The University of Chicago English Department has announced that it “is accepting only applicants interested in working in and with Black Studies” – meaning that students who wish to study english there will also have to take a course that many say draws its inspiration from the Black Lives Matter movement that includes the dismantling of the […]
A new law passed in the North-Western Nigerian state of Kaduna will mean that men convicted of rape will face castration and a life sentence in prison, while anyone molesting child under the age of 14 will face the death penalty. Women who molest children over 14 will reportedly have their fallopian tubes removed. The […]
Last week, #CancelNetflix was trending on social media for days as outrage kept building after the streaming service uploaded the movie ‘Cuties’ which was slammed for “normalising paedophilia”. The hashtag seems to have produced a massive surge in subscription cancellations for Netflix according to research company YipitData, who told Variety that cancellations in the U.S […]
On the one hand, good. There’s not much point keeping a law on the books that’s been transparently flouted by most EU countries for years: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that proposed new migration reforms would replace the so-called “Dublin Regulation”, which governs which member state handles a new arrival’s asylum […]
Despite making up over 60% of the Ethopian population, Christians living in the southern Oromia state have faced a dramatic escalation in attacks by Islamist gangs pillaging villages.
Broadly amusing, mainly because of how the American left spends so much of its time, in normal times, accusing people who oppose it of being anti-vaxxers. How times change: “With deaths from the coronavirus nearing 200,000 in the United States, Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday assailed President Trump for playing politics with a potential […]
Popular podcaster and MMA commentator Joe Rogan has offered to host a 4-hour live debate between US president Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The offer came during an interview with former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, during which Rogan said: “I would want [to host the debate]. First of all, I’d want no one […]
The hashtag #RIPJKRowling has been trending on social media as transgender activists expressed opposition which often amounted to hatred and venom at the Harry Potter author. The author, who has come under sustained attack for expressing concern that the aggression of trans activists is diminishing women’s rights, has just published a book where a serial killer dresses as […]
Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, a Chinese newspaper under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has said that China must be “militarily and morally” ready for war. Mr Hu made the comments in an editorial published in the Global Times on Friday. The Global Times has a daily circulation of […]
“They rammed him with the car. He flew about three metres in the air. It’s just horrendous.”
Two police officers were shot multiple times Saturday while in their car in Los Angeles, in an attack described as an “ambush” by the Sheriff’s Department of the city. Update: The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation. pic.twitter.com/cBQjyKkoxJ — LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020 The authorities said […]
Two cases of “what was he thinking??”, here: First, what was he thinking when he actually downplayed the risks of Coronavirus? Even if you’re a big Covid sceptic, surely the low-risk play back in March was to go all out and warn people that the virus was potentially deadly, and to stay at home and […]