The Baltimore Sun last week published an apology for the newspaper’s lengthy history of racism which dates back to classified ads selling slaves or offering bounties on escaped slaves in the mid-1800s.
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U.S. Women’s Soccer Secures $24M Settlement In 6yr Long Equal Pay Legal Battle
A six-year legal battle for gender pay parity between the United States women’s soccer team and the U.S. Soccer Federation ended with a deal that will split $24 million among the players in back pay bringing an end to years of unequal compensation for the men’s and women’s teams—and the players have also secured a promise that their future pay and bonuses will match the men’s team.
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UGANDA: Fine/Jail For Covid -19 Vaccine Refusal
Ugandans who refuse to get the Covid 19 vaccine are likely to face a jail term of six months if they fail to pay a proposed fine of 4 million Ugandan shillings or $1,139.
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Woman Wrongfully Detained For 13 Days Sues LAPD
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Airport Police, claiming she was jailed for 13 days before police realized they had the wrong woman in custody.
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BELGIUM: Workers Granted Right to Request Four-day Week Work Schedule
Workers in Belgium will soon be able to choose a four-day week under a series of labour market reforms announced on Tuesday.
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Man Arrested, Charged For Criminal Littering After Placing Flowers @ Fiancée’s Grave
A man has been arrested for littering after he placed a box of flowers at his fiancée’s grave in Auburn, Alabama.
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Woman Cured Of HIV With Stem Cell Transplant
A US patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported have said.
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50 Cent Resurrects G-Unit Apparel Following Superbowl Appearance
50 Cent is cashing in on the popularity of his appearance at the Super Bowl LVI Pepsi Halftime Show to resurrect his G-Unit apparels with the sale of the replica of the tank top and headband he wore hanging upside down to perform “In Da Club”.
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KENYA: Fugitive Belgian Drug Lord Arrested Following His Tik Tok Success
For a fugitive on the run from the law, having a social media presence should be the last thing to engage in, unless you’re Belgian national, Frank Murugi. A Tik Tok star known as ‘Frank De Tank’ who has now been arrested in Kenya on drug trafficking charges.
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HAGUE: ICJ Rules Uganda Pay $325m War Reparations To Democratic Republic Of Congo
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered the government of Uganda to pay $325 million in reparations to Democratic Republic of Congo for the invasion by Uganda of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the 1998-2003 war.
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