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Kenya’s government has scrapped some proposed taxes in this year’s controversial finance bill, including a 16% levy on bread, after a public outcry. The announcement by MPs came as police fired tear gas and used water cannon to try to disperse angry protesters in the capital, Nairobi. Dozens of people have been arrested, and lawyers … Read more

All the fatalities from the blaze at Qaem Hospital were in the intensive care unit, according to local authorities. Tehran, Iran – Nine patients have died after a fire broke out in the basement of a hospital in the city of Rasht in northern Iran. The six women and three men killed were in the … Read more

On the 31st of March the New York Times reported on Hesen Jabr, a nurse who was fired after using the word genocide when referencing Gaza during an award ceremony speech. A labor nurse herself, she said the following when accepting her award: ‘It pains me to see the women from my country going through … Read more

A group of 28 thrillseekers were left dangling upside down with a head rush on Friday when an amusement park attraction in Portland, Ore., malfunctioned, trapping the riders for nearly 30 minutes. The passengers became stuck on a swinging pendulum ride, called AtmosFEAR, at the century-old Oaks Amusement Park just before 3 p.m. local time. … Read more

By Staff The Associated Press Posted June 16, 2024 2:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with a pick hammer and a Molotov cocktail in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a … Read more

3 hours ago By Steven McIntosh, Entertainment reporter BBC When hackers threatened to leak a film-maker’s nude photos stored on her stolen laptop, she turned the cameras on herself to document her ordeal. Spanish director Patricia Franquesa was sitting in a café in Madrid when thieves made off with her laptop in 2019. Three months later, hackers … Read more

England play Serbia in Group C of the UEFA European Football Championship in Germany. Police have rushed to separate brawling football fans ahead of the match between England and Serbia at the Euro 2024 football tournament in Germany. On Sunday, social media footage showed men throwing chairs at each other outside a restaurant festooned with … Read more

Dr William Allchorn is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at Richmond, the American University in London and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region, Anglia Ruskin University. He is an expert on radical-right extremist social movements in the UK, Western Europe and globally. He has most … Read more

A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting … Read more

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 15, 2024 1:13 pm Updated June 15, 2024 2:10 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada says it will host the G7 summit next year in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The announcement came at this year’s leaders’ meeting in Apulia, … Read more