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Riz Ahmed, the first Muslim to be nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards, is spearheading an initiative to increase the visibility of Muslims in film and eradicate toxic stereotypes in Muslim characters. As evidenced by his stellar work in, among others, the films ‘Nightcrawler’ and ‘The Sisters Brothers’, …

Two new reactors at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant are not expected to be operational on schedule, the Georgia Public Service Commission has been told. The project’s approved cost of $17.1 billion is projected to rise by roughly another $2 billion, the monitors told the commission in testimonies last week, …

Around 30,000 nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants walked off the job on Wednesday, marching on the streets and rallying across the country for better pay and a safer workplace environment. They carried placards saying, “Good health needs valued nurses” and “Fair wages = more nurses.” The New Zealand Nurses Organisation …

The government purchased the masks from a Chinese firm Yi Cheng in the spring of 2020 when Europe was first hit by the pandemic. The EU regulator had warned that the masks made by the firm had poor filter quality and barred them from the market.  Nevertheless, German Health Minister …

Oxford was described by the poet Matthew Arnold as the “home of lost causes”. Let’s hope that proves true, because much of what is currently coming out of the university city – and its county – isn’t good at all. Climate change alarmism? In 2019, Oxford City Council declared a …

“Given these scientific observations, an eruption on land or under the lake cannot be ruled out at present, and it could occur with very little or no warning,” Ndima Kongba, the military governor of North Kivu province told the media on Thursday.  He said that data indicates the presence of …

The state’s Acting Premier James Merlino announced the new weeklong “circuit breaker” lockdown on Thursday, telling reporters that the fresh outbreak would become “increasingly uncontrollable” short of “drastic” action. “We’re dealing with a highly infectious strain of the virus, a variant of concern, which is running faster than we have …

People responded with dismay and disbelief after the BBC’s apparent lack of social media background checks for its hires was brought to the forefront amid a scandal surrounding digital journalist Tala Halawa. Some were also disappointed by the BBC’s apparent underwhelming reaction to the accusations of anti-Semitism leveled against her.  …

“We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the Organization is no longer purely civil in nature,” a spokesperson for James’ office, Fabien Levy, said in a statement to media outlets on Tuesday.  We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the …

Nadine has been branded the face of the suffering of the Palestinian children in the ongoing flare-up between Israel and the Gaza-based Hamas militant group since her tearful monologue went viral on social media a few days ago. Speaking in English, she shared her frustration, helplessness, and inability to understand …