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The refugees torn from loved ones by Australia’s ‘cruel’ family separations Ben Doherty Nayser Ahmed, his wife and two children, fled together. As members of the violently persecuted Rohingya ethnic minority, their homeland, Myanmar, would never be safe. The family ran together, they planned to come to Australia together. “We were in Indonesia on the way to catching the boat to Australia,” Nayser says. “We were supposed to all get in one car and go to the boat but there were not enough seats in the car. I told my family to go ahead and I would be right behind them....

Last modified on Mon 3 May 2021 06.04 EDT Nayser Ahmed, his wife and two children, fled together. As members of the violently persecuted Rohingya ethnic minority, their homeland, Myanmar, would never be safe. The family ran together, they planned to come to Australia together. “We were in Indonesia on the way to catching the boat to Australia,” Nayser says. “We were supposed to all get in one car and go to the boat but there were not enough seats in the car. I told my family to go ahead and I would be right behind them. But another car never came.” A week after Nayserâ€�...

Rural Maryland and Virginia counties were once ahead in vaccinations. Not anymore. Rebecca Tan, John D. Harden Signs in a shopping mall in Tysons Corner direct people to a vaccination site. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) The early leaders in the vaccination race have stumbled. And those who were lagging behind are surging ahead — for now. What started as a trickle of coronavirus vaccine doses in Maryland, Virginia and the District four months ago has grown into a steady stream of 150,000 shots daily, administered at pharmacies, doctor’s offices and mass vaccina...

increase font size Letter to the editor: Anti-trans Maine bills don’t address real threats to women in sports To help female athletes, ‘protect us from predatory coaches, unequal funding and cultural norms belittling our participation,’ a reader says. Share Thank you for your editorial against anti-trans legislation in sport (Our View, March 30). Both L.D. 926 and L.D. 1401, sponsored by Rep. MaryAnne Kinney, further disenfranchise the trans community and have no real base in sport. The primary sponsor of L.D. 926, Rep. Beth O’Connor, says it “protects” people like me: cisgender ...

Bangor, Maine News Update: March 11, 2021 The Maine CDC reports 196 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. Dr. Nirav Shah says people who are fully vaccinated can consider gathering with others in a private setting, who are also fully vaccinated, without wearing masks but while still respecting social distancing a low-risk activity. He reminds residents that ‘fully vaccinated’ is defined as two weeks after receiving the final dose. The University of Maine system is preparing for a return to the traditional experience for students in the fall. Administrators announced on Wednesday that cur...