The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine and on suspicion of “unlawful departure of children and the illegal transportation of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”, reported AFP. Meanwhile, the Kremlin has...
The report, covering the period between May 2020 and December 2022, draws on interviews with 207 victims and witnesses and analysis of more than 2,500 items of evidenceincluding photos, videos, medical, and court records. ‘Unacceptable image of indifference’ “Our report is full of one an unacceptable image of negativity and the near-total destruction of civil...
The origin of the Covid pandemic has puzzled researchers for a very long time. But an international group of experts found evidence suggesting that the Covid virus may have spread from infected raccoon dogs that were illegally sold at a seafood market in China’s Wuhan, The New York Times reported. The outbreak of Covid in...
India’s controversial colonial-era Kohinoor diamond is to be cast as a “symbol of victory” as part of a new exhibition of the British Crown Jewels at the Gallery of London set to open to the public in May. The infamous diamond, which was set within the crown of the mother of the late Queen Elizabeth...
According to the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, set up a year ago at the request of the Human Rights Council, the Russian army committed “a wide range” of crimes across the country, many of which were crimes. war. These include attacks with explosive weapons in populated areas, deliberate killing of civilians, illegal detention, torture,...
“The global supply of cocaine is on the rise should put all of us on high alert“said UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly. “Power for the cocaine market to Expanding in Africa and Asia is a dangerous reality.” Sky high supply and demand Criminal networks are now changing with dramatic results along with record levels of...
Canadian authorities have taken permanent control of the assets of the only branch of Silicon Valley Bank or SVB in the country. That branch is in Toronto. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions or OSFI announced the measure, after taking temporary control of the Santa Clara bank,...
North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in a show of military power on Thursday just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan are due to meet at a Tokyo summit expected to be overshadowed by North Korea’s nuclear threats. The launch, the North’s first ICBM test in a month and third missile...
After a report published in the British Medical Journal, led by researchers at McGill University in Canada, went viral for saying that the mental health crisis during the Covid-19 pandemic may not have been ‘ like’ as thought, people have continued since then. Conflict, sharing their most “inhibited shutdown behavior” during the pandemic as they...
For the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, this is an opportunity to remember the countless lives lost, and remember the abuses and suffering of the millions, including those who have been displaced, or are in arbitrary detention, who lost and missing. War cannot be stopped “The situation in Syria cannot stand and to...
