US taxi drivers’ caravan demands a “people’s stimulus”
Dozens of taxi workers from the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland traveled to Washington DC on Thursday, demanding assistance for the taxi industry and better pandemic relief plans
French journalists in forefront of upsurge against Global Security Bill
Pablo Aiquel of the French journalists’ union SNJ-CGT talks about the massive upsurge against the government’s Global Security Bill which gives greater powers to the police
New study says Indus Valley Civilization people ate meat, were especially fond of beef
A research team recovered 172 pottery fragments from five Indus Valley Civilization sites and conducted a lipid residue analysis on them. The study aimed to delve deeper into the food habits of the Harappans by analyzing this residue
Journalist killed in Afghanistan on International Human Rights Day
Malala Maiwand was travelling in her vehicle towards Jalalabad when she was attacked by some unidentified gunmen at Nangarhar
Sahrawis condemn US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara
In return of US recognition of its rights over Western Sahara, Morocco has agreed to “normalize” its relations with Israel. The United Nations and the majority of the world does not recognize Moroccan claims of sovereignty over the territory.
US Senate fails to block arms sales to UAE despite concerns of misuse and regional arms race
Two resolutions presented to block the sale of F-35 jets and Reaper Drones to UAE were defeated by a simple majority of 49 to 47 and 50 to 46 in the 100-member Senate
On Human Rights Day, a global call to #FreeAssange
Organizations and militants across the world are writing to the UK government with the demand to free Julian Assange who has been lodged in Belmarsh prison for months
Polish authorities seek to ban communist party
The Polish Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro has filed a submission in the Constitutional Tribunal seeking a ban on the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) accusing it of adhering to a totalitarian ideology