2021-03-09

'Shoot me instead': Myanmar nun pleads with junta forces

2021-03-09

BBC News: Samuel Paty: French schoolgirl admits lying about murdered teacher

2021-03-09

One in three women worldwide face physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner at some point in their lifetime, according to a new study from the World Health Organization

2021-03-09

Myanmar Military Storms Universities and Hospitals and Revokes Press Licenses

2021-03-09

Northern Hemisphere summers may last nearly half the year by 2100 | Climate change is now driving dramatic and irregular changes to the length and start dates of the seasons, which may become more extreme in the future under a business-as-usual climate scenario.

2021-03-09

Biden administration giving temporary protected status to thousands of Venezuelans in U.S.

2021-03-09

New research has shown that a species of sea slug can detach it’s head and grow a new body. The technique may have evolved to deal with parasite infections

2021-03-09

Scientists Discover Chunk of Protoplanet Older Than Earth In Sahara Desert

2021-03-09

Myanmar Military Storms Universities and Hospitals, Revokes Press Licenses: The military said the public had requested that the generals take more control “for the benefit of the people.” At least three protesters were killed in further crackdowns.

2021-03-09

Russia and China have agreed on a joint lunar space station

2021-03-09

Three out of five cars in China will be electric by 2030, says UBS

2021-03-09

A million hectares of Papuan rainforest licensed for cutting mostly for palm oil plantations, as deforestation spreads from Indonesia's main provinces

2021-03-09

This must be the 'decade of action' on climate change, John Kerry says [at United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow]

2021-03-09

ICC prosecutor announces formal investigation into Israeli 'war crimes'

2021-03-09

Clashes break out in Greece after march against police violence

2021-03-09

Mexico leans on China after Biden rules out vaccines sharing in short term

2021-03-09

Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion is accused of extrajudicial killings and torture of hundreds of civilians. Israeli Cellebrite sold them phone-hacking tech and training

2021-03-09

COVID corruption scandal hounds Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU. Germany's latest political scandal is directly tied to the coronavirus pandemic; Two conservative politicians received kickbacks for brokering mask deals

2021-03-09

Paris hospitals near full capacity as severe COVID cases surge

2021-03-08

Earthquake swarm in Iceland continues with high intensity, now with over 20.000 earthquakes detected since the start of the activity. The volcanic alert level has been raised from yellow to orange, with more magma movement signals now being detected below the surface