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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mailbag: Happy to vote from afar and to prove his identity

LA Times

Mail-in ballots are processed at a facility where they are received from the post office, opened, sorted and verified then sent to be counted. Carol Daus Huntington Beach It’s time for Huntington Beach voters to grow up and vote for proven leaders who do their homework before each city council meeting, ask questions and guide the discussion in order to …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Navigating the Gaza crisis from afar

China Daily

A projection of US President Joe Biden is seen on the wall of George Washington University during the students encampment protest on May 7. Even as a young Chinese person working and living far away from the Middle East and the US, I find it hard not to be concerned when hundreds of thousands suffer from a dire lack of …

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8 months ago

Ukraine wins bipartisan US support, strikes Russia from afar

Al Jazeera

As a long-delayed aid package was finally passed, Ukrainian drones and missiles scored successes against Russian military and energy targets. After months of delays and debates, the US Congress has approved a $60.8bn military aid package for Ukraine, lifting the spirits of Kyiv’s forces this week as special operations destroyed Russian air defences, a long-range bomber, a unique ship, and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Guilt, anguish of Palestinians mourning Gaza from afar as Israel bombs it

Al Jazeera

Ahmed Nehad and Adham Mousa are reeling from the aggression in their homeland, grappling with the West’s disdain for the Palestinian struggle. ‘I’d rather be home with my family’ Mousa’s father used to send him a “Good morning” text every day ever since he left Gaza. I was there in 2008-2009 during the Gaza massacre, but I’d much rather be …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Buscaglia: My big-picture Bills thoughts after a month watching from afar

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of Bills vs Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football. Here are some of my big-picture Bills takeaways from a month away from the madness: Run defense could be a massive issue When the Bills lost top cornerback Tre’Davious White for the season, it was a blow to their overall defensive outlook, but one the Bills could …

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1 year, 8 months ago

US helping from afar as Americans flee fighting in Sudan

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday the U.S. is helping from afar as thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan seek to escape fighting in the east African nation, after the U.S. Embassy evacuated all of its diplomatic personnel over the weekend and shut down. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, defended the decision not to keep …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Michelle Yeoh’s mom celebrates Oscars win from afar: ‘She has made Malaysia proud’

LA Times

Janet Yeoh, mother of Michelle Yeoh, celebrates at a viewing party in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after her daughter won the Oscar for lead actress. “Malaysia boleh!” Moments before Halle Berry, the first woman of color and only Black woman to win the award, and Jessica Chastain, who won last year, announced Michelle Yeoh as the first Asian performer to win …

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1 year, 10 months ago

DeSantis eyes 2024 from afar as GOP rivals move toward runs

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Florida Gov. “I just don’t think there’s any urgency yet to start putting things in place.” For voters, it may seem early in the 2024 presidential election season. “There’s plenty of room for Trump and DeSantis and me in the same state,” Hogan said with a laugh. In the coming days, DeSantis is expected to declare …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Can a politician's mental fitness for office be diagnosed from afar?

Raw Story

It was a presidential election year. "In my opinion, it is irresponsible for mental health professionals not to inform the public and initiation discussion regarding concerns based upon objective facts." "The problem with the Goldwater rule is that it arose out of a political compromise," explained psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee, who was fired from Yale University in 2020 for making …

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2 years, 5 months ago

SDPFTZ Qingdao Area welcomes friends from afar

China Daily

The Qingdao Area of the China Pilot Free Trade Zone plays a vital role in national strategies by integrating favorable policies and promoting investment facilitation to boost development. Qingdao FTZ has undertaken 106 pioneering tasks as a national-level reform pilot area and achieved 226 innovations in working formats or management systems. Among them, four items were promoted at a national …

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2 years, 6 months ago

35 children die in Ethiopia’s Afar amid drought, conflict

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 35 children have died in recent weeks due to drought and conflict in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region, according to a local hospital and the medical charity Doctors Without Borders. Fitsum Assefa, Ethiopia’s minister of planning and development, told cabinet members on Monday that 7.4 million people in the South, Oromia and Somali regions need food …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Tigray rebels leave Ethiopia’s Afar region: TPLF spokesperson

Al Jazeera

TPLF says rebels withdraw from neighbouring region but Afar police commissioner says fighters remain in some districts. Tigray rebel forces have withdrawn from the neighbouring region of Afar in Ethiopia, a spokesperson for the rebels has said, as the Afar police commissioner said rebels remained in several districts within the region. Getachew Reda, spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, …

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2 years, 9 months ago

750 civilians killed in Amhara in half of 2021: Rights body

Al Jazeera

Since November 2020, thousands have been killed and millions displaced as Ethiopian federal forces and their allies battle Tigrayan rebels. At least 750 civilians were killed or executed in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions in the second half of 2021, the country’s rights body has said. It said at least 403 civilians died and 309 were injured in air raids, …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Tom Brady was nearly a USC Trojan and Charger, but left his mark on L.A. from afar

LA Times

“We don’t have room for Brady,” USC coach John Robinson said during the future GOAT’s senior year in high school. Fall 1994 Senior year of high school Brady was the quarterback of a 5-5 Junipero Serra High School team in San Mateo who, despite the middling record, had attracted the notice of Division I colleges. Midway through his senior year, …

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3 years ago

Tigrayan forces announce retreat to Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera

Tigrayan forces fighting the central government say they have withdrawn from neighbouring regions in northern Ethiopia, a step towards a possible ceasefire after 13 months of brutal war. We are not interested in squeezing a hard bargain in Addis Ababa,” he continued, adding: “We are only interested in ensuring that the siege that was ruthlessly imposed on our people is …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia gov’t outlines terms for possible Tigray ceasefire talks

Al Jazeera

The Ethiopian government has set out conditions for possible ceasefire talks with leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, following days of international diplomatic efforts aimed at halting intensifying hostilities. TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda has previously said that pulling out from Amhara and Afar before talks begin is “an absolute non-starter”. Tigray’s biggest hospital, Ayder Referral Hospital in the capital, …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Australians mourn from afar as relatives die 'needlessly' of COVID-19 in post-coup Myanmar

ABC

As a former nurse, Nang Thiri Thaw tried her best to give her son medical advice when he tested positive for COVID-19 in Myanmar. "If the government and health system was the same as before, I think he would have survived," Ms Nang said. Myanmar could become global 'superspreader' site Paul Komesaroff, a professor of medicine at Monash University and …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Several killed in Djibouti as communal violence erupts

Al Jazeera

Police say at least three killed in the country’s capital following violence between Afar and Isse ethnic groups. At least three people died after a rare outbreak of intercommunal violence in Djibouti during which the police intervened, the public prosecutor said. Fighting broke out on Sunday in several parts of the capital Djibouti, between the ethnic Afar group, which straddles …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopia: UN running out of food in Tigray region as 400,000 people face famine

CNN

CNN — The UN World Food Programme said it expected to run out of food in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, and that hundreds of thousands of people in the area were on the brink of famine. They told CNN in a statement that 100 trucks need to arrive every day in order to address the “vast …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Cheering on Ariarne from afar: The Titmus family celebrate Olympic gold

ABC

"We just wanted to obviously give her a big hug, but we wouldn't have been able to do that if we were in Tokyo anyway." "FaceTime was the next best thing," she said from Noosa in Queensland, where she, her husband Steve and their daughter Mia watched Ariarne win Olympic gold in the 400m freestyle final on Monday, beating US …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Broadcasting the Olympics from 10,000 kilometers away: How the CBC is bringing Tokyo to Canada from afar

New York Times

With a bustling family practice on Salt Spring Island, B.C., Dr. Clare Rustad has become accustomed to working remotely. “There’s a time for laying back and allowing your colour analyst to jump in with their opinion, and to try to use your own interpretation and your own style and hope to goodness that something doesn’t happen out of camera shot …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces enter neighboring Afar region, Afar says

CNN

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia CNN — Forces from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighboring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month-old conflict into a previously untouched area. Tigrayan fighters crossed into Afar on Saturday and Afar forces and allied militias were still fighting them on Monday, Afar spokesman Ahmed Koloyta …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Even from afar, the Cannes Film Festival delivers movies worth celebrating

LA Times

One of the wilder movies I’ve seen from the main competition slate of this year’s Cannes Film Festival is a 2 ½-hour Russian drama called “Petrov’s Flu.” A film about a family of three in the grip of a pesky virus might seem either aptly or poorly timed, but this one, adapted from a novel by Alexey Salnikov, was conceived …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Australia's Palestinian and Jewish communities watch from afar as Palestinian-Israeli crisis escalates

ABC

Ayman* has been anxiously waiting by the phone to hear if his loved ones back home are still alive. Ms Tayah, who left the Palestinian territories eight years ago, said watching a recent social media video of Israel attacking al-Aqsa mosque with stun grenades and rubber bullets bought back memories that made her feel "helpless". "The fact that Israelis are …

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Mailbag: Happy to vote from afar and to prove his identity

Navigating the Gaza crisis from afar

Ukraine wins bipartisan US support, strikes Russia from afar

Guilt, anguish of Palestinians mourning Gaza from afar as Israel bombs it

Buscaglia: My big-picture Bills thoughts after a month watching from afar

US helping from afar as Americans flee fighting in Sudan

Michelle Yeoh’s mom celebrates Oscars win from afar: ‘She has made Malaysia proud’

DeSantis eyes 2024 from afar as GOP rivals move toward runs

Can a politician's mental fitness for office be diagnosed from afar?

SDPFTZ Qingdao Area welcomes friends from afar

35 children die in Ethiopia’s Afar amid drought, conflict

Tigray rebels leave Ethiopia’s Afar region: TPLF spokesperson

750 civilians killed in Amhara in half of 2021: Rights body

Tom Brady was nearly a USC Trojan and Charger, but left his mark on L.A. from afar

Tigrayan forces announce retreat to Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Ethiopia gov’t outlines terms for possible Tigray ceasefire talks

Australians mourn from afar as relatives die 'needlessly' of COVID-19 in post-coup Myanmar

Several killed in Djibouti as communal violence erupts

Ethiopia: UN running out of food in Tigray region as 400,000 people face famine

Cheering on Ariarne from afar: The Titmus family celebrate Olympic gold

Broadcasting the Olympics from 10,000 kilometers away: How the CBC is bringing Tokyo to Canada from afar

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces enter neighboring Afar region, Afar says

Even from afar, the Cannes Film Festival delivers movies worth celebrating

Australia's Palestinian and Jewish communities watch from afar as Palestinian-Israeli crisis escalates