France plans to build maximum-security prison in French Guiana, angering local officials

Cuba is unique in more ways than one. The country has been under the longest trade embargo in modern history — since 1960. Since the Revolution, the US has seen 13 presidents remit office. All these American presidents have remitted office after failing to achieve regime change in the Caribbean… Read Details ⇢

Wrapping up their investigation on the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it’s former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for probing what happened when then-President Donald Trump was accused of inciting his mob of supporters as Congress was certifying the 2020 election. The findings… Read Details ⇢

The United States said Tuesday it felt “cautious optimism” on the prospects of reaching a ceasefire in the 14-month war in Gaza, although it acknowledged that similar hopes had been dashed before. Henri Barkey, Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, says with Iran weakened and Russia essentially removed from… Read Details ⇢

Black student enrollment at Harvard Law took a nosedive after the Supreme Court ruled against race-based admissions last year. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on affirmative action in the summer of 2023, rejecting the use of race as a factor in college admissions as a violation… Read Details ⇢

A new brush scaling option adjusts the cursor size based on the scene, maintaining consistent brush stroke sizes regardless of zoom level. Subdivide your mesh to add multiple levels of detail and switch between them effortlessly to streamline your workflow. Achieve precision with snapping constraints for tools and objects, customize… Read Details ⇢

Twenty-nine prisoners remain at the US detention facility in Cuba after the transfer of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu. The United States has released Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu to Kenya, bringing the number of prisoners at the facility to 29. The Pentagon announced Bajabu’s release on Tuesday, saying… Read Details ⇢

Healthcare software ConnectOnCall hit with a data breach Over 900,000 patients data was accessed over three months This leaves patients at risk of identity theft Software firm Phreesia has notified 914,138 individuals whose personal and health information was exposed by a data breach in May 2023 after using its ConnectOnCall… Read Details ⇢

The results of climate change have become increasingly impossible to ignore. The alarming shifts in weather patterns and the frequency of extreme climatic events are stark reminders of the urgency of this crisis. I was going about my business in Johannesburg’s bustling city centre when, amid the cacophony and rush,… Read Details ⇢

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, December 17, that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, seized after the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, until another arrangement is in place “that ensures Israel’s security.” Netanyahu made the comments from the summit of Mount Hermon… Read Details ⇢