Generations of Maryland workers — longshoremen, seafarers, steelworkers and crabbers whose livelihoods depend on Baltimore’s port — watched in disbelief this week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River.
An association of medical professors urged the government Saturday to exclude Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo from making media responses to facilitate talks in the upcoming negotiations for medical reform.
Delivery workers worry that vegetarian-only fleets today could pave the way for caste-based delivery systems tomorrow.
The oversight board of Meta, the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has ruled that a ban on the use of the word “shaheed” – “martyr” in Arabic – should be lifted. Meta has acknowledged that the term “shaheed” accounts for more content removals under the company’s content moderation policy than any other single word or phrase on its platforms.
Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. He was having a mental breakdown — and needed help. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 2019, Lowery pulled out his cellphone and began a social media broadcast of an anti-police rant.
Israel’s war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 174th day — has killed at least 32,552 people and wounded 74,980 as hawkish PM Netanyahu says Palestinians can “just move” away from Rafah invasion.
More women than men think about suicide and actually attempt to take their own lives due mainly to economic pressures and psychological problems, according to a report released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Thursday.
Gambian women are facing a pivotal moment in their fight against female genital mutilation as lawmakers debate repealing the practice’s ban. Overturning the 2015 legislation would undo years of advocacy work by local activists and undermine international agreements Gambia has signed protecting women’s rights.
The ruling bloc is increasingly leaning toward dialogue and compromise to resolve the month-long standoff between the government and doctors over the enrollment quota hike for medical schools, with President Yoon Suk Yeol asking doctors, Tuesday, to join discussions for the government’s medical budget next year.
Thousands of Iranians gathered at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday to denounce Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip. Azadi Stadium is hosting the special Quranic ceremony on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Hassan (AS), the second Imam of Shia Muslims.
