By Carol Rosenberg June 12, 2022 GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — For 20 years, the US navy has tightly managed what the world can see of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay. No photographs of prisoners battling guards. No starvation strikers being tackled, put into restraints and force-fed. Few faces of U.S. […]

A British journalist and an Indigenous affairs official are missing in the Amazon region’s Javari Valley. A trio of prominent Indigenous organizations accused the Brazilian government of slow-walking a search-and-rescue mission to locate missing journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araujo Pereira, saying in a statement that with […]

Beijing: Released Xinjiang Police FilesThe extent and extremely repressive nature of China’s mass detention policies in East Turkestan have forced companies that source cotton from China’s territory to rethink their supply chains. Cotton xinjiang Widely used in the global apparel industry. As of last fall, 16 percent of cotton clothing on store shelves in […]

NEWS PROVIDED BYUMass Boston Gerontology Institute  Nov 19, 2019, 09:00 ET UMass Boston Research Finds Nearly One-Third Live “In the Gap” Between Poverty, Economic Security. Researchers tracking the economic security of America’s older adults have found that half who live alone and nearly a quarter of those living in two-person […]

By John YoonThe New York Times South Korea has a reputation for world-class medical care. But faith in its hospitals has been shaken by years of complaints about doctors mishandling unconscious patients, including turning them over to unsupervised assistants who perform what are known as “ghost surgeries.” To stem the […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Onstage, Lebanese politicians spoke of upholding national sovereignty, fighting corruption and fixing the state. Their leader said he would fight to disarm Hezbollah, the political party that is also Lebanon’s strongest military force. But those concerns were far from the mind of Mohammed Siblini, 57, who like […]

May 15, 2022, 03:05 pm IST Thousands of pro-abortion activists demonstrated throughout the country on Saturday, incensed by the possibility that the Supreme Court could soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which legalised abortion nationwide half a century ago. The demonstrations started off what organisers believe will be […]

BY: SHAUN GRISWOLD – MAY 11, 2022 9:16 PM The atrocities committed at boarding schools designed and run by the federal government to eradicate Indigenous people were outlined by the U.S. Interior Department for the first time in a report published Wednesday. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland held back tears as she described the […]

BRONX, New York (PIX11)– A woman was raped at knifepoint in the elevator of a Bronx building Monday night, police said. 3 Hours ago; An unidentified man followed the 40-year-old victim into the apartment building near Bolton Street and Lydig Avenue at around 10 p.m., according to the NYPD. The […]

May 11, 2022 Dhaka: Expressing concern about children being addicted to cellphones and laptops, she said: “This is not a sign of mental and physical well-being. ‘ This was stated by the Prime Minister while speaking as the main guest (virtually) at the 2013-2021 National Sports Awards ceremony on Wednesday morning […]