Tech giants could face harsh penalties after New Zealand mosque shootings
Australia is to impose strict new laws on social media companies in the wake of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 50 people dead. Unless violent content is removed “expeditiously”, the government will fine companies such as Facebook up to 10% of their annual turnover and jail executives for up to three years. […]
European Parliament approves visa-free travel for Brits after Brexit
The European Parliament approved on Thursday a law granting Britons the right to travel to the European Union without a visa after Brexit. Britons will be able to stay in the EU visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period. The text specifically states that the post-Brexit visa waiver will only be granted […]
Bad diets deadlier than smoking tobacco, warns new study
Dangerously bad diets and poor food choices are a bigger killer than smoking tobacco, according to a new study. An analysis of almost 20 years of diet data from 195 countries found that poor diets killed 11 million people globally in 2017. The biggest killer of them all is salt, which was found to have […]
Former Nissan boss Ghosn re-arrested while on bail
Former Nissan Motor company boss Carlos Ghosn has been arrested for a fourth time. Media reports have suggested it concerns alleged improper payments made by the car giant to a dealer in Oman. It has been reported he has been detained on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust. Ghosn has denied the charges, calling them […]
British soldiers use picture of Jeremy Corbyn as a shooting target
The British Army has launched an investigation after a video circulated online showing soldiers using a photograph of opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn as a shooting target. A UK Ministry of Defense spokesperson confirmed to The Cube that the video showed British soldiers from the Parachute Regiment of the army. “We are aware of a video […]
Islamic State claims killing of Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso
Islamic State carried out the kidnapping and killing of a Canadian citizen in Burkina Faso in January, the group’s weekly newspaper Al-Naba said, claiming responsibility in its latest issue without providing evidence. Kirk Woodman’s body was found on Jan.16, two days after his abduction by a dozen gunmen at a mining site operated by Vancouver-based […]
Donald Trump falsely claims, again, that his father was born in Germany
US President Donald Trump once again falsely claimed on Tuesday that his father was born in Germany when he was in fact born in New York in 1905. Trump made the comments from the White House where he was meeting with the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, and admonishing Germany […]
Canada's PM expels two ex-ministers from ruling party in bid to end scandal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday moved to end the worst crisis of his tenure, expelling two former cabinet members whom he said had undermined the ruling Liberal Party. Trudeau announced that former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and former treasury board minister Jane Philpott would no longer be allowed to sit as Liberal legislators. […]
Algeria's president steps down amid protests after 2 decades in power
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down on Tuesday after 20 years in office, and six weeks of massive nationwide protests aimed at pushing him and his much-criticized inner circle from power to create a real democracy in the gas-rich nation. The announcement followed soon after a sternly-worded call from the powerful army chief for Bouteflika, […]
Kindergarten teacher accused of poisoning nearly two dozen children in China
A kindergarten teacher has been arrested in eastern China after 23 students were sickened in a suspected act of deliberate poisoning, police said Tuesday. The teacher is believed to have poisoned the children’s food with sodium nitrite, the Jiaozuo city police said on their official microblog. Overexposure to sodium nitrite can be toxic and possibly […]
