Giorno: 24 Maggio 2023

Gary Lineker accepts human rights award with call to show refugees more compassion

Read More Gary Lineker said people need to show “more compassion, empathy and kindness” towards refugees as the Match of the Day presenter collected an award in Rome on Wednesday. Lineker was in the Italian capital to receive a “Sport and Human Rights” award from Amnesty International for “his strong commitment towards immigration and human […]

Brexit food trade barriers have cost UK households ?7bn, report finds

Read More British households have paid ?7bn since Brexit to cover the extra cost of trade barriers on food imports from the EU, according to researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE). The university’s latest report estimating the impact of leaving the bloc on UK food prices found that trade barriers were consistently hampering […]

Paralysed man walks using device that reconnects brain with muscles

Read More A man who was paralysed in a cycling accident in 2011 has been able to stand and walk with an aid after doctors implanted a device that reads his brain waves and sends instructions to his spine to move the right muscles. Gert-Jan Oskam, 40, was told he would never walk again after […]

Cardiff CCTV footage seems to show police following e-bike just before crash

Read More Dramatic new footage has emerged appearing to show police following an e-bike moments before a crash in which two teenagers were killed, sparking a riot in Cardiff. The footage, which emerged on Wednesday, will heap more pressure on South Wales police and the force’s police and crime commissioner, Alun Michael, who originally said […]

Boris Johnson cuts ties with government lawyers assisting him in Covid inquiry

Read More Boris Johnson has severed ties with government lawyers supporting him during the Covid inquiry, with allies saying he had “lost faith” in the system after he was reported to police over fresh Partygate allegations. The former prime minister said he was currently “unrepresented” and in the process of instructing new solicitors. While Johnson […]

Ethics committee warns Swalwell as investigation into interactions with Chinese woman closes

The House Ethics Committee has ended its two-year investigation into Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell was informed of the conclusion on Monday in a letter attributed to the committee and signed by Chairman Michael Guest and Ranking Member Susan Wild. “As you are aware, on April 9, 2021, the Committee on Ethics (Committee) informed you […]

Musk Gadfly Now Stalking Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Jet

Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old college student who was once banned from Twitter for posting the real-time movements of Elon Musk’s jet, has a new aircraft in his sights: that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Oregon Republican senators vow to continue boycot until last day of session

Republican senators whose walkout of the Oregon Senate has prevented a quorum for almost three weeks said Tuesday they’re not coming back until the very last day of the legislative session next month. The walkout, which began on May 3 ostensibly because bill summaries weren’t written at an eighth grade level as required by a […]

Teachers take AI concerns into their own hands amid warning tech poses ‘greatest threat’ to schools

Educational leaders at top U.K. schools are taking concerns over artificial intelligence into their own hands, forming an advisory board on the technology and warning AI’s risks pose the “greatest threat” to schools. The United Kingdom is predicting AI could make a “transformative change” to its education system, according to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, who […]

Putin’s ‘butcher’ warns of simmering revolution as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on

Chief of Russia’s notorious Wagner mercenary force and self-proclaimed “butcher” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has once again come out swinging at Moscow’s defense ministry, this time warning there will be a revolution like the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution if Russian elites do not get serious about the war in Ukraine. According to a […]