Essay: With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever
In an article first published on The Conversation, ANASTASIYA BYESYEDINA, a researcher at the University of Sydney, looks at the background to events in Belarus this week…
Postcards: Black American families strive to build a town free from racism
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a bid to create a new community in central Georgia called Freedom…
Mali’s President and Prime Minister resign following military takeover
Bamako, MaliReuters Mali’s interim President and Prime Minister resigned on Wednesday, two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the Vice President said, deepening a political crisis and potentially setting up a standoff with international powers. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside […]
Pope Francis kisses numbered tattoo of Nazi death camp survivor
Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis kissed the numbered tattoo of a survivor from the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz on Wednesday after his general audience with the faithful at the Vatican. “The gesture by the Holy Father strengthened me and reconciled me with the world,” said Lidia Maksymowicz, 80, a Polish woman of Belorussian descent who […]