‘Ready to die’: Protesters face bullets for political change in Mozambique | Protests News

‘Ready to die’: Protesters face bullets for political change in Mozambique | Protests News

Rights activist Cidia Chissungo has spent the last few days poring over images she never thought she’d see in Mozambique: Young men with bloodied bodies pockmarked with bullet wounds; teenagers with eyes swollen shut from being hit with tear gas canisters by the Mozambican police. Chissungo, 28, who is documenting…

Rent control battle in California heats up, opposing investors pump money | Housing

Rent control battle in California heats up, opposing investors pump money | Housing

Reyna Aguilar was working as a chef in a restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission neighbourhood when the COVID pandemic struck. The restaurant shut within months, leaving Aguilar worrying about how she would make rent on the studio apartment she had lived in for nearly a decade. When the government announced…

Traumatised horses saved from Israel’s bombs find refuge in Bekaa Valley | Israel attacks Lebanon

Traumatised horses saved from Israel’s bombs find refuge in Bekaa Valley | Israel attacks Lebanon

Bar Elias, Lebanon – Purebred Arabian horses dart in the light of the setting sun, hooves swirling up clouds of sand. They gallop around the paddock, encouraged by their handlers at a stable built like a small citadel on the outskirts of Bar Elias. But despite the scene’s beauty, as…

Fact check: Does Donald Trump want to do away with the Affordable Care Act? | US Election 2024 News

Fact check: Does Donald Trump want to do away with the Affordable Care Act? | US Election 2024 News

By Louis Jacobson | PolitiFact Published On 26 Oct 202426 Oct 2024 US Vice President Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024, in a campaign advertisement: “Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.” In the September 27 online ad, a man identified as Dr Cesar Quintana,…

The legacy of Ziad Abu Helaiel – peacefully resisting Israel in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict

The legacy of Ziad Abu Helaiel – peacefully resisting Israel in West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict

Dura, Occupied West Bank – Ziad Abu Helaiel – political activist and social reformer – was best known for his defiant phrase “Bihimmish!” (“doesn’t matter”, in Arabic). The phrase was delivered brazenly, dismissively even, to Israeli soldiers who were trying to scare him as he stood in their way, often…

‘Does a Dalit’s life have no value?’: The murder of a teenage girl in India | Women

‘Does a Dalit’s life have no value?’: The murder of a teenage girl in India | Women

Muzaffarpur, India – As protesters took to the streets of Kolkata to demand justice for a trainee doctor who was raped and murdered on August 9, 55-year-old Nirali Kumari* gasped for breath in her small wooden hut 480km (300 miles) away. She hadn’t left her home – or even her…

US presidential candidates join global shift rightward on immigration | US Election 2024 News

US presidential candidates join global shift rightward on immigration | US Election 2024 News

The trend extends beyond the US to European nations such as France, Germany and the United Kingdom. In July, for instance, the nativist Reform UK Party secured the third-largest share of votes in the British election following a campaign in which party leader Nigel Farage promised a “freeze” on immigration….

South African Indigenous people fight Big Oil to defend ancestors’ spirits | Environment News

South African Indigenous people fight Big Oil to defend ancestors’ spirits | Environment News

Shell’s final lifeline Once an exploration permit is granted, the holder of the permit is able to apply for up to three renewals, after which they must start the costly and time-consuming process from scratch. Shell and Impact made their final application to renew the exploration right in 2023. While…