“Canada has never been perfect, and it’s not perfect now,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at Ottawa’s first in-person Canada Day since 2019. Speaking to thousands from a festival stage at LeBreton Flats Park near Parliament Hill, the prime minister acknowledged the tension in the air indirectly by focusing on the Canadian flag and its … Read more
Thousands of protesters have returned to the streets in Sudan’s capital in continuing demonstrations against the country’s ruling military generals. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum on Friday, said protesters gathered in front of Al-Joda hospital, where dozens were being treated for injuries. “Protesters have been staging a sit-in for more than 24 hours … Read more
Seconds after Mohamed stepped on to Spanish soil, he turned around to see how his friends had fared along the meters-high chain link fence that slices off the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco. “It was horrible,” said the 20-year-old from Sudan. “It was a bloodbath; many of them appeared dead and many were injured.” … Read more
Xi Jinping, China’s president, right, swears-in John Lee, Hong Kong’s chief executive, at a ceremony in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, July 1, 2022. Hong Kong’s new security-minded leader was sworn in by President Xi Jinping as the city marks 25 years of Chinese rule, after declaring the Asian financial hub had been reborn after … Read more
This year, in a landmark legal case, the two men became the first same-sex couple on the island to legally adopt a child neither of them are related to. Now they’re living their family dream with daughter Joujou, 4, in the southern city of Kaohsiung, in an apartment decorated with rainbow flags and family photos. … Read more
A new blond ale being sold in Singapore will allow beer-drinkers to literally “get pissed.” The alcoholic beverage, called NEWBrew, uses recycled sewage water to create the drink. It first went on sale in stores in the Asian city-state in April. The beverage is made from NEWater — specially treated sewage water first introduced in … Read more
California has passed an ambitious law to significantly reduce single-use plastics, becoming the first state in the US to approve such sweeping restrictions. Under the new law, which California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, signed on Thursday afternoon, the state will have to ensure a 25% drop in single-use plastic by 2032. It also requires that at … Read more
Protesters were demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock, Libyan media reported. Protesters stormed Libya’s parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk, demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock, Libyan media reported. Several television channels reported on Friday that protesters had managed to penetrate the parliament building and committed acts of vandalism, … Read more
California has passed an ambitious law to significantly reduce single-use plastics, becoming the first state in the US to approve such sweeping restrictions. Under the new law, which California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, signed on Thursday afternoon, the state will have to ensure a 25% drop in single-use plastic by 2032. It also requires that at … Read more
Ban includes plastic straws, disposable cutlery, earbuds, candy and ice cream packaging, and cigarette packets. India has imposed a ban on single-use plastics on items ranging from straws to cigarette packets to combat worsening pollution in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. The ban on single-use plastic items includes straws, cutlery, earbuds, packaging films, … Read more