Disability activists have warmly welcomed the formal publication of a Polish court ruling which bans abortion on disability grounds. “Bravo Poland. Across Europe, preborn babies with disabilities are being wiped out – more than 90% of babies with Down Syndrome aborted in some countries. Thank you Poland for banning abortion on disability grounds,” the Disability […]
“The virus is going to evolve as long as it’s infecting,” Dr Hoge told a conference call reported on by CNN.
German media outlets have described the ruling as “politically explosive”, with the court ruling regional politicians had themselves breached German law by mandating the lockdown.
Good news from a new study which shows that a “cheap, antiparasitic drug” has been shown to have a significant effect in reducing mortality in patients with moderate to severe Covid-19. The drug, Ivermectin, is approved in many countries, and has been in use and off-patent for years. The preliminary findings suggest it could make […]
Some of the UK’s top experts in child health have said that anxiety, self-harm and suicidal thoughts are at “frightening levels” among children because of the continued Covid-19 lockdown. Calling for teachers and school staff to be prioritised for vaccinations, the leading paediatricians said that the strict lockdown and prolonged school closures may cause children to […]
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, […]