A group of UN human rights experts have expressed alarm at what they call a “growing trend” to enact legislation allowing for Assisted Suicide “based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age”. These provisions could institutionalise “ableism” and would “directly violate” the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the […]
Rioters took to the streets in the Dutch city of Eindhoven this weekend in anger at the government’s new 9pm covid curfew. Some of the protestors reportedly threw fireworks, golf balls and bricks at police cars, using bicycles to build barricades against law enforcement, who used water cannons and tear gas to clear the streets. […]
A bolt of lightning that shoots upwards in space from thunderstorm clouds – named blue jet lightning by scientists – has been spotted by astronomers working at the European Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) in the Pacific Ocean. Publishing their observations in the science journal ‘Nature’, the astronomers describe reporting “spectral measurements from the International Space Station, which offers […]
Wonderful news, believe it or not……. For Emmanuel Macron: France (presidential election, 1st round), Harris poll: Le Pen (RN-ID): 26%Macron (LREM-RE): 23%Bertrand (LR-EPP): 16%Mélenchon (FI-LEFT): 10%Jadot (EELV-G/EFA): 10%… Scenario: Montebourg / Bertrand running Field work: 19-20 Jan.Sample size: 976 pic.twitter.com/oTMDXQzwjd — Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) January 24, 2021 The French election will be held next year, […]
The Twitter account of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been suspended after the Ayatollah threatened Donald Trump over last year’s killing of Qassem Souleimani. The post features a depiction of Trump on a golf course, overshadowed by a warplane or military drone, with a caption that reads “Vengeance is inevitable” in Farsi, with the […]
It’s been five years since the last Olympic games, in Rio de Janeiro. That’s already a year too long, because they were due to be held in Tokyo last summer, before Covid intervened. The plan at the time was to push them back a year, and hold them this summer instead. Alas, nope, says the […]
Social media giant Twitter refused to take down images and videos of a teenage sex trafficking victim after its investigation “didn’t find a violation” of the company’s “policies,” a shocking lawsuit has alleged. According to the New York Post, a federal suit, filed by the victim and his mother in the Northern District of California, […]
The Biden administration has signaled it will take gender theory very seriously.
In many ways, this is the perfect first thing for a newly inaugurated Democratic President to do: It can be done at the stroke of a pen; it pleases all his own supporters; it sends the right signals internationally, especially in Europe; and it will have next to no practical impact whatsoever: President Biden: "We're […]
Facebook has censored a video by a Mexican cardinal claiming world leaders are attempting to create a new world order through coronavirus restrictions.
Co-authored with Daniel O’Dowd At exactly 5pm Irish time this afternoon, Donald Trump will be a private citizen again. His presidency will be at the mercy of history to judge – and judge it will. One could make an educated guess that his presidency will be described, in the short term at least, as four […]
The wave of unrest follows several months of varying degrees of lockdown, with protestors, business owners and many customers appearing to have had enough.