Hundreds Evacuated as Vanuatu Braces for Second Cyclone in 2 Days
Read More More than 400 people in Vanuatu remain in evacuation centers as Cyclone Kevin makes landfall in the Pacific Island nation just two days after it was hit by a massive cyclone, which triggered an earthquake. The Fiji Meteorology Service said that tropical cyclone Kevin arrived in Vanuatu on Friday, bringing torrential rain and […]
Cambodian Opposition Figure Kem Sokha Sentenced to 27 Years of House Arrest
Read More Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha leaves his house for the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for the hearing of the verdict in his treason case where he was was sentenced to 27 years in detention under house arrest after being found guilty, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 3, 2023. […]
Addis Ababa sweeps poor people off the street
Read More When African heads of state flew into Addis Ababa in late February for the 36th African Union Summit, the streets of Ethiopia’s capital city were unusually clean and orderly. Gone were the beggars at the intersections. Gone were the street vendors hawking vegetables and second-hand clothes. Gone were the teenagers offering roadside shoe-shines […]
Corruption rife at Kruger Park – report
Read More On the run: Senior SANParks investigator for Frik Rossouw places markers at clues around the carcass of a poached rhino in the Kruger National Park. (Photo by Beeld/Gallo Images/Getty Images) Large-scale corruption by staff members at the Kruger National Park is soaring and at least 40% of law enforcement employees are involved in […]
Prince Harry says some British soldiers did not ‘necessarily agree’ with war in Afghanistan
Read More The Duke of Sussex has said some British soldiers were not “necessarily” supportive of military efforts in Afghanistan. During a live-streamed conversation with author and therapist Gabor Mat?, Prince Harry discussed his military tours to Afghanistan. In response to Mat? stating he did not align with the west during the conflict, the duke […]
‘Biden is leading us into oblivion,’ Trump says in address to Maga Republicans at CPAC – live
Read More From 1h ago “This is the most dangerous time in our country’s history, and Joe Biden is leading us into oblivion,” said Trump as he went on to criticize the 2021 US pullout of Afghanistan that was spearheaded by the Biden administration. “And you’re going to have world war three, by the way. […]
Isabel Oakeshott hangs up on Times Radio during heated interview
Read More The journalist who published thousands of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages left a radio interview after being questioned as to why she leaked the story to the Daily Telegraph. Isabel Oakeshott, TalkTV’s international editor, broke a non-disclosure agreement to leak thousands of messages sent by Hancock, which she had access to through co-writing his […]
Revealed: cabinet ministers warned of legal action over UK’s failure to tackle climate crisis
Read More Cabinet ministers have been warned by senior civil servants that they face court action because of their catastrophic failure to develop policies for tackling climate change, according to secret documents obtained by the Observer. The leaked briefings from senior mandarins – marked “official sensitive” and dated 20 February this year – make clear […]
‘He’s gone full Trump’: Tories turn on Boris Johnson over Partygate
Read More Tory support for Boris Johnson is draining away tonight as party grandees likened his response to a cross-party parliamentary inquiry into whether he misled MPs over “Partygate” to the lies of former US president Donald Trump. Several Conservative MPs in senior positions reacted with disbelief after Johnson and his dwindling band of allies […]
Latin American country rejects same-sex marriage in landmark court case; not a ‘human right’
Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled against same-sex marriage, saying that it is not a human right, closing the door to establishing the practice through judicial ruling. “There is a reality, and it is that, until now, the right to equal marriage is no more than an aspiration, even though a legitimate one for the groups […]