Migrant delivery workers strike for fair pay and conditions in Dubai and other stories
Today we look at a strike by food delivery workers in Dubai, the conviction and sentencing of an Indigenous land defender in Canada, and more
Report finds 193 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2021 and other stories
Today we look at the UN’s report on rising acute food insecurity, mass displacement amid violence and massacres in Darfur, and more
Oxfam: COVID-19, inequality, rising food prices driving severe poverty and other stories
Today we look at an Oxfam report on global extreme poverty rates, rising deaths among unhoused people across the US, and more
Millions across India protest Modi government’s anti-worker policies and other stories
Today we look at the landmark 2-day general strike by Indian workers; a 2nd failed vacancy motion against Peru’s President Castillo, and more
Maduro announces reactivation of dialogue with the opposition after meeting with US government
The dialogue process between the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition had been suspended since October 2021. Meanwhile, the diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the US had been suspended since January 2019
British journalist speaks out on detention en route to cover the elections in Nicaragua
The three day detention of Steve Sweeney, the only journalist from Britain’s media who was due to cover Nicaragua’s election, is part of the multi-pronged campaign to subvert the country’s self-determination
Mexico’s Supreme Court ratifies order to halt cultivation of GMO corn and other stories
Today we look at a ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court upholding a ban on GMO corn, ongoing violence against protestors in Swaziland, and more
Third round of dialogue process between Venezuelan government and opposition concludes
The recent round of dialogue and negotiation process between the Venezuelan government and the platform of far-right opposition forces began amid conflict with the mediator Norway and concluded without reaching significant agreements
ICC prosecutor plans to exclude US from Afghan war crimes probe and other stories
Today we look at the possible exclusion of the U.S. from an ICC war crimes probe in Afghanistan, an appeal to the EU by rights groups to address rights violations in Saudi Arabia, and more
Prosecutors to probe illegal practices in Mexico’s Ayotzinapa 43 case and other stories
Today we look at new evidence in the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Mexico, the strike announced by NUMSA in South Africa’s engineering sector, and more
Latin American and Caribbean leaders approve historic agreement at CELAC summit
The heads of state of the regional block agreed on a 44-point declaration which addressed the strategy against COVID-19 and climate change and took a stand against the blockade on Cuba
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion in landmark ruling and other stories
Today we look at the Mexican Supreme Court’s ruling decriminalizing abortion, the indictments against Palestinian officers in the killing of Nizar Banat, and more
- Ambulance drivers and nurses strike in Croatia
- IRGC colonel assassinated in Tehran, Iran vows revenge
- Iraqi leftist poet Muthaffar al-Nawab dies aged 88
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
