Brittney Griner center for Phoenix Mercury at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix Arizona USA August 12,2017. (Shutterstock) By Zach Koons, SI A video has emerged of Brittney Griner going through security at a Moscow airport, where she was reportedly arrested last month after Russian officials found vape cartridges containing hashish oil during a search […]
Washington, District of Columbia, USA – January 14, 2022: Joe Biden explains how the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will help rebuild America’s bridges. (Shutterstock) By Allison M. Prasch, The Conversation It was a familiar scene. The president of the United States strode down the aisle of the U.S. House of Representatives to deliver the State of […]
Moroccan students recount their experience of discrimination at the hands of Ukrainian soldiers and citizens as they fled the Russian war.
Korczowa, Poland 5.03.2022 – Children of a refugee from Ukraine at the border crossing in Korczowa (Shutterstock) By Arwa Ibrahim, Aljazeera When Amani al-Attar left Dnipro in southeast Ukraine on the second day of the Russian invasion, she thought it would be a matter of hours before she crossed into the safety of neighbouring Poland. […]
Budapest, Hungary – 03 01 2022: War refugees are waiting at the train station while the Hungarian red cross and volunteers are giving out clothes, food, water, pillows and other donations. (Shutterstock) By Grace Hauck, USA Today Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen were stranded at the border of Belarus and Poland […]
“If your response to war in Ukraine is ‘they’re just like us,’ remember that so are the people of Yemen, Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine,” said one British lawmaker.
By Julia Conley, The Real News The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association on Sunday was among those criticizing coverage from major international news outlets which suggested the Ukrainian people are more worthy of sympathy than victims of other military conflicts in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere outside of Europe. A viral video showing a […]
Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia Moscow. 27.02.2022 (Shutterstock) By Ben Judah, Slate The belief that Vladimir Putin was bluffing, that he would never give the order for the nearly 200,000-man army he had spent months amassing on the borders of Ukraine to invade, persisted as late as 5:45am Moscow time the day of […]
Hallandale, Florida, USA. February 24th 2022. Miami: Ukraine War Protest. Protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some Ukraine Anti War signs and banners. (Shutterstock) By David Lyons, Sun Sentinel Just hours after Russian military forces invaded their homeland, members of the Ukrainian community in South Florida protested the incursion with a rally in Hallandale Beach […]
Pro Ukraine protesters gathered outside the White House after Russia invaded Ukraine. – Washington DC, USA- February 24th, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders Global tension is rising concerning Ukraine, the second-largest country in Europe after Russia reach it borders. Ukraine was a part of the defunct Soviet Union, declaring its independence in 1991 when […]
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russian Federation in a press conference at the Palace of Versailles in the Battles gallery after a working visit with French President. – Paris, France – May 29, 2017 (Shutterstock) By Mary Ilyushina, CBS News Moscow — A senior Russian diplomat wouldn’t rule out the possibility of his country placing […]