Tag: group
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Sudan band’s music empowers sidelined ethnic group
[ad_1] Hailing from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Noureddine Jaber belongs to the Beja people, a group of nomadic herders and breeders with unique languages, culture, food and music – Copyright AFP Median Yasser Menna Zaki Noureddine Jaber, a musician with a unique part-guitar, part-tamboura instrument, is giving voice to Sudan’s long-marginalised eastern…
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Sudan band’s music empowers sidelined ethnic group
[ad_1] Hailing from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Noureddine Jaber belongs to the Beja people, a group of nomadic herders and breeders with unique languages, culture, food and music – Copyright AFP Median Yasser Menna Zaki Noureddine Jaber, a musician with a unique part-guitar, part-tamboura instrument, is giving voice to Sudan’s long-marginalised eastern…
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Anti-femicide group goes on trial in Turkey
[ad_1] Protesters waved banners bearing slogans such as ‘You will never walk alone!’ outside the court Wednesday – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS Fulya OZERKAN A prominent Turkish anti-femicide campaign group went on trial on Wednesday accused of activity against law and morals, with several hundred women rallying outside Istanbul’s main court in protest. Prosecutors had…
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US Southern Baptist church group releases list of alleged sex abusers
[ad_1] In 2019, two Texas newspapers published a bombshell investigation revealing sexual predators in the SBC – Copyright AFP Loren Elliott Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the United States’ largest Protestant denomination, published a 205-page list on Thursday of ministers and other church workers who have been accused of sexual abuse. The public…
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VW Group to settle UK ‘dieselgate’ claims for £193 mn
[ad_1] – Copyright AFP/File LUCA SOLA Volkswagen on Wednesday said it would pay £193 million ($242 million, 226 million euros) to British claimants over its 2015 diesel emissions tests cheating scandal. The German company has faced claims around the world since revelations that it cheated pollution tests by installing devices to reduce nitrogen oxide readings.…
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Amazon delivery pressure hurting workers, labor group says
[ad_1] A coalition of unions says pressure by Amazon to get purchases quickly to doorsteps is putting drivers at risk of injury – Copyright AFP/File DENIS CHARLET A labor coalition on Tuesday said that Amazon delivery workers are getting hurt due to pressure by the e-commerce giant to quickly distribute heaps of packages to customers.…
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With a few dozen men, guerrilla group sows fear in Paraguay
[ad_1] Obdulia Florenciano’s son Edelio Morinigo was kidnapped by the Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) eight years ago – Copyright AFP Olga MALTSEVA Hugo OLAZAR With a few dozen fighters, the Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) guerrilla group has held residents of a central province in a grip of fear for the past 14 years. It has…
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Japan to trial group tours in move to ease Covid border rules
[ad_1] Japan has been closed to tourists for more than two years – Copyright AFP/File Philip FONG Japan will trial small group tours with travellers from the US, Australia, Thailand and Singapore from this month, the government said on Tuesday, as it experiments with easing strict Covid border rules. The country’s borders have been closed…
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Match Group takes Google app store war to court in US
[ad_1] Tinder parent Match Group says in a lawsuit that its apps getting booted from the Google Play Store would be a ‘death knell.’ – Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL Tinder parent Match Group on Monday filed a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco accusing Google of abusing monopoly power at its Play Store…
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What next for Chelsea after Boehly group win battle to succeed Abramovich
[ad_1] Todd Boehly’s consortium has won the race to buy Chelsea – Copyright AFP/File Patrick T. FALLON Kieran CANNING Chelsea have some clarity after an uncertain few months with the consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly set to buy the Premier League giants. The Boehly group, which includes fellow Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter,…