Tue 21 June 2022: The Nobel Peace Prize, which Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, auctioned off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees, sold for $103.5 million on Monday night, smashing the previous record for a Nobel. The gold medal was sold at Heritage Auctions’ sale in […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: After his political alliance suffered huge losses in legislative elections over the weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne’s request to resign. Although it is usually a formality following legislative elections, this year it has taken on added significance. The Élysée Palace announced on Tuesday that Macron […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: San Francisco: Call it bizarre but a report citing former Google contractual employees has claimed that Google Developer Studio (GDS) is being run by an obscure religious sect that has an “inappropriate level of influence” over the work environment. Kevin Lloyd, a contractor hired as a video producer for GDS, alleged […]
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Two American mercenaries Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were captured by Russian forces on the Kharkov front. Mon 20 June 2022: Kremlin said that it captured American “mercenaries” in Ukraine who were engaged in illegal activities and should take responsibility for their crimes, RIA reported on Monday. The statement added that the captured Americans are not covered by […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: While all of the major cryptocurrencies have taken a massive hit, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stated that he will continue to promote and buy Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that he has endorsed for years. In the midst of the ‘crypto winter,’ Dogecoin has fallen from a high of roughly $0.74 to […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Coming down heavily on western countries over press freedom, China on Monday said the case of incarcerated investigative journalist, Julian Assange, reflected the “hypocrisy” of the US and the UK. “The case of Julian Assange is a mirror. It reflects the hypocrisy of the US and the UK on press freedom,” […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: The Canadian government announced final regulations on Monday to outlaw the manufacture and import of “harmful” single-use plastics, with the ban set to take effect in December. The ban will apply to single-use plastics such as checkout bags, cutlery, food serviceware made from or containing hard-to-recycle plastic, ring carriers, stir sticks, […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Al Jazeera investigates how deepening divisions in society created conspiracy theories and ‘alternative facts’. Today, we’re featuring the Al Jazeera Investigates podcast’s episode, The Truth Illusion. It explores one of the most profound questions that philosophers through the ages have tried to answer. What can we prove to be the truth? […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, has voiced optimism that Ukraine will be granted official candidate status ahead of a major EU conference in Brussels later this month. “I firmly believe that we will get a positive decision, that we will get support, that the course has now been set,” von der Leyen told German public broadcaster ARD on Sunday evening. “Of course, this is also a historic decision that the European Council now has to make, but […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Ukraine announced Monday that it has lost control of a village near Severodonetsk, the eastern industrial city at the center of weeks of brutal battle with invading Russian soldiers. “Unfortunately, we do not control Metyolkine anymore. And the enemy continues to build up its reserves,” the Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday […]
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