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Humans of New York photographer captures the humanity of the ‘swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean’
The UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently faced heavy criticism for referring to refugees coming to Europe as “a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean.” But despite the backlash against Cameron, the public and politicians often fail to acknowledge the humanity at the core of the migrant crisis. Enter Brandon...
The Latest: Nobel Peace Prize to be announced in Oslo
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The latest developments in the awarding of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. All times local.___French President Francois Hollande says the Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisia is a signal to the world to support the country against extremists and internal strife.Hollande also paid special tribute to the women activists among the quartet...
Merkel, Zerai, Pope Francis all in Nobel Peace Prize buzz
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Europe’s record-breaking refugee crisis was a hot topic ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday, but a Saudi blogger, a pope who reveres the Earth and its poorest people and the key players in the Iranian nuclear deal were also generating buzz.The Norwegian Nobel Committee has given no clues but those...
Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize
Stockholm (AFP) – Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, honoured for her work chronicling the horrors of war and life under the repressive Soviet regime.The Swedish Academy hailed the 67-year-old for writings that were “a monument to suffering and courage in our time” —...
Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that the prize judges called “a monument to suffering and courage.”Alexievich, 67, used the skills of a journalist to create literature chronicling the great tragedies of the Soviet Union and its 1991 collapse: World War II,...
Unconvincing Spain eye Euro qualification
Madrid (AFP) – Defending champions Spain can seal their place at next year’s European Championships in France when they host minnows Luxembourg in Logrono on Friday.However, Vicente del Bosque’s men are under pressure to produce plenty of goals as well as the three points after an unconvincing campaign that has failed to dispel...
The 10 most important things in the world right no
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know on Thursday. 1. NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels to discuss Russia’s involvement in Syria and eastern Ukraine. 2. Russia launched 26 missiles from ships in the Caspian Sea against rebel groups in Syria, continuing an air campaign that began last week supposedly with the intention of...
Senate to vote on massive defense bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to vote on a $612 billion defense policy bill that President Barack Obama says he’ll veto over a larger dispute about government spending.Obama doesn’t like the way the bill increases defense spending by padding a separate war-fighting account with an extra $38 billion. Also, Congress...
The Latest: Syria launches ground push amid Russian strikes
BEIRUT (AP) — The latest developments after Syrian troops, emboldened by Russian airstrikes, launch a ground offensive against insurgents (all times local).__2:55 p.m.Russian President Vladimir Putin says French President Francois Hollande last week suggested that government forces in Syria form an alliance with the opposition’s Free Syrian...
Kremlin sets out to extend control over the Russian Internet
MOSCOW (AP) — Galina Timchenko recalls how proud she felt when the Russian news website she edited reached 3 million users per day. When she reported the figures to the website’s owner, he was horrified.”At that moment something snapped inside and I understood that this is the end, because there cannot be such an influential resource...
