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Judge Reinstates Teacher Suspended For Transgender Remark
A judge on Tuesday ordered a northern Virginia school system to reinstate a suspended gym teacher who spoke out at a school board meeting against a proposal requiring that transgender students be addressed by their preferred pronouns.
Britt Enters US Senate Race To Replace Shelby In Alabama
Republican Katie Boyd Britt entered the race for Alabamas open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday promising to put Alabama first while stressing her experience as the former leader of a state business group and former chief of staff to retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Sh...
Mahatma Gandhi's Great-Granddaughter Sentenced to 7 Years in Jail in South Africa on Charges of Forgery
She was accused of defrauding businessman SR Maharaj after he advanced R6.2 million to her for allegedly clearing import and Customs duties for a non-existent consignment from India.
Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to Begin Next Monday, Says Her Lawyer
Myanmar has been in uproar since Suu Kyi was deposed in a February 1 coup, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement.
Kamala Harris's Plane Forced to Turn Around After 'Unusual Noise' Due to Technical Fault
The vice president switched planes, and a pool report said she arrived safely in Guatemala Sunday evening. Her spokeswoman Symone Sanders said that no major delays in her itinerary were expected.
Amid Accusations of Genocide from the West, China Policies Could Cut Millions of Uighur Births in Xinjiang, Says Report
drian Zenz’s research comes amid growing calls among some western countries for an investigation into whether China’s actions in Xinjiang amount to genocide
Nigeria Indefinitely Suspends Twitter Operations
Nigeria's government has indefinitely suspended the operations of U.S. social media giant Twitter, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday.
In Syria Camp, Forgotten Children Left to Be Molded by ISIS
Only one institution is left to mold them: sympathizers and remnants of the Islamic State group who operate within the camp, even as it is run by the Kurdish-led forces that defeated the militants.
Covid-19 Pandemic Plunges 100 Million More Workers Into Poverty: UN
In a report, the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) cautioned that the labour market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over, with employment not expected to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest.
More Than 4,000 Rohingya Protest Against Conditions on Bangladesh Island
Since December, Bangladesh has shifted 18,000 out of a planned 100,000 refugees to the low-lying silt island of Bhashan Char.
'Scientists Silenced and Disappeared': New Study Says China Created Virus in Lab, Tried to Cover Tracks
The 22-page paper to be published in the journal Quarterly Review of Biophysics Discovery, pieced together how Chinese scientists built the tools to create the virus.
Leftist-green Candidate Elected Mayor Of Croatia's Capital
The candidate of a leftistgreen coalition easily won election Sunday as mayor of Croatias capital, Zagreb, preliminary results showed, marking a major blow to the ruling conservatives in the European Union nation.
EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans Aim To Make Voting Harder
Texas took a major step Sunday toward becoming the nations largest state where the GOP is making voting harder following the 2020 elections , with the Senate approving a bill that would empower poll watchers, create criminal penalties and add new restrict...
1 Killed, 1 Injured In Single-engine Plane Crash In Utah
One man died and another man suffered severe burns when their singleengine aircraft crashed Saturday morning near the Powder Mountain area near Eden in northern Utah, authorities said.
Police: Homicide Victim Misidentified; 8-year-old Found Safe
A mother and metro Las Vegas authorities misidentified an 8yearold boy as a young homicide victim, police said Saturday after the boy, an older halfbrother and their father were all found safe in Utah.
14 Abducted From Nigerian University Released After 1 Month
Fourteen university students and staff abducted from their school in northwestern Nigeria were released Saturday after spending more than a month in captivity.