Human rights lawyers have called on the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into alleged crimes they say were committed by Turkish authorities against thousands of opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Former Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Johan Vande Lanotte unveiled details Wednesday of a 4,000-page dossier sent to …
Read More »India sentences two pharma executives after cough syrup may have killed dozens of children in Gambia
An Indian court has sentenced two pharmaceutical company executives to two-and-half years in jail for exporting substandard drugs to Vietnam a decade ago, months after the WHO linked their cough syrups to the deaths of children in Gambia. India suspended production at Maiden Pharmaceuticals in October last year for violations …
Read More »Putin ally wants to increase jail time for those who insult Russian army, Wagner Group
A Putin ally and top Russian lawmaker is pushing Wednesday to increase jail time for residents who share information and opinions Moscow deems as insulting to its military – and now wants to extend the same protections to the mercenaries of the private Wagner Group. Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the …
Read More »Mexican president accuses chief justice of being soft on crime
Mexico’s president lashed out Wednesday at the chief justice of the country’s Supreme Court, accusing her of promoting rulings favorable to criminal suspects. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s comments opened a new debate over the separation of powers in Mexico, at a time when the Supreme Court is expected to …
Read More »British police find remains of baby after missing couple arrested
British police said they found the remains of a 2-month old baby Wednesday after officers arrested the infant’s mother and her boyfriend, who vanished after the child was born in early January. Constance Marten, 35, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, a convicted sex offender, had crisscrossed England to avoid …
Read More »China could funnel weapons to Russia through Belarus as defense ties with Beijing deepen: expert
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top allies, China and Belarus, enhanced their own diplomatic ties Wednesday after leaders from both nations met in Beijing and agreed to deepen defensive coordination as Europe faces its greatest security threat since World War II. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed …
Read More »Dad slapped with fine after family stays too long at McDonald’s Playland parking lot: reports
A British man is fighting a fine he claims he received after his wife and kids visited a McDonald’s last summer, according to reports. The man, 35-year-old Marcus Ward, told CoventryLive, his wife took their two children to a McDonald’s location in Walsgrave. The family chose this location so that …
Read More »US approves sale of F-16s munitions, other military equipment to Taiwan
close Video Rep. Tony Gonzales: China invading Taiwan would ‘100%’ be an act of war Congressmen Ro Khanna and Tony Gonzales discuss their participation in a bipartisan trip to Taiwan as the country prepares for a possible attack from China on ‘Your World.’ The State Department on Wednesday approved a …
Read More »Venezuelan mom of two dies after liposuction procedure at shopping center clinic
A Venezuelan single-mother died on Sunday following a liposuction procedure at a clinic in a shopping center, according to reports. UK-based news agency Jam Press reported that 31-year-old Ana Rosa Mavares Rivero of Venezuela underwent a laser liposuction procedure on Feb. 25, at a clinic in a shopping center. A …
Read More »New research shows where early humans survived in Ice Age-era Europe
New research reveals that the hunter-gatherer people who dominated Europe 30,000 years ago sought refuge from the last Ice Age in warmer places, but only those who sheltered in what is now Spain and Portugal appear to have survived. Using new genetic analysis of prehistoric human remains, scientists were able …
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