Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may still be a young twenty-something, but that apparently doesn’t mean she’d ever put her bartender past ahead of the work that awaits her as an incoming legislator in the city that never sleeps. Over the weekend, the 29-year-old U.S. Representative-elect was tested on the kind of party she’d be on a brisk Winter night in the city, […]

Kuala Lumpur:  Tens of thousands of Malaysian Muslims have rallied in Kuala Lumpur against any attempt to strip the ethnic Malay majority of its privileges. The rally on Saturday is the first massive street gathering since Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's alliance won a historic vote in May. A protester covering his face takes a part in a rally to celebrate […]

Two Peterborough men are facing drug-related charges after police seized purple heroin and cocaine during a search of a residence in East City late Thursday afternoon. Members of the Peterborough Police Service’s Intelligence, Crime Analyst, Asset Forfeiture and Drug Unit conducted a search warrant at a multi-unit residence on Burnham Street along with the police’s Emergency Response Team. Inside the […]

China summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest the detention of a top executive of leading Chinese tech giant Huawei, calling it “unreasonable, unconscionable, and vile in nature” and warning of “grave consequences” if she is not released. A report by the official Xinhua News Agency carried on the Foreign Ministry’s website said that Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng called in […]

They will launch a massive recruitment drive to recruit thousands of computer-savvy females to become the next generation of online security experts. Schoolgirls across the nation are being challenged to pit their digital wits against one another in a code-cracking contest organised by GCHQ, the governement’s top secrety listening centre at Cheltenham. Women make up only 11 per cent of […]

Up to £600,000 was splashed out on undercover checks on troops suffering from everything from physical injuries to post-traumatic stress. A 15-year surveillance operation targeted squaddies suspected of submitting false or exaggerated claims for trauma suffered during military action, Ministry of Defence documents reveal. Many suffered gunshot wounds, hearing loss, back problems, cold injuries, limb amputation, paralysis and mental health […]

Lessons are being taught in thousands of primary schools which have become “No Sir” environments. Recruitment drives to attract more men still leaves one male teacher for every six women at this level. Critics argue that young boys – aged 4 to 11 – are finding their role models away from school. Figures released by the Department for Education show […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has dropped a push for the United Nations Security Council to hold its fifth annual meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea this month as it does not have enough support, diplomats said on Friday. At least nine countries on the 15-member body need to back a request for the meeting, which […]

MPs to investigate the scandal of youngsters with autism and learning disabilities being locked up like criminals in psychiatric units A committee will investigate youngsters with autism being locked away  Harriet Harman has invited parents of sectioned teenagers to give evidence   It follows revelations that many young people are locked in appalling conditions  Harriet Harman has invited parents of sectioned […]

How I fled the sect: Victim born into ultra-orthodox Jewish community tells how she finally found the courage to flee after years of being brainwashed and banned from meeting outsiders Miriam Kliers, 46, was effectively brainwashed by ultra-orthodox Hasidic rabbis She was forced to run away from her husband, Shlomo, after he refused divorce Miriam had an arranged marriage with […]