The High Court of Dominica has overturned a colonial-era law banning same-sex relations between consenting adults after a gay man filed a lawsuit claiming the ban was unconstitutional. The complainant, […]
The An Archdemon's Dilemma creditless ending animation showcases the anime's gorgeous theme song - 'Blue Star' -- and shows off some of the sweetest illustrations of Zagan and Nephy together.
Ellen Cantarow When Jews were being slaughtered by the Nazis, the world turned away. Now, the world has awakened to Israel’s crimes.
Israel is now potentially facing war on two fronts. The country’s invasion of Gaza, a response to the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas militants, is now in its sixth month. Now there’s every reason to anticipate a reaction to Iran’s weekend attack that directed more than 300 drones and missiles toward Israel. Many will argue that, of course, Israel must respond — with force and finality — but focusing on the most immediate cycle of action and reaction ignores the far bigger dilemma gripping Israel, Iran...
THE world’s first artificial intelligence-generated beauty pageant is not receiving the alluring praise from techies that the event’s creators hoped for. AI creators will have an opport
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) We’ll start with the U.S. Government’s plan to normalize the militarization of police departments throughout the country. The U.S. Government’s Defense Logistics Agency issued on 1 September 2022 a “Frequently Asked Questions relating to the 1033 Program”, which reports that In the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] for fiscal years […]
The Bank of Japan has decided to keep its monetary policy framework unchanged, as widely expected. The central bank held its interest rate settings steady, while it dropped a reference to buying roughly the same amount of government bonds as previously. Haslinda Amin reports on Bloomberg Television.
(JNS) – The Combat Antisemitism Movement has condemned Meta’s Oversight Board’s recommendation to end its ban on the use of the Arabic word shaheed, or “martyr” in English, after a year-long review. Meta currently removes any posts using shaheed in reference to people appearing on the company’s list of “dangerous organizations and individuals,” which includes […]
Today, the Commerce Department released a snapshot of its growth report for the first quarter. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 1.6 percent, its slowest pace in nearly two years. Further, inflation rates have also risen dramatically. Many economists are describing this as “the worst of both worlds.” Economists polled by Reuters […]
Compared to the Japanese yen, the dollar has strengthened by almost 16% this year. Japan and South Korea aren’t happy about the currency gap.
Ghana is expected to gain from the World Bank Group's and the Africa Development Bank's ambitious plan to help address challenges regarding electricity accessibility in Africa.
Huw Pill warns inflation could rebound as UK business survey signals economy strengthened over last monthThe prospects of a summer cut in UK interest rates have receded after the Bank of England’s chief economist said inflation must be squeezed out of the economy and cautioned against cutting too soon.After a key survey signalled strong sales across the private sector over the past month and the London stock market rose to a record high, Huw Pill said concerns remained that inflation, which is...