Ben Carson warns: We are creating a ‘monstrous’ problem for ourselves
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. A Reuters reporter in court heard it announce that it had approved a request from the justice ministry to…
Days of protests across France saw escalations to violence including an apparent assassination attempt of the mayor of a Paris suburb, Vincent Jeanbrun, and the burning of public buildings and transport. The seventh day of protests are expected to continue today over the shooting of a 17-year old boy named Nahel Merzouk by police on…
Prince Harry today accepted a ‘substantial’ payout from The Sun’s publisher which said sorry to him and his mother Princess Diana for intruding into their private lives. News Group Newspapers (NGN) offered an ‘unreserved apology’ to the Duke of Sussex for using private investigators to snoop on him. It is understood Harry’s payout is in…
The volcano erupted on Aug. 3, spewing an ash plume that reached about 4 miles in height The Krasheninnikov Volcano just erupted for the first time in centuries. The volcano, located in the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia, erupted in the morning of Sunday, Aug. 3, Reuters and CNN reported, citing Russia’s RIA state…
Huge rallies have been held in several Mexican cities against what protesters say are government attempts to undermine the electoral authorities. The biggest was in Mexico City, where organisers say 500,000 people marched on the city’s main plaza. The local government put the number at 90,000. Lawmakers last week voted to slash the budget of…
The Supreme Court unanimously revived a straight woman’s “reverse discrimination” case against her former employer Thursday, lowering the legal hurdle for white and straight employees to bring such lawsuits. The 9-0 decision rejects that members of a majority group must show “background circumstances” in addition to the normal requirements to prove a claim under Title…