comments feedBy Global News Service Credit Line: from the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service Headlines: Activists Mohamed Adel and Mahmoud Hussein Jailed in Egypt The Egyptian government continues its persecution of activists and critics despite the so-called national dialogue initiated earlier this year to address the political and economic issues raised by the opposition. On September 3, political activist […]
This Day In May: Soviet spies worldwide: Country by Country, 1940–1988 extracts
May 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
From Peter Polack Argentina Konstantin Petrovich Monakhov expelled Argentina 7 April 1959 expelled again Italy 6 August 1969 exposed as Soviet spy May 1975 in US Congress Sub-Committee on Trade and Commerce hearing Trade Embargo Cuba 8 May 1975. Cuba Vadim Aleksandrovich Bogoslovsky deployed Cuba 1972 United Nations Political Affairs Office 1959-65 New Times Moscow […]
New music from Rootsy Pierre
January 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment
ROOTSY PIERRE IS BACK….WITH THE MESSAGE OF FREEDOM! The name may sound familiar, if you were within the Eastern Caribbean Soca Music circles in the early 2000s. The former St. Lucian Soca Monarch and Road March King Kewin Pierre, better known as Rootsy, is back with a message of freedom and salvation. With a positive […]
IOC President Bach visits National Olympic Committees of Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Egypt
September 26, 2022 by Leave a Comment
26 Sep 2022 – After a visit to Italy to the Italian National Olympic Committee in Rome (on 16 September), and attending the FEI Equestrian World Championships in Pratoni the next day, President Bach visited the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Egypt (from 18 to 24 September). Having been welcomed in Amman, Jordan, by IOC Executive Board […]
Mothers, midwives risking their lives to bring new life into the world
May 12, 2020 by Leave a Comment
From United Nations Population Fund UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, May is a time to celebrate mothers and the health workers who help them enter motherhood. Dozens of countries observe Mother’s Day in May and, on 5 May, the International Day of the Midwife honours the life-saving work of midwives everywhere. Yet this […]
Sphinx statue uncovered in Egypt
December 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Limestone sphinx head is 35cm tall and 55cm wide From The National .ae Archaeologists in Egypt’s central Minya governorate have uncovered a small statue of a royal sphinx. The Egyptian Archaeological Mission, led by Sayed Abdel Malek, found the statue in the Tuna El Jebel archaeological area, where two cemeteries holding 40 mummies were uncovered […]
For startups in the Global South, is success simply surviving?
July 31, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Catalina Albeanu From Reuters Community Economic survival is the main challenge for many media startups, followed by the political context in which they operate and physical safety risks, found the report “Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South” by Anya Schiffrin of Columbia University SIPA, published in January 2019. Many startups are dependant […]
Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial
June 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From BBC Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say. A top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi had just addressed the court from a cage at a hearing on charges of espionage. Morsi, who […]
Libya crisis: UN says thousands fleeing clashes
April 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From BBC At least 2,800 people have fled from the fighting near Libya’s capital, Tripoli, according to the UN. Other civilians are trapped by the clashes and are cut off from vital emergency services, it says. Forces under Gen Khalifa Haftar began an attack on the city last Thursday with the aim of wresting it […]
Cairo station fire: Train driver ‘left brakes off’
February 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From BBC The deadly fire at Cairo’s main railway station on Wednesday happened because the train driver left the cabin without putting the brakes on, Egypt’s public prosecutors believe. They say a preliminary investigation indicates the driver stepped off the train to argue with a colleague. But the driver, who has been arrested, blames corroded […]
