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Kenya charges police with crimes against humanity over 2017 violence

In a landmark decision, Kenyan prosecutors said on Friday they would charge police officers with crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on post-election protests in 2017.. "This is the first case of crimes against humanity charged under Kenyan domestic law using the International Crimes Act and also the first criminal prosecution of electoral-related sexual violence," the director of public prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji said, without disclosing the numbers of police being charged.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read

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UK govt expected to call N. Ireland poll after deadline expires

The British government was on Friday expected to call the second election this year in Northern Ireland after UK and regional lawmakers failed to resolve a standoff over post-Brexit trade rules.. Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the pro-UK Democratic Unionist Party, defended his party's blocking of the restoration of power-sharing, part of its protest against the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol governing post-Brexit trade rules.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 3 mins read

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Dissident Russian writer vows to keep speaking out

Dissident Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky insists he will not stop speaking out against Moscow, despite facing years in jail after being charged over criticism of the war in Ukraine.. The author and former journalist says he now faces up to 15 years in jail if he returns home and is convicted, as well as a hefty fine.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 3 mins read

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Spain prosecutors drop charges against Neymar and others

Prosecutors in Spain on Friday dropped corruption and fraud charges against football star Neymar and others accused in a trial over the Brazilian's 2013 move from Santos to Barcelona.. In a dramatic move, the prosecutor announced the "withdrawal of the charges against all the accused and for all the allegations" they had faced.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read

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Take your pick: Aye-aye joins ranks of snot-eaters

When scientists caught the aye-aye on video using its strangely thin, eight-centimetre-long middle finger to deeply pick its nose, it pointed towards a larger mystery: why exactly do some animals eat their own snot?. The middle fingers of aye-ayes are not only long and thin, but also have a unique ball and socket joint they use to knock on wood to locate grubs.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read

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Ex-PM Khan begins 'long march' for early Pakistan election

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan launched a so-called "long march" Friday on the capital Islamabad to demand early elections, piling pressure on a government already in crisis.. Since then, he has railed against the establishment and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government, which he says was imposed on Pakistan by a "conspiracy" involving the United States.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read

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Norwegian climber's peaks record bid stymied by China

Norwegian climber Kristin Harila on Friday abandoned for now her bid to scale the world's 14 highest peaks in record time, after China refused to grant her a permit for the final two.. The record was set in 2019 by Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, who scaled the 14 "super peaks" above 8,000 metres (26,247 feet) in just six months and six days.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read

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Recession fears stalk Europe despite surprise German growth

Germany's economy unexpectedly grew in the third quarter, official data showed Friday, but slowing growth in France and Spain added to fears that high inflation and an energy crisis will tip the region into recession.. France and Spain meanwhile reported 0.2 percent growth each from July to September, a sharp slowdown however from the 0.5 and 1.5 percent expansion they saw in the previous quarter.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 2 mins read

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Air France-KLM Q3 turnover above pre-Covid levels

European airline group Air France-KLM said Friday that its third quarter revenues had exceeded its pre-pandemic turnover in 2019, fuelled by strong post-Covid demand for travel.. The result exceeded the equivalent figure for 2019, the last pre-pandemic year, by more than 500 million euros.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read

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Sweden conducts new Nord Stream crime scene inspection

Swedish prosecutors said Friday they would conduct a new complementary crime scene investigation of the Nord Stream leaks, after the navy and the pipeline owner also began surveys this week.. The new inspection comes as Sweden's navy and the owner of the pipeline Nord Stream AG both announced earlier this week that they were conducting their own inspections of the burst pipelines.

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 1 mins read