Michael Somare, PNG’s ‘father of the nation’, dead at 84
Pacific island nation’s four-time prime minister, who led the independence from Australia, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February. Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister Michael Somare has died aged 84, his daughter announced on Friday. Known as the “father of the nation”, Somare led the Pacific archipelago to independence from Australia in 1975 and […]
The Virus Slammed Her Neighborhood. She Can’t Find Her Father a Vaccine.
Logistical hurdles, fear and misinformation are threatening to leave some of the city’s immigrant communities behind as the vaccine rollout ramps up. Source link
Ayesha Haleem Adil’s video message PPP wanted to kill my father in jail,
Karachi: Ayesha Haleem, daughter of opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh, has said that PPP wanted to kill her father in jail. Details According to Ayesha Haleem, daughter of opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh, in her statement, PPP wanted to kill my father in jail. My father cannot walk due to his injuries. Haleem Adil Sheikh […]
Pakistan: Ismail’s father arrested on terrorism charges
Islamabad , Pakistan. A Pakistani court has granted police custody to Muhammad Ismail, the father of prominent human rights activists, on “terrorism” charges, which rights groups say are part of a continuing campaign of harassment. A court in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Wednesday remanded Mohammad in police custody for three days, his […]
Father of Pakistani rights activist arrested on ‘terror’ charges
Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani court has granted police custody of Muhammad Ismail, the father of a prominent Pakistani human rights activist, on “terrorism” charges that rights groups say are part of a sustained campaign of harassment. The court in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar granted police custody of Muhammad for three days during […]
Son Tipped Off F.B.I. About His Father, Who Is Charged in Capitol Riot
Two days after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Jackson Reffitt’s father, Guy W. Reffitt, returned to the family’s home in Texas. He told his son that he had stormed the Capitol, according to an F.B.I. affidavit. Then his father leveled a threat: If Jackson, 18, reported him to the police, he would have no […]
‘I ask India to return my son’s body’: Kashmir teen’s father
On a recent chilly winter day in Indian-administered Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmed Wani shovelled the earth, laboriously digging a grave for his teenage son. There was, however, no body to be lowered inside. Stunned, a group of onlookers watched in silence. But Ahmed kept digging, now knee-deep inside the half-dug grave. Then he rose, straightening his […]
Brexit: Boris Johnson’s father seeks French citizenship
Stanley Johnson confirms the plan to seek French citizenship as the free movement of Britons in the EU comes to an end under the Brexit pact delivered by his son. On the day the United Kingdom is breaking up with the European Union, the British prime minister’s father said he was in the process of […]
‘I knew my father would be hanged’: Remembering Nuremberg #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
On November 20, 1945, several months after the end of World War II, a series of military tribunals began in the German city of Nuremberg. The first of the trials was the Major War Crimes Trial, in which 22 high-ranking Nazis stood trial in the Palace of Justice. Twelve of the defendants would be sentenced […]
US: Bond denied for father, son charged in Ahmaud Arbery killing #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Judge says there is ‘significant risk and danger’ to community if Arbery’s accused killers were let out on bond. A judge in the US state of Georgia has denied bond for the father and son charged with murder in the February killing of Ahmaud Arbery, saying he is concerned the white men took the law […]