The incident comes on the heel of a sharp uptick in far-right violence targeting refugees, migrants, Muslims and others. Athens, Greece – Propped up on the radiator next to a battered door is a half-charred plaque that welcomes visitors to the office of the Afghan Community in Greece. The door, also burned, hangs loosely from the hinges. Inside, a wooden […]

Good morning. I chased the super bloom east of Los Angeles, to Lake Elsinore, where the hills were orange with poppies in full, magnificent bloom and the skies were freckled with millions of painted lady butterflies on their way from the Mojave and Colorado Deserts up to the Pacific Northwest. The colors were really something. The precise, sunshine-yellow of a […]

The federal and B.C. governments have announced a massive cash infusion meant to help restore wild salmon habitat. Over a five-year period, the federal government has pledged $100 million, while the B.C. government is promising $42.85 million over the same span. The money will go to the new British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund, which is open to proposals […]

ONE suspect in the New Zealand mosque shootings appears to have described himself as an “ordinary white man” who “decided to take a stand”. Brenton Tarrant, 28, from Australia, was named in media reports in his home country as the gunman who appeared to have live-streamed the attack in Christchurch on Facebook as he shot victims in a mosque. In […]

KABUL (Reuters) – At a dinner party in Kabul’s high-security “green zone” in March, a senior European diplomat poured himself a glass of red wine and pulled up a photograph on his iPhone. Released by Qatar’s foreign ministry on Feb. 25, it showed seven Qatari officials alongside U.S. and Taliban negotiators as talks on ending the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday broadened the scope of what it will consider in resolving the legal fight over the contentious decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing also to decide whether the move violated the U.S. Constitution. In the aftermath of a March 6 ruling by […]

YANGON (Reuters) – Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the government wielded repressive laws against peaceful critics. The appeal, citing evidence of a police set-up and lack of proof of a crime, came as New York-based […]

At least 79 people have been killed over the weekend when fighting broke out between Hema and Lendu tribes in the northern Ituri province. Aid agencies say tens of thousands of people have been displaced by ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 79 people were killed over the weekend when fighting broke out between Hema and […]

In a letter sent to UN Security Council, Doha details yet another violation committed by Bahraini air force. Qatar has addressed a letter to the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, voicing concern over renewed violations of its airspace by the Bahraini government. A Qatari foreign ministry press release said on Tuesday the letter relayed Doha’s concerns about the “serious […]

Warner is the last major music label to sign an agreement with Facebook. Facebook has announced that it has agreed to a deal with Warner Music Group so that Facebook users can post videos featuring music from artists signed with the music label. Warner is the last major music label to sign an agreement with Facebook, as the news of […]