In CNN’s Clarissa Ward’s latest video report, she films the moment she frees a Syrian prisoner from a secret Damascus prison belonging to the Assad regime. After this report was published, Syrian fact-checking group, Verify-Sy, found that the man featured in the video, was not who he said he was and apparently gave the CNN … Read more
The French man who has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife asked forgiveness from his family on Monday and hailed the courage of his now ex-spouse during his trial. FRANCE 24’s Jean-Emile Jammine speaks to Sarah McGrath, CEO of Women for Women France. She says that Gisele Pelicot is the … Read more
Congolese forces lose the town of Matembe in North Kivu to advancing M23 fighters.. Fighting flares up once again in the wake of Sundays scuppered peace talks in Angola between the leaders of Rwanda and DR Congo. Source link
Two killed and several injured in a school shooting in Wisconsin, where a teenage student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, Madison. Police Chief Shon Barnes confirmed the suspect, also a student, is dead. Authorities recovered a handgun; the suspect’s family is cooperating with police. Source link
On Monday, a shooter opened fire at a Christian school in Madison city of Wisconsin, USA. Three people including the suspected shooter died in this incident. The other five were injured. Authorities had earlier said five people had been killed, after which the death toll was revised. A police spokesperson said, “We have just received … Read more
In the face of Donald Trump’s threats to charge tariffs on countries that try to abandon the dollar for international trade, Russian State Duma Vice President Alexander Babakov said such an application “was unlikely.” Trump issued this warning earlier this month, directing his words primarily to the countries that make up the BRICS, the regional … Read more
The U.S. Census Bureau is changing the way it counts immigrants in annual estimates by including more people who were admitted for humanitarian and often temporary reasons. Officials said Monday the change is being made in an effort to better reflect population changes this decade. Population projections, including immigration, are due to be released Thursday, … Read more
Under new rules, companies will measure cryptoassets at fair value The change will further cement BTC’s dominance in the fabric of modern finance. Following in the footsteps of MicroStrategy, the company with the most bitcoin (BTC) in the world, will be much easier now that an update to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) came … Read more
A school in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia was closed as a precaution on Monday after two children tested positive for the mpox virus. The Mpox clade 1b variant was found to be present in four members of a local family. Kept in quarantine there. Both children go to a school for children … Read more
On Sunday, many Christians across Syria attended mass for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. In Aleppo, only 10% of the city’s pre-war Christian population is thought to remain. Since capturing the city, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has reached out twice to representatives of minority groups to insist they’ll be protected. But as … Read more