US death row inmate Christa Pike conscious and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say
US death row inmate Christa Pike is «conscious and speaking» after surviving a failed execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week, her lawyers say. Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, according…
Police make seventh arrest over UK airbase incident
A seventh man was arrested Tuesday over a major incident last month at a British military airbase used by the United States to launch strikes on Iran, police said. The arrest came a day after President Donald Trump said the United States had withdrawn…
Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres
Finnish authorities have ordered a halt to building work at two planned Google data centres amid concerns over the clearance of more than 300 hectares of forest. The sites form part of Google’s record €13bn (£11bn; $15bn) investment in Finland,…
France erupts overs schools: Why the violence surrounding surprise movement? – The Debate
It’s a protest movement that a broke, lame-duck French government did not see coming. Civil servants this Tuesday joining high schoolers now in their third week of picketing over long-deteriorating classroom conditions. The usual recipe for wearing down…
Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests spread and grow across France
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France, as a wave of protests by high-school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions. Crowds of teenagers marched from the Place de la République in Paris, calling…
‘Colossal failure: Death penalty system in America is a broken process from start to finish’
Jean-Emile Jammine is pleased to welcome Reed Brody, international human rights lawyer and former New York assistant attorney general. According to Brody, the botched execution of Christa Pike reflects a much larger problem: the relationship between…
Russia responds to US help offer after death of plague researcher
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged people not to «listen to various rumours» after a Russian lab technician died at a plague research centre in Siberia. Peskov called for people to follow only information from Russia’s public health…
Brazil ‘has moved to the right progressively over the last two decades’, expert says – A propos
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AfD candidate Rausch elected speaker of German regional parliament for first time
A month after Germany’s far-right AfD scored a decisive victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the party’s candidate Tobias Rausch has been elected as parliament speaker there too. Not since World War Two has a far-right party secured…
Paramount completes takeover of Warner Bros, creating media behemoth Skydance
Paramount completed on Tuesday its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, uniting two of Hollywood‘s most storied studios in a media empire spanning television, news and cinema under the control of David Ellison. The combined company – renamed Skydance…