She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s Tatiana Maslany has criticized a new law, implemented in her native Saskatchewan, Canada, which requires school staff to obtain parental consent before using a student’s new name or gender identity. The Parents’ Bill of Rights was signed into effect in October 2023, making it the first provincial education law that could […]
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. body condemned a series of incidents of what it said was Russian interference in the satellite systems of European countries and asked it to stop, according to a document published on Monday. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) last week reviewed a series of complaints from Ukraine and […]
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday criticised an Iranian court’s decision to slap an additional one-year jail term on imprisoned 2023 Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, called it “a flagrant violation of human rights and a travesty of justice”. Mohammadi, 52, has been jailed since November […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs has returned his “key” to New York City after a request from Mayor Eric Adams in response to the release of a video showing the music mogul attacking R&B singer Cassie. The mayor’s office said Combs returned the key after Mr Adams sent letters to the musician’s offices in New York and […]
In a first-of-its-kind finding, the Justice Department said Phoenix police have shown a pattern of violating the civil and constitutional rights of unhoused people in a scathing report of how the force has handled a growing homelessness crisis. Officials said police unlawfully arrested, ticketed and destroyed people’s property, often hindering them from finding stable housing. […]
On Wednesday, the Southern Baptist Convention — a denomination with nearly 13 million members — voted to condemn the use of in-vitro fertilization. This marks the first time one of the largest conservative religious organizations in the country has officially formed a position on the reproductive care process. The nearly 10,000 delegates at the group’s annual meeting […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s new prime minister on Monday condemned the gang killings of three police officers on a patrol in a part of the capital controlled by gang leader Jimmy “Barbeque” Cherizier. A group of armed men working under Cherizier ambushed a patrol from the police’s anti-gang unit in the Delmas 18 neighborhood on […]
The German refugee advocacy group Pro Asyl has condemned German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s initiative to allow deportations of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria. “International law clearly prohibits any deportations to Afghanistan and Syria,” Pro Asyl’s managing director Karl Kopp told the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper in remarks published on Friday. Kopp described Scholz’s proposed plans […]
The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday condemned comments made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., accusing Democrats of “worshiping” George Floyd, a Black man who was killed four years ago at the hands of Minneapolis police. “This is unhinged even for @RepMTG,” the caucus wrote in a post on X. “George Floyd did not deserve […]
Political violence will not be tolerated in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, as police responded to demonstrations held in the western city of Mannheim after seven people were injured in knife attacks. “Whether it’s violence directed at left-wing, centrist or right-wing democratic politicians, it is always unacceptable and will not be tolerated by […]
Political violence will not be tolerated in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, following a series of attacks on politicians. “Whether it’s violence directed at left-wing, centrist or right-wing democratic politicians, it is always unacceptable and will not be tolerated by us,” the chancellor said while addressing an economic forum in the eastern German […]
Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death. The decision to sentence the 55-year-old Rexburg man to the harshest punishment for the murders of his then-wife and two of his new wife’s children came after a nearly two-month trial that saw evidence from over 70 witnesses, many of whom were also called during his wife’s and […]