From the Mona Lisa to the least-known of the famous museum’s treasures are available to be viewed on computers and cell phones around the world on a revamped Louvre homepage designed for easy cellphone viewing, with translations in English, Spanish, and Chinese, announced the Louvre in a press release. According to the museum, every image … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – Sixty houses in the Pyigyitagon township of Mandalay caught fire during the night. As yet, the cause of the fire is unknown. When the local fire department responded, security forces opened warning fire. The day before, there had been a clash between protesters and military that resulted in casualties. While locals mourned … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar citizens from Tamu who had fled across the border into India were expelled back to Myanmar, according to Imphal Free Press. Manipur’s government also published a letter March 26 urging local Civil Society Organizations not to give shelter to Myanmar IDPs, although the people on both sides of the border often … Read more
SÃO PAULO – French multinational Carrefour, an operator of retail and grocery stores in Brazil, announced this week the launch of its first two autonomous neighborhood markets. The convenience stores will operate without humans at checkout counters and without customer service, a model that goes a step beyond Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology which runs … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – The fighter jets shelled the headquarters of Kayin National Union, located in Mutayaw district, and one house was burnt down, resulting in civilian casualties, according to the Kayin Information Center. After the air strike, 2000 local people fled to neighboring Thailand to take the shelter, but Thailand’s government deported them back to … Read more
The city of Oruro, a major mining and tourist center with a World Heritage carnival celebration, is responding to videos showing Lake Uru Uru chock-full of plastic waste, which has resulted from urban dwellers dumping their trash into drainage canals. Mayor David Choque announced a major clean-up of the lake on April 8–9 with the … Read more
Dozens of civilians and an unknown number of military deaths, some by decapitation, were reported by Human Rights Watch, as communications have been shut off in the strategic town of Palma since al-Shabab insurgents attacked the town from three directions Wednesday. The renewed violence affects the fate of the liquefied natural gas project by the … Read more
SAO PAOLO, Brazil – The president of the Republic of Brazil has been sanctioned by a court and ordered to pay indemnification for “moral damages” stemming from his use of sexual innuendo to discredit the veracity of reports by Folha de S. Paulo journalist Patricia Campos Mello, repeating an accusation that she had offered sex … Read more
A 25-year-old tourist’s calls on his social networks for people to clean up trash strewn around the world-famous Uyuni Salt Flats Train Graveyard in Bolivia got immediate results. In a matter of days, blogger Alexis Dessard raised the municipality along with peoples of all ages in the community, soldiers, labor unions, and other organizations in … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – Security forces stuck out against a morning protest in Insein township, leaving one dead and one wounded. “At first, the security forces were hiding because of fear of the crowd, but then we marched forward to confront them and they shot at us,” a protester said. While the military was celebrating the … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – Citizens in Dala town called for to release of two women in custody in the police station, with thousands assembling and surrounding the police outpost until evening Saturday. The police eventually dispersed the crowd, firing live rounds that night, resulting in eight death and eighteen injuries. Kawmu area in Dala township, located … Read more
The Q’eswachaka suspension bridge, which has been maintained in its original state from generation to generation since the 15th century and is a declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, collapsed due to the deterioration of its ropes that could not be renewed due to the pandemic, according to the cultural authority of Cusco in Peru. … Read more