Efforts to shed light on a bitter slice of history for Asian Americans resonate amid rising racism Demonstrators condemn racism against Asians at a rally in Washington, DC, on June 25. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Editor's note: Growing racism against Asian Americans is far from a new phenomenon, as we detail with coverage of efforts to […]
In this photo taken on Jan 31, 2023, protesters clash with police on the Place Vauban in Paris during a rally on a second day of nationwide strikes and protests over the government's proposed pension reform. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS — Huge crowds marched across France on Tuesday to say "non" to President Emmanuel Macron's […]
Young Socialists Switzerland (JUSO) activists take part in a protest against the World Economic Forum (WEF), calling for a climate tax on the rich, on the eve of the WEF annual meeting in Davos, on Jan 15, 2023. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) DAVOS, Switzerland – Big oil firms came under pressure at the start of […]
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, standing in the center, answers a member of parliament during debate at the parliament in Lisbon on Jan 11, 2023. (ARMANDO FRANCA / AP) LISBON – Portugal's government said on Thursday future officials would from now on have to answer a questionnaire before they are appointed to prove they are […]
Migrants wait in line for clothes and supplies in a makeshift migrant camp in the border town of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on July 10, 2021. (PAUL RATJE / AFP) CIUDAD JUAREZ — Many of the hundreds of migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez into El Paso this week were part of a […]
A piece of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is pictured in a field near the village of Grabove, in the region of Donetsk on July 20, 2014. (BULENT KILIC / AFP) AMSTERDAM – Dutch prosecutors said on Thursday they would not file an appeal regarding the outcome in the trial over the […]
A police officer exits his car near a crime scene at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where a shooting occurred, Nov 20, 2022. (GENEVA HEFFERNAN / AP) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – A gunman opened fire inside a LGBTQ nightspot in Colorado Springs late on Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring 25 […]
London, UK, October 26, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) -SportsIcon, the NFT platform for athletes, has announced its Future Icons program. Fans can invest in the next generation of athletes who could change the world. By investing they can participate in their financial success. Currently, young athletes with a passion to compete at a national or international level, are struggling […]
Asylum Seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are guided to wait on a truck after crossing a border to be transferred in Bunagana, Uganda, on June 7, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced hundreds of people to cross to neighboring Uganda […]
Lower Saxony's State Premier Stephan Weil gives a press conference following a meeting with the State Premiers of the country's federal states, in Berlin, on Oct 4, 2022. (MICHELE TANTUSSI / AFP) BERLIN – A vote in the German state of Lower Saxony on Sunday will provide a test of support for the crisis management […]
This undated image released by Merced County Sheriff's Office shows a person of interest, where the person is similar in appearance to the surveillance photo from the original kidnapping scene where four members of a family, including an 8-month-old child, were taken against their will at gunpoint from a business in the city of Merced, […]
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, Sept 8, 2022. (HANNAH BEIER / REUTERS) Only a third of US adults polled said they either already received the updated shots or plan to get the booster as […]
Migrants who where heading in a caravan to the US, travel in a truck in Nuevo Morelos, Jesus Carranza municipality, Veracruz state, Mexico, on Nov 17, 2021. (CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP) ACAYUCAN, Mexico – Mexican authorities rescued nearly 100 migrants who escaped from a stifling trailer being driven by a people smuggler in the coastal […]
Hong Kong Island, July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong – Pogi’s Pet Supplies is offering compostable poop bags in several different SKUs on its website and through its Amazon store page. Readers can view the entire range of compostable poop bags from the company by heading over to […]
In this handout picture relased courtesy of the European Union Delegation to Colombia, burned trees are seen after a forest fire in the Department of Guaviare, northwest of the Colombian Amazon on Feb 5, 2022. (EUROPEAN UNION / AFP) NAIROBI – Efforts to draft an ambitious global agreement on halting nature loss ended Sunday with […]