‘Years of inaction’: Rights groups file class-action lawsuit against French police over alleged racial profiling
A group of six major NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, has launched…More
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Cyberpunk 20**? Researchers warn of ‘bleak’ future with companies owning private thoughts & world divided between cyborg and human
Scientists at Imperial College London have warned of a “bleak panorama” relating to the commercial…More
9-hr hostage crisis defused after Swedish prisoners release guards in exchange for PIZZA
A hostage situation at a Swedish prison ended without violence after two inmates received pizza…More
New study calls on wildlife bodies to rectify harm caused by ‘damaging, racist and bigoted’ bird names
A new study by researchers based in the UK and US has called on wildlife…More
Six arrested in plot to murder Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina after months-long investigation
Madagascan police detained six people on Tuesday, including a foreign national and two bi-nationals, after…More
‘Are they going to bomb Vermont?’ Israel gets skewered after claiming Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream boycott is ‘new form of terrorism’
Israel’s president has been targeted by a barrage of social media snark after he bravely…More
African Union to start receiving 400mn J&J Covid-19 vaccines next week, but only 6mn will be delivered by end August
The African Union’s special envoy for Covid-19 has said that the continent will finally start…More
‘Every vaccination counts’: Merkel urges Germans to get inoculated amid ‘worrying’ coronavirus rise
Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged all citizens to get vaccinated, as concern over Germany’s “worrying”…More
‘Failure of US sanctions’: Iran launches first oil terminal in Gulf of Oman to bypass Strait of Hormuz
Iran has opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman and referenced the…More
$21,000 per bed: State hospital workers arrested in Peru for charging desperate Covid patients to access ICU
Nine people have been arrested in Lima for having allegedly illegally profited from patients suffering…More