New Colombian leader calls for global drugs rethink
Gustavo Petro, who was inaugurated as the first left-wing President of Colombia on Sunday, has said there needs to be a rethink on how the
More UK babies born out of wedlock than to married couples – census
For the first time since records began in 1845, more babies were born out of wedlock than to married couples in England and Wales in
SA ‘gradually deteriorating into unrest’ – SANDF
A leaked South African National Defence Force document anticipates the need for soldiers to help police impose law and order, because ‘situation in the Republic
FBI raid on Trump home unprecedented – reports
An FBI raid on Monday on former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach home and the breaking open of a safe reportedly in connection with an
Grease star Newton-John dies of cancer
Show business luminaries have been paying tribute to Olivia Newton-John – best known for playing Sandy in Grease, one of the most successful film musicals
Blinken urged to speak up on EWC
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to ‘offer clear warnings against the erosion of private property rights
UK museum to return Benin treasures
The Horniman Museum in London says it has agreed to return to Nigeria 72 objects looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin,
Met data reveals scale of child strip-searches
Nearly a quarter of the 650 strip-searches of children between 10 and 17 by London’s Metropolitan Police between 2018 and 2020 were conducted without the
Australia inching closer to open war: expert
The probability is increasing that Australia will be involved in a ‘high-intensity conflict in our own immediate strategic environment.’ This is according to Paul Dibb,
Uganda shuts down LGBT rights group – report
Ugandan officials on Friday shut down the prominent LGBT rights group, Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug), for not registering properly with authorities. According to the BBC,