Critically acclaimed director Lu Chuan selected to direct the Official Film of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022
25 Jan 2022 – Multi-award-winning Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan has been selected to direct the Official Film of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Lu is hailed as a major new voice in Chinese cinema, with more than 40 awards to his…
COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate
From “Monica Burns, Freedom United” [email protected] For another year running, you may have found yourself making sacrifices to keep others safe over the holidays: air hugs, pre-meet testing, cutting back on social events… Sound familiar? With the threat of new variants spreading across…
13,000 pounds at 118 miles per hour. It was the deadliest wreck in years. And the man behind it was one of the FBI’s most notorious informants
By Ben Ryder Howe From Intelligencer This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On September 4, 2018, Nauman Hussain, a 28-year-old professional paintball player, was working at his family’s business when a state…
IOC conducts third−party due diligence on its suppliers for Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022
19 Jan 2022 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) conducted third-party due diligence on suppliers that produced its own branded products for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. This work, which started in September 2021 and is aligned with the IOC’s Supplier Code, did…
Olympians and Paralympians call
Olympians and Paralympians call on world leaders to ensure equitable access to COVID−19 vaccines 11 Jan 2022. In a video produced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), athletes are calling on world leaders and decision-makers to ensure free and equitable access…
QUOTABLE CARIBBEAN – JANUARY 17, 2022
Sir Clive holds a special place in cricket history, as the first man to lift the Cricket World Cup, which brought tremendous pride and joy to West Indians all over the world. That victory at Lords was a hugely significant…
Black News Channel is accused of gender discrimination by 13 women in new lawsuit
By Taiyler Simone Mitchell From Business Insider Australia Thirteen women have filed a class-action lawsuit against Black News Channel, court documents show. The plaintiffs claimed in the suit that the BNC workplace discriminates against women. The women have said they…
Kagame exports his army | Putin and Macron talk Wagner | Sisi and the Khartoum coup
From Africa Intelligence – Editor’s choice How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa By participating in Mozambican operations, the Rwandan army, already busy in the Central African Republic and South Sudan, has become one of Kigali’s key exports….
Cayman Government Ministers’ Christmas Messages
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Big win for activism against Uyghur forced labor!
From Miriam Karmali, Freedom United December 19, 2021 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Law & policy U.S. lawmakers pass Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention ActThe U.S. is on track to becoming the first country to introduce an import…
