On Fővám square, counter-protesters of Budapest Pride march waved “STOP LGBTQ” banners and chants “Ban it!” and “Dirty Pride!” in a rhyme. Wed 20 November 2024: The top court in the European Union has started hearing a case that marks a major confrontation between Hungary and the bloc over a law criticised as being […]
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Wed 20 November 2024: US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United States administration, according to reports. The US expects Ukraine to use the land mines in its own territory, though it has […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Thousands of farmers from across the UK gathered in central London on Tuesday in the largest protest yet against the government’s controversial changes to inheritance tax rules, announced in the Autumn Budget on Oct. 30. The policy, set to take effect in April 2026, will impose a 20% inheritance tax on farms valued over £1 million. Farmers from […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday a decree approving Moscow’s updated nuclear doctrine. According to the document, published on the government portal’s website, aggression against Russia and its allies by a non-nuclear country with the support of a nuclear state will be considered as a joint attack. Also, Russia may […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: A new poll released Monday shows that more than half of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should quit. The once-popular leader has bottomed out, with 57% of respondents believing that someone other than Trudeau should head the Liberals in the next election which has to be held no later than […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Over half of Australia’s animal and plant species experienced declines following the country’s 2019-20 megafires, new research has found. The new research, published by Melbourne’s Deakin University in Nature, analyzed the impact of the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires on 1,380 animal and plant species found in Australia. It found that 55 […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe says she has no regrets as Senate expresses disapproval of protest against the monarch. Australia’s Senate has voted to censure Indigenous lawmaker Lidia Thorpe after she heckled Britain’s King Charles III during his visit to parliament last month. The vote, led by Australia’s governing Labor Party, was passed with […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: The global food import bill is estimated to increase 2.2% year-on-year to over $2 trillion in 2024, according to the Food Outlook report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday. The higher costs of cocoa, coffee, tea, fruits, and vegetables were cited for the forecast rise in food […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: President Joe Biden‘s administration will allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a significant change to Washington’s policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details due to operational security concerns. […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: California has reported the first US case of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – that is part of a new outbreak. The state’s department of health, the CDPH, said the new case was from the Clade I strain – different from the Clade II strain that has been in circulation […]
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