Social media companies in Ethiopia told to rein in hate mongers during peace talks in South Africa
With talks under way in South Africa to end the two-year Tigray civil war in Ethiopia, there are calls for social media platforms to control hate speech that could stir tempers between the two warring parties. Since the beginning of hostilities in November 2020, social media, mostly Twitter, has become...
Why Liz Truss’s 44-day stint as UK premier has been branded a ‘globalist coup’ in financial markets
The shortest-serving prime minister in British history. She went after days of absolute mayhem at Westminster. Everywhere people are lining up to say that this represents some kind of democratic collapse. And everywhere, those people are wrong. At worst we see the conspiracy theorists of the right branding this a...
Reprogramming age: Soon, it’ll be normal to get prescription for medicine that reverses your age by 10 years
A little over 15 years ago, scientists at Kyoto University in Japan made a remarkable discovery. When they added just four proteins to a skin cell and waited about two weeks, some of the cells underwent an unexpected and astounding transformation: they became young again. They turned into stem cells...
Report claims Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta looking to prise petulant Ronaldo away from Man United
A report has claimed that two Premier League clubs are among four sides looking to sign Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo in January. The Portugal international spent most of the summer looking for a way out of Old Trafford after the Red Devils failed to qualify for the Champions League....
Why are Black women not on the upper deck of the tech industry in the United Kingdom?
Up to 20,000 black women are “missing” from the tech industry in the UK, according to a joint report by campaigners and a representative body. The report says the proportion of black women in IT is two-and-a-half times smaller than that of the UK workforce as a whole. Campaigning group...
Revealed: ‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies after forced shower for the first time in 60years, aged 94
A man known as the “dirtiest in the world,” has died after being washed for the first time in 60 years. Amou Haji, 94, died on Sunday (local time), in the village of Dejagh in Iran, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported. People in Haji’s village were fed up with...
Man United manager Ten Hag and ‘really sorry’ superstar Ronaldo bury the hatchet, ace 100 pr cent available
Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly “really sorry” about his actions during his side’s win over Tottenham and he is now “100 per cent available”. Ronaldo’s career at Man Utd looked to be all but over after his latest act of petulance against Tottenham Hotspur. The forward refused to...
US pop icon Kanye West’s antisemitism knocks him off billionaire club as his music, fashion businesses tumble
Adidas ended a partnership that helped make the artist formerly known as Kanye West a billionaire and lent the German sportswear an edgy appeal, but ultimately couldn’t survive a mounting outcry over the rapper’s offensive and antisemitic remarks. The split will leave Adidas searching for another transcendent celebrity to help...
Racism or fact? Iranian hermit tagged world’s dirtiest man dies aged 94 after 60 years of ‘fire bathing’
An Iranian hermit nicknamed the “world’s dirtiest man” for not taking a shower for more than half a century has died at the healthy old age of 94, state media has reported. The report, however, did not provide the parameters that were used to adjudge Amou Haji the world’s dirtiest...
Hybrid virus: New immune system-dodging virus linked to persistent pneumonia discovered
Two common respiratory viruses can fuse to form a hybrid virus capable of evading the human immune system, and infecting lung cells – the first time such viral cooperation has ever been observed. Researchers believe the findings could help to explain why co-infections can lead to significantly worse disease for...
