Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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Animal rights groups are attempting to save a bear that has been sentenced to death after allegedly attacked a father in Italy. Per CNN, 59-year-old Fabio Misseroni was hiking with and his son Christian Misseroni, 28, on a trail in the northern region of Trentino on Monday. However, their relaxing…
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A topless activist has been arrested after letting her children paint her breasts. Rehana Fathima, from Kerala, India, uploaded a video of her children painting her breasts last week to YouTube, entitled 'Body Art and Politics', but it was removed after users complained about its content. In the video, Fathima,…
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Conservation experts in Spain have called for tighter regulations covering restoration work after a copy of a painting by the Baroque artist, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, became the latest piece of popular art to suffer a damaging and disfiguring repair. A private art collector in Valencia was reportedly charged €1,200 by…
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A former Big Brother star has spoken about how an eagle-eyed viewer helped to save her life after spotting a worrying lump on her neck during a television interview. Bree Amer revealed the "bonkers" story of the way that a dedicated viewer, who was a doctor, spent a year trying…
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A man was forced to abandon his dead parents and swim three kilometers through shark-infested water following a traffic fishing accident. Ryan Oostryck made the heartbreaking decision to secure his parents' bodies to their fishing boat and abandon them after their boat capsized off the coast of Australia. Prior to…
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Schools in Beijing have been closed as the second wave of Covid-19 hits the city. According to Al Jazeera. the city's education commission ordered the closure of schools in a bid to once again halt the spread of the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China late last year. On their…
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George Floyd's six-year-old daughter Gianna has been offered a full schoolship from Texas Southern University. Following George's funeral on Tuesday, the university released a statement saying: "The Board of Regents of Texas Southern University (TSU) honors the memory of George Floyd on the day that he is laid to eternal…
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A former "Miss Hitler" beauty pageant contestant has been jailed for being a member of the banned far-right terror group National Action (NA). Alice Cutter, 23, was handed a three-year sentence at Birmingham Crown Court, and she wasn't alone in her sentencing, with her boyfriend Mark Jones, 25, being handed…
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New Zealand's prime minister has announced that the country will be completely lifting their Covid-19 restrictions after declaring that there are no longer any active cases of the novel coronavirus remaining. Per The Guardian, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also confirmed that the country has not had a new case of…
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For almost two weeks, protests - some peaceful, some violent - have erupted across the US and around the world, as people have come together to call out the systemic injustices carried out against black people - not least seen by the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and…
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Basketball legend Michael Jordan has pledged to donate $100 million to organizations that fight for racial equality. This comes after the recent demonstrations by the Black Lives Matter movement that were sparked by the deaths of people like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. On Friday (June 5), Jordan's…
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Mass demonstrations have erupted across the US and other major cities around the globe. These protests - some peaceful, some violent - are calling out the systemic injustices carried out against black people, not least seen by the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. They are…
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Ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry's has issued a lengthy statement in response to George Floyd's death - the 46-year-old black man who passed away following his arrest by Minneapolis police. The statement began: "All of us at Ben & Jerry's are outraged about the murder of another black person…
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NBA stars have called out President Donald Trump for his "cowardly" response to the Black Lives Matter protests. This comes after the death of George Floyd on May 25. He was an African-American man who passed away after being detained and arrested by American police. Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled…
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Following a weekend of unrest across the US, a video showing a young white kid and a young black kid running to give each other a hug is once again going viral. The video was reshared by DJ and music producer Kam Bennett, who captioned the video to his 1.8…
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The prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern was interrupted during a live interview by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Arden was appearing on The AM Show today to discuss how the country was battling the coronavirus pandemic after having no new cases for a number of days. However, the interview…
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As reported by Sky News, a Pakistan International Airlines plane with more than 100 people on board has crashed into homes in the city of Karachi - the country's largest city. The crash comes just days after Pakistan once again allowed commercial flights to resume. In the last hour, Journalist…
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A nurse has shared dramatic before-and-after pictures to show that anyone can be at risk of COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has been near enough common knowledge that those who are most at risk at the elderly and people with underlying health conditions, but as time has…
