The New York Times: Pay Your Power Bill, Myanmar Soldiers Say, or Pay With Your Life. >"Facing a huge loss of revenue amid economic turmoil, the _...Read More_

Boris Johnson went into the House of Commons on Wednesday and apologized. And wiggled. And apologized some more — amid shouts from the opposition that he is a liar and should resign — that he attended a “BYOB” garden party at his own home _...Read More_

The prime minister and his government are accused — yet again — of violating their own lockdown rules, undermining their credibility and attempts to pivot to other issues.

In two short weeks, as the year closed out, the Omicron variant drove coronavirus case counts to record levels, upended air travel and left gaping staffing holes at police departments, firehouses and hospitals.

Russian Court Orders Prominent Human Rights Group to Shut [https://nyti.ms/3EvtsoN](https://nyti.ms/3EvtsoN) The Supreme Court ruled that Memorial International, which chronicled political repression in Russia, must be liquidated

"Workers say factories are still glossing over virus safety, as the meatpackers that dominate beef production harvest record profits."

"They want to remove us from society," a Christian farmer said of Hindu extremists. Rising attacks on Christians are part of a broader shift in India, in which minorities feel less _...Read More_

>"The social media giants removed a large number of accounts that promoted Covid-19 conspiracy theories and undermined reports of human rights abuses."

>"The judgment, which is subject to court approval, is in line with a “right to know” law that was designed to keep workers safe in the pandemic."

"A Myanmar court on Friday convicted American journalist Danny Fenster of three charges, including immigration violations, and sentenced him to prison for 11 years the harshest possible - sentences for those crimes under the _...Read More_

These human rights activists are not terrorists.

A country in crisis is facing a severe fuel shortage that is pushing it to the brink of collapse.

>"Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who survived an assassination attempt only to be jailed, received the Sakharov Prize."

>"Two years ago, the company brought in a blunt executive to make things move faster and to promote diversity. Then the problems began."