The COVID-19 pandemic was exploited as an excuse to further normalise surveillance and monitor an increasing number of daily activities of people around the world under the guise of public health, a tech watchdog warned on Thursday. Since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, a […]
London, United Kingdom – The Chinese government has committed genocide, crimes against humanity and torture against Uighurs and other minorities in its western province of Xinjiang, an unofficial and independent UK-based tribunal has ruled. Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, the head of the Uighur Tribunal and […]
At least one person has died and 18 injured after a fire broke out at the headquarters of Tunisia’s Ennahdha party in the capital Tunis, authorities and party members said. Ennahdha, in a statement on Thursday, confirmed that one of its members was killed in […]
The parents of two survivors of last week’s deadly school shooting in the US state of Michigan are suing the local school district and several school officials, accusing them of allowing the gunman to “carry out his murderous rampage”. The $100m lawsuit was filed in […]
An alleged leader of a rebel group in the Central African Republic will go on trial to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. The Hague-based court, which has been considering a slew of accusations against […]
A United States appeals court has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to hold back the release of White House records linked to the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. A three-judge panel of the US Circuit Court of Appeals in […]
The New York attorney general is seeking to question Donald Trump as part of a civil investigation into fraud allegations involving the former president’s namesake business, The Washington Post first reported on Thursday. Letitia James wants Trump to sit for a January 7 deposition as […]
The United States is expanding access to COVID-19 booster jabs, as the country contends with rising numbers of coronavirus infections and growing concerns over the potential spread of the new Omicron variant. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday that […]
A group of 15 European Union member states have agreed to take in 40,000 Afghans for resettlement, Commissioner Ylva Johansson said after meeting interior ministers of those countries. Germany will accept the bulk of the new arrivals, with 25,000, with the Netherlands accepting 3,159, Spain […]
President Joe Biden’s administration remains “quite confident” that the fastest inflation in decades will be short-lived and abate once pandemic-fueled supply-chain and labor-market disruptions ease, according to one of his top economic officials. The rising cost of living is a problem affecting Americans in their […]
