Wed 08 June 2022: Seven in 10 British Muslims have experienced some form of Islamophobia in the workplace, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. The survey showed some 69% of Muslims currently employed in the UK faced some sort of Islamophobic behavior during work-related engagements. These included interactions with customers, clients, and other people (44%), during work-related […]
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Wed 08 June 2022: The European Union (EU) has decided to unify chargers for small and medium-sized portable electronic gadgets by 2024, according to European Parliament and Council negotiators. “By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU,” a press release from the […]
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Wed 08 June 2022: On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Turkey for a two-day visit to discuss unblocking grain supplies from Ukraine, which have been stalled by Moscow’s offensive. According to an AFP photographer, the jet carrying Lavrov landed at the airport in Ankara, Turkey’s capital. This is Lavrov’s second trip to […]
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Wed 08 June 2022: Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, has lost an appeal against a decision by prison officials to declare him “inclined to commit terrorist or extremist crimes.” Navalny, who has been behind bars since January 2021, was first designated by the penitentiary authorities as a flight risk, which implied additional checks […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: On Tuesday, the founder of a banned far-right terror organisation in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison. Last month, Alex Davies, the founder of National Action, was convicted on terrorism charges. At the court, he was dubbed the “extremist’s extremist” Davies is the last of the proscribed […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: Germany’s chancellor said Tuesday that NATO members are committed to defending every centimeter of the alliance’s territory. Germany will boost its commitment to NATO’s eastern flank, according to Olaf Scholz. “We will create a strong brigade, have discussed that with each other and will have to work on this,” Scholz said […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro praised his Mexican counterpart for skipping the Americas Summit on Monday. Maduro applauded Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s “clarity and courage” in a video message broadcast to his Twitter account, adding that the US’s failure to invite countries like Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to the summit […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: After surviving a confidence vote, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with his top ministers on Tuesday, promising to “get on with the job” and laying out plans for fresh policy announcements in the coming weeks. Johnson won the late Monday vote by 211 votes to 148 votes, which was […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States raised the monkeypox alert level on Monday, advising travelers to wear masks but cautioning that it was not as serious as COVID-19. Patients with monkeypox experience flu-like symptoms before developing a severe rash, lesions, and swollen lymph nodes. According to […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: About 60 percent of Ukrainians need psychological help as a result of the war, Ukraine’s first lady has said, adding that Kyiv was working on establishing a national support system. Olena Zelenska said that the figure was mentioned in a working group of the National Program for Mental Health and Psychosocial […]
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