A recorded multi-member Zoom meeting from the 57th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has gone viral. In an almost two-minute-long video circulating on Twitter, one of the call member’s windows showed sexual intercourse recorded by another conference participant. Two people can be seen apparently having sex in …
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The coronavirus pandemic has revealed a lot about social inequality, and led to a lot of talk about the impact of the pandemic on various groups of people. One of the biggest concerns was the revelation that there were disparities in the risks and outcomes of Covid-19 among BAME people, …
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McGregor suffered an excruciating defeat to a dominant Poirier after the Dubliner’s left ankle snapped at the end of the first round as he stepped backwards after throwing a punch. The contest was called off as Poirier was declared the winner via a doctor stoppage TKO, putting the American 2-1 …
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The Biden administration’s new plan to boost vaccination numbers by sending “surge teams” into Covid “hotspots” has the potential to go down in history as the worst public health mistake in US history. One that makes the many mistakes that have been made during the pandemic – like keeping people …
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“We [heard] some rumor that the Americans had left Bagram… and finally by seven o’clock in the morning, we understood that it was confirmed,” the base’s new commander, Gen. Mir Asadullah Kohistani, told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The electricity had been shut off and the Americans gone for over …
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Conflict turns people into refugees, either within their own country or by forcing them to seek safety across borders. In recent years, though, there have been allegations that these flows of people have been “weaponized” against countries by supposedly antagonistic states. However, such allegations can themselves serve a purpose in …
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The iconic number 10 is currently on international duty in Brazil, where La Albiceleste top Group A after a 1-0 win over Paraguay in their last match, when Messi won the Man of the Match award. Preparing for their encounter with Bolivia on Monday, Messi’s teammates are said to have disturbed the birthday …
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The Biden administration is under increasing pressure to push for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, despite the fact it has refused to condemn Tel Aviv in any circumstances. However, the president’s priorities are clearly elsewhere. He is concentrating on America’s recovery from Covid-19, implementing his vision for the US economy, …
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“Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full scale war,” Tor Wennesland, a Norwegian diplomat and the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said on Tuesday, amid a sharp spike in deadly fighting between Tel Aviv and Palestinian militants based in Gaza. While diplomatic sources told …
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The envoy, Kyaw Zwar Minn, spent the night in his car after he and members of his staff were told to leave the embassy by Myanmar’s military attache. Photographs show Metropolitan police officers standing guard outside the diplomatic compound as the ousted ambassador attempted to gain entry. Protesters also gathered …
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