Since the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, girls aged 14 to 16 and their families have been trying to leave, fearing what their lives could become under the Taliban – not only because it is forbidden for women and girls to play sports, but because they were advocates for girls and active members of their […]
The girls of the Afghan national football team were anxious. For weeks, they traveled across the country, waiting to be told they could leave. One wants to be a doctor, another film producer, other engineers. Everyone dreams of becoming professional footballers. Then the message finally arrived early Sunday: a charter flight would transport the girls […]
Updated: Sep 21, 2021 12:34 PM A Portuguese cultural and community center was opened this weekend. The Casa dos Açores – House of the Azores – at Admiralty Park in Pembroke, will be a base for the non-profit organization and charities dedicated to the preservation of the culture of the Azores in Bermuda. Wayne Furbert, […]
SAN FRANCISCO and BELLINGHAM, Washington, September 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – eXp Realty has announced a joint initiative with New Story, a non-profit organization that launches solutions to end homelessness around the world, to build 100 homes in the Morelos region of Mexico, which was devastated by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in September 2017 and […]
The International Day of Peace is celebrated on September 21 of each year. The United Nations describes this day dedicated to strengthening the ideals of peace, observing 24 hours of non-violence and ceasefire. The day has been designated by the United Nations (UN) since 2002. Each year, the UN proposes a theme that supports the […]
Travel rules for going on vacation abroad are changing next month, with the traffic light system set to be permanently phased out. From October 4, the red, orange and green countries will be removed and replaced with a single red – which will serve as a no-go list for travelers. This means that any place […]
SHARJAH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – September 21, 2021) The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) received a high-level Portuguese delegation, led by Eurico Brilhante Dias, Portuguese Secretary of State for the internationalization, to discuss strengthening economic relations between Sharjah and Portugal. The delegation was received by Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, […]
WASHINGTON – Angolan President João Lourenço on Monday visited the country’s first African-American history museum, calling its exhibit on slavery and the Middle Passage “deeply moving.” “It’s a story that is part of our common history,” Lourenço said through an interpreter after the private visit. “As Africans and Africans in the Diaspora, we saw all […]
The endless towers are the first thing you notice when you arrive in China, and not just because in most cities they tend to line up with the roads leading to the airport. Over the past three decades, Chinese cities have hosted the largest human migration in history. The forest of apartment buildings is the […]
(JTA) – Before the Spanish Inquisition, the island of Mallorca had a large Jewish community. Every fall the island is dotted with leaf-roofed huts for Jews to erect on the feast of Sukkot. But that all changed under the Inquisition’s campaign of persecution that began in 1488 (four years before it began on the Spanish […]