The UK has banned the Chinese company, Huawei, from its 5G networks, saying keeping the country secure has to be its top priority. It’s a major U-turn after the Prime Minister said in January that the firm could...
120,000 UK deaths in second Covid wave: scientists warn of worst-case scenario – BBC News
Scientists have warned that a second wave of coronavirus cases in the UK could result in 120,000 more deaths, in a worst-case scenario. The report says the virus is likely to be more dangerous in the winter because it...
Germany’s football captain Neuer filmed singing Croatian nationalist song
The captain of Germany’s football team Manuel Neuer has been filmed singing a Croatian song which has right-wing nationalist roots. The song refers to an area of Bosnia and Herzegovina claimed by Bosnian Croats...
Iraq’s Kirkuk remembers Turkmen massacre
Iraq’s Turkmen community commemorates the 1959 Kirkuk Massacre where many Turkmen civilians lost their lives
Profit over human rights? | UK sold spyware to 17 countries considered ‘repressive’ – reports
It’s being claimed that, for the past five years, the British government has been selling ‘security goods’ like wiretaps, spyware, and other interception equipment to more than a dozen countries that...
Officer puts knee on man’s neck during arrest in Pennsylvania, investigation underway
Allentown police are investigating an incident that has now gone viral on social media, showing an officer placing his knee on a man’s neck in Pennsylvania. According to Allentown’s own policy, the ‘use of neck...
France celebrates Bastille Day in downsized version
France celebrates Bastille Day in a scaled-down version with no parade in the Champs Élysées, but rather with a ceremony in Place de la Concorde, focusing on workers who fought the coronavirus pandemic in the front line.