Month: October 2022

Read More Exhibition at Halton Mill is part of a month of activities about the Amazon commemorating Phillips and Pereira An exhibition in memory of the murdered Guardian journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira opens on Sunday ahead of an international conference on saving the Amazon rainforest which is being held next month.…

Read More Founder of campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed says parents are being set up to fail More than 15,000 people are expected to take to the streets across the UK calling for government reforms to a childcare and parental leave structure that critics describe as dangerous and devastating. Saturday’s March of the Mummies, organised…

Read More Former DPP Starmer tried to send head of News UK Rebekah Brooks to prison for phone hacking 10 years ago Ten years ago Keir Starmer attempted to send Rebekah Brooks to prison for phone hacking. Now Starmer could cause another headache for the boss of Rupert Murdoch’s British media empire. She has to…

Read More Exclusive: in a rare interview, Egyptian minister Sameh Shoukry says global tensions are making talks harder The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “more fragile” than ever, as world leaders prepare to meet for crucial climate talks, the president-designate of the negotiations has warned. Sameh Shoukry, the foreign minister of Egypt,…

Read More Children in a ‘wild new world’ but mothers could face continued controls, including ankle monitors and curfews Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Four Australian women and 13 children who had been detained in an internally displaced persons camp since the fall of Islamic State in…

Read More The billionaire entrepreneur commended CNBC’s “ace reporting” after the outlet was duped by pranksters Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk took shots at the mainstream media after men posing as newly fired Twitter employees tricked reporters, with at least two outlets taking the bait before quietly editing their stories. The pair of…

Read More Fast-moving waters sweep away entire families and damage almost 500 houses, while storm could lash Manila with ‘intense’ rains Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae hit the Philippines on Saturday after unleashing flash floods and landslides that left at least 72 people dead, officials said. Nalgae pounded the archipelago nation’s main island of Luzon with…

Read MoreTwitter’s newly minted owner, the self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk, is about to get a crash course on global content moderationTwitter’s newly minted owner, the self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk, is about to get a crash course on global content moderation

Read MoreIn Wisconsin’s tight U.S. Senate race, Democrat Mandela Barnes’ chances to unseat two-term Sen. Ron Johnson may rest with how well he turns out Black voters who don’t always show up in big numbersIn Wisconsin’s tight U.S. Senate race, Democrat Mandela Barnes’ chances to unseat two-term Sen. Ron Johnson may rest with how well…

Read More Hammer assault on Paul Pelosi is latest in series of violent and threatening acts as midterm elections loom The bloody hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has sparked increased fears over political violence in America just weeks before the country’s crucial midterm elections. The assault – by…

Read More Satellite photo shows what appears to be a happy face pattern on the sun with dark patches called ‘coronal holes’ A Nasa satellite captured an image of what appeared to be a happy face pattern on the sun earlier this week, prompting the US space agency to say the sun was seen “smiling”.…

Read More October’s summery temperatures are ‘confusing’ plants and throwing off fragile ecosystems Britain’s rare chalk grasslands and dormice are under threat from the mild weather this autumn, and some plants are “confused” and have flowered multiple times, experts have said. This October, the UK has experienced temperatures more normal for spring or summer, with…

Read More Conservative users began recirculating conspiracy theories as others voiced concerns over allowing hate speech and disinformation Among the most urgent questions facing Twitter in its new era as a private company under Elon Musk, a self-declared “free speech absolutist”, is how the platform will handle moderation. After finalizing his takeover and ousting senior…

Read MoreFormer President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro faced off on Friday in the last debate before Brazil’s elections on SundayFormer President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro faced off on Friday in the last debate before Brazil’s elections on Sunday

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Read More Washington’s updated nuclear strategy “hypes up major-power competition” and alleged foreign threats, Beijing said China has said that any attempts at “nuclear blackmail” by the United States will fail, accusing Washington of encouraging confrontation between global powers after it issued its latest Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). Asked about the recently published document, which…

Read More Ben-Gvir, a defender of Jewish extremists, poised to become powerful mainstream force Whenever the far-right politician Meir Kahane got up to speak in the Knesset after winning his Kach party’s only ever seat, in 1984, the rest of the plenum would walk out. Even the hardline prime minister at the time, Yitzhak Shamir,…

Read More Paul Pelosi underwent ‘successful surgery’ after he was attacked at his home early on Friday by an assailant with a hammer Paul Pelosi, husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was hospitalized with a skull fracture on Friday after he was attacked at the couple’s home in California with a hammer by an…

Read More ‘Emergency outages’ of four hours a day or more resumed in Kyiv region ‘Emergency outages’ of four hours a day or more resumed in Kyiv region

Read MoreTropical storm Nalgae wreaks havoc in the southern Philippines and will soon lash Manila.Tropical storm Nalgae wreaks havoc in the southern Philippines and will soon lash Manila.

Read MoreDemocratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Joe O’Dea have clashed repeatedly in their final debateDemocratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Joe O’Dea have clashed repeatedly in their final debate

Read More Kinshasa, Oct 28 (IPS) – Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) director Yasmine Sherif said that she was “deeply moved” by the resilience of children she met during her week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 3 million children between the ages of 6 and 11 are out of…

Read MoreSvetlana Babayeva was head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group’s bureau in Simferopol, Crimea’s second-largest city.Svetlana Babayeva was head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group’s bureau in Simferopol, Crimea’s second-largest city.

Read More Device less than 1mm in diameter is designed to be inserted in body and produce images of tissue with ‘unprecedented speed’ A tiny microscope that can be manoeuvred through small spaces inside the body during surgery could speed up breast cancer treatment, according to the scientists who created it. Experts from Imperial College…

Read More CARACAS, Oct 28 (IPS) – Thousands of Venezuelans who have crossed the treacherous Darien jungle between Colombia and Panama, or who have made the perilous journey through Central America and Mexico to reach the United States, have found themselves stranded in countries that do not want them, unable to continue their journey or…

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Read More PM previously cut aid and allowed use of international development money for domestic purposes, such as housing Ukrainian refugees Britain is spending more of its international development budget at home than in poor developing countries, development experts have said. A large proportion is being spent on housing refugees, mainly from Ukraine, according to…

Read MoreMaguindanao province has been hardest hit by rain-induced floods and mudslides.Maguindanao province has been hardest hit by rain-induced floods and mudslides.

Read MoreDonald Trump shares a love for Twitter with Elon Musk, its new owner, but times have changed.Donald Trump shares a love for Twitter with Elon Musk, its new owner, but times have changed.

Read More Speaker’s husband talked in code to emergency dispatcher who sent police to San Francisco house Speaker’s husband talked in code to emergency dispatcher who sent police to San Francisco house

Read More The high-energy device fired from an air-defense frigate, successfully engaging multiple drones The future high-energy laser (HEL) weapon was fired for the first time from a German Navy air-defense frigate in the Baltic Sea at the end of August, Rheinmetall said on Thursday in a statement. The Sachsen-class frigate reportedly successfully engaged several…

Read More Taipei is the venue of the latest global democracy forum – but so-called Taiwanese democracy is a farce The 11th Global Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy kicked off this week, slated for October 24-27, in Taipei. The meeting, sponsored by the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED), will see some 300…

Read More One person is in critical condition, while the other five victims are in stable condition One person is in critical condition, while the other five victims are in stable condition