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Ukrainian court bans LGBT-rights march
A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned gay rights activists from holding their first gay pride march through central Kiev, citing fears of violence. Kiev’s district administrative court ruled that no events could be staged in the capital on Saturday because of City Day celebrations, the Interfax Ukraine news agency reported.…
Russia plans urgent evacuation of Arctic post as ice melts
Russia has ordered the urgent evacuation of the 16-strong crew of a drifting Arctic research station after the ice floe that hosts the floating laboratory began to disintegrate, officials said Thursday. Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Sergei Donskoi set a three-day deadline to draft a plan to evacuate the North…
Canadian drug policy experts recommend decriminalizing all drugs
In a report issued Thursday (PDF), a group of Canadian drug policy experts at the Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction recommend that the Harper administration immediately take up decriminalization of all drugs as the first step toward fundamentally reforming the nation’s drug war…
McDonald’s pairs with Barilla pasta to develop ‘Mediterranean diet’ menu items
Fast-food chain will sell pasta salad from Friday in attempt to Italianise menu after deal with Parma-based Barilla One is an iconic brand of Italian cuisine that has been in the same family for four generations. The other is one of the biggest fast-food chains in the world. They may,…
Celebrity pastor under fire after worshippers die in rush for ‘holy water’
TB Joshua promises to pay medical expenses from fatal stampede at Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ghana, says Afua Hirsch It’s the middle of a working day, in the middle of the week, but the trickle of worshippers at the Synagogue Church of All Nations is quickly becoming a…
48-year-old woman confronted London attackers to deflect danger
A woman who challenged knife-wielding assailants suspected of hacking to death a British soldier in London on Wednesday said she intervened because “it was better having them (the weapons) aimed on one person”. Cub scout leader Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, explained in Thursday’s Daily Telegraph that one of the men told…
Dutch meat wholesaler arrested for ‘horsemeat fraud’
Dutch meat wholesaler Willy Selten was arrested on Thursday for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat labelled as beef, the public prosecutor said. The prosecutor’s office said that Dutch food safety authority NVWA arrested the man, whom media identified as Selten, allegedly a key player in Europe’s horsemeat scandal, as…
Guatemala’s Maya outraged at genocide ruling annulment
Native Mayas who survived massacres during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war voiced outrage Wednesday at the overturning of the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt. Guatemala’s Constitutional Court on Monday struck down the 80-year sentence given to Rios Montt along with his conviction for genocide and war crimes. The…
London attacker vows: ‘You people will never be safe’
One of the two alleged killers of a British soldier on a street in south-east London on Wednesday explained his actions on an amateur video obtained by the television channel ITV. The young black man, who is wearing jeans, sports shoes, a jacket and a black hat and holding a…
Documents reveal England’s King Edward VIII secretly bugged by government before abdication
Britain’s Edward VIII was secretly bugged shortly before his abdication as ministers worried about the potential impact of him standing down, documents newly released by the National Archives reveal. Home Secretary Sir John Simon made the decision that General Post Office (GPO) officials should listen in on the king’s phone…
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