An attempt by former president Jacob Zuma to have his 15-month jail term for contempt of court vacated by South Africa‘s highest court was denied on Friday, in a decision that was seen as a severe test of the country’s resolve to hold powerful persons accountable. The Constitutional Court affirmed its own conclusion that Zuma […]
Lyra McKee, a well-known Northern Irish journalist who was killed while covering violence in Londonderry in 2019, saw two men indicted for her murder appear in court on Friday. In addition to murder; Gearoid Cavanagh (33), and Jordan Devine (21), were charged with arson; throwing petrol bombs, and murder. McKee, 29, was shot and killed […]
State news agency Xinhua reported on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Afghanistan’s “relevant parties” to exterminate terrorism and offered to provide additional assistance to the war-torn nation. Afghanistan and China both share a land border, and the Taliban has formed a new government in Afghanistan. As U.S.-led foreign soldiers concluded their 20-year presence […]
With the goal of reducing the number of people exposed to COVID-19 and immunizing the country’s workforce, Italy has become the first European country to make COVID-19 health permits mandatory. The Italian government passed new legislation on Thursday that mandates digital immunization certificates for all employees across the country. The health pass is often known […]
Here’s how far Barcelona has sunk: A lot of people predicted that the Blaugrana would lose their opening Champions League match to Bayern Munich. And as it turned out, it did. Barcelona was beaten 3-0 by Robert Lewandowski (2) and Thomas Muller (1), who both scored twice. Muller has more UEFA Champions League goals versus […]
According to state-run media, an earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Thursday, killing three people and injuring 60. On an 8-point scale, local authorities assigned the earthquake a magnitude of 6.0, whereas the US Geological Survey (USGS) assigned a value of 5.4. According to the USGS, the earthquake struck in the early morning hours, with […]
In unusual support of a Canadian politician by a former American president, Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This is Obama’s second time doing it. Obama also urged Canadians to keep Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader in the country’s upcoming general election in 2019. After Trudeau’s election, Obama expressed his admiration […]
The Philippines‘ government announced on Thursday that it will not cooperate with an ICC investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s infamous war on drugs, and will not allow any investigators in. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday approved a formal investigation into Duterte’s bloody campaign, in which thousands of suspected drug traffickers have died, many […]
It’s now bigger than Antarctica‘s annual ozone hole, according to European Union scientists with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). During the Southern Hemisphere’s spring, from August to October, the ozone depletes, and a hole form over Antarctica. According to Copernicus, it reaches its maximum size between the middle of September and the middle of […]
According to a horrifying new allegation, a deranged doctor allegedly murdered her three daughters in their New Zealand house, only weeks after the family moved there from South Africa. Lauren Dickason, a 40-year-old orthopedic surgeon, murdered her 2-year-old twins Maya and Karla, as well as their older sister Liane, 6, in Parkside, a Timaru suburb, […]
