Thu 30 April 2026: Reporters Without Borders warns that ‘journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide’. Freedom of the press around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, according to the leading Paris-based press freedom NGO, Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders. Every year, RSF publishes a World […]
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Thu 30 April 2026: Police-recorded sexual violence up 94% since 2014, homicides down 11% Sexual violence and rape offences recorded by police across the EU have risen sharply over the past decade, according to data published Wednesday by the EU’s statistics office, Eurostat. In 2024, police in the EU recorded 256,302 sexual violence offences, including […]
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Thu 30 April 2026: Several Indian states have rolled out relief measures amid sweltering temperatures witnessed in several parts of the South Asian nation. The Indian Meteorological Department in a statement said that maximum and day temperatures were in the range of 40-46 degrees Celsius (104-114.8 degrees Fahrenheit ) over most parts of the country except the Himalayan […]
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Wed 29 April 2026: Ultra-Orthodox protesters stormed the residence of Israel’s military police chief late Tuesday, amid growing tensions over the arrest of draft evaders. According to Israeli Army Radio, a group of Haredi protesters broke into the yard of Yuval Yamin’s home in the southern city of Ashkelon, protesting recent arrests of ultra-Orthodox men […]
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Wed 29 April 2026: An estimated 17,000 children in Belgium are growing up with one or both parents in prison, but they remain “invisible” due to a lack of registration, the Belga News Agency reported Tuesday. The figure includes about 9,000 children in Flanders, the self-governing Dutch-speaking region in the north. The lack of comprehensive […]
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Wed 29 April 2026: Meta has not taken sufficient measures to ‘diligently identify, assess, mitigate’ risks linked to minors using its platforms, despite its own rules setting 13 as minimum age, says commission The European Commission said Wednesday it had preliminarily found Meta Platforms in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to […]
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Wed 29 April 2026: The passports are part of broader plans to celebrate the milestone anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. United States President Donald Trump will feature on a new, limited-edition US passport being issued to mark the country’s 250th anniversary in July, officials said, the latest area of public life to […]
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Wed 29 April 2026: Roger Sweet, a toy designer who created the He-Man action figure that spawned Masters of the Universe cartoons and an upcoming feature film, has died. The news comes from TMZ, which reported details shared by his wife, Marlene. According to her, Sweet passed away peacefully at a care facility. He had been dealing […]
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Tue 28 April 2026: Six years behind 2020 deadline, milestone marks one third of way to 2030 target, expert warns coverage alone is not enough More than 10% of the world’s oceans have been formally designated as protected areas for the first time, according to a joint study published by the UN Environment Program World […]
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Tue 28 April 2026: Hundreds of employees at Google have urged CEO Sundar Pichai not to allow the company’s artificial intelligence tools to be used by the Pentagon in classified settings. In an open letter, employees working on AI projects expressed concerns about the company’s ongoing talks with the US Department of Defense, arguing that […]
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