YANGON, Myanmar – Downtown Yangon, the pro-military mob attacked local people and media, with 20 people being wounded this morning, according to a local source. The mob destroyed some cars stuck in traffic as well. Some protesters have claimed they received money from the military to vandalize in particular areas. Recently, A group of people … Read more
The iconic hotel The Standard on the Sunset Strip was a perennial bastion for Hollywood stars and a legendary boutique hotel, and was said to have been a model for boutique hotels worldwide. It closed after losing its lease. By Milan Sime Martinic Read more
Fueled by low mortgage rates, pent-up demand, and Americans working from home seeking larger quarters, new home sales shattered predictions and drove up the median sales price 5.3% to $346k from a year earlier, marking the highest for any January on record. Government data showed a 4.3% increase in new home purchases in January to … Read more
Over 3 trillion dollars in daily transactions for the world’s biggest banks were disrupted Wednesday, according to an alert status on the Fed’s website announcing a disruption in several business lines for Fedwire, FedACH, and 11 other areas affecting wire transfers, ACH transactions and check-clearing in the U.S. banking system. About 850,000 transactions each day … Read more
DURBAN, South Africa – South African former Olympic champion Caster Semenya is set to appeal at the ECHR and South Africans are rallying behind her. Semenya wants to overturn a World Athletics’ regulation dealing with hormone use. She is expected to file the papers in March. The 800m world champion is still unable to compete … Read more
ADDIS ABABA – The Ethiopian government has given permission to seven international media outlets, including the BBC, Reuters and Al Jazeera, to report on the situation in Tigray. The government said in a statement that it was concerned about the baseless and politically motivated information being spread about the situation in Tigray State. Additionally, of … Read more
More than 100 pastors, ministry and seminary leaders, and other prominent American evangelicals have penned an open letter calling on other Christians to take a public stand: “We recognize that evangelicalism, and white evangelicalism in particular, has been susceptible to the heresy of Christian nationalism because of a long history of faith leaders accommodating white … Read more
Global head of commodities research at Goldman, Jeff Currie, stated his position on the future of the sector this week, citing two big factors why commodities would continue to go up. One was that while historically stimulus benefited high-income households, current stimulus benefits low-income, who spend a lot more on commodities. The second factor was … Read more
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – New data published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week confirms a nearly three-fourths decline in migration from the East and Horn of Africa regions toward Gulf countries through Yemen during 2020. These findings are especially significant because African migration through Yemen to the Gulf of Arabia has been … Read more
Something that didn’t exist eight weeks ago. With U.S. President Joe Biden rejoining 190 other countries in the Paris Climate Agreement, basically all countries on Earth are participating in a unified movement to combat global warming. Under the agreement the U.S. plans to cut carbon emissions 25% from it’s 2005 levels by 2025 and contribute … Read more
A well-known property of matter that converts it from solid to gas is at the center of a wave of Tik-Tok videos alleging that the Texas snow is fake and part of a government plan to control citizens . The videos show how a handful of snow exposed to fire fails to drip water. “See? Proof,” … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s military called for government employees who are participating in the civil disobedience movement (CDM) to get back to their respective departments. If they do not come back to their jobs by Feb. 25, they will face legal actions, the state administration council warned. Since the military staged the coup, people in … Read more