Thousands marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to protest the Supreme Court's overturning of the federal right to abortion and to urge voters to turn out in a Democratic "blue wave" in next month's key midterm elections.. Others wore blue -- the color of the Democratic Party -- and carried huge flags and banners calling for a symbolic "blue wave" of voters to go to the polls on November 8.
Tim Oberli smiles broadly at the man across the gold-plated desk, expertly checking him in and showing him to the executive suite, while simultaneously handling a boisterous man demanding a restaurant reservation.. On the other side of a black cloth divider, Moe Omori of Japan stood behind her own desk, nervously handling the check-out of an unhappy client, as another guest called down to say she had fallen in her room and hit her head.
Google is looking to up its smartphone game with the Pixel 7, the latest entrant in a competitive corner of personal electronics where it has traditionally been a bit player.. "Google has the potential to become a long-term player in the smartphone market," said Bjørhovde.
Iran may use the Islamic veil as a tool of oppression, but the hijab is also the weakest pillar of an embattled regime trying to forestall its own "Berlin Wall" moment, an Iranian-American activist based in New York tells AFP. Masih Alinejad, 45, who fled Iran in 2009, became known in 2014 after she launched a social media campaign called mystealthyfreedom.org that encourages Iranian women to protest against the obligation to wear the hijab in their country.. - 'The weakest pillar' - "To me, the compulsory hijab is like the Berlin Wall.
Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman had a stark warning this week for direct-action protesters who use "guerilla tactics" to bring "chaos and misery" to the public.. - 'They did nothing' - Direct-action protests about climate change have escalated in Britain in recent years, led by Extinction Rebellion and allied groups.
Indonesian father Mochamad Munif looked at the grave of his young daughter, sprinkling petals across it before bending down to kiss the square white stone slab and utter the words he never wanted to.. "If you have done any mistakes to me, to your father, I forgive you," he whispered to himself at a cemetery in the city of Malang as his second daughter and her grandmother cried next to him.
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US President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of Americans convicted of marijuana possession Thursday in a major new step towards destigmatizing the drug -- and fulfilling a promise to his supporters a month before midterm elections.. "I am announcing a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana," Biden said.
First, they defied the male dominion over the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion by being secretly ordained.. Experts say about 70 percent of Cubans are followers of Santeria.
A forest fire that tore through part of Easter Island has charred some of its fabled monumental carved stone figures, known as moai, authorities said Thursday. . An estimated several hundred moai are in that area, as well as in the quarry where the stone used to carve the sculptures is extracted.
