Wildlife monitoring tech used to harass, spy on women in India By: APP on November 26, 2024Camera traps, drones and other technology for monitoring wildlife like tigers and elephants are being used to intimidate, harass and even spy on women in India, researchers said on Monday. In one particularly egregious example, a photo of an autistic women relieving herself in the forest was shared by local men on social media, prompting […]
Ceasefire hopes rise as Israel, Lebanon signal progress towards deal By: Agencies on November 26, 2024Israel is moving towards a ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah but there are still issues to address, its government said on Monday, while two senior Lebanese officials voiced guarded optimism of a deal soon even as Israeli strikes pounded Lebanon. Axios, citing an unnamed senior US official, said Israel and Lebanon had agreed to […]
Outlook web access disruptions impact over 80% of users, Microsoft launches investigation By: agenices on November 26, 2024Microsoft is investigating a widespread issue affecting its Outlook and Teams services, which appears to have begun around 8am on Monday. The problem, which has impacted users across the UK and Europe, has primarily affected Outlook when accessed through the web. More than 80% of reported issues are related to Outlook, with users struggling to […]
UN chief calls for urgent action against violence towards women, girls By: APP on November 26, 2024In a sharply worded statement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called attention to the growing epidemic of violence against women and girls, describing it as a “shame on humanity.” His remarks came as a sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday revealed that in 2023, […]
Le Pen meets PM as French government wobbles By: APP on November 26, 2024French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen was on Monday holding talks with Prime Minister Michel Barnier as her party intensified warnings it was prepared to topple his government in a move that would fling France into political crisis. Months of political tensions since right-winger Barnier became prime minister at the helm of a minority government […]
‘Crucial week’: make-or-break plastic pollution treaty talks begin By: APP on November 26, 2024A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opens on Monday, with the diplomat chairing the difficult negotiations warning nations not to miss a “once-in-a-generation opportunity”. Plastic pollution is so ubiquitous that it has been found in clouds, the deepest ocean trenches and even in human breastmilk. And while almost everyone […]
Scholz’s party to name him as top candidate for snap polls By: APP on November 26, 2024Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany’s snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term. The way has been cleared for Scholz to become the SPD’s chancellor candidate after his popular defence minister, Boris Pistorius, last week […]
Court moves to sentencing in French mass rape trial By: APP on November 26, 2024With evidence over in the trial of a man who drugged his wife for years so he could invite dozens of strangers to abuse her, French prosecutors will from Monday set out their sentencing requests to judges. Chief defendant Dominique Pelicot has since September been in the dock in southern city Avignon along with 49 […]
Namibia’s ruling party nervous as country heads to polls By: APP on November 26, 2024Namibia’s ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) — which has been in power since independence — fears the same fate as other liberation-era parties crushed in elections across the region when the country goes to the polls Wednesday. In the last six months, South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) lost its parliamentary majority, the […]
Developing nations slam ‘paltry’ $300bn climate deal at COP29 By: APP on November 25, 2024Countries at the United Nations climate conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help developing nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal it’s intended recipients denounced as ‘an insult’, according to the U.N. Developing countries, who had sought over $ 1 trillion in […]