Reproductive freedom rings as a bell in Texas as Harris, Beyoncé storm Houston with double-barrelled message against Trump
Since abortion was restricted in Texas, the state’s infant death rate has increased, more babies have died of birth defects and maternal mortality has risen.
Fear is an integral segment of Ugandan politics, which Museveni recharges to hold onto power
Politics of fear is rooted in political fear as distinct from other human and societal fears. Political fear is here used to imply apprehension about political threats to one’s political power, political pursuits, and political advantages, which is then generalised to include larger groups and/or publics. It is the worry that afflicts individuals and groups who are involved in power struggles, that is, politicians (viz election candidates, rebels, incumbents) and political structures (say cabinets and executives, politburos, militaries, or political parties).
Israel launches missile attack targeting Iran’s military sites as risk of wider Middle East wars rises
Initially, nuclear facilities and oil installations all had been seen as possible targets for Israel’s response to Iran’s October 1 attack, but in mid-October the Biden administration won assurances from Israel that it would not hit such targets, which would be a more severe escalation.
Britain put at centre of slave trade reparatory justice despite push to relegate it to backburner
Goods were traded in West Africa for captured slaves who were shipped across the Atlantic to work in British sugar and tobacco plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas. Goods produced in the so-called New World were transported back to England.
Former commander of Lord’s Resistance Army rebels sentenced to 40 years in prison by Ugandan court
A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels was sentenced by a court in Uganda on Friday to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s. Thomas Kwoyelo – a former child soldier who later became a rebel...
Even after joining US Army, fighting in wars children adopted by American parents have no citizen’s rights
For most of her life, Joy Alessi was a proud patriot, who got teary-eyed when Garth Brooks sang about America. But patriotism is confusing for her now – as it is for many of the adoptees who’ve found themselves in this predicament.
US presidential election tightens further as Trump gains with Hispanic men, Harris with white women
The analysis of recent Reuters/Ipsos polling shows Trump with support from 37 per cent of registered Hispanic voters, up from 30 per cent at the same point in 2020. Harris is at 51 per cent compared to Biden’s 54 per cent four years earlier. The numbers are subject to sampling error, and have levels of precision of between two and six percentage points.
Statelessness: Why adopted children are not Americans even after living for 70 years in USA
Adoption paperwork, signed by judges and stamped by governments, declared they enjoyed all the privileges of being children of American families. But that was untrue in one critical respect: Adoption for decades did not automatically make children citizens.
Not Americans: Irony of US saving children only to make them stateless for the rest of their life
Emily Howe was adopted from South Korea in 1984, barely young enough to be granted citizenship by the 2000 law. By a twist of luck and timing, this could have been her, she said. So she represents many adoptive families for free.
Nelson Mandela’s grandson deemed a threat to UK for supporting Hamas, hence denied visa
“Your presence in the UK has been assessed as not conducive for the public good on the grounds that you have engaged in unacceptable behaviour. You have made multiple statements which explicitly support Hamas and their terrorist violence, including glorifying the October 7 attack on Israel and their recently deceased leader Ismail Haniyeh,” states the letter.
