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Hong Kong court dismisses tycoon Jimmy Lai's bid to end trial
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 8 hours agoHONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court dismissed on Thursday a bid by the legal team for jailed...
Right-wing media attack Kamala Harris over her supposed slaveowner ancestry (again)
Media Matters· 19 hours agoRight-wing media — including the New York Post and figures such as Sean Hannity — are rehashing old...
How to Get Rid of Termites
HGTV· 7 days agoWith colonies that can number millions of members, subterranean termites cause the most damage of the three. Termites have three stages of development — egg, nymph and adult — and are social insects.
As Olympic hosts, 'Les Français' are in the spotlight. Here's why the French can't be pigeon-holed
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada Sports· 22 hours agoPARIS (AP) — They’re often thought to have practically cornered the market on romance, with Edith...
Isolation and Secrecy: What We Know About Russia’s Notorious Penal Colonies
New York Times· 6 days agoEvan Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal reporter, was convicted on fabricated charges and is...
200 Years of German Immigration to Brazil – DW – 07/20/2024
Deutsche Welle· 5 days agoOn 25 July 1824, 39 German emigrants arrived in São Leopoldo in the south of Brazil and founded...
Democracy Needs Constant Renewal
The Nation· 5 days agoFor democracy to be dynamic and relevant, it has to change and renew itself constantly, depending on country, time, current issues, international trends,...
Heartless mother sells her 9-yearold daughter for money to old man in Daharki
The Nation· 3 days agoA heartless mother sold her nine-year-old daughter for money in the Gulab Shah Colony area of Daharki, Sindh, father on Sunday. The mother ...
Russia Sentences Alsu Kurmasheva, American Editor, to a Penal Colony
New York Times· 3 days agoA court in Russia said on Monday that it had convicted a Russian American editor for Radio Free...
Jimmy Lai to Testify in Hong Kong Security Trial, Lawyer Says
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 6 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai will take the stand to defend himself in a...