Mourners at a funeral and babies at a maternity ward were among the nearly 200 killed and injured Tuesday in militant attacks in Afghanistan. Officials said militants attacked a 100-bed maternity hospital in the Dasht Barchi area of western Kabul, killing 24 people, including women and children, and injuring dozens. Humanitarian organization Doctors without Borders […]
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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Salvadorans Under COVID-19 Martial Law
The virus seemed late to El Salvador. Scattered Third World testing delayed only the silent demon’s revelation but it was there, waiting patiently to be found. The murder rate has plunged from twelve a day to five. The coast is clear but most in the Northern Triangle have stifled all thought of migrating north. This is the […]
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Liquid propane could supply Zimbabwe with fuel
HARARE—Gift Chitanda remembers the day in 2019 the Zimbabwe company Intergas Zimbabwe offered him an interview for the lucrative job as the company’s chief operating officer. The day before his interview, Chitanda had a problem: His car was extremely low on gasoline, and he needed a quick solution. After searching several service stations, Chitanda found […]
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More than 100 killed and injured in Afghanistan’s deadliest day of 2020
Mourners at a funeral and babies at a maternity ward were among the 133 killed and injured Tuesday in militant attacks in Afghanistan. Officials said militants attacked a 100-bed maternity hospital in the Dasht Barchi area of western Kabul, killing 16 people, including women and children, and injuring 20 others injured. Humanitarian organization Doctors without […]
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Brasileños negros y multiétnicos golpeados por COVID-19
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White House Says The Afghanistan War Is Won But NATO Says Not Even Close
The United States has claimed success in achieving its military mission of defeating al-Qaeda in Afghanistan while NATO is staying put as attacks escalate. Less than several hundred al-Qaeda fighters were left in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a recent interview. The U.S. launched its mission almost 19 years ago after declaring […]
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Nigerians Take The Law Into Their Own Hands To Fight COVID-19
Some Nigerians who rejected a government order to stay in place and left COVID-19 affected states for home are being turned in by their own communities. The majority of Nigerians living and working in the three most densely populated states of Abuja, Lagos and Kano are suddenly confronting the downside of regions offering more work […]
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Black and Multi-Ethnic Brazilians Hit Hard By COVID-19
Brazilians are dying from COVID-19, but the Health Ministry doesn’t know who they are. Official numbers show black and multi-ethnic Brazilians, who make up about 32% of the population, account for one-third of COVID-19 deaths. That data, however, might not illustrate the full picture. Public hospital registration forms do not ask about ethnicity. “New patient […]
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Chile Recurre A Controvertidos “Pasaportes de Inmunidad” En Plan de Reapertura
Chile emitirá “pasaportes de inmunidad” para pacientes recuperados de COVID-19, una medida que los críticos dicen que antepone la economía a la salud de las personas. Bajo el “Plan de retorno seguro”, el gobierno de Chile apunta a reiniciar la economía en las próximas semanas. El presidente Sebastián Piñera había ordenado que 60,000 empleados públicos […]
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Malik Yusef Raised More Than $10,000 To Help Slow COVID-19 Behind Bars
The sweeping coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on people from all walks of life. While many are at home practicing social distancing and wearing masks—which has been shown scientifically to slow the spread of the disease—there are some unable to comply: people behind bars. One artist is trying to help. Multi-Grammy award winner Malik […]
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Police Target Attacks Against Zimbabwean Women
As she sits on her lawn battered, bruised and bitten from an alleged assault from members of Zimbabwe’s army, Lucia Mashoko recounts a harrowing tale. Around 8 p.m. on the previous night, the 26-year-old said she was outside of the main house cooking when she saw people fleeing back inside the house. When searching for […]
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Sudan Allegedly Sent Millions To America’s Mideast Rivals
Sudan’s former dictator siphoned off “millions of dollars” from one of the world’s poorest nations and sent it to bank accounts in Qatar and Iran—nations generally at odds with United States foreign policy—according to French investigative news site Mediapart.fr. Melanie Chavron, a Mediapart investigative reporter, cited unnamed “Sudanese intelligence officers” aligned with the new transitional […]
