Monthly Archives: December 2021
Tutu’s family gathers in South Africa for Cape Town funeral
South Africa
Desmond Tutu’s family members gathered at his Cape Town home on Tuesday in preparation for his funeral...
How democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021
Hong Kong
As the days of 2021 dwindled, so did any remaining traces of democracy in Hong Kong.
Schwarzenegger and Shriver divorce final after 10 years
Los Angeles
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver’s marriage is officially over more than 10 years after the award-winning journalist...
Jewish man punched, given black eye in Brooklyn for wearing IDF shirt
Israel
Two Jewish men, one of whom was wearing an IDF sweatshirt, were attacked in Brooklyn on Sunday, the New...
Tutu: a man of empathy, moral ardor, and some silly jokes
South Africa
One Christmas Day in the 1980s, Desmond Tutu led a packed church service in Soweto, the Black...
Young South Africans learn of Tutu’s activism for equality
South Africa
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s legacy is reverberating among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when...
Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in the east
Congo
Congolese officials on Thursday announced an end to an Ebola outbreak that had killed at least six people...
Australia mourns child victims of bouncy castle accident
Australia
Christmas lights have been turned off and a candlelight vigil was held in the Australian town where five...
27 feared dead in building fire in Osaka
Tokyo
Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan,...
‘I cannot escape’: New abuses alleged in Ethiopia’s Tigray
ETHIOPIA
New witness accounts allege that thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been forcibly expelled, detained or killed in one...