Nine COVID-19 deaths amid a surge in COVID-19 cases led Australia to order a lockdown and deploy the military to enforce restriction rules. Australian Defence Soldiers will work with other law enforcement in areas of high transmission, such as the city of Sydney, to ensure citizens are not violating the[Read More…]

During the 2021 Olympics, the gold medalist for the 10 meter air pistol event, Javad Foroughi, was called a terrorist by a former gold medalist of the same event. The previous gold medalist was Jin John-oh, who had won in 2012 in London but also competed in Tokyo.  Foroughi is[Read More…]

Former President Obama “will help advance the league’s social responsibility efforts across the continent, including programs and partnerships that support greater gender equality and economic inclusion,” according to a news release from the NBA. He will also be a minority stakeholder in NBA Africa. The league began  their first play[Read More…]

Mohammad Abbasi, an adjunct professor at CUNY’s School of Professional Studies and an imam, spoke at a June 25 sermon at the Islamic Center of Union City in New Jersey. During his remarks, Abbasi claimed that Israel was a “colonial project” and concluded with “good news” for his fellow Muslims.[Read More…]

The Tokyo Olympics mark the first Olympic Games in which Paralympic medalists will earn the same pay as their Olympic counterparts. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced the change after the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Though 2018 Paralympic athletes who won medals received retroactive pay increases[Read More…]

After violating the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), Amazon was fined $887 million. The data privacy laws, enacted three years ago, include a ban on targeting advertising, which the EU claims Amazon’s Europe Core continued despite the policy. In its legal filing with the US Securities and Exchange[Read More…]

The US is providing asylum for Afghan evacuees who aided the US military and now face retaliation from the Taliban. The first group of around 200 translators and their families landed in Washington, DC on Friday morning, after medical screenings, the Afghans will be sheltered at Fort Lee and finalize[Read More…]

On Friday, Fethi Nourine, an Olympic athlete who competes in the sport of Judo, was suspended from the Olympic games along with Nourine’s coach, Amar Benikhlef, after the two withdrew for refusing to compete against his Israeli opponent. According to the Associated Press, Nourine “also quit the World Judo Championships[Read More…]

On Monday, data released showed that 1 in 4 (25%) of all pedophilia offenses against minors were committed by priests in the country of Poland. The state pedophilia commision, which was set up by the public authority in 2019, showed the results of its work on Monday in a 250-page[Read More…]

Vietnam’s major cities are considering extending or tightening restrictions on movement to contain the spread of Covid-19. The daily cases have surpassed 6,000 for seven consecutive days, authorities said on Wednesday. After successfully containing the virus for most of the pandemic, Vietnam has been facing record daily surges of infections[Read More…]