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1 month ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante |Kholood Eid

Big CITYThe ephemeral, exquisite antidote to doomscrolling. Credit... On the first warm night of spring, at the end of a particularly draining day of work and news, a friend texted to see if I wanted to come over for a drink on her deck. There was an urgency in the message - When? Now! She was gathering whomever might be around, which on a Thursday night at about 7:30 turned out to be three other people.

Mar 6, 2025 | latinamericareports.com | Sarah Morley |Helene Dotsch |Kholood Eid

Medellín, Colombia — On February 21, Colombia’s Army and Attorney General’s Office destroyed illegal mining equipment near the Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) Porce III Hydroelectric Plant, about three hours’ drive north of Medellín. The operation was launched in response to severe impacts on the Porce III Plant, reportedly resulting from illegal gold mining activity.

Nov 12, 2024 | latinamericareports.com | Elizabeth Bratton |Patrick Edwards |Kholood Eid

Uruguay’s President Luis Lacalle Pou signed a bill in October to regulate cryptocurrency in the country. The new law, which was initially proposed over two years ago, recognizes cryptocurrency as virtual assets and gives the Uruguayan Central Bank the power to regulate the currency.

Mar 14, 2024 | huffpost.com | Kholood Eid

ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Kifah Mustapha, the imam at Orland Park Prayer Center, wasn’t surprised when a petition protesting the idea of a Muslim cemetery in the area began circulating. Mustapha and leaders from other mosques in the suburbs of Chicago had anticipated resistance. They had seen the xenophobic and racist reactions that other mosques had gotten when trying to build cemeteries where Muslims could be buried according to Islamic tradition.

Dec 12, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Kholood Eid

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Greyson, an autistic child who is waiting for an opening in a preschool special education class, at his home in New York, Dec. 9, 2023. Mayor Eric Adams said all children who required preschool special education seats would have them, but more than 1,000 such students lacked a placement last school year.