Economic desperation makes the promise of easy money hard to resist. Source link
Day: June 1, 2021
“I had Covid in November and I have good antibody levels, but my doctor said I need to be very careful. I am pretty paranoid,” Jagriti says, adding that she knows of someone who was nine months pregnant when she tested positive for Covid. The baby was born by C-section […]
El Chapo’s wife led a life of glamour in New York until her arrest on drug trafficking charges. Source link
Despite CCTV evidence, no culprits have been identified in a host of previous incidents. In April, a prominent commentator survived a shooting by an unknown gunman, and last year an established journalist, Matiullah Jan, was abducted for a number of hours by unidentified men. Many in Pakistan bitterly joke that […]
Before the pandemic around a third of university students in South Africa were going to class hungry, according to research. Now that problem is getting worse as part time jobs have dried up during lockdown, and students’ families have lost work. Bianca Nonhlanhla Skhosana is a fourth year medical student […]
It’s ten years since mass protests in Syria turned into a violent conflict that has torn the country apart, leaving a trail of death, destruction and displacement. BBC correspondent Caroline Hawley has been following the lives of two children and their families, forced to flee to neighbouring Jordan and who […]
The country has been named host of a major football tournament despite surging coronavirus cases. Source link
“I want to thank President Biden and the Interior Department for recognising the wrongs committed against our people by the last Administration, and for putting us on the right path forward,” Tonya Garnett, special projects coordinator for the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, said in a statement. Source link
French Open 2021: Serena Williams says she wants to hug Naomi Osaka after withdrawal The four Grand Slams say they want to “create meaningful improvements” in supporting players after Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open. Osaka, 23, pulled out on Monday – a day after the Slams threatened her […]
“We honour the legacy of the Greenwood community and of Black Wall Street by reaffirming our commitment to advance racial justice through the whole of our government, and working to root out systemic racism from our laws, our policies, and our hearts,” read a statement from the Biden White House. […]