenomenon that has been lumped together by the ...
America 06/21/2019
íMexico and El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement Thursday that includes a $30 million Mexican donation for reforestation in the Central American nation, amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of ...
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday, June 17, that it is ready to send women to the moon—50 years after the first Apollo mission! The new space mission is aptly named Artemis, after ...
America 06/17/2019
The huge blackout that left tens of millions of people in the dark in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay over the weekend raised serious questions about the vulnerability of the power grid in South America and ...
America 06/17/2019
Mexican authorities increased immigration enforcement along well-traveled routes for migrants in southern Mexico over the weekend, checking identifications, pulling migrants off public transport and intercepting four trucks packed with nearly 800 migrants. The National Migration Institute ...
America 06/16/2019
A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday after an unexplained failure in the neighboring countries' interconnected power grid. Authorities were working frantically to restore ...
America 06/12/2019
A Netherlands seed developer is the 2019 winner of the World Food Prize for pioneering high quality and disease-resistant vegetable seeds. The Dutch seed man has already introduced the hybrid seeds to over 60 countries, including ...
America 06/11/2019
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday, June 10, that Canada is planning to ban single-use plastics by 2021 in an attempt to curb plastic pollution. “I'm very happy to announce that as early as ...
America 06/08/2019
Thousands of people crossed into Colombia on Saturday to buy food and medicine after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reopened a border between the countries that had been shut down for the past four months. Long lines ...
America 06/07/2019
Mexico's president said Thursday he will hold a "unity" rally on the border in Tijuana two days before the U.S. is set to impose tariffs on all Mexican imports. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that ...
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Europe 07/03/2019
This story of a UK's baby died days after premature birth, whose mother had been stabbed to death will shatter your heart. The tragic episode occurred at a home in Croydon, south London, UK when Kelly ...
Europe 07/03/2019
An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital early Wednesday, July 3, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 130, the U.N. mission to the war-torn country said. The airstrike ...
Europe 07/03/2019
Iran's president Rouhani warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to "any amount that we want" beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to ...
Europe 07/02/2019
Conservationists at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are attempting to harness plant energy to oversee remote ecosystems. They are working on a project that could enable a plant “to take a selfie.” A maidenhair fern ...
Europe 07/02/2019
Iran has broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and international inspectors, Tehran said Monday. It's the first major departure from the unraveling agreement ...
Europe 06/29/2019
As Europe sizzles in the heat, with temperatures topping 104 degrees Fahrenheit, both humans and zoo animals find ways to stay cool. In the Italian capital city of Rome, residents and tourists are in search of ...
Europe 06/27/2019
The United States does not want a full-blown war with Iran, although it still is seeking to build up international defenses in the region just in case of a conflict, President Donald Trump's special envoy ...
Europe 06/25/2019
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Europe 06/24/2019
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Europe 06/24/2019
A German air force pilot was killed Monday after his fighter jet collided with another during a training mission in northeastern Germany, the military said. The pilot of the other Eurofighter jet was able to eject ...
Europe 06/24/2019
A Cyprus criminal court on Monday sentenced an army captain to seven life terms in prison after he pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder and kidnapping of seven foreign women and girls. In handing down the ...
Europe 06/20/2019
Britain's next prime minister will be a man in his 50s who went to Oxford University — either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, the two finalists selected Thursday in a race to lead the governing ...
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The European plane maker Airbus launched a new single-aisle long-range aircraft on Monday, June 17, at the Paris Air Show, announcing that the plane will be ready for sale in 2023. The new A321XLR jet is ...
Europe 06/18/2019
Former UEFA president and French football legend Michel Platini was arrested on suspicion of corruption. A justice official in France says former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to the awarding of the ...
Europe 06/17/2019
A frozen head of an ice age wolf, believed to have died 40,000 years ago, was found in Siberia. A local man looking for mammoth ivory found the wolf’s head in the Abyisky District of ...
Europe 06/16/2019
The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a "mistake" in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the ...
Europe 06/15/2019
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Asia & Pacific 5 hours ago
A 63-year-old man in India has become popular after his six-foot-long dreadlocks gained the attention of media. Sakal Dev Tuddu from the Munger district of eastern Bihar state wears his mat of hair on top of ...
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Asia & Pacific 07/10/2019
China has called on the United States to “immediately withdraw” the proposed arms deal and stop military links with Taiwan. The Trump administration approved the potential sale, which it said would not alter the basic ...
Asia & Pacific 07/04/2019
President Donald Trump on Wednesday, July 3, sent a reminder to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after he said that Iran could enrich uranium to “any amount that we want.” President Trump tweeted, "Iran has just issued ...
Asia & Pacific 07/03/2019
The U.S. consul general to Hong Kong on Tuesday, July 2, condemned the violence outside the government office complex yesterday, but added that he is hopeful about the future of the territory. U.S. Consul General in ...
Trending 07/03/2019
India’s largest city, Mumbai, on Tuesday, July 2, experienced its worst heavy monsoon in a decade. Heavy rains caused three retaining walls to collapse on huts and city shanties, killing at least 27 people and ...
Asia & Pacific 07/02/2019
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on Monday afternoon for the annual July 1 march that is held on the anniversary of Britain's return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. This year’s ...
Politics 07/02/2019
The recent meeting between the North Korean and U.S. leaders on the border between the two Koreas marked the end of mutual hostilities between the two countries and the beginning of an era of peace, ...
Asia & Pacific 07/02/2019
Recent anti-government protests in Hong Kong are echoing in Taiwan, possibly giving the island's President Tsai Ing-wen a lift in her campaign to resist Beijing's pressure for political unification and win a second term in ...
Asia & Pacific 06/30/2019
President Donald Trump will meet Sunday with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the North and South, a day after he issued an unprecedented invitation and expressed willingness to cross the ...
Asia & Pacific 06/29/2019
Vietnam will import liquefied natural gas (LNG) among other goods from the United States, local state media reported. The move is a response to recent warnings by President Donald Trump that the country is a ...
U.S. 06/27/2019
On June 28 and 29, the annual summit of the top 20 economies will gather in Osaka. The center of attention will be on the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart ...
Trending 06/27/2019
Thousands of residents participated in Hong Kong’s rally on Wednesday night, June 26, to oppose the proposed extradition bill that they fear will take away the city’s freedom. They were rallying to appeal to world leaders ...
Asia & Pacific 06/26/2019
The U.S. military said two of its service members were killed Wednesday in Afghanistan. The deaths occurred a day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Afghan capital of Kabul, where he said Washington ...
Asia & Pacific 06/25/2019
Australia's most northern city was jolted following a strong earthquake in the Indonesian Banda Sea, about 435 miles away. On Monday, Darwin’s central business buildings had to be evacuated after the magnitude 7.2 quake. Hundreds of ...
Asia & Pacific 06/25/2019
Tens of thousands of Taiwanese on Sunday, June 23, gathered in Taipei under heavy rain to protest pro Beijing media outlets that promote Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s agenda. They called for lawmakers to take action ...
Asia & Pacific 06/25/2019
President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to comments from the Iranian president by threatening Tehran with "great and overwhelming force" if it attacks "anything American." In a series of tweets, President Trump fired back after Iranian ...
Asia & Pacific 06/25/2019
Former Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan, presently a defense adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, said that if attacked, Iran will put America in "the garbage bin of history" and remove Israel from "the ...
News 06/24/2019
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined thousands bending, stretching, twisting, and holding yoga postures on Friday, in Ranchi to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21. Lift your arms and stretch like Modi, who was present ...
Asia & Pacific 06/24/2019
As the U.S. piles sanction after sanction on Iran, it's the average person who feels it the most. From a subway performer's battered leather hat devoid of tips, to a bride-to-be's empty purse, the lack of ...
South America 07/06/2019
The northern province of Jujuy in Argentina signed a contract—for $30 million—with the Chinese technology company ZTE for a complex surveillance system that will make the streets "safer" according to Ekel Meyer, the province's security ...
World 07/05/2019
All tariffs imposed on Chinese goods must be eliminated if Washington wants a trade deal to be made with Beijing, China’s Ministry of Commerce said, as the two countries are preparing to restart their trade ...
World 07/04/2019
An independent tribunal in the UK recently attracted widespread news coverage after announcing a judgment that the Chinese Communist regime is killing its detained citizens for organs. A 60-page summary of the judgment was released on ...
Asia & Pacific 07/02/2019
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on Monday afternoon for the annual July 1 march that is held on the anniversary of Britain's return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. This year’s ...
Opinion 07/01/2019
Adorned with bright smiles and clothed in colorful garb, Uighur Muslims held in political reeducation camps flash across the screen as they sing and dance triumphantly to the words that President Xi Jinping wrote just ...
World 07/01/2019
Frustration among protesters in Hong Kong boiled over Monday, with one group attacking the legislative building and tens of thousands of others marching through the city to demand expanded democracy on the 22nd anniversary of ...
U.S. 06/27/2019
On June 28 and 29, the annual summit of the top 20 economies will gather in Osaka. The center of attention will be on the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart ...
Politics 06/27/2019
The Americans want to safeguard their technological riches, restore balance to their top trading relationship and force a sharp-elbowed rival to play by the rules and keep its word. The Chinese want the Trump administration to ...
U.S. 06/27/2019
As the Chinese Communist regime continues to butcher innocent practitioners of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, the Independent People’s Tribunal on China gathered in London on June 17 to confirm long-standing allegations of organ harvesting by ...
Trending 06/27/2019
Thousands of residents participated in Hong Kong’s rally on Wednesday night, June 26, to oppose the proposed extradition bill that they fear will take away the city’s freedom. They were rallying to appeal to world leaders ...
World 06/26/2019
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's under little pressure to reach a trade deal with China when he meets late this week with President Xi Jinping and is prepared to impose further tariffs on ...
U.S. 06/26/2019
Neither the United States nor China have backed down since trade negotiations between the two powers reached a standstill in May. As world leaders gather in Osaka, Japan, for the G20 Summit, the U.S.-China trade ...
World 06/20/2019
Opponents of a recently proposed extradition agreement between Hong Kong and China are calling for more large-scale protests this weekend, after Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam ignored demands to formally cancel the bill by ...
Trending 06/20/2019
Dozens of Filipinos held a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila on Wednesday, June 19, to condemn a statement Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made on Monday. The protesters are angry because President Rodrigo Duterte described ...
World 06/19/2019
News Analysis In the wake of unprecedented protests in Hong Kong to push back a proposed China-extradition bill, China state-controlled media, internet censors, and state-sponsored computer hackers are working around the clock to block news coverage ...
Asia & Pacific 06/19/2019
An activist for pro-democracy group Demosisto and a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, Joshua Wong was released from prison. Wong urged Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam to withdraw the extradition amendment ...
World 06/18/2019
Rescue efforts were underway Tuesday after an earthquake in southwestern China left 12 people dead and 135 others injured, authorities said. Hundreds of firefighters arrived early Tuesday, June 18, and rescued at least eight trapped people, ...
World 06/18/2019
A strong earthquake that hit Sichuan province in southern China late Monday night killed 11 people and injured 122, the local government said. The Yibin city government posted the casualty toll on its social media accounts ...
Asia & Pacific 06/17/2019
A full week of protests in Hong Kong, culminating with as many as 2 million people taking to the streets on Sunday, June 16, is pressure-testing Beijing’s “one country-two systems” administrative policy. The protests themselves, historic ...
World 06/17/2019
UPDATE: AP reports that authorities have said that at least 12 people are dead and 135 others injured, with rescue efforts continuing on Tuesday. An earthquake in China late Monday was powerful enough to cause considerable ...
World 07/04/2019
An independent tribunal in the UK recently attracted widespread news coverage after announcing a judgment that the Chinese Communist regime is killing its detained citizens for organs. A 60-page summary of the judgment was released on ...
Asia & Pacific 07/02/2019
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on Monday afternoon for the annual July 1 march that is held on the anniversary of Britain's return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. This year’s ...
Trending 06/27/2019
Thousands of residents participated in Hong Kong’s rally on Wednesday night, June 26, to oppose the proposed extradition bill that they fear will take away the city’s freedom. They were rallying to appeal to world leaders ...
Europe 06/25/2019
Speaking at a meeting in Geneva on Monday, June 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet emphasized human rights violations in several regions of the world. Bachelet expressed disappointment at Saudi Arabia's ...
World 06/24/2019
There are 25 million adults and children suffering from labor and sex trafficking all over the world, including in the United States, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released ...
Trending 06/20/2019
Dozens of Filipinos held a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila on Wednesday, June 19, to condemn a statement Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made on Monday. The protesters are angry because President Rodrigo Duterte described ...
Asia & Pacific 06/19/2019
An activist for pro-democracy group Demosisto and a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, Joshua Wong was released from prison. Wong urged Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam to withdraw the extradition amendment ...
World 06/18/2019
A panel of experts and lawyers from the China Tribunal in London has concluded that China has in fact been murdering Falun Gong practitioners and harvesting their organs for transplant. The tribunal said on June ...
Politics 06/17/2019
Hong Kong’s former Chief Secretary Anson Chan said on Friday, June 14, that the territory's current government should drop the proposed extradition bill that has triggered massive weeklong protests. Chan said this past week’s protests involving ...
Politics 06/14/2019
A group of nine pro-democratic lawmakers condemned the Hong Kong government for describing Wednesday's mass protest on the island nation as a riot. The legislators were specifically referring to comments made by Hong Kong Special Administrative ...
Europe 06/12/2019
The Russian Interior Affairs Ministry has, under public pressure, dropped drug-dealing charges against a prominent investigative journalist, in a sudden turn of events. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev surprised the nation and the world on Tuesday after ...
World 06/12/2019
The New York Post carried an article on June 1, 2019, titled “Chinese dissidents are being executed for their organs, former hospital worker says.” The article was written by Steven W. Mosher, the president of the Population Research ...
Europe 06/10/2019
A prominent Russian investigative journalist was arrested and allegedly beaten while in detention. Ivan Golunov, who works for the independent Latvia-based Meduza online news agency, was charged with drug dealing. Four grams of synthetic stimulant mephedrone ...
World 06/03/2019
November 1989 marked the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, when thousands of Germans brought down the Berlin Wall—the most visible symbol of the Cold War, built by communists to separate East and West Berlin. The ...
World 06/03/2019
June 4, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Former Associated Press (AP) journalist Jeff Widener, who was present at the scene to cover the story, recollects his experience of the ...
Asia & Pacific 06/03/2019
Thirty years have passed since the June 4 Tiananmen Square protests. Former Chinese pro-democracy activists speak about how the 1989 student-led demonstrations in Beijing have left a lasting impact on their lives. Lawyer and former student ...
World 05/31/2019
A 73-year-old woman who was sentenced to two years in March 2019 for practicing Falun Gong was denied admission by Shandong Province Women's Prison after she failed the required physical exam. The authorities hired two ...
World 05/13/2019
Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners from Canada and supportive lawmakers celebrated the 27th annual World Falun Dafa Day in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. The attendees condemned the persecution of ...
America 05/09/2019
S-240, a bill that targets human organ trafficking, was unanimously passed on the evening of April 30 in the Canadian House of Commons. It was introduced by the Senate and was already approved by the ...
World 05/02/2019
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called out China as one of the world’s most egregious persecutors of religious faiths in its 2019 annual report released on April 29. The report also states ...
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