3 Russian interregional drug couriers were detained by FSB carrying at least 45 kg of amphetamine and 10 kg of MDMA in the form of 23k tablets
‘These days you don’t live in Haiti, you just try not to die’ | Anti-crime protest ends in violence
Protests continue to erupt in Port-au-Prince over rising crime in the community and government corruption. Haiti’s National Network for the Defense of Human Rights logged 54 murders in the capital in May and June...
EU Commission says eurozone to shrink 8.3% this year
The EU reveals an updated economic forecast saying the 19 nation single currency area would contract by a record 8.7 percent before rising by 6.1 percent in 2021, worse than its previous forecast
How will Yemen cope with Covid-19?
The UN says that coronavirus could have deadly consequences for Yemen, but it’s not the only war the country is fighting. Yemen is also battling the impacts of a prolonged war, the largest outbreak of cholera in modern...
Media outlets duped by a Middle East propaganda campaign
An investigation by The Daily Beast has shown that multiple right-wing media outlets in the US published articles by a “Middle East expert” that doesn’t actually exist. The author was part of a network...
Indigenous Australian players stood up to racism. Here’s what happened
In 1993, Australian Football League hero Nicky Winmar lifted his jersey, pointed to his skin and told racist spectators: “I’m Black and I’m proud.” What happened after his act of defiance...
Syrian refugees teach Arabic in online language lessons
#Covid19 pandemic presents a life-changing opportunity to a family from Syria, that was forced out of their homeland to flee the violence there. Sarah Balter tells their story, and an opportunity that’s changed...