Surge in human rights abuses a ‘deadly consequence’ of EU policy, Amnesty report alleges The UK has been branded “complicit” in a recent rise in the number of refugees and migrants dying in the Mediterranean, following the release of a damning human rights report. Amnesty International said a spiralling death ... Read More »
Companies told to ignore White House demands to drop all business with Iran The EU has launched an attempt to protect European businesses from Donald Trump’s sanctions against Iran as the US administration voiced its intent to apply maximum pressure on Tehran by vigorously applying its punitive measures. The sanctions ... Read More »
Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a “hothouse” state beyond which human efforts to reduce emissions will be increasingly futile, a group ... Read More »
Newly identified object is 12 times bigger than Jupiter A planet over 12 times bigger than Jupiter has been found drifting alone through space around 20 light years away from Earth. The rogue world is not attached to any star, and is the first object of its kind to be ... Read More »
So we’ve gone off voice calls yet spend hours glued to our phones. But it’s simply that the rules of conversation have been redrawn in the age of WhatsApp, Snapchat and emojis News of the un-newsy kind this week, fresh from an Ofcom study designed to confirm a belief in ... Read More »
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Sunday it had held war games in the Gulf over the past several days, saying they were aimed at “confronting possible threats” by enemies, the state news agency IRNA reported. U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday that the United States believed Iran had started carrying ... Read More »
North Korean state media called on Monday for the United States to drop sanctions, saying Pyongyang had demonstrated good faith by ending its nuclear weapons testing and handing over the remains of U.S. troops killed in the Korean War. The statements came just days after a confidential United Nations report ... Read More »
Islamic State has executed one of dozens of Druze hostages abducted from Syria’s southern province of Sweida last month, a Syrian news website and a monitor said yesterday. ISIS killed the 19-year-old male student on Thursday after kidnapping more than 30 people, mostly women and children, from a village in ... Read More »
In one of the latest posts on the Android Developer Blog, Google has laid down ground rules for Android phone manufactures that allows them to have one or even two display cutouts in devices, but not more than that. Google has explained how developers should make changes to their app’s ... Read More »
Tsunami warning issued after tremors shake popular tourist destination At least 91 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok, near Bali. The earthquake, which hit early on Sunday evening, prompted local authorities to issue a tsunami warning although the alert was later lifted. Authorities ... Read More »
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