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The New York Times
- Why So Many Iranian Immigrants Live in California October 6, 2022The Los Angeles region is home to the world’s largest Iranian community outside of Iran.
- Why We Are Surveying the MENA Community in the U.S. October 5, 2022We are pursuing a project on how people of Middle Eastern and North African descent in the U.S. think about their racial and ethnic identities.
- N.L.R.B. Issues Complaint Against Apple October 4, 2022The labor agency found that the tech giant interrogated employees about the union and prevented union fliers in the break room.
- Who Is Perla? A Central Figure in Florida’s Migrant Flights Emerges. October 4, 2022Investigators believe a woman with a background in military counterintelligence was sent to Texas to recruit migrants for the flights to Martha’s Vineyard.
- Justice Dept. Said to Have Told Trump Lawyers He May Have More Documents October 6, 2022The move underscores the skepticism among investigators about the former president’s cooperation with the effort to retrieve government material, and it exposed a rift among his lawyers.
- Jurors in Alex Jones Trial Begin Deliberating October 6, 2022A six-member panel in Connecticut will decide how much the Infowars host owes to the families of shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary after he was found liable for defamation.
- Ben Sasse Plans to Resign From Senate for University of Florida Post October 6, 2022The second-term senator, one of seven Republicans to vote to convict former President Donald J. Trump, is in line to become president of the University of Florida.
- Biden Visits IBM to Promote Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Production October 6, 2022President Biden traveled to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to connect a $20 billion investment by IBM to the bipartisan bill meant to spur production of critical microchips.
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- Russian mercenaries ‘exploiting Africa to fund war in Ukraine’ October 6, 2022US ambassador to the UN said Wagner Group are trafficking natural resources from African nationsThe United States has accused Russian mercenaries of exploiting natural resources in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and elsewhere to help fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine, a charge Russia rejected as “anti-Russian rage”.The US ambassador to the United Nations, […]
- African countries urge rich nations to honour $100bn climate finance pledge October 6, 2022Ministers rebuke ‘shameful’ failure to meet funding promises for poorer countries to cope with climate crisis ahead of Cop27 summit Ministers and high-ranking officials of African nations have urged rich countries to do more to combat the climate crisis, and called the failure to meet a funding promise from 2009 “shameful”.At a conference in Giza, Egypt, on […]
- ‘I have a voice’: African activists struggle to attend UN climate talks in Egypt October 6, 2022Young campaigners from the continent most affected by the climate crisis face financial and accreditation difficulties for Cop27African climate activists from some of the countries most affected by global heating say they are struggling to get access to the UN climate talks in Egypt in November.Cop27, which has been termed “the African Cop”, threatens to tak […]
- Warning over cough syrups after 66 children die in the Gambia October 6, 2022WHO says the contaminated medications may have been distributed outside of the West African country, with global exposure ‘possible’ The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an alert over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in the Gambia.The UN health agency also […]
- Drone footage shows orcas chasing and killing great white shark October 5, 2022Scientists say behaviour, filmed in South Africa, has never been seen in detail before – and never from the airScientists have published findings confirming that orcas hunt great white sharks, after the marine mammal was captured on camera killing one of the world’s largest sea predators.A pod of killer whales is seen chasing sharks during an hour-long pursu […]
- ‘Shocking blow to Indigenous land rights’ as court dismisses Maasai herder claim October 5, 2022Herders lodge appeal against ruling in their case against the Tanzanian government, which they say is violently evicting them from ancestral landLawyers for Maasai herders who say the Tanzanian government is trying to violently evict them from their ancestral land to make way for a luxury game reserve have lodged an appeal against a court ruling that dismiss […]
- Canada mass stabbing suspect’s brother was victim not accomplice, police say October 6, 2022Myles Sanderson, who died in RCMP custody, was responsible for deaths of all 11 victims, including that of his brother DamienCanadian police have concluded that Myles Sanderson, who led officers on a multi-day manhunt after a mass stabbing last month, was responsible for all 11 deaths – including that of his brother.Officers initially named Sanderson’s broth […]
- Trudeau intervenes as sexual abuse scandal rocks Canada’s ice hockey body October 6, 2022Prime minister hints at setting up new governing body after major firms pull support for Hockey Canada over handling of allegationsJustin Trudeau has warned Canada’s ice hockey governing body that it has “lost the confidence” of Canadians and could be easily replaced by a new organization, amid growing outcry about its handling of a string of sexual assault […]
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- Thailand: Many children among dead in nursery attack October 6, 2022An ex-police officer killed at least 37 people at a childcare centre before killing himself and his family.
- Ukraine war: 'Mother, I'm scared' - Zaporizhzhia city devastated by rocket attacks October 6, 2022Survivors recount horror of deadly attacks on city of Zaporizhzhia, being blamed on Russia.
- Biden to pardon federal marijuana convictions October 6, 2022The move brings Mr Biden closer to his campaign pledge to nationally decriminalise recreational cannabis.
- Two Russians sail to Alaska seeking asylum in US October 6, 2022Hundreds of thousands of men have fled Russia so they will not be conscripted to fight in Ukraine.
- Truss declares Macron a friend as pair forge working relationship October 6, 2022French president says he hopes for a "new phase" in relations after talks with UK prime minister.
- Greek cliff rescue in double migrant tragedy off Lesbos and Kythira October 6, 2022At least 18 people have died off Lesbos, after a boat hit rocks under a cliff elsewhere in Greece.
- The exiled Russian journalists challenging Kremlin censorship October 6, 2022A punitive law has led to the mass exodus of journalists from Russia.
- Ukraine war round-up: Strikes kill seven and Russians flee to Alaska October 6, 2022At least seven dead after rocket strikes in Zaporizhzhia and two Russians sail to the US.
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