Archive du mois : janvier 2018
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A carer has been let off with a police caution after she was caught on camera repeatedly slapping a woman with dementia. Sabina Marsden’s family recorded Stacey George, 46, telling their mother ‘God you stink’ after taking…
Theresa May will tell investors to put pressure on social media companies Dan Kitwood / Getty The prime minister will accuse social media companies of providing a platform for extremists. May will say terrorists, slave traders and child abusers are using Facebook and other networks with ease. She will use a speech at the World…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPresident Trump made the comments to reporters at the White HousePresident Donald Trump has said he is prepared to be questioned under oath as part of an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. He said he was « looking forward » to it, subject to…
Enlarge / It’s so cute! Let’s chop off its leg in the name of science. It’ll grow back. Some human tissues, like the liver and muscles, retain the ability to regrow after damage. But most of our bodies do not—if you lose a limb, the limb’s gone. But elsewhere in the animal kingdom, regeneration is…
Vienna, Austria – A new round of Syria talks is starting on Wednesday in Vienna in what officials said may be the « last hope » for a resolution to the seven year-long conflict. Delegations representing both the Syrian government and the opposition are expected to attend the negotiations in the Austrian capital at the behest of…
New Delhi, India – Hindu right-wing groups have vandalised public and private properties and attacked cinema halls across five Indian states protesting against the release of Bollywood film « Padmaavat ». Many Indian states ruled by the rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Haryana, Gujarat, Bihar and Rajasthan, have stepped up security after members of Karni Sena…
The number of people sleeping rough in England has hit a record-high – after a 73 per cent increase over the last three years. Official government data shows that on any given night in autumn last year, 4,751 people were recorded sleeping on the streets, a figure that has more than doubled since 2010. Campaigners have described the rise…
« Is it possible? » Ottawa professor Hassan Diab asked himself when he heard the news. After three years and two months held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in a Parisian suburb, Diab – a 64-year-old Canadian – was stunned in disbelief when his lawyer finally delivered the news that he had been dreaming…
These days, a popular joke making the rounds in India is that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) loves Muslim women, but not Muslim men. The joke makes fun of BJP’s attempts to portray its rightwing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a crusader against religious orthodoxy, seeking to liberate Muslim women from the clutches of patriarchy. The BJP started crafting this…
President Donald Trump has arrived in…
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