The Latest Breaking News from South

Islamic council opposes cannabis, liquor, civil partnership bills

The League of Islamic Council of Southern Thailand has issued a statement opposing the Cannabis and Hemp Bill, the Progressive Liquor Bill and the Civil Partnership Bill, as they are not in line with the Islamic principles.

Bangkok Post · Jun 24, 2022

Gavin Reilly says time was right for Queen of the South return

The striker finds himself as one of the senior players in Wullie Gibson's new look squad

Daily Record · Jun 24, 2022

South Side alderpersons condemn Gresham Aldi closure: ‘You have to do right by all of Chicago’

“If you would rather pay for an empty store and an abandoned store for the next five years than invest in our community, you don’t deserve to be here,” Ald. Stephanie Coleman said. “And quite frankly, we don’t want you here.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 23, 2022

UK work visa for elite graduates is exclusive and based on flawed assumptions

The UK government’s announcement of a new work visa option aimed at attracting top graduates has elicited some backlash because the list of eligible institutions features no universities from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Orla Quinlan, Director of Internationalisation at Rhodes University in…

The Conversation · Jun 21, 2022

South Korea ‘successfully’ launches homegrown Nuri space rocket

The launch of the domestically produced Nuri rocket is a big step for South Korea’s space programme.

Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2022

Heat wave to set more records from Midwest to the South this week

Summer is starting out unusually hot for millions across the U.S.

Axios · Jun 20, 2022

Foundations embrace organized labor with $20 million plan

Following a string of union victories at Amazon and Starbucks, a group of prominent progressive grantmakers is seeking to put a total of $20 million into a coalition with organized labor that will steer funds to organizing and advocacy campaigns in the South

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Tomato rates up 44% in Delhi in one month to Rs 46/kg; average price up 27% across major cities

NEW DELHI: The price of tomatoes in the national capital has jumped 44 per cent in the last one month to Rs 46 per kg with supply being disrupted due to heat wave and lower production in South India.

The Times of India · Jun 15, 2022

Heat wave keeps its sticky grip on Midwest and South

The swimming season has kicked into high gear early in a large swath of the U.S., as a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 90s and beyond in a stretch spanning from northern Florida to the Great Lakes and covering about a third of the country’s population

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

City should address peeling lead-based paint in Southwest Side viaducts

Lead is bad news for the healthy development of children, and lead-poisoning cases are most common on the South and West sides.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2022