Month: January 2023
249 posts
At least 11 people wounded in Lakeland, Florida, shooting, police say
The number of victims hurt in Monday’s Lakeland, Florida, shooting has increased to eleven after an additional victim…
French retirement age strike hits schools and trains
A nationwide strike is under way in France in a second wave of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s…
Alfredo Cospito: Hunger-striking Italian anarchist moved amid protests
A convicted Italian anarchist who has been on hunger strike for weeks has been moved to a jail…
Dead chickens and decomposing bodies: Inside South Africa’s power blackout ‘pandemic’
Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt businesses, and water shortages. Welcome to life under South…
Biden zeroes in on the newly powerful House GOP as a threat to the rebounding economy
President Joe Biden is fine-tuning his argument for reelection in an intensive stretch of travel and fundraising, homing…
Canada province experiments with decriminalising hard drugs
Canada’s province of British Columbia is starting a first-in-the-nation trial decriminalising small amounts of hard drugs such as…
Canada’s province of British Columbia is starting a first-in-the-nation trial decriminalising small amounts of hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin.
From Tuesday, adults can possess up to 2.5g of such drugs, as well as methamphetamine, fentanyl and morphine.…
New Zealand flooding: Fears of further damage as new alerts issued
A precautionary state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand’s most northern region as parts of the…
Australia domestic violence: Over 600 charged in four-day police operation
Almost 650 people have been charged in a four-day police blitz targeting “dangerous” domestic violence offenders in Australia,…
Ukraine war: Joe Biden rules out sending F-16 fighter jets
US President Joe Biden has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite renewed calls from Ukrainian…