The United Nations released a report on June 30 revealing a “massive” humanitarian crisis in Burma, also known as Myanmar, where more than 17.6 million people need humanitarian aid. The report, published by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), states that the military has been suppressing civil society with “all…
UN Reports ‘Massive’ Humanitarian Crisis in Burma, Military’s Restriction to Aid Access
Riots Rock France Before Funeral of Teenager Shot by Police
PARIS—More than 1,300 people were arrested in France during a fourth night of rioting as family and friends of Nahel M, whose shooting by police sparked the unrest, gathered on Saturday for the teenager’s funeral in the Paris suburb where he died. The government deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles overnight to tackle the…
UK Warns Citizens to Avoid Riots in France
The UK government has issued a travel warning as riots in France spread for a fourth night over the police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. It comes after the U.S. embassy in Paris issued similar warnings urging citizens to exercise caution. Widespread riots in France were triggered on Tuesday after a traffic police officer fatally…
Council Told to ‘Immediately’ End Four-Day Week Experiment
Ministers have ordered a local council to end its experiment with a four-day week. South Cambridgeshire District Council had announced plans to extend its trial until next April but ministers have ordered officials to end it now. It was first local authority in the UK to undertake such a trial. Local government minister Lee Rowley…
Spanish Archaeologists Plan Rescue of 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck
MADRID—A group of Spanish archaeologists have made detailed diagrams of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck to help work out how best to recover it from the sea before a storm destroys it forever. The eight-meter-long Mazarron II, named after the municipality in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia where it was found off the coast, is…
Tajik Man Fatally Shoots 2 Officers at Moldova’s Airport After He Was Denied Entry, Officials Say
CHISINAU, Moldova—A Tajikistan national who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport grabbed a guard’s weapon and fatally shot two security officers Friday, officials said. One traveler also was wounded. The suspect was being escorted by officials at Chisinau International Airport when he “took the gun of a border guard” and opened…
At Least 48 Killed in Road Accident in Western Kenya: Police
At least 48 people were killed in a road accident in Londiani, western Kenya, on Friday evening when a lorry carrying a shipping container veered off the road and ploughed into several vehicles, police and witnesses said. Footage of the accident’s aftermath carried by local broadcasters showed the twisted wreckages of cars and motorbikes alongside…
Possible BC Port Strike Will Spare Cruise Ships, Employers Say
A possible strike by British Columbia port workers will not disrupt cruise ships docked in Vancouver, Prince Rupert or Vancouver Island, employers say. The BC Maritime Employers Association says it and the union representing cargo loaders have “confirmed” that cruise ships will continue to be serviced if a strike starts Saturday morning. The association says…
George Soros’ Foundation Slashing 40 Percent of Staff
George Soros’ foundation, which is now controlled by the billionaire activist’s son, plans to cut 40 percent of its workforce, according to reports and a statement from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) The board of directors of OSF, which George Soros founded in 1979 and personally led until about a month ago, has approved “significant…
‘Systems Failed’ in Australian Rheumatic Heart Disease Deaths
A coroner investigating the deaths of three Indigenous women with rheumatic heart disease has found health systems in a remote Queensland community failed. The deaths within 18 months of one another sparked an inquest into what would otherwise be considered natural cause deaths, coroner Nerida Wilson said in her findings handed down in Cairns on…
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