TikTok’s fate in the US appears doomed as the Senate passed a sell-or-ban bill on Tuesday with 79 to 18 votes. The bill, tied to the US’s foreign aid package, is waiting to be signed into law by President Biden. TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance still has the opportunity to battle the ban in court…
U.S. university campuses are seeing pro-Palestinian protests daily. Students are demonstrating against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and demanding that humanitarian aid be allowed to flow into the territory. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports…
U.S. President Joe Biden is making reproductive rights a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, blaming opponent Donald Trump for opening the way to stricter state abortion laws. In this presidential campaign, Trump is pursuing a more moderate position on abortion than other Republicans. Scott Stearns reports…
Palestinian woman Reem Zidan had been searching for her son for months, and finally found his body on Wednesday as a bulldozer unearthed human remains outside a Gaza hospital.”They told me to move away, but I said, ‘my son is on the bulldozer’,” Zidan told AFP from the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis…
President Bola Tinubu has implored the judiciary to embark on reforms that would ensure a functional justice system that will support a rapidly growing economy, guarantee basic human and political rights of individuals as well as provide security and justice to all Nigerians. According to him…
Job Vacancy: Job title: Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Assistant Yobe Job description: Job Description:JOB TITLE: Cash and Voucher Assistance Assistant TEAM/PROGRAMME: Humanitarian Response LOCATION: Yobe GRADE: 5 TYPE OF CONTRACT: National CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g…
President Bola Tinubu, alongside the Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Wednesday, launched the 2024 regional State of World Population (SWOP) Report. During the report launch, which has “Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending Inequalities in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” as theme…
UPDATE) FORMER senator and veteran human rights lawyer Rene Saguisag has died, his family announced on Wednesday.”It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our dear Papa and Lolo,” Saguisag’s family said.The announcement was made through the Facebook page of Saguisag’s son, Rebo.”As we mourn his loss…
The greater honeyguide is a sub-Saharan bird that literally guides humans to sources of honey. CLAIRE SPOTTISWOODE/University of Cambridge/AFP via Getty ImagesPlus other weird things we learned this week. The post These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think appeared first on Popular Science…