Tunisia: 22 year old man gang rape victim jailed for sodomy
A 22 year old man gang raped in Tunisia has been sentenced to 6 months jail for sodomy. He was also sentenced for two months for “slanderous denunciations” The [...]
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For the first time, transgender candidates will run for seats in Bangladesh’s National Parliament
For the first time, transgender candidates will run for seats in #Bangladesh's National Parliament [...]
USA: Trump Continues To Push For Wall In State of The Union
US President Donald Trump has used the State of the Union address to continue to push for an anti immigrant wall along the southern U.S. border. Trump said “I will get [...]
The Syrian war is not over, it’s just on a new trajectory: here’s what you need to know
Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University December 2018 marked a significant shift in the Syrian conflict. The end-of-year events put the country on a new trajectory, one in [...]
Putin: Russia suspends INF nuclear deal with U.S.
President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday that Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty after a similar move by the United States. [...]
Germany: Man drives through crowd in deliberate attack on foreigners
Western German: A 50-year-old man has ploughed his car into a crowd of people, injuring at least four. Authorities say it was an intentional attack on foreigners. Those [...]
Hidden women of history: Lydia Chukovskaya, editor, writer, heroic friend
Judith Armstrong, University of Melbourne The Russian poet Anna Akhmatova is too tragic and striking a figure ever to be forgotten. A famous portrait depicts her in a [...]
Former US President Bush Snr dies
He was the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to [...]
FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages? No it hasn’t
Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University The evidence on the ground is very clear. The Trump tax cuts have led to stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment [...]
New Zealand: Slow rollout of PrEP could risk more HIV infections
New Zealand became one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund PrEP (a daily pre-exposure pill that prevents HIV) in February 2018. Researchers say PrEP can help [...]
