Above Photo: Sudanese protesters take part in a demonstration in the capital Khartoum on June 30, 2021, urging the government to step down over delayed justice and recent harsh economic reforms. The demonstrations were triggered by growing popular discontent against recent government and IMF-backed reforms to slash subsidies on petrol and diesel, more than doubling the price. Ashraf Shazly / AFP via Getty Images. “This epitomizes the IMF’s double standard: It is warning rich countries against austerity while forcing poorer ones into it.” The conditions of nearly 90% of the International Monetary Fund’s pandemic-related loans are forcing developing nations suffering some of […]
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Anonymous clubbing in party hotspot Moscow will have to go on pause for a while after the capital’s mayor decreed that visitors to nightclubs will have to register upon entry using a QR code or by SMS starting from Monday. Sergey Sobyanin said that new restrictions are designed to counter the spread of Covid-19 and are being trialled in the hope of avoiding the sort of severe lockdowns currently being imposed in similar large European cities. By scanning the code or sending an SMS to a designated number, guests will be making themselves available for a track-and-trace contact, should one of […]
The news adds to Apple’s problems as it faces a court battle with Epic Games, which accused the Cupertino-based company of operating “a complete monopoly” and filed a lawsuit against Apple, a move that was supported by many app developers. The founding developer of free application WordPress, which allows users to create websites, revealed that Apple was no longer releasing updates or fixing bugs until it adds in-app purchases into its application. This function is used by developers worldwide to profit from their applications, despite the fact that they give them away for free. For example, a user is offered premium […]
Riot police were showered with bottles, bricks and other projectiles while trying to break up an illegal rave in west London on Friday night. At least seven officers were injured during the hostilities. The police were called to the scene in White City following reports of a number of people gathered at an unlicensed music event in Havelock Close. Eyewitness footage shared on social media shows a group of young men pelting cops with a range of objects including glass bottles, bricks and beer cans. The onslaught was so intense that the cops were seen being chased down the street. The […]
The Seattle Police Department posted a video compilation of the police response to a deadly shooting early Saturday morning at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) aka the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). The video contains security camera footage that captures the sound of gunfire, police entering CHAZ in a phalanx and then being encircled and forced to retreat by the mob. One person died and another is in critical condition from the shooting. Statement by police accompanying the video: Update 6/20/2020: This update includes officers’ body worn camera footage and other open-source videos. Anyone with information on this incident is […]
UK House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has come under fire after insisting the now-defunct virtual Parliament was “no longer necessary.” Now the MPs may have to form endless ‘social distancing’ queues to cast their votes. “Westminster has been the seat of our democracy for centuries. It will take more than the coronavirus to change that,” said Rees-Mogg, writing for the PoliticsHome website on Monday. Insisting that “If Parliament is to deliver on the people’s priorities, it must sit physically,” he argued that the “virtual Parliament” that has seen the majority of MPs take part in House of Commons debates from […]