Archive du mois : février 2018
Qatar’s Human Rights Committee has called on the UN to « immediately » implement the findings of a report which concluded that a blockade imposed by neighbouring countries against Doha was « without legal basis ». The National Committee for Human Rights (NHRC) called on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) to implement the findings of the…
Just a few years back, during the Arab Spring, Facebook, Twitter and Google were hailed as positive agents of political and social change. But the use of these platforms by the Russians and others to influence the 2016 US presidential race and other recent elections has revealed new threats social media pose for democracy. We…
A model has warned of the hazards of sunbeds after having two potentially dangerous moles removed. Ella Ravenscroft, 20, was alarmed when the moles changed shape and colour over two years – during which time she used sunbeds extensively. She had to have two moles cut out from her stomach, and two more removed just…
CONI, the Italian Olympic Federation will hold an extraordinary meeting today to appoint commissioners for the FIGC and Lega Serie A. The Italian FA failed to elect a new President earlier this week, while the league has been without a chief since April last year. Today CONI President Giovanni Malago will appoint commissioners for both,…
If Thailand’s canal is ever built, it won’t be the world’s longest, but it surely will claim to have had the longest gestation period. The idea of building a shipping lane from one side of the country to the other, linking the Gulf of Thailand, or Gulf of Siam as it was known at the…
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The cost to the UK economy of cutting migration from the EU would swallow up the benefits of a US trade deal, according to the Government’s leaked impact assessment. The impact of replacing free movement with stricter immigration controls similar to those for non-EU citizens would far exceed the expected boost of a US deal, Whitehall…
Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House…
Scores of Rohingya villagers in Myanmar have been massacred and buried in 5 mass graves, according to an exclusive investigation by the Associated Press news agency. The report by the news agency on Thursday includes witness testimony from two dozen survivors and relatives of victims, as well as time-stamped mobile phone footage of the aftermath…
Earlier this month, the release of Bollywood film Padmaavat sparked protests across India. Hindu right-wing groups, led by members of Karni Sena, a Rajput caste organisation, vandalised public and private properties and attacked cinema halls across five Indian states, demanding the film to be banned for allegedly « disrespecting the sentiments of the community ». The film…
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