‘Don’t give up’: Syrian women’s ongoing search for the missing
Yasmin Al-Mashaan lost five brothers during more than a decade of conflict in Syria. Two were forcibly disappeared. Three were killed during peaceful demonstrations or…
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World News in Brief: US-Iran war intensifies, aid for Myanmar, casualties in Ukraine
Fighting between the United States and Iran has sharply escalated after a month-long lull, with the two sides exchanging strikes as fears grow over further…
Sudan: Air attack destroys food aid for families in South Kordofan
Two truckloads of food aid destined for hungry families in South Kordofan state, Sudan, were destroyed in an aerial attack over the weekend, the World…
Ukraine Busts Crypto Fraud Network Targeting EU Victims
Ukraine’s Security Service and National Police dismantled a Kyiv-based crypto fraud network that allegedly targeted EU citizens and generated monthly turnover of up to $1…
The Wall Street Journal’s Propaganda On Rent Control
The Wall Street Journal’s Emma Camp recently put out a short video criticizing “rent control” (I put this in quotes because the term can describe…
Back to School — Without Food
New SNAP cuts come during a period of upheaval for federal safety net programs, growing hunger across the country and rising grocery prices.
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‘PlastiVan’ 101: When Plastic Companies Write the Lesson Plans
The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable and a source of good jobs.
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Spain Arrests Germany’s Most Wanted Drug Trafficker
Spanish police, working with German authorities, have arrested Germany’s most wanted drug trafficker in the southern city of Málaga, the National Police announced Monday. The…
Q&A: What Has Emerged From the Trial of a Businessman Charged in the Murder of a Maltese Journalist?
Yorgen Fenech pleaded not guilty to charges of complicity and criminal association in the 2017 assassination of leading Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. After…
Uganda Arrests 16 in Alleged $4M Fake Gold Scam
Ugandan police have arrested 16 people, including four police officers, for their alleged involvement in a fake gold scam that defrauded a Dubai businessman of…