Month: December 2023

Read MoreClimate campaigners welcome draft COP agreement that includes options for the phase out of fossil fuels.Climate campaigners welcome draft COP agreement that includes options for the phase out of fossil fuels.

Read More Tears and applause as band plays Fairytale of New York and people recall memories of pubs, squats, youth, dreams and loss They followed the horse-drawn carriage singing songs that were written as raucous ballads. But on this day, the crowds of mourners sung softly, their voices floating into a grey Dublin day in…

Read More A “porch pirate” wearing an Amazon jacket was caught on camera stealing a package police say contained more than $1,000 in Apple Watches. A “porch pirate” wearing an Amazon jacket was caught on camera stealing a package police say contained more than $1,000 in Apple Watches.

Read More A Wall Street donor has withdrawn his gift to University of Pennsylvania after its president declined to condemn anti-Semitism Wall Street money manager Ross Stevens has canceled his $100 million donation to the University of Pennsylvania and demanded a change in leadership after the elite school’s president declined to categorically condemn calls for…

Read More ‘Brilliant’ academic killed along with his brother, sister and her four children ‘Brilliant’ academic killed along with his brother, sister and her four children

Read MoreThe Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campusThe Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have…

Read More NYU professor Eli Bartov paid almost $900k for testimony in former president’s defence NYU professor Eli Bartov paid almost $900k for testimony in former president’s defence

Read More Tributes pour in for one of the leaders of a young generation of writers in Gaza who chose to tell their stories in English Tributes poured in for Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer on Friday after friends said he was killed in a strike on Gaza. Alareer was one of the leaders of a…

Read More Comment comes as UN delays security resolution vote after US and UK make clear they will block calls for a ceasefire Israel-Gaza war – live updates The UN is at “breaking point” in Gaza, its most senior official has warned, as his colleagues described the “untenable” humanitarian catastrophe in the territory, with 700…

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Read More Blood disorder that can lead to premature death affects estimated 100,000 people in the United States, most of whom are Black The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment based on the breakthrough Crispr gene editing technology. The FDA approved…

Read More The fog of war currently shrouding Hamas and Israel is not the only fog obscuring a path forward in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] While each side’s worst trauma has been triggered by Hamas’s depraved mass slaughter and Israel’s scorched-earth counter-attack—for Jews the Holocaust, for Palestinians, the Nakba—the fighting has also exposed a…

Read More Efrat Machikawa is convinced every day that passes with her 79-year-old uncle in Hamas captivity is threatening his life. Her uncle is hard of hearing and suffers from high blood pressure and other conditions that depend on life-prolonging medication, she says, similar to other elderly hostages still in Gaza. After hearing about conditions…

Read More Lizbeth Medina was a ‘loving, kind and big-hearted’ teen; police suspect murder Lizbeth Medina was a ‘loving, kind and big-hearted’ teen; police suspect murder

Read More DUBAI & DOMINICA, Dec 08 (IPS) – An award-winning international development expert and a climate justice expert have called for a rethink of the global financial system that would bring reparatory justice to small, climate-vulnerable nations while offering concessionary development financing to the countries most in need of assistance. Read the full story,…

Read MorePictures on social media show dozens of men in their underwear being guarded by Israeli troops in north Gaza.Pictures on social media show dozens of men in their underwear being guarded by Israeli troops in north Gaza.

Read More President Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son is accused of skipping out on $1.4m tax payment – instead using the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle of drugs, escorts and fast cars. Rachel Sharp reports President Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son is accused of skipping out on $1.4m tax payment – instead using the money to…

Read More Hunter Biden said in an interview published Friday that Republican attacks against him are “not about me” but instead part of a broader strategy to target his father’s presidency by inflicting emotional pain on the first family. “They’re trying to destroy a presidency,” Hunter Biden said in a podcast with musician Moby released…

Read More Backlash comes after three Ivy League presidents’ controverisal Congressional testimony on antisemitism Backlash comes after three Ivy League presidents’ controverisal Congressional testimony on antisemitism

Read More Israeli media claimed images show Hamas fighters but several civilians have been identified including a journalist Israel-Hamas war – live updates The Israeli military have rounded up scores of Palestinian men in Gaza, stripped them to their underwear and paraded them in various public locations, video footage and photographs show. There were claims…

Read More BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 08 (IPS) – As the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ( on Human Rights Day December 10), we turn the spotlight on a glaring contradiction the world is experiencing from a harmful industry. Despite causing 8 million annual deaths and a myriad…

Read MoreThousands pay tribute in Dublin to the musician best known as the lead vocalist for The Pogues.Thousands pay tribute in Dublin to the musician best known as the lead vocalist for The Pogues.

Read More Ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari cried while providing testimony Ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari cried while providing testimony

Read More An allegation of rape, fiercely denied, in a ministerial office is being interrogated by weeks of testimony and cross-examination in a defamation trial brought by the accused It has become one of Australia’s most convoluted and damaging political sagas, polarising the public. An allegation of rape, fiercely denied, in a ministerial office in…

Read More Missiles hit Pavlohrad and Kharkiv while Volodymyr Zelenskiy warns of assault on energy infrastructure Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia has launched a wave of cruise missiles against Ukraine, killing at least one person and injuring six, as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, warned of attacks by Moscow this winter on energy…

Read More The number of US troops on the continent has decreased by 20,000 since 2022 Some 80,000 US troops are currently stationed in Europe in a bid to contain Russia amid the Ukraine conflict, down from 100,000 deployed last year, according to a letter sent to Congress by President Joe Biden on Thursday.  In…

Read More Draft legislation to allow importers to sever ties would help to end Europe’s reliance on Russian supplies EU countries may soon be able to halt their last remaining Russian gas imports under plans to ban Russian energy companies from their pipelines and terminals. Brussels is reportedly on the cusp of drafting new rules…

Read MoreThe 71 year old is widely expected to win next March, and can then potentially stay in power until 2036.The 71 year old is widely expected to win next March, and can then potentially stay in power until 2036.

Read More Watch live as Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley is sentenced on Friday (8 December) for the murder of four students. Watch live as Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley is sentenced on Friday (8 December) for the murder of four students.

Read More ‘Staggering act of cultural vandalism’ is part of proposals to cut degree courses in modern languages Many of Scotland’s best-known folk music stars have joined protests by Gaelic scholars, lecturers and politicians over plans by the University of Aberdeen to axe its languages courses. Award-winning Gaelic and Doric singers such as Iona Fyfe,…

Read More Vladimir Putin moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding presidency for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the election next March that he is all but certain to win. (Image credit: Valery Sharifulin/AP) Vladimir Putin moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding presidency for at least another six years, announcing…

Read More The reputation of the International Criminal Court could be completely destroyed if crimes against Palestine are not thoroughly investigated, says American attorney Stanley Cohen In the first weeks of the Gaza-Israel war, the ICC’s prosecutor issued a statement in which he said that impeding aid to Gaza could be a crime, but was…

Read More Downing Street defends PM, saying extra £100m was signed off by former home secretary Suella Braverman UK politics live – latest updates Rishi Sunak did not mislead MPs when he said there were no additional costs to the Rwanda deportation deal, as £100m in extra funding for the country was part of a…

Read MoreOpposition figures and analysts say Zimbabwe’s political arena is being shaped to enforce a one-party state.Opposition figures and analysts say Zimbabwe’s political arena is being shaped to enforce a one-party state.

Read MoreThe march had initially been approved despite concerns over potential violence during the war on Gaza.The march had initially been approved despite concerns over potential violence during the war on Gaza.