By James BreslauThe death of a Canadian man in a Beijing airport in September 2016 prompted a nationwide lockdown, but the lockdown had no effect on a number of Chinese cities.Chinese authorities now use the term “war on terrorism” to describe the campaign to root out any signs of dissent in the country.But the campaignRead More
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‘There was no one to help me’: A woman and her baby survive a horrific storm in France
A woman who survived a devastating storm in northern France says she and her daughter survived because she didn’t want to leave them behind.The woman, who gave her name only as Toulouse, said she was at a village inn in Saint-Georges-de-l’Isle in the southern province of Ailly, France, on Monday night when the storm hit.SheRead More
‘It’s not a joke’: Residents of Beaujolaise Village fight back against new plans
SAUDI ARABIA – Australian Financial PressMore than two decades ago, a town of just 200 people, Beaujolias village in the southern desert north of Oman, became a symbol of despair and isolation after a series of floods swept through the area in the 1980s.For most of its history, BeauJolias has been a fishing village inRead More
