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Heather Mason, who served time in Canada’s prison system, said that she experienced firsthand the dangers that come with placing biological men in female jails. Canada allows men to choose to serve their sentence in a female prison if they say they identify as women – regardless of whether or …

Speaking to British media, UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey stated that Britain is seeking to convince America to remain on the ground longer, ensuring the security of the evacuation process, as well as calling on the Taliban to extend the initial August 31 deadline for the withdrawal of foreign …

Speaking on Monday, Iran’s foreign-ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh vowed to deliver more Iranian fuel to Lebanon. “We sell our oil and its products based on our own decisions and the needs of our friend. Iran is ready to send fuel again to Lebanon if needed,” Khatibzadeh said, in a weekly …

Without such a media, the accepted wisdom goes, capable of bringing errors to light and wrongdoers to account, to provide a forum to discuss solutions to national problems, a state will likely start to stagnate. Whether such a press truly exists in the Western world is a matter of dispute. …

The fire began near the village of Fygia, forcing the evacuation of two neighboring areas. Outlining the scale of the situation, the Greek fire brigade said a deployment of 46 firefighters, 20 fire engines, three airplanes and two helicopters were on site, as high winds have fueled the blaze, presenting …

On Monday, state-run outlet Rodong Sinmun revealed that Pyongyang had developed “a real-time PCR facility with key characteristic indicators” that are of “world-level” standard, a first-of-its-kind invention for the isolated nation. North Korea has screened some 36,600 members of its population for coronavirus infection, conducting almost 700 PCR tests for …

On Monday, health authorities in China reported 21 imported cases of Covid-19 but, importantly, no new locally transmitted infections for the first time since July 20, suggesting that the current outbreak may have been brought under control.  There were also 16 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases on Monday which are not …

Following the Plymouth shooting in which Jake Davison, 22, killed five people, including his own mother and a three-year-old girl before turning the gun on himself, much has been made about what motivated him. In the wake of such a tragedy, those living in its immediate shadow, and the public …

The 43-year-old former figure skater has been living in the United States for almost three decades, and before her move also became a 1993 world champion and a two-time Ukraine national champion. While not going into detail to explain the exact motives for her decision, she has complained in the …

With around 15 minutes of the game remaining and hosts Nice leading 1-0 thanks to a Kasper Dolberg goal, Marseille star Dimitri Payet was struck by a bottle hurled from a section of the home supporters as he went to take a corner. After falling to the ground, an enraged …