Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is in «critical condition, receiving life-saving care» at hospital, after surviving two lethal injection attempts, leading the state’s governor to halt all executions for the year. «We don’t have a…
UK police arrest dual UK-Iranian national over Fairford air base incident
British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an airbase used by the US to target Iran said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. In an incident which triggered a…
Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad
Putin also accused the West of instigating other conflicts. «If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation, in this case we are talking about Kaliningrad but possibly some other territories, of course the issue of use by the Russian Federation…
Teens block high schools across France, demand better conditions
France’s prime minister convened a crisis meeting on Thursday and canceled ministers’ trips to focus on the nationwide spread of protests, some violent, by high school students venting against under-resourced schools, long hours and other…
Flydubai attacker ‘underwent Islamist radical indoctrination’, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says investigations suggest the man who stabbed his fellow pilot and tried to take over a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had undergone «Islamist radical indoctrination». The Flydubai plane plunged more than…
‘Guilty of all charges’: Man City at centre of ‘biggest scandal in football history’, vows to appeal – Spotlight
François Picard is pleased to welcome our sports editor, James Vasina, and Andreas Evargora, sports journalist and commentator. Evargora describes the current Manchester City case as unprecedented in scale: “This is nothing of the scale that we’ve seen…
Renee Good: Family of US woman killed by ICE agent sues Trump officials
The family of a woman who was killed by an immigration agent in Minneapolis in January has announced two lawsuits against the US government and members of the Trump administration. Renee Good, a US citizen, was shot to death by an Immigration and Customs…
Students face riot police as protests over school conditions escalate in France
French teenagers on Tuesday set fire to rubbish bins and threw projectiles at police who responded with batons and tear gas, as pupils kept up blockades and protests at hundreds of high schools, demanding better conditions. The movement in the lycees,…
Fires break out at French schools as students protest nationwide
Seventeen-year-old Raphael took part in protests outside a school in Strasbourg, where barriers were used to obstruct nearby tram tracks. He voiced his frustration at his school’s facilities in an interview with news agency AFP, saying some rooms…
Cameroon govt announces payments as teachers strike continues
In Cameroon, the start of the academic year for Universities, scheduled for October 5, may not take place. This is as a result of an indefinite strike launched by SYNES, the National Union of Higher Education Teachers. Teachers are demanding the payment…