KARACHI, Aug 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Craftsman Mohammad Zakir, 35, who lives in a low-lying area of Karachi’s Orangi Town, does not recall the authorities ever cleaning out the stormwater drain serving his neighbourhood. Thorani Goth in West District was flooded during the fourth bout of monsoon rain this…
Everybody freaked out about who it would be, then he just… tweeted it out. We’re talking, of course, about former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden picking California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 presidential election after weeks of hype. Biden, signaling a shift…
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) – Hong Kong will be lucky to end up like Singapore, or even a second-tier Chinese city. Police arrested pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai for “foreign collusion” on Monday. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s administration has postponed elections and is purging the education system of dissidents.…
Right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro defender of freedom of speech was super upset about the lyrics in the newly released Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion track “WAP.” He even went as far to recite the lyrics to the song on the Ben Shapiro Show from the Daily Wire. WAP stands…
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Talk about a gender gap. Women and men have vastly different views on how much equality has been achieved in the U.S. workplace, with half as many women as men seeing progress, poll results showed on Monday. Women are more pessimistic about…
LONDON (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law said on Monday that the “crazy” arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai marked the end of freedom of the press in the former British colony and the spread of the politics of fear. Lai, 71, has been one of the most…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that it was a matter of Ukraine’s national security to stay out of U.S. internal politics, particularly its election. “#Ukraine did not and will not allow itself to interfere in the elections and thus harm our trusting and sincere partnership…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that it was a matter of Ukraine’s national security to stay out of U.S. internal politics, particularly its election. “#Ukraine did not and will not allow itself to interfere in the elections and thus harm our trusting and sincere partnership…
TikTok isn’t going down without a fight. On Saturday, NPR reported the latest development in the White House’s grudge match with popular video sharing app TikTok. According to an unnamed source within the company, TikTok will challenge Trump’s executive order banning parent company ByteDance from operating within the U.S. via…
UK concerned by rise in small boats crossing from France, immigration official says – Reuters Africa
(Reuters) – The United Kingdom is concerned by an “unacceptable” rise in the number of small boats crossing the English Channel from France and would act to return “illegal” migrants, immigration compliance minister Chris Philp said in an opinion piece for The Telegraph newspaper here. Philp said he was going…
