Etiket: decades
Last member of indigenous tribe in Brazil dies after decades of refusing contact with outside world | Abroad
The last remaining member of an uncontacted Brazilian indigenous tribe has died, Funai, Brazil’s agency for the protection of indigenous peoples, announced on Saturday. Known as the “Man of the…
Cuba allows foreign capital in wholesale and retail trade for the first time in decades | Abroad
It is the first time since the Cuban revolution in 1959 that foreign investors will be allowed to fully own Cuban wholesalers and retailers to start public-private ventures, said trade…
Myanmar executes pro-democracy activists for the first time in decades | NOW
Myanmar’s military leaders have executed pro-democracy activists for the first time in decades. Four activists have been killed, state media reported. One of the victims is Phyo Zeya Thaw. He…
Myanmar carries out death penalty for first time in decades | Abroad
The military junta seized power last year and has since sentenced dozens of activists to death, but the country had not carried out a death penalty in decades. Last month,…
Myanmar executes four activists for the first time in decades | Abroad
The military junta seized power last year and has since sentenced dozens of activists to death, but the country had not carried out a death penalty in decades. Last month,…
Myanmar executes four activists for the first time in decades | Abroad
The military junta seized power last year and has since sentenced dozens of activists to death, but the country had not carried out a death penalty in decades. Last month,…
U2 singer Bono has a half brother he didn’t know about for decades | celebrities
celebritiesBono (62) has a half-brother whom he knew nothing about for decades, the BBC reported on Sunday. “I have another brother, who I love and look up to, who I…
Biggest rail strike in decades paralyzes Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest rail strike in 30 years began on Tuesday. In the fight for higher wages and against job cuts, the first pickets were set up in…
two decades working coexistence through solidarity
Among the many impossibles made possible by this quarrelsome group of neighbors over the past 20 years, Lourdes Poncepresident of the tribe, highlights the ‘United by the flow’, an album…
Pekka has been in correspondence with the royalty for decades
Pekka Granqvist has met Queen Elizabeth and the late Queen aunt three times – and has been in correspondence with various British royalty for decades. Hämeenlinna resident Pekka Granqvistin interest…