Day: September 7, 2021

Alexei Navalny’s Spokeswoman Leaves Russia

Kim Yarmysh, spokeswoman for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has left Russia, the Interfax Russian news agency reported citing two anonymous sources. One of the sources said that Yarmysh flew to the Finnish capital Helsinki. This comes after the Russian court imposed 18 months of restrictions on her freedom of movement

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Afghanistan: Continued Resistance Against Taliban Rule

In Afghanistan, resistance against Taliban rule continued to mount over the weekend of the 4th and 5th of September. In Kabul, dozens of women marched on the presidential palace to demand their rights under a Taliban-led Afghanistan. Meanwhile, violent resistance in the Panjshir Valley region north of Kabul continued as

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Climate Change Could Cause New Wars

On August 7, 2021, the United Nations published its now infamous report on the state of the climate crisis. The report states plainly and grimly: humans have been making dramatic changes to the earth’s climate such that temperatures are unlikely to stop rising for the next thirty years. Following the

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US. Accuses Ethiopia Of Blocking Aid To Tigray

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has accused Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of blocking aid to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. This region has been the primary site of fighting between the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces since November

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