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Belarus: Political Retaliation against Businesses
Click to expand Image The headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2021. 2021 Sean Gallup/Getty Images (Berlin, May 9, 2025) โ Belarusian authorities have retaliated against companies and their workers that supported peaceful anti-government protests or spoke out about human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. They also targeted exiled Belarusian...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:
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US: Donโt Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya
Click to expand Image Men at a detention center in Tripoli, Libya, June 8, 2017. 2017 Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images (New York) โ TheUnited States should not forcibly transfer migrants toLibya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including torture, ill-treatment, sexual assault, and unlawful killings, Human Rights Watch said today. Based onnumerous mediareports citing US officials,...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Sweden Should Stop Detaining and Deporting Sex Workers
Click to expand Image People demonstrate in support of sex workers, April 14, 2018. 2018 Alain Apaydin/Sipa via AP Images So far this year, police in Sweden have detained at least 13 womenโincluding several foreign nationals, some who were subsequently deportedโallegedly because they are sex workers, according to a news report. However, selling sex is not a crime in Sweden.The actual number of such cases may be...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Itโs almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?
Why is it so warm across southern Australia this autumn? Whereโs the rain? โBlockingโ high pressure systems are to blame, but the real culprit is climate change.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Labor has promised to tackle homelessness. Hereโs what homeless people say they need
One person said itโs crucial people whoโve experienced homelessness are central to service design and policy, and โitโs not coming from people in really nice suitsโ.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:What will the Antichrist look like? According to Western thought, an authoritarian king โ or the pope
In casting himself as supreme leader and pope, Donald Trump inadvertently invoked the Christian understanding of the Antichrist.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics
Amid the tastes of sweet triumph and bitter defeat, the major parties are planning the next steps, hanging some out to dry.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Whatโs the difference between probiotics and prebiotics? A dietitian explains
You can buy probiotics and prebiotics at the supermarket or pharmacy. But do they help your gut? Or are we better off eating fermented food such as cheese or kimchi?
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Feminist reformer Beatrice Faust was a sexual libertarian who did her homework, kept her cool and criticised โwimp feminismโ
Australian second-wave feminist Beatrice Faust was a lifelong advocate for abortion law reform. She resisted narratives of victimhood, despite a grim childhood.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Chinaโs latest stimulus measures fail to impress as investors focus on U.S. trade talks
Beijing's stimulus push came as trade talks with U.S. officials has raised the prospect of partial roll-back of tariffs on Chinese good.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Seven Palestinians, including two girls, killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Seven Palestinians, including two young girls, were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday evening in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting the northern and central areas of the Gaza Strip. According to WAFA correspondents, an Israeli airstrike hit a home goods store near the entrance to Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing four Palestinians, [โฆ]
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street cheered U.S.-UK trade deal โ London market, not really
Specifics of the plan were not announced, but it does seem unbalanced, at least based on the fact that a 10% tariff will remain on all U.K. imports.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:What is grounding and could it improve my sleep? Hereโs the science behind this TikTok trend
Social media is awash with content promoting grounding mats and sheets. Could they really help you sleep better?
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Google is rolling out its Gemini AI chatbot to kids under 13. Itโs a risky move
The rollout will leave parents playing a game of whack-a-mole with new technologies as they try to keep their children safe.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Great Patriotic Poleโs Parliament Candidates Meet With The Health Sector In Caracas
On Thursday, the health sector of Caracas had a meeting at the โHugo Chรกvez Frรญasโ University of Health Sciences with candidates from the Simรณn Bolรญvar Patriotic Pole (GPPSB) for election to the National Assembly (Parliament). RELATED: Venezuelaโs Governor Candidates Call To Participate In The Second National Popular Consultation According to the Venezuelan press, more than [โฆ]
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Australiaโs clean energy industry has just survived a near-death experience. Where to from here? | Kane Thornton
Voters have spoken with clarity. We want a renewable-powered futureAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA shift toward nuclear power and a significant expansion of gas electricity would have stalled renewable energy investment at the worst possible time, potentially derailing Australiaโs transition to a clean, modern energy system....
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Myanmar Junta Boss to Attend World War II Victory Parade in Moscow
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has made five trips to Russia since the February 2021 coup.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:โPeace be with all of youโ: how Pope Leo XIV embodies a living dialogue between tradition and modernity
Leo XIV will work to translate the ideal of one heart, one mind into structures that protect the vulnerable worker, the displaced migrant and the wounded planet.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Arrive In Venezuela 315 Migrants On A Flight From Return to the Homeland Plan
A group of 315 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated on Thursday to their country on a flight from Mexico, the twentieth with migrants who have landed in Venezuela since last February, the Interior Ministry reported on its social networks. RELATED:Venezuelaโs โReturn to the Homelandโ Plan Welcomes 174 Migrants The plane, which landed at the Simรณn Bolรญvar [โฆ]
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Massachusetts man charged with attempt to assassinate Cabinet member
A Massachusetts man was charged on Thursday with the attempted assassination of a Cabinet member nominee and carrying a dangerous weapon on the Capitol grounds after being arrested in late January. Ryan English, 24, brought two Molotov cocktails and a knife onto the property in an effort to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prior to...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Renting labelled the Pilbara's 'Achilles heel' with no clear solution
Despite a joint effort from governments and the resources sector, rents in a remote WA region have soared well past the nation's capitals.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:As Filipinos prepare to vote, ex-strongman Rodrigo Duterteโs arrest is dividing families โ all the way to the president
The countryโs president is deeply unpopular and his chief rival is rising in the polls. Mondayโs vote could set the stage for the 2028 presidential election.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:U.S. stops tracking costs of extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:80 years on, Franceโs last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended
The commemoration saw a parade of veterans' associations, and music performed by military bands from France, Germany, Canada, Cameroon, the US and UK.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:How the word โincelโ got away from us
How a once-neutral term for romantic exclusion became a cultural shorthand for male rage, and what we lose when we ignore the quiet pain it fails to describe.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Inside the secretive world of Zara
The BBC's Emma Simpson gets a rare glimpse behind the scenes of how the fashion brand operates.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:FBI opens criminal investigation into Trump legal foe Letitia James
The New York attorney general, who brought a lawsuit against Trump in 2022, is facing allegations of mortgage fraud.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Moon dust 'rarer than gold' arrives in UK from China
First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Trump picks Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nationโs capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:In 10 minutes, Pope Leo XIV told us a lot about himself, and his agenda
He was a close confidant of the previous pontiff, Pope Francis, and we learnt a lot about what he might be planning to do after his brief speech.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Kiwi kids once led the world in reading โ this 1950s primary school syllabus still has lessons for today
Compared with todayโs structured literacy and standardised testing, the 1953 reading syllabus was a remarkably non-prescriptive blueprint for both teachers and pupils.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:NYC Expects To Receive 400,000 Fewer Tourists This Year After โTrump Effectโ
New York will receive 400,000 fewer tourists this year compared to the previous year after the โTrump effectโ and the negative reactions that the president has unleashed among foreign travelers, especially those from Canada. RELATED: Trumpโs Approval Rate in California Down to Historically Low Levels According to the travel agency New York City Tourism and [โฆ]
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Who is Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff?
Al Jazeera looks at Pope Leo's views, background and his journey from Chicago to the top of the Catholic Church.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Hidden connections of more than 100 migratory marine species revealed in interactive map
The map combines findings from more than 1,300 studies and is an important tool for conservation.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Blackouts and travel chaos leave IPL season hanging by a thread
Ricky Ponting says his IPL team does not know where it is travelling next, as the India-Pakistan conflict causes chaos for the cricket tournament.
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