Human Rights
Some 2.9 billion people still have never used the internet, and 96 per cent live in developing countries, a new UN report has found. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the estimated number of people…
News
Paul Samasumo – Vatican City. Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Oyo Diocese, in Nigeria, has joined a growing chorus of persons and organisations critical of the decision by the United States State Department…
News
By Devin Watkins The Pope took a moment from his busy schedule on Wednesday afternoon to pray a while at the feet of the ancient Roman icon of Mary Salus…
Europe
A multidisciplinary team of WHO experts completed a week-long mission to Turkmenistan that took place on 13–20 November 2021. The team worked with governmental authorities on ways to fortify their…
Europe
MPs at Council of Europe PACE set out recommendations on the human rights implications of pornography In a recommendation published last November 26th, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of…
Nature
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have genetically engineered jellyfish to watch their brains work. They used translucent jellyfish, Clytia hemisphaerica, about 1 cm in diameter. Scientists observed jellyfish…
America
Barbados, which became a republic at midnight and said goodbye to the reign of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, declared the singer Rihanna a national hero, world agencies reported. The decision…
Environment
Microplastic got into the diet of animals and people, and then anything happens to it. For example, it can begin to release toxins that it has previously accumulated, cause inflammation…
Human Rights
Model Frida Farrell talks about the rape she suffered in 2002 Swedish model Frida Farrell revealed the details of her abduction in 2002, after which she fell into sexual slavery…
America
The famous 16th-century world map, drawn up and painted personally by Ottoman prominent Admiral Piri Reis, has returned for an exhibition at Istanbul's Topkapi Palace after a long absence. Considered…
