This is a story that needs to be told. It needs to be told because it conveys – better than any human rights report – the capricious cruelties and indignities…
Year: 2022
Putin allies express concern over mobilization ‘excesses’
Sept 25 (Reuters) – Russia’s two most senior lawmakers on Sunday addressed a string of complaints about Russia’s mobilization drive, ordering regional officials to get a handle on the situation…
Typhoon Noru ‘intensifying explosively’ as it approaches the Philippines | Weather News
Thousands of Filipinos flee their homes as an approaching storm rapidly intensifies into a super typhoon. Authorities in the Philippines have started evacuating people from coastal areas as a powerful…
Polls open in Italian election with right-wing bloc set for victory | Election News
Millions of Italians are casting ballots in an election that could see the far-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni win power. Rome, Italy – Polls across Italy opened in the…
Flashes of bold UN talk on feminism, masculinity, patriarchy
Few men in power have delved deeply into gender equality on the main stage of the United Nations this month, but the ones who did went there boldly: claiming feminist…
UK Meltdown Puts Pressure on Labor Leader to Make His Mark
(Bloomberg) — With new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss facing a storm over her plans for the economy, the pound in freefall and her Conservative Party trailing in opinion polls,…
Elon Musk to Activate Starlink in Iran After US Eases Sanctions
A pair of Starlink satellites shoots across the sky in March of 2020. The satellites are seen as steaks because of the exposure.Photo: Alan Dyer (AP) SpaceX chief Elon Musk…
N Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US-S Korea drills | Military News
Japan condemns ‘unprecedented pace’ of North Korean missile launches, lodges official protest through Beijing embassy. North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards its eastern seas, ahead of planned military…
Elon Musk, US ponder ways to help Iranians under internet blackout
LONDON — After nationwide protests in Iran enter a second week, the US Treasury Department allowed tech companies in a statement to offer software that skirts the Islamic Republic’s crackdown…
North Korea Launches First Ballistic Missile Since June
(Bloomberg) — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday, marking a return to provocations by making its first such launch since shooting off its single-day record of eight at…