[ad_1] Author Ava Chin poses next to the cover of her recent book, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming Author headshot via Tommy Kha hide caption toggle caption Author headshot via Tommy Kha Author Ava Chin poses next to the cover of her recent book, Mott Street: A Chinese American […]
[ad_1] • ‘We were better off with N18,000 minimum wage’• Workers mark May Day amidst high food cost• Time to put people first, workers tell Tinubu Nigerian workers, hovering at about 50 million, have remained among the lowest earners in the world, as the monthly wage floor in Africa’s most populous country has fallen to […]
[ad_1] Leaders from across Africa are joining civil society, foundations, the private sector, and young people to form a continental alliance for bold transformation ahead of the next round of IDA funding. On April 29 in Nairobi, Kenya, 19 African leaders and 32 finance ministers met to discuss ambitious economic reforms for accelerating the continent’s […]
[ad_1] Politics / April 30, 2024 By covering the Supreme Court’s hearing of Trump’s immunity claim as if the court were impartial and nonpartisan, the media has done the American people a serious disservice. Ad Policy Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., […]
[ad_1] On April 29 in Nairobi, Kenya, 19 African leaders and 32 finance ministers met to discuss ambitious economic reforms for accelerating the continent’s development. The summit, co-hosted by the government of Kenya and the World Bank, comes at a pivotal moment for Africa: the continent is poised to make a leap forward in development. After […]
[ad_1] CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public. The little turtles are mostly endangered loggerheads and should be cruising the ocean. Most […]
[ad_1] Activism / StudentNation / April 30, 2024 Pro-Palestine students have taken over the same building that anti-Vietnam War and anti-gentrification protesters occupied in 1968. Ad Policy Demonstrators from the pro-Palestine encampment on Columbia’s Campus show a banner as they barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall. (Alex Kent / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, […]
[ad_1] It’s called geothermal energy, and it’s an exciting prospect for the country. Geothermal has none of the intermittency issues of wind and solar – in other words, it provides stable energy day and night – and doesn’t take up any surface real estate, keeping the Roseau Valley in its pristine state. Most SIDS are […]
[ad_1] Ambassador Mario Ignacio Artaza has been the Ambassador of Chile to Indonesia since December 2023 and has dedicated over thirty years to diplomatic and public service for his country. The first Chilean to graduate from the Georgetown Preparatory School in the United States, he later pursued journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. […]
[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Food and Drug Administration issued a rule on Monday that brings new scrutiny to a vast array of critical lab tests, including some popular prenatal genetic screenings, that reach patients without […]