MUSLIMS FACE EMPLOYMENT BIAS DESPITE OVERQUALIFICATION

Tue 10 June 2025: The EU Coordinator for the Fight Against Anti-Muslim Hate, Marion Lalisse, highlighted the concerning trend of discrimination faced by Muslims in EU countries despite being overqualified in terms of employment and education. Despite their high qualifications, Muslims continue to face bias and barriers in the job market, resulting in lower employment rates […]

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VACCINE SCEPTIC RFK JR EXPELS ALL 17 MEMBERS OF CDC VACCINE PANEL

Tue 10 June 2025: US President Trump-appointed Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic will replace panel with his own selections. United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has purged a 17-member panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides expertise on vaccines. Kennedy, who before taking a position […]

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ITALY CUTS TIES WITH ISRAELI SPYWARE FIRM PARAGON AMID SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL

Tue 10 June 2025: Italy severs links with Paragon spyware after allegations of targeting critics and migrant rescuers spark outrage. Italy has terminated its contracts with Israeli spyware company Paragon, after revelations that the surveillance technology was used against critics of the government – including journalists and migrant rescue workers – prompted political uproar and calls for […]

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CHINESE MAN IN US PLEADS GUILTY TO EXPORTING GUNS, AMMO TO NORTH KOREA

Tue 10 June 2025: California resident shipped at least three containers of guns bound for North Korea, according to prosecutors. A Chinese man living illegally in the United States has pleaded guilty to exporting guns, ammunition and other military items to North Korea at the direction of Pyongyang, the US Department of Justice has said. […]

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UKRAINE SAYS RUSSIA TOOK 20,000 CHILDREN DURING WAR. WILL SOME BE RETURNED?

Tue 10 June 2025: Moscow says it has received a list from Kyiv, demanding the release of hundreds of children as ceasefire talks stumble. Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin faces criminal charges for the “unlawful deportation and transfer of children”. That is the definition of the 2023 arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court, […]

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MOSCOW CLAIMS BRITAIN 100% INVOLVED IN UKRAINE’S ‘TERRORIST ATTACKS’ AGAINST RUSSIA

Mon 09 June 2025: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday accused Britain of being 100% involved in Ukraine’s “terrorist attacks” against Russia. Speaking at the Future Forum-2050 in Moscow, Lavrov said Ukraine would be “helpless” in its “terrorist attacks” without Britain’s support. “These threats are serious enough. Clearly, all of this is done by […]

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ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS THREATEN GRID STABILITY, WARNS ESKOM

Mon 09 June 2025: Eskom has called on communities to stop illegal connections and energy theft as South Africa heads into a week of severe winter conditions.  The power utility warned that these activities often lead to transformer overloads, equipment failures and, in some cases, explosions and extended outages—forcing Eskom to implement load reduction to […]

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FOREIGN INFLUENCE USED AS ‘ALIBI’ IN DEMOCRACIES: THINK TANK

Mon 09 June 2025: Foreign interference in elections is a real concern but sometimes used as an “alibi” by democracies to divert attention from domestic issues, the head of a democracy think-tank said Monday. According to a new report by Stockholm-based International IDEA, disinformation and manipulation of social media algorithms to influence results are among […]

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NATO LEARNS AS UKRAINE’S ‘CREATIVITY’ CHANGES BATTLEFIELD

Mon 09 June 2025: Ukraine’s “creativity”, including its massive “Spider’s web” drone attack deep inside Russia, holds profound lessons for Western militaries, the top NATO commander overseeing battlefield innovation told AFP. “What the Ukrainians did in Russia was a Trojan horse — and the trojan horse was thousands of years ago,” French Admiral Pierre Vandier, […]

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