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Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in San Antonio smuggling deaths of 53 migrants
Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco received a 30-year prison sentence in the San Antonio migrant smuggling case that left 53 people dead.
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Kenyan women struggle to benefit from just-transition policies
Anna Fatuma is a 31-year-old woman who runs a kibandaski in Tumboni village, Kitui county in eastern Kenya. Kibandaski is Kenyan urban slang for an affordable, open-air urban eatery, often a small shack made of iron sheets, 3-ply wood or canvas. They are popular with low-income customers. Inside, smoke from firewood beneath simmering pots hangs […]
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More than $350M in foster care reforms, oversight, enough to end court monitoring, state tells court
“Substantial” compliance to federal court-ordered improvements should be enough to end 15-year-old lawsuit, state argues.
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Built for boats, adrift on land: Bangladesh’s Bede community struggles with a fixed-address system
‘We cannot change the river, and we cannot stop moving’
Maternity leave is expanding in Bangladesh, but garment workers still struggle for childcare
“The breastfeeding room was always there. But there was no-one to bring my baby to me.”
How Croatian communities are taking on planned poultry slaughterhouses
Over 51,000 people signed a petition challenging the state’s lack of transparency and allegations of favoritism
Who was here first? The two meanings of ‘Indigenous’ in Europe
Popular culture taught generations to admire resistance to colonialism; nationalism turned ‘firstness’ into claims of exclusive ownership
A Union for Home Care Workers? Many Are Wary.
New York’s biggest health care union wants 200,000 home health aides to join up.
Court strips abusive deadbeat dad of parental rights
Judge Jacqui Henriques rules that the mother no longer needs the father’s consent for legal matters
Volunteers turn derelict historic building into a thriving community centre
A 19th-century Cape Dutch homestead in Cape Town has been revived through a partnership between SAHRA and volunteers
Australia grants refuge to five Iranian women's national soccer team players
Early Tuesday morning, Australia government officials issued humanitarian visas to five members of Iran's national women's football team. The players refused to sing the Iranian anthem while at the Women's Asian Cup…
Hundreds of Iowa Meatpacking Employee Visas Revoked
200 JBS employees from four countries are losing their U.S. work authorization.
Activists claim sexual abuse and torture at the hands of Tanzanian authorities
On Monday, activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi from Kenya alleged at a joint press conference with Ugandan journalist Agather Atuhaire in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, that Tanzanian security officers had tortured…
Man starts car collision at Liverpool FC trophy parade
On Monday, May 26, just after 6pm local time, in Liverpool, England, a motorist, allegedly a 53-year-old man local to the area, drove their Ford Galaxy car into pedestrians at the Liverpool FC trophy parade where…
Los Angeles Police release body cam footage of armed standoff between officers and wife of Weezer bassist
On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released bodycam footage of an April 8 incident where Jillian Lauren ― writer, and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner ― was shot by officers, arrested and charged…
Autistic teen with cerebral palsy shot repeatedly by Idaho police dies after being taken off life support
This Sunday, Victor Perez, an autistic teenager with cerebral palsy who had been shot repeatedly by Pocatello, Idaho police, died after being taken off life support. He was 17 years old. His aunt, Ana Vazquez, confirmed…
Horse found dead along busy street in Atlanta, Georgia ten days after being bought at auction
On Sunday, a horse named Flash was found dead after presumably collapsing on a sidewalk along a busy street in the downtown area of Atlanta, Georgia, US. A video posted to social media appeared to show the animal void…
‘An Open Secret’: Sackets Harbor ICE Raid Shows the ‘Reality’ of New York Dairy Country
The detention of three children and their mother shocked the town. It also highlighted just how much the region’s key industries depend on immigrant workers.
Thousands march to call for justice for raped child
Still no arrests after seven-year-old raped in Eastern Cape in October
New Zealand court overturns Whakaari Management Limited conviction
On Friday, the New Zealand High Court overturned the conviction of Whakaari Management Limited (WML), which had been found guilty of failing to 'keep visitors safe' during the 2019 eruption. The eruption killed 22…
Over a hundred disabled and elderly people queue outside SASSA in Khayelitsha
Monday was the first day for disability grant applicants to make medical bookings
Manslaughter charges against Daniel Penny dismissed following jury deadlock
On Friday, Judge Maxwell Wiley in Manhattan—a borough of New York City, New York, United States—dismissed a manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny, an ex-Marine accused of choking Jordan Neely, a homeless man, to…
Funza Park: from cherished playground to rubbish dump
Residents want the neglected playground in Harare, Khayelitsha, refurbished
