U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to start collecting “information associated with your online presence” from travelers from countries eligible for a visa waiver, including much of Europe and a handful of other countries. Earlier this summer, the agency proposed including a field on certain customs forms for “provider/platform” and “social media identifier,” making headlines …
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The Catholic Church has acquitted an HIV-infected priest who has admitted to raping close to 30 young girls between the ages of five and 10 years old. Ataulfo has admitted to sexually assaulting indigenous young girls from Oaxaca, a state in southern Mexico known for its large indigenous population. The priest has yet to face …
A Turkish man died after German police officers punched and pepper-sprayed him in a brawl in front of his ex-wife’s house last week. According to reports on the incident that became public this weekend, 31-year-old Taner Demirçivi arrived at his ex-wife’s house in Bielefeld on Oct. 14 and the two started arguing. Neighbors heard the …
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RT UK’s bank accounts have been blocked, RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan reported. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova reacted, saying it seems that in leaving the EU, London also left any freedom of speech obligations behind there. “Our accounts in Britain have been blocked. All of them. ‘Decision not to be discussed’. Hail to freedom of …
Hilary Aked is a London-based freelance writer and researcher, an NCTJ-qualified journalist and a PhD student at the University of Bath researching the pro-Israel lobby in the UK. She has been smeared by an Israeli diplomat. Recently, she obtained copies of messages that Matt Keston from Israel’s London embassy sent to students at the University …
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Norwegian police said on Sunday they are investigating a grotesque pedophilia ring suspected of involvement in the abuse of at least 51 people, which includes the abuse of infants and at least one case of a suspect acknowledging abusing his own children. The latest incident is considered one of the largest child sexual abuse cases …
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The North Dakota state capitol is reportedly under a lockdown order while more than a dozen people were arrested for protesting against the Dakota Access pipeline. According to witness accounts shared on Twitter, dozens of people gathered on a lawn outside the state capitol building in solidarity with protesters against the $3.8 billion pipeline, which …
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The Israeli government is planning to build 7,000 new settlement units in the occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said in a statement the Israeli scheme aims to separate the holy city from its Palestinian surroundings. “It also aims to increase the number of Jewish settlers in the city …
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Belgium’s response to the threat of terrorism has been “heavy handed” and “cruel,” and suspects have often suffered abuse from police, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published Thursday. The rights group said police abused suspects and placed them in prolonged isolation, suspended passports and scrutinized phone and email logs without approval. “Belgium …
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The Catholic Church in Rwanda has apologised for its role in the 1994 genocide, saying it regrets the actions of those who participated in the massacres. A church statement acknowledged on Sunday that its members planned, aided and executed the genocide, in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu …
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