WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is condemning reported atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and he says those responsible — perhaps the country’s military — will be held accountable. Tillerson says accounts of the suffering of the Rohingya are “heartbreaking” — and that if those reports are true, then “someone is going […]
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Former British PM Boris Johnson apologizes for pain and suffering during pandemic
Johnson was said to have asked at one point if blowing a hair-dryer up his nose could kill the virus and suggested he should be injected with Covid on TV to calm public fears. Johnson faces two days of questioning in what are likely to be the most emotionally charged sessions of the official investigation […]
Vermont shooting victim says he is focused on the suffering in Gaza as he recovers
Kinnan Abdalhamid, one of the three Palestinian students shot in Vermont over Thanksgiving weekend, said he and his friends are “completely focused” on the suffering in Gaza as they recover from their injuries. Abdalhamid and two of his high school classmates, Hisham Awartani and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, grew up in the West Bank before attending […]