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More than 2,000 deaths reported from Haiti earthquake; US deploys addt’l forces
Another challenging day greeted Haiti on Wednesday as the death toll surpassed the 2,000 mark following the search and rescue efforts. Tropical Storm Grace has
Women were denied work as Taliban reached cities
Taliban fighters in early July were claiming territory from government forces around Afghanistan. Some of them stormed the Azizi Bank offices in Kandahar and directed
76th Hiroshima bomb anniversary remembered
The world’s first atomic bombing on Hiroshima marked its 76th year on Friday, as global leaders were pushed by a Japanese city mayor to come
Olympic host Japan to further COVID emergency due to surge of cases
With the record-shattering increase in COVID-19 cases as Tokyo hosts the Olympics, Japan will further the coronavirus state of emergency in the capital city to
Boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya; 57 presumed dead
A UN migration official confirmed that a boat with migrants on board off Libya met a sea mishap, leaving around 57 passengers assumed dead. According
Experts warn unreported virus deaths in Indonesia as health services “cannot contain” toll
Another family has shed a member to COVID-19 in a residential street in Bogor, Indonesia. A young woman wails as she sits beside her father’s
Who’s running Haiti after president’s assassination? 5 questions answered
Patrick D Bellegarde-Smith, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Two men are vying to control Haiti after President Jovenel Moïse’s July 7 assassination, creating more turmoil for a nation in crisis. Here, scholar Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, a Haitian studies scholar and author of “Haiti: The Breached Citadel,” explains the unusual situation that gave rise to this power struggle – and asserts that Haiti may never get the democracy it needs. 1. Who is running Haiti right now? Prime Minister Claude Joseph has assumed power.
In 2 decades, world marks hike in child labor: UN
The United Nations on Thursday said that the world has recorded an increase in child labor in 20 years and the current pandemic is feared
The pandemic has slowed tourism to Thailand’s Buddhist temples, but the impact is more than economic
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College The economies of countries dependent on tourism are clearly hurting, with visitor numbers plummeting as a result of the pandemic. In
WHO replaces place-based tag for COVID virus variants to Greek letter names
Instead of using names after the places, the World Health Organization has put in place a new system to identify COVID-19 variants to avoid difficulties
Colombian city beset by crime declares ‘Black Lives Matter’
Shauna N Gillooly, University of California, Irvine Chaotic and deadly protests have for weeks rocked the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. In mid-May some demonstrators
As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead