Indigenous activists from the Indonesian province of West Papua have held traditional ceremonies outside the country’s Supreme Court in Jakarta calling for their traditional land and forests to be protected from palm oil plantations. Representatives of the Awyu and Moi communities held prayers and performed dances in front of the Supreme Court building on Monday […]
2 hours ago Aleem Maqbool,BBC Religion Editor Reuters Pope Francis is reported to have used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could have a profound impact on the way his attitude towards gay people is perceived. When asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the United States has fined a unit of JPMorgan $200 million because it didn’t catch billions of orders in its watching systems from 2014 to 2021. However, […]
Starmer says Sunak’s claim UK has ‘turned the corner’ is ‘form of disrespect’ because that’s not what people feel Starmer says he is fed up with hearing Rishi Sunak says the UK has “turned the corner”. That is “a form of disrespect in itself”, he says. Taxes are higher than at any time since the […]
7 hours ago Danai Nesta Kupemba,BBC News Karabo Mahapa Karabo “Kay” Mahapa wants to encourage his young audience to go out and vote South Africa’s social media influencers, popular with the youth, have been stepping into a new role ahead of this week’s general election – political mobilisers. With 42% of registered voters under the […]
Labour has said there will be no rises in income tax or National Insurance if it wins the general election – but some spending cuts have not been ruled out. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg she did not want to make any spending cuts. But she was “under no illusion about […]
News of the Conservatives’ plan to reintroduce national service for young people should it win the next general election continues to dominate Monday’s front pages, with the Daily Mirror calling it “desperate”. The move would “cost billions” and is “the last thing the military needs”, the paper says. It adds that a “leaked paper failed […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. OKX cancelled its request for a license to offer digital asset services in Hong Kong. The firm also wants to stop providing centralized digital asset trading services for customers in the country starting […]
3 days ago Harry Roy,BBC Radio Newcastle ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA Durham University scientists form part of the Euclid team A space mission involving Durham University scientists, designed to help understand the dark Universe, has released five new and spectacular images. The university is a key partner of the European Space Agency’s (Esa) Euclid space telescope, which […]
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentMay 25, 2024, 03:10 PM ET Lucy Bronze has said Alexia Putellas showed why she is the “queen of Barcelona” after the two-time Ballon d’Or winner came off the bench to score the second goal in Barcelona’s 2-0 Champions League final win over Lyon on Saturday. Putellas fired home in stoppage time […]