“There is already a battle that the government is losing (…) nobody believes the arguments presented by the government.,” says Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the far-left party La France Insoumise, at the beginning of a demonstration in Marseille …
Appeals Court Asked to Void Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Vedict
On January 18, an attorney representing Derek Chauvin urged an appeals court to throw out the former police officer’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd.
FBI Responds to Another Attack on the US Power Grid
Early on January 17, the FBI responded to gunfire at another North Carolina power substation. Fox News reports that the incident comes nearly two months after the electric grid in Moore County, NC, was affected by what authorities deemed an act of crim…
How fashion pollutes
Sustainable influencers take on fast fashion. Videographic on pollution generated by fast-fashion industry. VIDEOGRAPHIC
Swedish ex-intel agent gets life for spying for Russia
A former Swedish intelligence official is handed a life sentence for spying for Russia’s GRU military intelligence service between 2011 and 2021, and his brother jailed for nearly 10 years. Stockholm’s district court found 42-year-old Peyman Kia, who s…
Alec Baldwin shot a woman on set. He’s now facing involuntary manslaughter charges. What changed?
Nearly 15 months after the fatal shooting, investigators announced criminal charges over the on set fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Bevan Hurley explains the complicated case
Israel’s Far Right: Impact on Palestinians
Netanyahu is back with a far-right coalition. How will this affect Israelis and Palestinians? Imran Khan explores.
Pension reform in France: start of the demonstration in Nantes
“Your decisions are crushing us”: in Nantes, the sixth largest city in France, demonstrators opposed to the pension reform are starting to gather as part of a national day of mobilisation. IMAGES
Elon Musk’s Tesla Tweets Trial: What to Know
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to testify in a federal trial over tweets from 2018 in which he floated the possibility of taking the company private. WSJ’s Rebecca Elliott explains what to know about the trial. Illustration: Adele Morgan
EU chief scrambles to save face as police arrest one more in Qatar scandal
The so-called Qatargate scandal engulfing the European Parliament is deepening after one more person was arrested in Italy in connection to the case.