Sat 26 January 2022: In a government’s proposal to keep a check on anonymous trolls, social media users, who would not have verified accounts on platforms like Twitter, may not be able to send messages to other users in the UK. In it, services like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram will ask users to either […]
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Sat 26 January 2022: Scientists have developed the largest human family tree ever, allowing people to learn about their distant ancestors in a major step toward mapping the full of human genetic ties. Human genomes were constructed from a number of sources — both ancient and modern DNA — by scientists from the University of […]
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Sat 26 January 2022: Russia has announced it is partially limiting access to Facebook, after the US social media giant said it refused to comply with an order from the Russian authorities to stop fact-checkers and content warning labels on its platforms amid the country’s attack on Ukraine. The Russian communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said on Friday […]
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Sat 26 January 2022: As Russia’s invading armies marched into Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video filmed outside his office in Kyiv, vowing to fight. “We will not put down weapons, we will defend our state,” he said in the clip that was posted on Saturday morning, urging residents not to believe […]
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Fri 25 January 2022: More than 50,000 Ukrainians have fled their country since the start of the Russian invasion, the UN’s high commissioner for refugees has said. Filippo Grandi said the majority of those who had left had headed to neighbouring Poland and Moldova. “Heartfelt thanks to the governments and people of countries keeping their […]
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Fri 25 February 2022: Many Syrians empathise with Ukrainians given their experience of surviving Russian shelling and air raids during war in their country. Binnish, Syria – As the crisis escalates in Ukraine following Russian attacks on the country, many people in Syria – still living through war in their own country – are voicing solidarity with Ukrainians. […]
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Fri 25 January 2022: Three former Minneapolis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, a black man whose death in May 2020 provoked nationwide outrage. After a month-long federal trial in Saint Paul, Minneapolis’ sister city, Tou Thao, 36, J. Alexander Kueng, 28, and Thomas Lane, 38, were convicted […]
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Fri 25 January 2022: The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the UN warned Wednesday. Even the most ambitious efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions will not prevent a dramatic surge in the […]
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Fri 25 January 2022: Note: All of the protesters interviewed for this article refused to give their names out of fear for their safety. St Petersburg, Russia – “No to war!” chanted the crowd of mostly young Russians gathered on Nevsky Prospekt, the main street in St Petersburg, on Thursday night. In the morning, Russian President Vladimir […]
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Fri 25 January 2022: After breaking out of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, the markets have shuddered and then swung wildly. The current situation threatens to push inflation, squeezing the global economy even more. Stocks fell initially on Thursday. The prices have also surged for wheat, oil and other commodities. This comes as […]
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