Globetrotter Submission: Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories
By 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…
This Day In May: Soviet spies worldwide: Country by Country, 1940–1988 extracts
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…
New music from Rootsy Pierre
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…
IOC President Bach visits National Olympic Committees of Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Egypt
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…
Mothers, midwives risking their lives to bring new life into the world
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,…
Sphinx statue uncovered in Egypt
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…
For startups in the Global South, is success simply surviving?
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”…
Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial
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…
Libya crisis: UN says thousands fleeing clashes
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…
Cairo station fire: Train driver ‘left brakes off’
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…
