From 1887 to 1893, my great-grandfather was a laborer on the Southern Pacific Railroad, Coastal Route. My mother’s grandfather, who arrived in America in 1874, was one of those young men. Of the estimated 12,000 Chinese laborers who worked on the railroad, more than 1,000 are estimated to have died in falls, landslides, avalanches, blasting accidents and other mishaps. These Chinese workers toiled longer hours for less pay than their white counterparts while performing the most dangerous jobs using nothing but pick axes, shovels, hammers and dynamite. While the eastern leg of the railroad was constructed largely by Irish immigrants and Civil War veterans, Chinese immigrants comprised more than 90% of the labor force that, out West, carved rail beds through the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains. They made the trek for the historical re-enactment of the moment when a ceremonial “golden spike” was pounded into the last rail connecting America from east to west. Chinese workers did the hard workĮarlier this month, thousands traveled over once treacherous mountain passes to Promontory Summit, Utah, 66 miles northwest of Salt Lake City. It’s a story not just about what America can do but how, as Americans, we get things done. Ukraine on a plan to provide $130m (£102m) in financial aid.One hundred fifty years ago, the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was broadcast across the country by telegraph in a single flashing word:īut the story behind those four simple letters was much more complicated. She asked him for non-lethal military assistance for her country, according toĪ day after that request, Seoul announced an agreement with Korea to attend a media conference and met with Yoon. Last week, Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska visited South He also held one-on-one talks with several of the leaders, including US President Joe Biden. Mr Zelenskyy was holding two major rounds of meetings Sunday, one with G7 leaders only and a second with the group and a host of invited guests including India, South Korea and Brazil. He said he had a meeting with South Korean President Toon Suk Yeol and thanked him for the "humanitarian and non-lethal assistance" to Ukraine, and for "demining vehicles". Ukraine's leader attended the G7 summit to rally support for his country in the face of Russian aggression. He added in Ukrainian: "In this way, the president denied "Reporter's question: Russians said they have takenīakhmut," Sergii Nykyforov wrote on Facebook. Zelenskyy has not confirmed the capture by Russian forces of theīesieged eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, according to his spokesman. "All those who distinguished themselves will be presented Well as all members of the units of the Russian Armed Forces who provided them with the necessary support and cover on their flanks, on the completion of the operation to liberate Artyomovsk (Bakhmut)," the statement said. "The Head of State congratulated Wagner's assault groups, as In a statement published on the Kremlin website, the Russian leader said that the battle - the longest and bloodiest of the 15-month war - had ended in a Russian victory, and that all those who had excelled in it on Moscow's side would be given state awards. Vladimir Putin congratulated the Wagner mercenary force and the Russian army today for what he called the "liberation" of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which Russia calls by its Soviet-era name of Artyomovsk.
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