Ten prison guards at a correctional facility in Reggio Emilia, a city in northern Italy, were charged with torturing and beating a detainee of Tunisian origin in April, local justice said on Thursday. “The guards were relieved of their duties after being charged with torture, bodily harm to a detainee, …
Read More »US allows sale of contraceptive pill without a prescription
The United States authorized this Thursday the sale without a prescription of a contraceptive pill, a first in the country, which hopes to facilitate its access. The pill concerned, Opill, will be available in pharmacies, neighborhood shops and supermarkets as well as online on the internet, announced the American Medicines …
Read More »Joe Biden accused Putin of having a “craven lust for land and power”
US President Joe Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having a “craven lust for land and power” at the end of a NATO summit on Wednesday. NATO members offered the prospect of long-term protection a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decried as “absurd” a refusal to offer an …
Read More »Man accused of sexual assault released as it lasted “less than 10 seconds”
A Roma court on Saturday decided not to convict a 66-year-old man who admitted intentionally touching the buttocks of a 17-year-old girl, as the attack lasted “between 5 and 10 seconds”. But according to the judges, “this handful of seconds” is too short and the act, in fact, “does not …
Read More »“We are not Amazon” UK Defense minister launches to Zelensky
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday that the UK is “no Amazon” when it comes to supplying arms to Ukraine. This spade is addressed to the Ukrainian president who, according to London kyiv, could show more “gratitude” towards his allies. “This war is a noble war (…) but …
Read More »Wagner handed over more than 2,000 military equipment to Russian army
Russian army announced on Wednesday that it had received from the paramilitary group Wagner more than 2,000 pieces of equipment, 2,500 tonnes of ammunition and 20,000 small arms, thanks to the agreement reached after its abortive rebellion in June. “The Russian Armed Forces, according to plan, are completing the reception …
Read More »US wants to act as zombie drug deaths rise
The White House announced on Tuesday that it must crack down on a steep rise in deaths from overdoses of Xylazine, also known as the “zombie drug”. Xylazine is a particularly dangerous substance, originally an anesthetic for horses, regularly mixed with other drugs such as fentanyl or heroin. A study …
Read More »Ukrainian President denounces NATO’s “indecision” and “weakness”
The Ukrainian president denounced this Tuesday hesitations of NATO member countries gathered at a summit in Vilnius, who are struggling to find a wording on kyiv’s future membership of the Alliance, and refuse to mention a timetable. “It seems that there is no will either to give Ukraine an invitation …
Read More »Husband assaults wife to death in U.S.
A 46-year-old man has been taken into custody for assaulting his wife to death during an alleged domestic incident in the USA, according to reports. “We found a 33-year-old woman unresponsive inside the residence after a 911 call about a domestic situation,” according to the police. “Life saving measures were …
Read More »North Korea threatens to shoot down US spy planes
North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down US spy planes that violate its airspace, while condemning Washington’s plan to deploy a ballistic missile submarine near the Korean peninsula. According to a spokesman for the North Korean Ministry of Defense, the United States has “intensified its espionage activities beyond wartime …
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