Muslim Women in Indias Workforce: Where Are They? Jul 30 (IPS) - Muslims are the largest minority community in India, and yet, they are highly underrepresented both in public and private institutions. According to a study conducted by the Economic Times Intelligence Group in 2015, Muslims constituted approximately 2.7 percent of mid to senior executives in the private sector.
UN office in west Afghanistan comes under fire; guard killed The United Nations says its office in western Afghanistan has come under fire and one of its guards was killed as the Taliban and Afghan forces waged fierce battles in the area
Bosnian Serb lawmakers nix ban on Srebrenica genocide denial Bosnian Serb lawmakers have rejected a ban on genocide denial, defying the top international official in Bosnia and fueling tensions in the ethnically-divided Balkan country
Activists allege Myanmar leaders are 'weaponizing' COVID-19 As COVID-19 deaths rise in Myanmar, allegations are growing that the military government is using the coronavirus pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition
Trump told Justice Department to ‘just say that the election was corrupt’ and ‘leave the rest to me’ Former President Donald Trump pressured his incoming acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to say that the 2020 election was corrupt as he tried to aid Republican members of Congress in their attempt to overturn President Joe Biden’s electoral victory, notes from a call in December last year show.
Trayvon Bromell: Who is the Team USA Olympic star and what is his fastest 100m time? Trayvon Bromell will aim for Olympic glory after years of struggling with injuries
I Lived in My Car and Now I’m in Congress. We Need to Solve America’s Housing Crisis. I had never realized St. Louis could get this cold in September. I reached into the back seat to take my 6-month-old daughter and 1-year-old son out of the playpen that was perched in front of trash bags filled with our clothes, and into my arms.
With evictions looming, Congress strains to extend ban Congress is trying to extend the nation's eviction moratorium just hours before it is set to expire
Spanish Court Targets Chilean Bank Tied to Pinochet Spurred by victims of Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s regime, the court has reopened an investigation into whether Banco de Chile helped the former Chilean dictator launder money.Gen.
Sailor charged with starting $2.5 billion ship fire Those onboard described metal twisting and flames bursting from openings during the blaze
Man pleads guilty to assaulting England's top doctor in park A man who accosted England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in a London park has pleaded guilty to assault
Over 100,000 children in Ethiopia’s Tigray could die of hunger, reports UNICEF The UN says that around 400,000 are living in famine conditions in Tigray
‘I should have got the damn vaccine’: Fiancée shares tragic last texts of father of five killed by Covid ‘We wanted to wait just one year from the release to see what effects people had, but there was never any intention to not get it,’ fiancée says
145 years after white residents burned down a California Chinatown, the city apologises Heritage museum will be set-up to inform residents of Chinese heritage
Greece Accuses Aid Groups of Helping Smugglers of Migrants Greek police claim some groups have worked with smugglers and provided migrants with details about Coast Guard activities. The groups deny the charges.Discarded life vests, inner tubes and rubber rafts, used by refugees to cross into Greece from Turkey, on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2015.
Japan to widen virus emergency after record spike amid Games Japan is set to expand the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo to neighboring areas and the western city of Osaka in the wake of record-breaking surge in infections while the capital hosts the Olympics
China shuts down reactor at nuclear plant for maintenance over damaged fuel rods, says situation ‘completely under control’ The Chinese operator of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant has said it will shut down one of its reactors over damaged fuel rods, adding that there is no cause for concern over safety.
Colombia coastal city crowded with African, Haitian migrants A small city on Colombia’s Caribbean shore is being crowded with migrants from Haiti and Africa making what they hope will be a journey toward the United States
The pandemic leads to another summer of anger Though quieter in the United States than a year ago, this month has seen a dramatic spasm of protest in other parts of the world.
Woman's burnt corpse mistaken for mannequin, tossed by Canadian authorities Cops at the scene of a suspicious brush fire in Quebec last week mistook a woman’s burnt body for a mannequin and placed it in a police station dumpster.
US opposes ex-Albania leader taking seat in new parliament The United States is pressing Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party to exclude from its lawmakers in the new parliament its former leader Sali Berisha
Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt' President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results “corrupt” in a December phone call
Deadly oil tanker attack in Arabian Sea Two crew members, a British and a Romanian citizen, are killed in an incident off the coast of Oman.
US readies new Cuba sanctions as Biden meets Cuban-Americans The Biden administration is expected to announce new sanctions on Cuba as President Joe Biden meets with Cuban-American leaders at the White House to discuss a U.S.
Photos of massive crowds at Lollapalooza spark fears of Covid superspreader event ‘That new band called Delta Variant is supposed to be pretty sick,’ one Twitter user commented on the thousands-strong audience
Trump belittles Capitol police with misogynistic slur His comments are revealed after officers testify about harrowing 6 January riot
Laura Ingraham loses her cool as Alan Dershowitz challenges her anti-vax narrative ‘Covid is worse than smallpox’ says former Harvard Law professor
The indigenous archaeologist hunting for missing residential children Kisha Supernant is Métis and one of few of Canada’s indigenous archaeologists
What Public Health Officials Can Learn from a New Long COVID Survey ABUJA, Jul 30 (IPS) - A new survey on public awareness of long COVID by ‘Resolve to Save Lives” showed that among the 40% of Americans who were not vaccinated, seeing testimonials of those who suffer from long COVID inspired nearly two-thirds to consider the vaccine.
‘They Thought I Was Dead’: Haitian president’s widow on assassination ‘The only thing that I saw before they killed him were their boots’
Six passengers onboard Royal Caribbean Cruise test positive for Covid-19 Four vaccinated adults and two unvaccinated children have tested positive for Covid-19 onboard the cruise ship