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At least 90 people have now been punished in Moscow and St Petersburg following the protests in Alexei Navalny's name over the weekend, human rights organisation OVD-Info reports. In Moscow, 20 people were sentenced to various amounts of prison time - ranging form one day to nine days - and two people were fined 10,000 rubles (£85). St Petersburg courts sentenced 63 people to prison, with three of those people receiving fines […]
The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has been speaking in Brussels where EU leaders are meeting. He says the bloc must send a "message of support" to the Russian opposition. Members are expected to discuss new sanctions against Moscow at today's meeting, planning to have them in place by the two year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Borrell also proposed that the EU rename its human rights sanctions […]
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is set to address a child sexual abuse scandal that has shocked the nation. Mass protests were sparked after it was revealed that a former official, convicted of covering up sexual crimes at a state-run children's home, had been granted clemency. Thousands packed the historic Heroes' Square in Budapest on Friday, in solidarity with abuse victims. There have been several resignations over the controversial pardon. […]
A premature baby gorilla was delivered via emergency caesarean section at a US zoo after its mother suffered from a medical issue called preeclampsia. The "historic and emotional" birth of Jameela was documented by the Fort Worth Zoo on its Facebook page. The young primate was born four to six weeks early with the help of medical specialists. It is the first gorilla to be born via caesarean section in […]
A woman has been jailed for taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM). Amina Noor, 40, from Harrow, north-east London, travelled to Kenya in 2006 where she took the child to a private house for the procedure, the court heard. At the Old Bailey, Noor was handed a sentence of seven years in prison. She was the first person to be convicted of assisting a […]
Protests and vigils have been held near Russian embassies in many countries following the death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian jail. More than 100 street protesters were detained in Russian cities, reports say, as people were warned not to rally. The 47-year-old outspoken critic of President Putin had been in a Russian jail since 2021 on politically-motivated charges. The prison service of the Arctic region where he was serving […]
The International Criminal Police Organisation has arrested a Director of Process and Industrial Development Limited, James Nolan. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Nolan, an Irish national, who allegedly jumped bail in 2022 in the ongoing $9.6bn P&ID scandal in Nigeria, was arrested by the INTERPOL on January 27 in Italy, while on a visit to his wife. A source in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission confirmed the […]
Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after Thursday's 176-76 vote in parliament. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new law would "boldly abolish a serious inequality". But it has divided the country, with fierce resistance led by the powerful Orthodox Church. Its supporters held a protest rally in Athens. Many displayed banners, held […]
An ex-FBI informant has been charged with making false statements about an alleged bribery scheme involving a Ukrainian company, President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Alexander Smirnov, 43, is accused of lying about the Bidens accepting payments from energy firm Burisma. The Justice Department said Mr Smirnov gave false statements to the FBI because he disliked President Biden. Republicans had relied on his claims in an ongoing bid to […]
