European Parliament finally approves Brexit
In a debate with the Croatian State Secretary for European Affairs Nikolina Brnjac on behalf of the Presidency of the Council, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and the...
Edible cannabis products are now sold in Canada
From 16 December 2019, edible cannabis products are permitted to be sold in Canada. These must comply with new regulations for edible, inhalable and topical products, designed to reduce...
Are you afraid of being attacked by a shark? You shouldn’t be
Shark attacks in 2019 were unusually low for the second year running, with 64 unprovoked bites in 2019, researchers report.
According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File,...
China is increasingly gaining control on media all around the world
Over the past decade, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders have overseen a dramatic expansion in the regime’s ability to shape media content and narratives about China around the world,...
It is porn actually a public health crisis?
While 17 US states have introduced nonbinding resolutions declaring pornography a public health crisis, researchers say it doesn’t meet the definition.
Existing evidence suggests pornography may negatively affect some individuals,...
War rages in northwest Syria and civilians are caught in the middle of the...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned by the further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria. Since mid-October fighting has intensified in several areas...
What’s going on in Iraq these days?
The short-term spark that set the protests off was the demotion of a prominent commander in the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service, or Golden Division, Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi.
He was told to take...
Terrorism risks placing Iraq on dangerous trajectory
“The deliberate killing of unarmed protesters by armed elements is nothing less than an atrocity against the people of Iraq,” said Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the Secretary-General's Special Representative in the...
Chinese cyber totalitarianism: facial recognition required to have a telephone line
China has just taken a giant step forward in its ambitions to control everything that is done on the Internet, with the launch of a new "rights in cyberspace"...
In China deepfakes become illegal and distributing them will be a criminal offence from...
China takes seriously the proliferation of deepfakes, the famous videos that put the faces and even the voices of people in situations that are not real. As we know,...