Category Archives: Social
Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline enters critical month in June
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — June will be a critical month for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 crude oil pipeline as the company resumes construction and opponents mobilize for large-scale protests and civil disobedience.
Germany charges 4 far-left activists with attacks on right
BERLIN (AP) — Four far-left activists have been charged in Germany on allegations that they were part of a group involved in a series of attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists over a period of two years, prosecutors said
Malaysia imposes near-total lockdown after virus cases soar
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister announced on Friday a near-total coronavirus lockdown in the country, with social and economic activities to be halted for two weeks to contain a worsening outbreak.
Spain criticized for unequally priced ‘equality stamps’
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s postal service is feeling a backlash from its attempt to highlight racial inequality. State-owned Correos España this
Poul Schlueter, longtime Danish prime minister, dies at 92
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Poul Schlueter, Denmark's prime minister for over a decade who negotiated exemptions for his country to a key European Union treaty after Danes rejected the initial text in a referendum, has died. He was 92.
Boris Johnson criticized for meeting with Hungary’s Orban
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday, but faced criticism for inviting the hardline European leader to 10 Downing St.
86-year-old pedophile priest loses Australian court appeal
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An 86-year-old pedophile former Catholic priest came a step closer to deportation to Ireland when a court on Friday upheld a decision to strip him of his Australian citizenship.
Erdogan inaugurates landmark mosque on main Istanbul square
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a landmark new mosque on Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Friday, fulfilling a long-time ambition to build a Muslim house of worship in the city’s main public space that has become a
Warsaw university aims to shape future conservative lawyers
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An increasingly influential Polish Catholic legal institute on Friday inaugurated a university in Warsaw that aims to educate a new generation of conservative lawyers in central Europe who it hopes will also shape wider European c...
At 26, Belarus journalist has spent a decade in opposition
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Raman Pratasevich has been part of the Belarus political opposition for over a decade and has long feared the authorities would try to abduct him, even though he was living abroad. The 26-year-old dissident journalist couldn't
