Edward Snowden has reportedly been a Russian passport and sworn an oath of allegiance to the country, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena informed Russian state media on Friday. Snowden was initially granted asylum in Russia in 2013 after he leaked several classified National Security Agency (NSA) documents, and further down the line was given resident status in Russia[Read More…]

A 72-year-old woman in Germany has been arrested after she reportedly switched off a hospital roommate’s ventilator on two occasions because she found its sound annoying. The woman is facing charges of attempted manslaughter after intentionally turning the machine of twice. She was arrested in Mannheim on Tuesday. It is not known[Read More…]

South-East Asian nation Indonesia is expected to pass legislation this month which would make it illegal to have sex outside marriage and also criminalize any derogatory comments against the president or state institutions The deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej told Reuters that they expect the new criminal code[Read More…]

New census data from 2021 released this week revealed that since a decade ago, Christianity is no longer the dominant religious preference in England and Wales, and that the number of people who describe themselves as white has gone down. According to the 2021 census, the number of Welsh and[Read More…]

A university dean in the United Kingdom has raised some eyebrows after defending a claim that Jesus may have been transgender based on some evidence seen in paintings and other depictions. Dr. Michael Banner, the dean of Trinity College in Cambridge, came out in defense of a claim by a[Read More…]

Authorities in Germany have carried out a nationwide crackdown on what they described as racist and xenophobic postings on the internet and social media which they say have drastically increased since Germany allowed more refugees to enter the country. The posts reportedly contained “threats, coercion and incitement to racism.” As[Read More…]

Internet users in China could face consequences for liking posts which the government deem to be illegal or harmful, leading fears that the China are set to ramp up their control over social media. China’s internet watchdog plans to increase its regulation of the internet as authorities intensify their crackdown on those[Read More…]

The Netherlands has announced its intention to buy out hundreds of farms which are located near nature reserves. This move is to help meet the country’s target of cutting its nitrogen emissions in half by 2030, which is in accordance with EU conservation rules. The move comes on the back[Read More…]

On Tuesday, Singapore’s government repealed their gay sex ban. The law, which is formally called Section 377A, penalized sex between men with a maximum of two years in prison. On the same day, Singapore’s government also amended their constitution to block any future court challenges that in other countries have[Read More…]

New Delhi, which is the capital city of India, has found itself engulfed in smog as its air pollution has reached a “severe” level. Concentrations of fine particles in the air were recorded at approximately three times above the acceptable limits as the arrival of winter has caused the city’s[Read More…]