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4 Afghan nationals jailed for 10 years over arson that destroyed Greece’s Moria migrant camp amid Covid-19 quarantine protests

The men were found guilty of arson with risk to human life, the court said in the verdict on Saturday.…

3 years ago

Gaddafi’s son seeks Libyan presidency 10 years after NATO-backed campaign plunged country into chaos – media

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has begun to reach out to Western and other diplomats as he seeks to re-enter public life,…

3 years ago

Trying to skewer someone for dumb social media posts made 9 years ago as a teen is a new low for cancel culture

I don’t know about you, but I was apt to say lots of extremely dumb things as a teenager that…

3 years ago

‘Turkey must learn’: Duo ‘given thousands of years in jail for conspiring on match-fixing charges against football giants’

Hidayet Karaca, who was the head of the Samanyolu media group that was later shut down by the government, is…

3 years ago

Russia’s current supply of gold deposits should last for next 40 years, minister says

"Russia is first in the world in terms of gold reserves (13%) while, in terms of production, third, after China and…

3 years ago

Facebook suspends Trump’s account for two years following oversight board report

When it initiated the suspension in January, Facebook declared Trump’s tweets, posted before his supporters rioted at the US Capitol,…

3 years ago

US reports it has imported sanctioned oil from Iran, a first after 30 years of sanctions

The department did not provide information on how the Iranian imports showed up on its log, despite current US restrictions…

3 years ago

Alabama drops public school yoga ban after 27 years, but ‘namaste’ greeting still ‘expressly prohibited’ over link to Hinduism

After sailing through the Alabama State House in a 75-14 vote earlier this week, Governor Kay Ivey signed the legislation…

3 years ago

‘No immigration for five years’: Ex-EU negotiator Barnier’s bid for French presidency is straight from the Brexit playbook

There is clearly no chance that lofty, self-regarding political careerist Michel Barnier, the former EU chief negotiator on Brexit, will…

3 years ago

End of an era: LiveLeak self-destructs after 15 years of providing unmitigated gore & all things NSFW

Hayden Hewitt, co-founder of LiveLeak and now ItemFix, did not directly confirm in any of his statements that the site…

3 years ago