The European Union (EU) had praised Zambia for abolishing the death penalty, which they described as a “cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.” The law was signed by the Zambia’s president, Hakainde Hichilema last Friday. The country has not conducted any executions since 1997. The European External Action Service said that[Read More…]

The Kremlin-funded RT news channel wished Europe a very “Merry ‘anti-Russian’ Christmas” in a holiday ad. RT has been banned from broadcasting in Europe. As Newsweek reported, the outlet highlighted the rising cost of oil in a new video, which was made to show the effects of rising energy prices[Read More…]

Scotland’s Parliament voted 86 to 39 on Tuesday to pass a law that makes it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender. Scotland is the 10th country in Europe to implement such a policy, with Denmark being the first. The law makes it easier for transgender people to[Read More…]

A German court has convicted a 97-year-old woman of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. According to the court, Irmgard Furchner “knew and, through her work as a[Read More…]

The United Kingdom’s government has issued new guidance warning people that they could face jail time if they share their password for a streaming service such as Netflix. The country’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) announced on Dec. 19 that “accessing… apps without paying a subscription is an infringement of copyright and[Read More…]

Father Frank Pavone, a widely-known pro-life activist who has stirred controversy over the issue within the Church, was removed from the Roman Catholic priesthood this fall. Pavone said he wasn’t originally made aware of his defrocking and only found out when the Catholic News Agency (CNA) asked him to comment on[Read More…]

The European Union on Thursday approved a new package of sanctions aimed at ramping up pressure on Russia for its war in Ukraine. The details of the package have not yet been revealed to the public. The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council, said the[Read More…]

A Canadian high school has threatened to suspend any students who take pictures of a schoolteacher’s Z-size breast implants. Parents told the Toronto Sun that the Halton School District now prohibits students from taking photos or videos of High School teacher Kayla Lemieux, who wears overtly large prosthetic breasts and[Read More…]

A woman in Norway is facing up to three years in prison on criminal hate-speech charges after saying that a man cannot be a lesbian.  Tonje Gjevjon, a lesbian filmmaker and actress, was informed on November 17th that she was under investigation for speaking out against prominent Norwegian activist Christine Jentoft on[Read More…]

Cambridge Dictionary has revised the definition of “man” and “woman” to include people who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. “Man” is now defined as “an adult who lives and identifies as a male though they may have been said to have a different sex[Read More…]