Instagram is failing to remove accounts that attract hundreds of sexualised comments for posting pictures of children in swimwear or partial clothing, even after they are flagged to it through the in-app reporting tool. Instagram’s parent company, Meta, claims it takes a zero-tolerance approach to child exploitation ...Photograph. Instagram ... Read more ... .
Russia’s demand that Ukrainian forces in Mariupol surrender by 3am GMT passed without immediate signs of a response, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that peace talks would be scrapped if the city’s remaining defenders were killed ... If it falls, it would be Russia’s first seizure of a major city. ‘I feel really lost but not lonely’ ... Read more ... .
France’s investigative website Mediapart published a section of the new 116-report alleging that the MEPs misused EU funds for national party purposes. ... .
[...] Just recently I came across perhaps the clearest and most reasonable account of what has been going on in Ukraine. Its importance comes due to the fact that its author, Jacques Baud, a retired colonel in the Swiss intelligence service, was variously a highly placed, major participant in NATO training operations in Ukraine ... — Boyd D. Cathay ... 1 ... 2.
Boris Johnson’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda does not “stand the judgment of God,” according to the archbishop of Canterbury...The government was facing fresh criticism last night after the Observer was told that unaccompanied children would also be among those “highly likely” to be sent to Rwanda ... Solomon added ... The details are for politics ... .
New Delhi. Police in India’s capital have arrested 14 people after communal violence broke out during a Hindu religious procession, leaving several injured, local media reported Sunday ... At least nine people, including eight police officers, were injured and are being treated in hospitals, the officer said ... .
Priti Patel's top civil servant warned her there was not enough evidence of the "deterrent effect" of the plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. In a letter, Matthew Rycroft said the policy would only be value for money if it stopped illegal Channel crossings ... It has also been criticised by opposition parties and some Conservatives ... He wrote ... .
Myanmar's military junta announced that it will pardon hundreds of prisoners, including 42 foreigners, as the country marks the Buddhist new year. But political prisoners are reportedly not included. Myanmar's military junta said Sunday it would release 1,619 prisoners from jails across the country to mark the Buddhist new year ... Advertisement ... .
Countries that allow economic inequality to increase as they grow richer make their citizens less happy, a new study shows. Until now, researchers have believed that inequality was largely irrelevant to levels of life satisfaction, according to Dr David Bartram at the University of Leicester... Reuse this content. .
PakistanPrime MinisterShehbaz Sharif has written a letter to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, pitching for "meaningful" engagement between the two countries, people familiar with the development said on Sunday ... Advertisement. In his letter a few days ago, Modi conveyed to Sharif that India desired constructive ties with Pakistan ... E ... Pak ... .
Former Ukrainian PresidentPetro Poroshenko has appealed to the international community to provide his country with more weapons and to continue to sanction Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. “The shortest way to peace is to supply weapons to Ukraine,” Poroshenko told Al Jazeera. “From the international community, we need three things ... .
Russian forces resumed scattered attacks on Kyiv, western Ukraine and beyond Saturday in an explosive reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains under threat despite Russia’s pivot toward mounting a new offensive in the east ... It was not immediately clear from the ground what was hit in the attack ... A senior U.S.
For the people of Ukraine, the Russian attack is a waking nightmare, and a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world. We have all seen the tragedy unfolding inside Ukraine ... Disrupting supply chains ... Developing coordinated solutions ... .