Escalation in harassment of New Zealand's MPs threatens democracy, says study

Phys.org— From online abuse to threats of sexual violence, harassment of New Zealand's parliamentarians is on the rise, and becoming increasingly disturbing, University of Otago research shows.

The Hindu—AstraZeneca’s submission in U.K. court nothing new, say doctors over Covishield’s potential to cause blood clots. AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine may cause rare blood clotting syndrome, but doctors in India are well aware of the risk.

Reading Eagle—President Joe Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump. Trump says he’s ready to go. By AAMER MADHANI (The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall – his most definitive comment yet on the issue. The comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM radio host Howard Stern, who asked […]

Times of India—What Rushdie’s new book says about the state of intolerance. Back in the day, Salman Rushdie used to joke that the argument over The Satanic Verses, his satirical novel caricaturing Prophet Muhammad, was a “quarrel between those with a sense of humour and those without one”.But, lately, his mood has darkened and he has become less forgiving of his critics, judging from his new book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, a cathartic account of the murderous attack on him at a literary event in upstate New York in the summer of 2022.It left him with...