Albuquerque Indian School in 1885, relocated from Duranes in 1881 (Photo from the National Archive) Thu 12 May 2022: Boarding schools were part of a policy to sever cultural traditions and take land from Indigenous people, government report finds Los Angeles, California – A US government investigation has found at least 53 separate burial sites at […]
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Wed 11 May 2022: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday hosted the leaders of the six Western Balkans countries for an informal dinner. “The future of the Western Balkans is inside of the European Union, and this is a very strong reason to hold this meeting,” Borrell told reporters ahead of the dinner. Leaders from Serbia, Montenegro, […]
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Wed 11 May 2022: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has served the first group of refugees crossing the English Channel with an official notice that they are “under consideration” for relocation to Rwanda to claim asylum. The Home Office has said that any migrants arriving in Britain after Monday will be prioritised for the scheme. […]
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Wed 11 May 2022: According to the US Labor Department, consumer inflation in April increased by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second consecutive month of inflation above 8%. According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.3 percent in April after gaining 1.2 percent […]
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Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said received the Russian delegation led by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Wed 11 May 2022: Russia’s foreign minister claimed on Wednesday that his country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will lead to the end of Western world dominance. “We hope and expect that the completion of our […]
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Wed 11 May 2022: President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine troops were forcing Russian troops out of Kharkiv during the conflict in Ukraine. “The occupiers are gradually being pushed away,” the Ukraine president said, adding, “I am grateful to all our defenders who are holding the line and demonstrating truly superhuman strength to drive out the […]
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NASA’s Curiosity rover took this selfie on June 15, 2018, Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Wed 11 May 2022: Since its launch in November 2018, NASA’s InSight spacecraft has recorded the strongest-ever marsquake, measuring magnitude 5 on the Richter scale. The quake, “an estimated magnitude 5 temblor that occurred on May 4, 2022, the 1,222nd Martian day, or […]
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Wed 11 May 2022: From next week, EU officials proposed dropping laws requiring passengers to wear face masks when flying. “The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued an update to the health safety measures for air travel, paving the way for a relaxation of the […]
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Wed 11 May 2022: According to the government, Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists committed 21,964 offenses in Germany last year. At a news conference in Berlin, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser presented the government’s report on politically motivated crimes. “Far-right is the biggest threat to our democracy and the biggest extremist threat to people in our […]
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Wed 11 May 2022: Turkey‘s president on Tuesday reasserted government plans to introduce a new Constitution. “We maintain our will to save our nation from the current Constitution, which is the product of a coup,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a ceremony in the capital Ankara marking the 154th anniversary of the country’s top administrative court. Erdoğan has been pushing […]
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