Month: December 2021
‘Let’s go Brandon’ Santa Tracker caller insists he meant no disrespect to Biden – The Guardian
‘Let’s go Brandon’ Santa Tracker caller insists he meant no disrespect to Biden The Guardian Oregon father of four who told President Biden ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ on Christmas Eve call said he meant it in j OregonLive Oregon father who told Biden
Read MoreDesmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90
The archbishop, a powerful force for nonviolence in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
Read MoreSouth Africa’s Tutu: anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for ‘Rainbow Nation’
(Corrects slug) , (Reuters) -“Like falling in love” is how Archbishop Desmond Tutu described voting in South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, a remark that captured both his puckish humour and his profound emotions after decades fighting apartheid. Desmond
Read MoreWITNESS – What I learned photographing the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu
By Sumaya Hisham , (Reuters) – My earliest memories of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu are from newspaper clippings and video recordings of foreign news bulletins smuggled into South Africa by dissenters to evade censorship. As an activist allied to the
Read More‘Back to me in a coffin’ – bodies of migrants drowned in Channel reach Iraq
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – At least 16 bodies of Iraqi Kurdish migrants who drowned in November when their dinghy deflated while they tried to cross the English Channel were returned on Sunday to Iraqi Kurdistan. The Nov. 24 disaster, in
Read MoreCountries Consider Further Post-Christmas Omicron Curbs
People across Europe were set to face new restrictions as infection rates hit records in many areas, while the Biden administration said it was working to make sure hospitals aren’t overwhelmed.
Read MoreThe Students Returned, but the Fallout From a Long Disruption Remained
“They’re like, ‘The world’s out of control, why should I be in control?’” the principal of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pa., said of some of his struggling students.
Read MoreCape Town local remembers Archbishop Desmond Tutu
In his hometown of Cape Town, South Africans mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Read MoreSudanese activists want the U.S. to support their push for democracy
NPR’s Eyder Peralta speaks with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, about the ongoing conflicts in that region.
Read MoreA revolutionary movement for democracy has taken hold in Sudan, led by young people
A huge network of resistance committees has transformed public protest in Sudan, challenging the new junta.
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