The White House has rebuked Mike Pence (Republican Party) for a homophobic remark he made about US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Pence referred to the “maternity leave” Buttigieg…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced a second round of layoffs in just a few months. About 10,000 jobs will disappear, it says on the…
Despite pressure from environmental groups and an election promise from Joe Biden, the US government approved a major oil project in northern Alaska on Monday. It concerns the Willow project…
The new Tunisian parliament, elected in December and January in elections with a meagre turnout, started work on Monday. The state agency TAP reports this. There had been no…
The US central bank umbrella organization Federal Reserve may be able to raise interest rates even more strongly and faster than previously thought. President Jerome Powell said that in a…
Iran has arrested suspects for the first time in its investigation into the mass poisoning of schoolgirls. Deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi told state media the arrests occurred in five…
The Ukrainian army plans to strengthen its positions in Bachmut, the city that is the centre of the fighting with Russian troops. The Ukrainian presidency announced this on Monday. In…
A court in Belarus sentenced Svetlana Tichanovskaya in absentia to 15 years in prison on Monday. Tikhanovskaya, who resides abroad, is considered the primary political opponent of Belarusian President Aleksandr…
Japan has discovered that it has more than 7,000 islands than it first thought. In an island count, not 6,852, but 14,125 islands were counted. The last time the islands…
The American television channel CNN has found a striking video on the internet. The video shows a group of ten soldiers fighting for the Russian army and addressing Wagner’s mercenary…