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A generation of angry young Indians takes to the streets to challenge Modi
Photo credit: Bozeman Daily Kashish Rawat travelled to New Delhi on Saturday to protest. She did not tell her parents. The Associated Press reports that when the 22-year-old economics student arrived in the Indian capital, she encountered a city transformed. Metal barricades choked the streets as police moved against young demonstrators, beating some, dragging others into…
Scores die as rival groups clash in central South Sudan
Photo credit: The Guardian Clashes last week between armed groups from rival communities in the central part of South Sudan left scores of people dead and overwhelmed a hospital with wounded people, officials said. The Associated Press reports that fighting swept through the Rumbek area of Lakes State on Friday as government soldiers and UN…
Trump hints at renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Photo credit: News24 Following the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, US President Donald Trump has proposed renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Asia Today reports that while speaking at a Republican midterm election campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, President Trump suggested that either the Atlantic or the Pacific could be renamed, jokingly floating the idea of…
Ethiopian official promises change in Tigray
Photo credit: AP News A former Tigray leader now advising Ethiopia’s prime minister on Sunday promised a “visible change” in the region after government-allied units retook Mekelle city following renewed fighting with opposition forces. The Associated Press reports that Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights to the city of Mekelle on Sunday for the first time since rebels…
Cubans turn to free community pharmacies as medicines grow scarce
Photo credit: Reuters Every Thursday and Sunday at noon, dozens of people gather outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood: Laura Mendoza comes downstairs, checks their names against a list and hands out medicine they requested through WhatsApp. The Associated Press reports that antihistamines, diuretics, eye drops and antibiotics are among the drugs she distributes….
Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize
Photo credit: The Guardian US President Donald Trump complained bitterly on Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran. The Guardian reports that at what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, Trump devoted a long…
Hundreds of volunteers gather at Daily Bread Food Bank for Thanksgiving food sort
Photo credit: Toronto Today Toronto mayoral candidates Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford joined Ontarion Premier Doug Ford Saturday, as hundres of volunteers gathered at the Daily Bread Food Bank’s annual Thanksgiving food sort. CTV News reports that the organizers said the event brought more than 200 volunteers to sort and pack food donations for local residents in need over…