What does Black History Month mean for those on the front lines of activism and organising? From the struggles of the civil rights movement to the present day, African Americans have been pivotal in advocating for justice and equality in the face of systemic racism. Throughout history, they have confronted racial inequality, police brutality and … Read more
It remains unclear when the government will set a new election date as ordered by the Constitutional Court. Senegal’s President Macky Sall has said that he will end his term in April as expected, but did not give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday. Sall, who is wrapping up two … Read more
Tech giant says model is ‘missing the mark’ after controversy over failure to depict white people. Google has temporarily stopped its Gemini AI model from generating images of people following a backlash over its failure to depict white people. The search engine giant made the announcement on Thursday after Gemini users shared images created by … Read more
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban carried out a double public execution Thursday at a stadium in the country’s southeast, where relatives of the victims of stabbing deaths fired guns at two convicted men while thousands of people watched. The Taliban’s Supreme Court ruled that the two men were responsible for the stabbing deaths … Read more
The judge in the case said Nathaniel Veltman’s attack represented an act of ‘terrorism’. A Canadian white supremacist who deliberately ran over four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in prison for the murders. Nathaniel Veltman, 23, was convicted in November of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of … Read more
Israel plans to expand the framework for a hostage deal, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk ahead of the latest pending summit on the captives led by CIA Director Willian Burns. “We will widen the mandate for the officials involved in the negotiations on the hostages,” Gallant said when … Read more
9:22 p.m. ET, February 21, 2024 Russian-American arrested in Russia was just excited to visit her grandparents, boyfriend says Ksenia Karelina seen here in an undated social media photo. Ksenia Karelina/Facebook A US-Russian dual citizen was excited to go back to her hometown in Russia to see her grandparents, but she had no idea that she … Read more
Ed Clark oversaw the Renton factory where the Alaska Airlines plane involved in blowout was completed. The head of Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX programme has left the planemaker, according to a company memo, amid scrutiny around production and safety measures following a mid-air blowout on a plane last month. The company also reshuffled its leadership … Read more
The World Food Programme suspends aid deliveries in northern Gaza. The United Nations food agency is halting aid deliveries to northern Gaza because it’s too dangerous. It says the decision wasn’t taken lightly, and it knows more people risk dying of hunger. But it is adamant that conditions need to improve and the safety of … Read more
<!– –> Two former nuns who accused Slovenian priest of sexual abuse Vatican City: Two former nuns said Wednesday that a world-renowned artist priest made them take part in threesomes and watch porn so they would “grow spiritually”. Slovenian mosaic artist Marko Rupnik, 69, is accused of sexually and psychologically abusing at least 20 women … Read more