Society

Malaysian lawmaker calls for hate speech law after Rohingya report 2 min read 2 min read

Malaysian lawmaker calls for hate speech law after Rohingya report 2 min read

24/11/2020

FILE PHOTO: Acehnesse fishermen help evacuate a Rohingya child and a woman from Myanmar onto the shorelines of Lancok village in Indonesia’s North Aceh Regency... Read More

Pope Says Free Market, ‘Trickle-Down’ Policies Fail Society 3 min read

Pope Says Free Market, ‘Trickle-Down’ Policies Fail Society

04/10/2020

The front page of the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano shows Pope Francis with his latest encyclical titled “Fratelli Tutti” (Brothers All) at the Vatican, Oct.... Read More

Blind Sacramentans Are Adapting To Social Distancing — But Sighted People Should Help 3 min read

Blind Sacramentans Are Adapting To Social Distancing — But Sighted People Should Help

04/10/2020

Portrait of Darrell Horst. Courtesy of Society for the Blind Darrell Horst is nervous about riding public buses and light rail trains these days. “Because... Read More

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 1999, file photo, former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson addresses the media during a news conference for inductees to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. He was 78. His death was announced in a family statement Monday., Aug. 31, 2020. No details were disclosed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

John Thompson remembered as builder of young lives 3 min read

John Thompson remembered as builder of young lives

04/10/2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama remembered John Thompson not so much as a basketball coach but as someone who reshaped lives. “What made... Read More

Australians ‘abandoned not stranded’ by cap on flight arrivals, families say 5 min read

Australians ‘abandoned not stranded’ by cap on flight arrivals, families say

24/09/2020

Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP Federal politicians have been berated for “abandoning” Australian citizens overseas during the coronavirus pandemic with witnesses telling a Senate inquiry government ministers... Read More

Hundreds Of Deer Hunters Accused Of Ignoring New Covid Rules 2 min read

Hundreds Of Deer Hunters Accused Of Ignoring New Covid Rules

24/09/2020

People taking part in stag and deer hunts have been ignoring social distancing and breaching the 30-person limit, an animal rights charity has claimed, based... Read More

Florida judge on Trump short list helped give GOP key legal win. Should she have recused? 11 min read

Florida judge on Trump short list helped give GOP key legal win. Should she have recused?

24/09/2020

Barbara Lagoa, the daughter of Cuban exiles in Miami who has rocketed onto the president’s short list for the U.S. Supreme Court, has earned a... Read More