Sayed* has not slept in days. His nights are filled with frantic messages from friends and family, and his days are filled speaking to the media and lobbying California’s congresspeople by phone, email, and trips to their offices.
“This is a very dark day not only for Afghanistan but for the international community,” said Sayed, the organiser of an Afghan community group in Sacramento, California.
Across the United States, Afghan Americans like Sayed are going through much of the same as they watch their country crumble from afar. Read More...
A DATING website is opening an exclusive new club where every guest is vetted to ensure they are attractive enough to enter.
Those deemed to not reach the California club's standard - which is decided by a panel of judges - will be ejected from the bar.
Managing director of BeautifulPeople.com Greg Hodge says that they are just following the site's users' wishes, as they are apparently tired of going on nights out surrounded by people they don't consider pretty enough. Read More...
International Olympic Committee withdraws recognition of International Boxing Association at Olympic events.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banished the International Boxing Association (IBA) from its ranks due to its failure to complete reforms on governance, finance and ethical issues.
At a virtual extraordinary IOC Session on Thursday, 69 members voted in favour of exiling the IBA, with only one vote against it. Ten members abstained from the vote.
The IOC’s decision was inevitable after being recommended two weeks ago by the executive board, a body chaired by IOC President Thomas Bach. Read More...
