Heading the prosecution at the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg was Ferencz’s first major job as a lawyer. The Einsatzgruppen were mobile SS paramilitary death squads, assigned to kill Jews and others behind the eastern front. From 1941 to 1945, they murdered 1.3 million Jews, an estimated 250,000 Roma and another 500,00 partisans, people with disabilities, … Read more
GENEVA — The World Meteorological Organization warns that Tropical Cyclone Hidaya, which is projected to make landfall in Tanzania and Kenya this weekend, threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis triggered by torrential rains in these and other heavily flooded countries in East Africa. “Hidaya is the first documented system to have reached tropical cyclone status … Read more
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had his relentless push for the Rwanda Bill approved by Parliament on Tuesday last week. The passing comes after the legislation, which will see all undocumented migrants deported to Rwanda, was ruled “unlawful” by both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court last year. The controversial legislation was announced hours … Read more
In a statement shared with RTÉ, a spokesperson for Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris confirmed that the justice minister had been tasked to “bring proposals to Cabinet next week to amend existing law regarding the designation of safe ‘third countries’ and allowing the return of inadmissible International Protection applicants to the U.K.” The move comes … Read more
Macron was invited to a ceremony in the Rwandan capital Kigali commemorating the anniversary of the genocide but will not attend. France will instead be represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Séjourné and Rwandan-born genocide survivor Hervé Berville, the secretary of state for the sea. The genocide has long been a source of tension between … Read more
During his annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) speech this week, former US President Donald Trump said that the Republicans were right about “crooked” US President Joe Biden. “Four years ago I told you that if crooked Joe Biden got to the White House, our borders would be abolished, our middle class would be decimated … Read more
Rishi Sunak has attempted to play down his £1000 Rwanda bet with Piers Morgan after it received political backlash. The Prime Minister claimed he was “not a betting person” and said he was “taken by surprise” when he agreed to make a £1,000 wager over his Rwanda policy, during a live interview with Piers Morgan. … Read more
A recent opinion poll, conducted by the polling firm YouGov, has revealed that the Green Party has become the second most popular party amongst people under the age of 30. The YouGov analysis surveyed a group of 18- to 30-year-olds between 31 October last year and 17 January 2024. The findings, which also gave a … Read more
THE silverback tears a boulder-size bamboo root up from the forest floor as if picking up a mere twig, and begins to munch voraciously. As he eats, he lets out a low grunt, a guttural “Uggh, Uggh.” Our ranger then relaxes: “He is content, we are welcome.” 5 The Sun’s Lisa Minot covers up on … Read more
ex-PM Boris Johnson has attacked Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the DUP, warning that it could force the UK to abide by EU trade rules in the future. This week, Sunak revealed new arrangements to remove routine checks on goods moving from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), known as the “green lane”, … Read more
