Shanghai widens COVID testing as other Chinese cities impose curbs
Shanghai, ChinaReuters Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of COVID testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and other Chinese cities tightened curbs – even in places with no recent infections. Beijing authorities intervened in Shanghai after its failure to […]
In the US, Chicago church’s plan to fast from ‘whiteness’ for Lent gets pushback
Chicago, USRNS To say that First United Church of Oak Park isn’t used to getting national media attention for its Lenten programming is “perhaps the understatement of the year,” according to senior pastor Rev John Edgerton. But after the congregation in suburban Chicago erected a banner announcing a fast from “whiteness” for Lent, the Christian […]
Philippines’ Pacquiao says he is not to be counted out of presidential race
Manila, The Philippines Reuters Shrugging off his low rating in opinion polls, Philippine politician and former boxing star Manny Pacquiao says his impoverished roots make him the best person to be president, as he warned voters to avoid corruption-tainted candidates. Pacquiao questioned why people supported Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the current frontrunner for the 9th May […]
Ukrainians arriving at Mexico-US border doubles in less than a week, officials say
Tijuana, MexicoReuters The number of Ukrainians arriving at the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in the United States since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor has more than doubled in less than a week, officials said. Lying on plastic mattresses, hundreds of Ukrainians including families waited in a crowded shelter run by the local government in […]
Under occupation: Death and defiance in a Bucha neighbourhood that was held by Russian troops
SIMON GARDNER, of Reuters, speaks with residents about what happened after Russian troops arrived in Bucha…
Ukraine war ignites protests in Peru as inflation anger goes global
Villacuri, PeruReuters Marcelo Gonzales is tired and angry about rapidly increasing living costs in his dusty village on Peru’s desert coast, where food and fuel inflation inflamed by the war in Ukraine has ignited protests that threaten to destabilize the government. The social upheaval in the Andean country underscores how the impact of Russia’s 24th […]
In the US, Jackson will join more diverse and conservative high court
Washington DC, USAP Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it’s been since the 1930s. She’s likely to be on the losing end of a bunch of important cases, including examinations of the role of race in college admissions and voting rights that the high court, with its […]