Diasporas

One of the UN investigators apologized on Thursday for having spoken of the “Jewish lobby” in an interview, remarks which had been strongly denounced by Israel and Western diplomats in Geneva. In an interview published on July 25 on the Mondoweiss website, Miloon Kothari said: “We are very discouraged by …

At least 13 people died in Thailand in the fire of a nightclub near the tourist city of Pattaya (east) on the night of Thursday to Friday, authorities said on Friday. This drama is one of the deadliest disasters since 2009. A report from local relief reported 13 dead – …

Former US President Barack Obama’s wife Michelle Obama has sent a special message to her husband as he celebrates his birthday. The former first lady wished her husband a happy birthday in these words: “Happy birthday to my darling! Life with you just keeps getting better every year. You always …

Explosions, white smoke, disrupted transport: a fire broke out in Berlin’s largest forest on Wednesday, a very unusual event, from a police ammunition depot, media reported. The skies over Berlin took on a very unusual look in the heart of summer, with billowing white smoke visible over a large wooded …

An attack on Wednesday at a kindergarten in central China left three people dead and six injured, local police said. “A malefactor wearing a cap and a mask, armed, burst” at 10:22 a.m. (local time) into this establishment in Jiangxi province, the statement said. Police say the 48-year-old suspect fled …

Canadian Supreme Court has ruled that removing a condom during sexual intercourse without the explicit permission of a partner is a crime. When a person is required by their partner to wear a condom during sex but either fails to do so or removes it during the act, they can …

Indian authorities on Monday announced the death of a man infected with monkeypox, who recently returned from the United Arab Emirates, which could constitute the first fatal case of the disease in Asia. The health ministry in Kerala state in southern India said tests on the 22-year-old victim who died …

A 39-year-old Nigerian street vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu, was shot dead in broad daylight on a shopping street in the Italian seaside town of Civitanova, RFI reported. His attacker, a 32-year-old Italian, was filmed by passers-by for four long minutes, without anyone intervening to help the seller. On the images, we …

A 34-year-old Spaniard, who had been in coma since late April after contracting an infection following cosmetic surgery, died on Sunday, Spanish newspaper Diario de Navarra reports. It is in the clinic of the European Medical Aesthetic Center (Ceme) in Madrid where the patient, originally from Palma de Mallorca, underwent …

Will Smith once again apologized in a lengthy video shared on Friday, nearly four months after he slapped comedian Chris Rock live at the Oscars. In the more than five-minute sequence, the Oscar-winning actor apologized to Chris Rock, the comedian’s family, his own family and everyone he hurt. “I want …