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Twelve officers hurt as unrest and strikes escalate
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State begins cross-examination of co-accused in Modack trial
The case against alleged underworld crime boss Nafiz Modack and 14 co-accused is expected to resume today in the Western Cape High Court. Accused number three, Ziyaad Poole, remains on the witness stand where he is being cross-examined by the State. Last week, State prosecutor Greg Wolmarans presented evidence which he says links Poole and his co-accused to the planning and attempted murder of Cape Town criminal lawyer William Booth in April 2020.
Father and son pedal 7,500 km for nurses
A father and son from White Rock, B.C. are in the midst of a cross-Canada cycling journey to raise funds and support for nurses’ mental-health resilience. Dr. Andrew (Andy) Turnbull – a former White Rock Baptist Church pastor – and Judah Turnbull set out from Victoria on May 8, inspired by the resilience of Andy’s mom, Debby, a nurse who lives with mental illness that presented more than two decades ago, following a back injury at work.
PATWA’s 2026 Travel Awards spotlight governance at ITB
Berlin [Germany], March 5: The Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) announced the winners of the prestigious PATWA International Travel Awards 2026 at a high-profile and power packed ceremony held during ITB, Berlin – the world’s largest travel trade show.
La Asamblea Nacional y su fallida rendición de cuentas
En la rendición de cuentas de la Asamblea Nacional no hizo falta filosofía ni literatura, bastó la aritmética: 22 leyes aprobadas, 11 enviadas por el ejecutivo, 2 proyectos de iniciativa legislativa, 9 sacados del archivo. 7 juicios políticos solicitados, 2 juicios tramitados. Solo 17% de la agenda cumplida, según el Observatorio Parlamentario. La Asamblea Nacional no llenó las expectativas ni en legislación ni en fiscalización.
Rufino grabs spotlight in San Pablo jrs netfest; Lagan dominates
Lilith Rufino won two singles titles and the tournament MVP share, while Miguel Lagac III dominated multiple age divisions in San Pablo.
Khamala pushes Oparanya for senior ODM role amid party wrangles
Lurambi MP Titus Khamala urges ODM to give Wycliffe Oparanya a top role, warning Luhya representation could shrink amid internal faction disputes. Co-operatives and MSMEs Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya.. [File, Standard] Lurambi MP Titus Khamala has called for Co-operatives and MSMEs Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya to be given a central role in ODM leadership, saying it would demonstrate respect and appreciation for the support the party enjoys from the Luhya community..
PDI refuerza labor investigativa y control migratorio en Magallanes
El Prefecto Pablo Merino Campos detalla cómo la PDI optimiza la investigación criminal y el control fronterizo frente a los desafíos geográficos del extremo sur. En esta edición de Conexión PDI, el Prefecto Pablo Merino Campos, Jefe de la Prefectura Provincial Magallanes, profundiza en el rol estratégico que cumple la Policía de Investigaciones de Chile en la zona austral..
India power sector seen on 5–6% CAGR as capex cycle widens
Misryoum reports Citi expects India’s power sector to sustain 5–6% CAGR as electrification, data centres and grid investment expand. New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): India’s power sector is positioned for a sustained growth trajectory with a medium-term forecast set at a 5-6 per cent CAGR, supported by the convergence of electrification, data centres, cooling loads, and manufacturing sectors..
Public Input Invited for Immigration and Citizenship Bills
Barbados is opening the floor for public feedback on the proposed Immigration and Citizenship Bills 2026, with a submission deadline set for late May. Barbadians interested in having a say on the Immigration Bill 2026 and the Barbados Citizenship Bill 2026 are being invited to do so.. Individuals, organisations and groups are being encouraged to submit their views and/or memoranda to a Joint Select Committee on Economic and Productive Sectors of the two Houses of Parliament..
New Zealand to Introduce Citizenship Test by 2027
New Zealand is set to overhaul its naturalization process by requiring applicants to pass a mandatory citizenship test starting in late 2027. WELLINGTON – Migrants seeking New Zealand citizenship will need to pass a test covering topics such as government and human rights from 2027, the country’s internal affairs minister said on May 6.. The test will be conducted in person and feature 20 multi-choice questions in English, 15 of which must be answered correctly to pass..
Examining the NHS Scotland psychiatry debate
Recent claims regarding a crisis in psychiatric staffing across NHS Scotland are being scrutinized against data comparisons with NHS England. A fresh debate has emerged surrounding the state of mental health services in Scotland as the Royal College of Psychiatrists signals a call for urgent improvements..
ICC Ezulwini Palazzo Worth the Wait
Misryoum reports lawmakers and officials praise the Ezulwini Palazzo as a world-class convention venue, while attention turns to the planned Five Star Hotel. A brand-new convention centre can’t stay under the radar for long, and the newly opened Ezulwini Palazzo at the ICC is already pulling attention from every direction.
U.S. Pressure and the Fragility of CARICOM Unity
As external geopolitical pressures mount, CARICOM faces internal divisions, highlighted by recent diplomatic controversies and shifting regional alliances. The founding promise of CARICOM—one region, one people, one future—is currently facing its most severe test as the bloc struggles to maintain a unified voice against an increasingly transactional global order. While the region was built on collective resilience, recent events suggest that U.S..
Spot the Ball: Women’s World Cup
The knockout rounds of the Women’s World Cup ratcheted up the intensity, as teams fought to stay alive. In these photos of the action, we’ve removed the ball. See if you can guess where it was. ↓ scroll down Hamish Blair/Associated Press Saeed Khan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Spot the Ball: Women’s World Cup
The Women’s World Cup has delivered stunning goals and shocking upsets. In these photos of the action, we’ve removed the ball. See if you can guess where it was. ↓ scroll down Jessica Gratigny/Associated Press William West/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Milking a Cow Was Udderly Unpleasant
Photo by Andy Harris By Elijah Walker Contributing Writer Well-Read, Well-Spoken, Well-Traveled, Well-Dressed, Well-Balanced A true Man of Morehouse knows that he must quickly become acquainted with the ever-present “Five Wells.” These standards for manhood are representative of what is expected of a Morehouse Man. In applying for the Morehouse Pan-African Global Experience II (MPAGE II) Belize program, I was attempting to solidify myself as a well-traveled man.
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Shootings interrupt Grambling’s 2021 Homecoming
Students are reaching out to the broader Grambling State University community after a pair of shootings brought the school's first homecoming since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to an early end. Viontre Petty, a student, created a post on Twitter to encourage students to speak up and help prevent such incidents from reoccurring. “The student body has to take it upon ourselves to rectify the situation in cooperation with administration and GSUPD.
Talk back: Why do you think bands are important in football games?
J’Cobe Scott Luling, La. Mass communication Sophomore "I think bands are important at football games because it gives the alumni and current students and fans an opportunity to come together as one and hype up the football players as they come together to make plays to attempt to get a victory.” Richard Vernon Amite, La. Engineering Senior “I think bands at football games are important because it makes the football players make more plays and get to have fun while the crowd is loud and...
Miss Sophomore lives new role
College is a place where young adults experience true freedom and independence for the first time in their lives. Many students see the movies about wild college life and come with the mindset of partying all day and night. But when you’re a public figure on campus that’s not exactly the lifestyle you can live. Dallas, Texas native Madison Johnson has been crowned Miss Sophomore for the 2021-2022 academic year and has put her official duties first.
Howard returns to GSU
The culture. The coaches. The student athletes. The opportunities. Just a handful of reasons why Brian Howard decided to come back to the G. Howard, who was the sports information director for Grambling State from 2017-2019, left to work at Florida A&M for two years but is now back at GSU and will enter his first year as the Senior Associate AD for Athletic Communications. Howard said even after being gone for two years, it felt like he had never left.
HBCU and SWAC sports in the limelight
Historically Black Colleges sports have been receiving wide recognition with abundant media coverage and big-time commitments to universities over the beginning of the fall season. HBCUs are known to be rich in culture and tradition and are celebrated worldwide. It is no secret that HBCUs have produced many many great athletes and hall of famers in all sports. Starting center for the Grambling Tigers Kyle Davis is encouraged by the recognition the SWAC has been receiving.
Presidential Race, Budget Deficit, Halloween: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. With President Trump’s re-election in doubt, his cabinet is scrambling to push through dozens of new regulations that will affect the lives of millions of people. The bid to lock in new rules before Jan.
Labor Day, 2020 Election, Serena Williams: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. Summer is ending with a lost opportunity. The U.S. is averaging about 40,000 coronavirus cases a day, down from a startling peak in late July, but nearly twice the level at summer’s start, according to a Times database. Above, a testing site in Los Angeles this weekend.
Presidential Race, Chadwick Boseman, September Books: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. General election season is officially in full swing. A weeklong Republican offensive against Joe Biden ended with President Trump’s formal acceptance of his party’s nomination. The national political conventions set the battle lines for the election’s remaining weeks: Mr. Biden is focusing on Mr. Trump’s virus management, while the president is sticking to a law-and-order message.
How Summer Festivals Persevered in the Pandemic
Organizers of cultural events in the United States and around the world showed ingenuity to keep cultural celebrations going while taking precautions against the coronavirus. Take a visual tour. This post was originally posted on NY TIMES US NEWS
How Summer Festivals Persevered in the Pandemic
When the coronavirus pandemic first exploded earlier this year, some hoped that it would end within weeks or months, with enough hand washing and other measures, perhaps with the sunlight of spring and summer. That didn’t happen. Just as doctors and other experts had warned, rising temperatures and longer days failed to stop the spread. After a spring of despair, a lost summer took shape.
Coronavirus Testing, Kamala Harris, Summer Cocktails: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. Virus testing in the U.S. has fallen for the first time since the start of the pandemic, a sign the nation’s response has stalled. Some 733,000 people have been tested each day this month on average, down from nearly 750,000 in July, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Midwest, School Reopenings, Summer Gardens: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. New coronavirus cases are picking up at a dangerous pace in much of the Midwest and in areas that had seen apparent progress. The seven-day average for new infections is hovering around 65,000 for two weeks in what amounts to a second wave of cases.
Coronavirus, Hurricane Hanna, Regis Philbin: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. The coronavirus caseload around the United States continues to soar. Eighteen states set single-day case records in the past week, pushing the country closer to breaking the national single-day record for new cases, set less than two weeks ago. More than 73,500 were reported on Friday and more than 66,300 coronavirus cases on Saturday. The record is 75,697.
Coronavirus Surge, John Lewis, Fall Gardens: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. Coronavirus cases are rising in 40 states across the country. More than 3,722,200 people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus, and at least 139,955 have died, according to a Times database. The country, logging a seven-day average of 65,790 new cases a day, has more confirmed cases per capita than any other major industrial nation. Above, testing in Milwaukee.
Coronavirus Surge, Roger Stone, Summer Gardens: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. Coronavirus cases in the U.S. are shattering records nearly every day. Cases in the U.S. soared to more than 68,000 on Friday — and set a single-day record for the seventh time in 11 days, according to a Times database. More than 60,000 new coronavirus cases were announced in the U.S. on Saturday. North Carolina, Oregon, Arkansas, Hawaii and Alaska all recorded single-day highs.
Coronavirus Surge, Mississippi, Stonewall Inn: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. The number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. is surging to levels not ever seen in the course of the pandemic. Infections nationwide have risen 65 percent over the past two weeks, including in several states that were among the first to reopen.
Tulsa, Geoffrey Berman, Father’s Day: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. President Trump tried to reinvigorate his re-election campaign at a much anticipated rally in Tulsa, Okla., buffeted by the devastating health and economic crises, and nationwide protests against racism.
Black Lives Matter, Reopening, Pride Month: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead 1. Calls for racial justice have touched seemingly every aspect of American life. The killing of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes despite pleas that he could not breathe, prompted institutions and individuals to confront enduring forms of racial discrimination.
Nationwide Protests, Unemployment, Rosé: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. Welcome to the Weekend Briefing. We’re covering nationwide protests over police brutality, the pandemic’s detrimental impact on the Amazon and the life of a transgender trailblazer. 1. Nationwide protests incited by the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing outrage over police brutality continue to swell from coast to coast.
After a Week of Turmoil, a Community Rallies
[Race affects our lives in countless ways. To read more provocative stories on race from The Times, sign up for our Race/Related newsletter here.] The images of seething unrest are stark: violent clashes between protesters and police officers clad in riot gear; police cars on fire; storefronts defaced, looted; sidewalks littered with shards of glass and the remnants of tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.
George Floyd, Hong Kong, SpaceX: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. Outrage over the death of George Floyd has incited a wave of demonstrations and unrest across the country.
State of the Virus, Barack Obama, Baseball: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. The number of new U.S. virus cases has declined in recent days, but progress is uncertain. The country finds itself at a perilous moment in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. With more than two-thirds of states significantly relaxing restrictions on how Americans can move about, experts predict a resurgence.
Reopening Risks, Ahmaud Arbery, Mother’s Day: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. The U.S. just lost 20 million jobs. Lawmakers now face a make-or-break moment. As the nation confronts unemployment levels not seen since the Great Depression, Congress and the Trump administration must decide whether to continue spending trillions in stimulus money or bet that state reopenings will jump-start the U.S. economy.
Remdesivir, Coronavirus, Met Gala: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The Food and Drug Administration is likely to approve the emergency use of a coronavirus treatment. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s leading infectious diseases scientist, above today, expressed cautious optimism about early trial results of the drug remdesivir.
Reopening, Coronavirus, N.F.L. Draft: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. After weeks of shutdown, the nation is beginning to slowly and cautiously re-emerge. Like the decisions to shut down and order residents to stay at home, the plans to reopen have come state by state or region by region. Even as states like Oklahoma, above, Georgia and Alaska took steps toward something resembling normalcy, it was anything but business as usual.
Coronavirus, Testing, Fiona Apple: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. Demonstrators across the country violated social-distancing orders to call for the reopening of states and the American economy. The rallies, like the one outside the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, above, rode a wave of similar protests this past week.
Coronavirus, Masks, Larry David: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. This may be “the toughest week” yet of the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump on Saturday warned that the nation would face “a lot of death,” while also saying he would like to consider relaxing social distancing rules for Easter services.
Coronavirus, New York, Sabrina Ionescu: Your Weekend Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. Local and state leaders across the country are preparing for the coronavirus to move inland. With at least 17 states reporting tallies of at least 1,000 confirmed cases, officials are struggling to deal with the deadly onslaught, urgently issuing guidance to residents and sounding the alarm over a dearth of equipment in clinics and hospitals.
Coronavirus, Mick Mulvaney, Black Hole: Your Weekend Briefing
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Mueller Report, Sri Lanka, N.B.A. Playoffs: Your Weekend Briefing
Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. A (redacted) report for the ages finally arrived. Our Washington bureau has been unpacking Robert Mueller’s findings since its release on Thursday, detailing a presidency consumed by the inquiry — and multiple attempts to thwart it — and a president seized by paranoia. Mr. Mueller’s report drew on hundreds of interviews to paint a damning portrait of the White House. Here are the witnesses it cited most.
Mueller Report, Fed, Mindfulness: Your Weekend Briefing
By Remy Tumin and Elijah Walker April 7, 2019 Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. House Democrats have demanded to see the full Mueller report. But how much of it will lawmakers — and the public — actually see? That’s up to Attorney General William Barr, above, who has been reviewing the 400-page report to decide what to make publicly available, and what to black out.
More Floods, Trump, Lupita Nyong’o: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
By Melina Delkic and Elijah Walker March 21, 2019 (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The record-breaking floods that have left Nebraska and other Midwestern states reeling may be just a preview. From now until May, 25 states are at risk of serious flooding from heavy rains and melting snow, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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