Month: March 2023
The Philippines is among the most dangerous places in the world for environmental activists
The international nonprofit Global Witness has ranked the Philippines at the top of its list of deadliest countries to be an eco-activist. Dozens of environmentalists and land defenders also die each year or end up on government watch lists.
The Common Thread Between a Chinese Collaborator and the Chinese Communist Party
Sun Yat-sen, the father of China’s 1911 revolution, has inspired opposite impulses among those who claim his legacy.
Four Insulate Britain protesters convicted of causing public nuisance
Julie Mecoli, 68, Stefania Morosi, 45, Nicholas Till, 67, and Louise Lancaster, 57, took part in London street blockade in 2021Four climate protesters who stopped traffic on a central London road during rush hour have been convicted of causing a public…
Probe of deadly Black Hawk crash underway in Kentucky
A special military investigative team is on the scene of a deadly crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters that killed nine people in southwestern Kentucky.
Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend’s murder
Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.