NAIROBI – With the deadline to close refugee camps in Kenya just over… Continue reading
“My dad witnessed the horror of Pearl Harbor firsthand. But his letters never let on”, NPR
Rene Montagne, All Things Considered, December 7, 2021
Art Montagne in Honolulu, 1940; his letter to his mom, December 1941;… Continue reading
“Germany’s Olaf Scholz takes over from Merkel as chancellor”, BBC News
Analyisi, Katya Adler, 8 December 2021
Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor, bringing to an end… Continue reading
“UNICEF launches US$9.4 billion emergency funding appeal for children affected by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19”, UNICEF
Press Release, Geneva, New York, 7 December 2021
Funds will support essential programs for over 177 million children in need… Continue reading
“Urgent solutions needed for refugees as camps set to close”, Médecins Sans Frontières
Press Release, Paris, Nairobi, 6 December 2021
“Myanmar’s Suu Kyi jailed for four years, drawing global outrage”, NPR
Writing by Martin Petty, Ed Davies and Robert Birsel; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Angus MacSwan, December 6, 2021
Dec… Continue reading
“Omicron variant fuelling ‘exponential’ rise in Covid cases, say South Africa officials”, The Guardian
Virginia Harrison and agencies, London, 2 Dec 2021
Nearly three-quarters of virus genomes sequenced last month were of new variant,… Continue reading
“Phil Saviano, clergy abuse victim who refused to stay silent, dies at 69”, The Boston Globe
“As Omicron Variant Circles the Globe, African Nations Face Blame and Bans”, The New York Times
Benjamin Mueller and
With countries trying to close their doors to… Continue reading
“One billion more people could join the ranks of those already unable to afford healthy diet”, UN News
23 November 2021, Rome
Approximately three billion people, almost 40 per cent of the world’s… Continue reading
“How a Prosecutor Addressed a Mostly White Jury and Won a Conviction in the Arbery Case”, The New York Times
Nov. 26, 2021
Linda Dunikoski, a prosecutor brought in from the Atlanta area, struck… Continue reading