ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—At the opening session of the 29th African Union Summit yesterday, the Executive Council of the African Union unanimously approved a resolution condemning American President Donald J. Trump’s meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Saudi Arabia in May as an act of “deceitful, unconscionable racism” directed at African Union member states. Presented as the first order of business at the summi … [Continue Reading] about The African Union Complains Trump is Racist — Doesn’t Recognize African Dictators
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Syrian Refugees Protest In Germany — Demand Better Food
COLOGNE, Germany—Syrian refugees broke out of a refugee detention center and protested in the city center here for several hours yesterday, demanding better food. The mostly Muslim immigrants were demanding authorities serve German sausages made … [Continue Reading] about Syrian Refugees Protest In Germany — Demand Better Food
EU: Google Search Must Change Name in France – Google not a French Word
BRUSSELS—The European Union (EU) took a pause from its seemingly never-ending—over two decades—string of antitrust and anticompetitive investigations and rulings against U.S.-based technology firms to issue a rare anticultural ruling against … [Continue Reading] about EU: Google Search Must Change Name in France – Google not a French Word
Alabama Wants To Take in 20,000 Christian Syrian Refugees To Help Revive Farming
SELMA, Alabama—In an effort to revive its agriculture production — still struggling under the effects of draconian immigration laws enacted in 2011 — the Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation Friday that would pave the way for … [Continue Reading] about Alabama Wants To Take in 20,000 Christian Syrian Refugees To Help Revive Farming
Raúl Castro Saw An Image of Jesus Christ in Clouds of Smoke From Fidel Castro’s Cigar
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Granma, the official state-run newspaper of Cuba, last week reported Cuba president Raúl Castro saw an image of Jesus Christ in billows of smoke blown from a cigar being puffed by former Cuba president Fidel Castro, … [Continue Reading] about Raúl Castro Saw An Image of Jesus Christ in Clouds of Smoke From Fidel Castro’s Cigar
Al Jazeera Will Shutter Canadian Bureaus
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Today Al Jazeera announced in a press release it will close its Canadian bureaus except for one. The Qatar-based news network operates bureaus in all 10 provinces and 3 territories. Al Jazeera bureaus in the territories — Y … [Continue Reading] about Al Jazeera Will Shutter Canadian Bureaus
Kenyan Terrorist Group Claims To Have Obama’s Birth Certificate — Demands Ransom
GARISSA, Kenya — According to a local government official, al-Shabaab — a Somalia-based, al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group that wants to establish an Islamic caliphate in Kenya and Somalia — is demanding ransom for the return of President … [Continue Reading] about Kenyan Terrorist Group Claims To Have Obama’s Birth Certificate — Demands Ransom