As of January first the U.S military is now allowing transgender people to enlist as long as they can meet the required medical criteria. All transgender recruits who have had gender reassignment surgery must have a doctor sign off that at least 18 months has elapsed since the date of the most recent surgery and that no additional surgeries are required…. Read more »
France 24 Transgender individuals wishing to enlist in the US military are now free to openly do so, despite efforts by President Donald Trump to bar transgender personnel from serving “in any capacity.” As of January 1, the Pentagon is allowing transgender people to sign up, providing they meet certain medical criteria. The milestone is the latest in a string… Read more »
France 24 The bus tumbled down a cliff onto a rocky beach Tuesday along a narrow stretch of highway known as the “Devil’s Curve,” Peruvian police and fire officials said. The bus carrying 57 people was headed to Peru’s capital when it was struck by a tractor trailer shortly before noon and plunged down the slope, said Claudia Espinoza with… Read more »
France 24 Nine inmates were killed, 14 were injured, and dozens escaped in a prison riot on Monday, national news media reported, in the latest example of Brazil’s continuing difficulties maintaining control over its notoriously violent penal system. According to newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, 106 prisoners escaped the prison in the city of Goiânia, near the Brazilian capital… Read more »
France 24 At just 5.9%, Canada’s nationwide unemployment rate is at its lowest since 2008, with nearly 400,000 jobs created in the last year alone. The French-speaking province of Quebec is faring even better, with a 5.4% jobless rate – the lowest in more than 40 years! The challenge now is to recruit much-needed workers, and local companies in… Read more »
What role you played in the simulation ? My role in the simulation as ARM (Association for refugees and minorities) was to call out and bring awareness to the violence going on in Budan to try to stop the refugee crisis. Our other main goal was to provide aid to these refugees through fundraising and donations to make camps to… Read more »
Last week there was a presidential election in Honduras where the winner was uncertain. The votes came very close so there was a call for a recount. Many of the people of Honduras believe that there is voting fraud going on and that the current president Juan Orlando Hernandez messed with the vote. President Hernandez is unconstitutionally running again for a second… Read more »
France 24 Honduran police fired tear gas at rock-hurling protesters on Thursday after a widely criticized presidential election that has still to produce a clear winner stretched into its fourth day of vote counting. Both President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his rival Salvador Nasralla, a television game show host allied with leftists, claimed victory after Sunday’s election. The vote tally… Read more »
France 24 Honduras suspended the right to free movement on Friday, imposing a dusk-to-dawn curfew and giving the army and police extended powers after looting and protests triggered by a contested election killed at least one person. Five days after polls closed, no clear winner has emerged from Sunday’s vote. President Juan Orlando Hernandez has clawed back a thin lead… Read more »
France 24 President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday Venezuela would launch a cryptocurrency to combat a U.S.-led financial “blockade,” although he provided few clues about how the economically crippled OPEC member would pull off the feat. “Venezuela will create a cryptocurrency… the ‘petro,’ to advance in issues of monetary sovereignty, to make financial transactions and overcome the financial blockade,” leftist… Read more »