Filippynse amptenare het Saterdag beveel dat duisende inwoners in die suidelike deel van die hoof-eiland Luzon moet ontruim, as the world’s strongest storm this year approached the Southeast Asian nation.
Die Black Lives Matter-stigting is geopper $90 miljoen in 2020, en het amper 'n kwart daarvan aan plaaslike hoofstukke en organisasies gegee
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'N Jaar van verandering in die naam van rasse-geregtigheid is moeilik om te kwantifiseer. Maar in die 2020 Impakverslag wat hierdie week deur die Black Lives Matter Movement bekendgestel is, historiese getalle spreek boekdele. The Black Lives Matter Global ...
Twee dood nadat geheime polisie op mekaar geskiet het in Filippyne se dwelmbust
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Twee polisiebeamptes in die Filippyne is tydens 'n skietgeveg met ander federale agente dood tydens 'n onderonsie met geheime dwelm, volgens die amptelike staatsmedia Philippine News Agency (PNA). Die twee beamptes, heen ...
Meer as 160 Confederate symbols came down in 2020, SPLC says
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Meer as 160 Confederate symbols came down last year after the killing of George Floyd prompted a nationwide reckoning with racism. That count comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which released new figures ...
Die Chinese hof beveel die man om die vrou te betaal $7,700 vir huishoudelike werk in 'n egskeidingsaak
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'N Hof in China het 'n man beveel om sy voormalige vrou duisende dollars in vergoeding te betaal vir huishoudelike werk wat sy tydens hul huwelik van vyf jaar opgedoen het., in 'n belangrike egskeidingsuitspraak wat aanleiding gegee het tot bespreking ...
Philippines offers to let nurses work in Britain and Germany in exchange for coronavirus vaccines
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The Philippines will let thousands of its health care workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree to donate coronavirus vaccines, a senior official said on Tuesday. Britain...
Scam artists lurking on dating apps and social media made away with a record haul in 2020
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We expect love to have an emotional impact on us, but a new report released by the Federal Trade Commission revealed it's also hurting wallets. A record $ 304 million was reported lost to romance scams in 2020. Sca...
Meet the bunnies who helped people survive 2020
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It's National Love Your Pet Day on Saturday, and a couple animal buddies in particular are earning their snuggles. Rabbits Finn and Budgie are more than just lovable companions — they provide their owners with emoti...
High-profile elections officials leave posts after a tumultuous 2020
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A cluster of election officials around the country have lost or left their jobs in recent weeks, as the fallout from the tumultuous 2020 election season continues. The exits come as experts say a wave of departures ...
Die Maleisiese hof beveel die entverhoor van die vrou van oud-premier Najib om voort te gaan
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'N Maleisiese hof het Rosmah Mansor Donderdag beveel, die vrou van die voormalige premier Najib Razak, om 'n verdediging te betree in 'n korrupsieverhoor wat verband hou met 'n projek van miljoen dollar wat goedgekeur is terwyl die voormalige premier was ...
World’s oldest DNA sequenced from a mammoth that lived more than a million years ago
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A tooth from a mammoth that roamed the Siberian steppe more than a million years ago has yielded the world's oldest DNA sequence. It's the first time that DNA has been recovered from animal remains more than a mill...
Polish court orders historians to apologize over Holocaust book
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Warskou, PolandA Warsaw court ruled on Tuesday that two historians tarnished the memory of a Polish villager in a book about the Holocaust and must apologize, in a case some academics warn could deter impartial resear...
Roberts won’t preside over impeachment trial, but Leahy set to follow his 2020 script
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Sy. Patrick Leahy is expected to adhere largely to the script of Chief Justice John Roberts when he presides over the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump this week. But unlike when the robe-cl...