WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE APPEALS IN ‘MOST IMPORTANT PRESS FREEDOM CASE IN THE WORLD’

Tue 20 February 2024: London’s High Court has scheduled two days of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal a United States request for extradition to stand trial on espionage charges. Those charges carry maximum penalties of 175 years, but the real danger, says Assange’s wife Stella, is […]

Continue Reading

GLOBAL CORRUPTION FIGHT FALTERING AS RULE OF LAW DECLINES: WATCHDOG

Tue 30 January 2024: Global efforts to fight corruption are faltering as the rule of law retreats, Transparency International (TI) said in its latest report. The watchdog reported on Tuesday, as it published the 2023 edition of its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), that 23 countries have fallen to their lowest-ever level in the global ranking index. […]

Continue Reading

‘WHEN WILL YOU TAX EXTREME WEALTH?’ CALLS FOR ‘TAX THE RICH’ ECHO AGAIN AT WEF

Thu 18 January 2024: “Tax the rich” remained one of the most popular slogans in recent years to bridge the gap between the rich and poor, as over the years, people have shown frustration over very wealthy people and corporations not paying their fair share of taxes. The same call was made on Wednesday (Jan […]

Continue Reading

LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAN TRANSFORM THE BRAIN

Fri 12 January 2024: Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have unearthed fascinating evidence that the brain undergoes important changes in wiring when we embark on the journey of learning a new language in adulthood. They organized a large intensive German learning program for Syrian refugees. They studied their […]

Continue Reading

NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN USEABLE STOCKPILES INCREASING: WEAPONS BAN MONITOR

Sat 16 September 2023: Nuclear warheads in usable stockpiles are increasing, the Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor warned Monday, along with its partner, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The monitor said that nine nuclear-armed states had a combined arsenal of 12,705 nuclear warheads at the start of 2022. An estimated 9,440 warheads – with […]

Continue Reading

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TRAFFICKED INTO SE ASIA ONLINE SCAM CENTRES- UN

Wed 29 August 2023: Hundreds of thousands of people are being forcibly engaged by organised criminal gangs into online criminality in Southeast Asia – from romance-investment scams and crypto fraud to illegal gambling – a report issued today by the UN Human Rights Office shows. Victims face a range of serious violations and abuses, including threats to […]

Continue Reading

GIVING AI DIRECT CONTROL OVER ANYTHING IS A BAD IDEA – HERE’S HOW IT COULD DO US REAL HARM

Tue 22 August 2023: The release of the advanced chatbot ChatGPT in 2022 got everyone talking about artificial intelligence (AI). Its sophisticated capabilities amplified concerns about AI becoming so advanced that soon we would not be able to control it. This even led some experts and industry leaders to warn that the technology could lead to human extinction. […]

Continue Reading