Fri 06 May 2022: U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a new weapons package for Ukraine in the coming days worth at least $100 million, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the latest package would likely include more munitions for systems like the Howitzers. The United States has rushed […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: Amnesty International says it has documented war crimes in Ukraine, including the “wilful killings of civilians” by Russian forces when they occupied an area northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in February and March. Civilians have also suffered abuse such as “reckless shootings and torture” at the hands of Russian forces in […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: Social media companies are failing to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them, according to a recent report. “This report exposed that social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, failed to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them,” said the Center for Countering […]
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan and MP Rosena Allin-Khan were among those celebrating a big night for Labour in Wandsworth Fri 06 May 2022: Britain’s ruling Conservative Party lost control of Wandsworth, a longtime London stronghold, for the first time in 44 years, adding to the pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The leader of Britain’s […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: World food prices eased slightly in April after hitting a record high in March, pushed lower by vegetable oils and cereals, the U.N. food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 158.5 points last month versus […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: Security researchers have warned that a new phishing campaign is targeting administrators of Facebook company pages. According to ZDNet, Abnormal Security discovered emails sent to Facebook users suggesting that if an issue is not resolved immediately, the account will be permanently terminated. The scam’s goal is to dupe people into passing […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: US intelligence helped Ukraine sink the Russian warship Moskva, NBC News has reported, citing US officials. The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet sank on April 14 after having been struck by two Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles, the US officials confirmed. The attack happened after Ukrainian forces asked the Americans about […]
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Fri 06 May 2022: Nearly three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data indicates, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report that offers the most comprehensive look yet at the true global toll of the pandemic. There were 14.9 million excess deaths associated with COVID-19 by the […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for his foreign minister’s comments claiming that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said. Bennett said the Russian leader apologised for remarks made by minister Sergei Lavrov, who claimed Adolf Hitler may have had “Jewish blood”. The comments had sparked outrage […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: The Russian military is well aware of the West’s intelligence cooperation and arms shipments to Ukraine, but these efforts will not obstruct special operations aims, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov said such actions, along with arms supplies, “do not contribute to the quick completion […]
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