How secret Google geofence warrant is helping FBI nail down Capitol riot mob
Court documents suggest the FBI has been using controversial geofence search warrants at a scale not publicly seen before, collecting account information and location data on hundreds of devices inside the US Capitol during a deadly invasion by a right-wing mob on January 6. While Google receives over 10,000 geofence...
Malawi’s ex-deputy speaker commits suicide inside parliament buildings
A former deputy speaker of Malawi parliament has shot himself dead inside the chambers in the capital, Lilongwe, authorities said. Clement Chiwaya, who moved in a wheelchair, had gone to the building on Thursday to discuss vehicle benefits entitled to him when he left office two years ago. Parliament “regrets...
Ethiopia expels seven UN officials, accusing them of meddling in internal affairs
Ethiopia is expelling seven senior UN officials, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday, two days after the world body’s aid chief warned a government blockade of aid had likely forced hundreds of thousands of people in the northern region of Tigray into famine. There has been increasing international...
Nigeria bolsters military hardware with 100 APCs in response to deepening Boko Haram threat
The Nigerian army is facing a crisis. National and regional security dangers posed by the al Qaeda-supported terror group Bolo Haram has forced the West African economic giant to reinforce in defence infrastructure in preparation to repulse the militia group that has forced more than one million children out of...
Journalists in Afghanistan fear being killed ‘every minute of their lives under a religious dictatorship’
Hundreds of journalists working in Afghanistan have fled or gone into hiding in recent weeks following the seizure of power by the Taliban. The leader of one of the IFJ’s affiliates in Afghanistan, who has worked for over 20 years with international media as a reporter and senior editor tells...
How Trump administration, CIA plotted to kidnap and assassinate journalist Julian Assange
CIA officials under the Trump administration plotted to kidnap and assassinate journalist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange when he was hiding at Ecuador’s embassy in London, a new report has revealed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reports that, the plans, if true, would mean no journalist or source is...
Lean times for Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno have led to talk of his desire to exit the Emirates
The Germany international has enjoyed the Gunners’ number one spot for the majority of his time since signing in 2018. However, this summer, the landscape has shifted considerably towards the future. Indeed, new signing Aaron Ramsdale, 23, has replaced Leno, 29, between the sticks. In fact, the former Sheffield United...
While China plans to stop financing new coal plants overseas, its domestic consumption has tripled
China’s pledge to stop financing new coal plants abroad, announced by President Xi Jinping at the United Nations summit last week, has raised hopes that the world could soon wean itself off the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel. But although this is a positive step from the world’s biggest emitter of...
World’s largest publishers unite to tackle rising incidence of doctored images in research papers
Some of the world’s largest publishers have come together to tackle the growing problem of image manipulation in scientific papers. They have developed a three-tier classification system that editors can use to flag suspicious content and detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to deal with doctored images. Image-integrity specialists welcome the...
‘Unstoppable’ Mo Salah a cut above Messi and Ronaldo at present, says former Liverpool striker
Mohamed Salah might just be the best player in world football on current form, insists former Liverpool striker Dean Saunders. The Reds star continued his fast start to the 2021/22 campaign with two more goals in the 5-1 thrashing of Porto on Tuesday night. It means Salah now has eight...