British tennis player Heather Watson says she has received social media abuse “daily” during her career and had her first death threat aged 18. Watson was speaking after compatriot Katie Boulter told BBC Sport about the scale of unsavoury and hurtful comments she has received online, including death threats. And Sir Andy Murray has said...
The following is a statement written and endorsed by members of the Latin American Anarchist Coordination (CALA) and sibling organizations across the Americas, including Black Rose/Rosa Negra. Violence in the Middle East continues to grow exponentially. The war profiteers, the main partners of neoliberal capitalism, impose death on those below, while they become richer with...
For the last two weeks, the Protection Racket Media has salivated over the “civil war” in MAGAworld over Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran-Israel war. Media orgs have made any debate among Republicans over the options into a sign that Trump’s support would soon collapse, and that his political leverage would dissipate with it. We...
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. On June 10, my brother Mohammad and my cousin Kareem set out on foot at 2...
Chloe Harcombe & Steve Knibbs BBC News, Gloucestershire Getty Images David “Syd” Lawrence’s death was announced on Sunday morning Friends and colleagues have spoken of their “devastation” following the death of former cricketer David “Syd” Lawrence MBE. Lawrence, the first British-born black cricketer to represent England, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2024....
EPA / AFP Hakainde Hichilema (L) defeated Edgar Lungu (R) in the 2021 presidential election – the third time they had faced each other at the polls The personal has become very political in Zambia. Mourning and the build-up to a funeral is never an easy time, but throw in the fallout from a long-standing...
“Globalize the Intifada,” “decolonize,” and “defund the police” don’t really mean what you think they do, right? Well, neither does “Death to America.” It really is something of a love letter to America, at least according to MSNBC. MSNBC is now trying to convince their dwindling audience that just because Iranians chant “death to America”...
A mix of stories makes the front pages of Friday’s papers but the looming vote on the assisted dying bill features prominently. The Daily Express leads off with a plea from a supporter of the bill urging MPs to “allow us the choice to have a good death”. A photograph of Sophie Blake, who has...
Rachel Russell BBC News, Yorkshire Facebook Yvonne Ford died from rabies last week after contracting it while on holiday in Morocco in February Rabies was very rare in the UK but people should not “take for granted how safe we are”, a top medic has warned following the death of a woman from the disease....
Wycliffe Muia, Barbara Plett Usher & Brian Waihenya BBC News, Nairobi Albert Ojwang / Facebook Albert Ojwang, who was married with a young son, had graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree a few years ago “My son died like an animal,” said Meshack Ojwang, before breaking down in tears in front of journalists outside...
A woman found stabbed after a gas explosion at her home has been named as a charity worker who supported refugees. Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north-east London, just before 5:00 BST on Tuesday. She worked for a charity that she co-founded called Mama Suze...
A university has said staff and students are going through a “deeply difficult time” after the death of a skydiver in Devon. Skydiving instructor and chiropractic student Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, was one of two who died in a tandem jump at Dunkeswell Aerodrome near Honiton on Friday. Prof Lesley Haig, vice-chancellor of Health...
    In dealing with the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles police chief described his force as “overwhelmed” by the protesters and rioters. The city, as is the case with many of America’s other large cities, suffers from inadequate manpower. The size of the LAPD is the smallest in 20...
Doctors in India say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s plane crash in Ahmedabad. The London-bound aircraft crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off killing all but one of the 242 passengers, a 40-year-old British man. Officials have been trying to establish how many people were killed on the ground...
Anna Jameson & Lauren Hirst BBC News Nikita and Stephen Eastwood have vowed to bring about change in kickboxing Moments before 15-year-old Alex Eastwood headed down to the ring to compete in a charity kickboxing match, his father gave him a kiss and told him he loved him. Stephen Eastwood, 40, never imagined this would...