Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or...
Conditions for grape-pickers in France’s champagne business lie at the heart of a human trafficking trial that has opened in the eastern city of Reims. Three people – a woman from Kyrgyzstan, a man from Georgia and a Frenchman – are accused of exploiting more than 50 seasonal workers, mainly from west Africa. The workers...
Why does Uber make videos where people say, “I’m non-binary or genderqueer”? And why does Lockheed Martin fund floats at Pride parades? Because companies want to raise their score on the Human Rights Campaign’s “Corporate Equality Index.” Equality is...
The April bombing of a Yemeni oil port by U.S. forces that killed and wounded hundreds of civilians and disrupted the delivery of lifesaving aid to one of the world’s most war-torn nations was “an apparent war crime” that should be investigated, a leading international human rights group said Wednesday. On April 17, a series...
Asha Patel BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Izabela Helena Zablocka had been living in Derby when her family lost contact with her in 2010 Human remains have been found as part of a murder inquiry following the disappearance of a woman last seen 15 years ago, police have said. Derbyshire Police launched an investigation into...
Álvarez-Alonso et al The pebble on the left, before it was excavated, and on the right after being unearthed. Scientists in Spain say they have discovered the oldest full human fingerprint after unearthing a rock which they say resembles a human face and suggests Neanderthals could make art. A Neanderthal man is believed to have...
Israeli soldiers have “systematically” used Palestinians as human shields during the 19-month assault on the Gaza Strip, The Associated Press reported Saturday, citing Palestinian civilians and members of the Israel Defense Forces who described engaging in the practice that is banned under international humanitarian law. “Orders often came from the top, and at times nearly...
Introduction: Ladies and Gentlemen: when I was invited to give a series of lectures in the United States of America, I felt some doubt and hesitation. I am really not old enough to give lectures, and I am more at ease with the process of thinking than I am making categorical statements… since I don’t...
An investigation is under way after suspected human remains washed up at two locations on the North Devon coastline. Devon and Cornwall Police officers were informed initially of what appeared to be human remains on Westward Ho! beach in Bideford at about 09:30 BST on Thursday. Officers were then notified of further suspected remains being...
Arlington County, VA, has been a “sanctuary” county for illegal immigrants for a long time, but until yesterday, they made a few exceptions to their strict “no contact” with ICE policy. Terrorists, human traffickers, pedophiles–you know, the kind of people who no sane person wants anywhere near their community under any circumstances–did not receive the...
Caroline Hawley BBC Diplomatic Correspondent NurPhoto/Getty Human rights groups are warning of a “surge” of deaths of migrant construction workers in Saudi Arabia, as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2034. Labourers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents in the country, according to Human Rights Watch and FairSquare which have both published...
A major conservation charity linked to Prince Harry has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in Congo-Brazzaville, following an independent review into allegations made by members of the Baka community against African Parks rangers. In a report published last year by the British newspaper the Mail on Sunday, community members accused...
Of all the liberal insanity I have witnessed over the past few years, one of the most bizarre has been the vehement denials that human trafficking is a serious problem. I first noticed this when the movie Sound of Freedom came out in 2023. Based on a true story–there is a lot of argument about...
Robinson used a different criteria, including his eyes, to come up with an alternative top three where Alisson does appear, along with Donnarumma. “For me, Alisson is the best in the world, because he hasn’t forgotten the fundamentals of goalkeeping, which are to keep the ball out of the net,” Robinson explained. “Commanding your box,...
Community members from all ages in the small town of Chelsea, Michigan, a small town of 5,000 people, rallied to help a bookshop move to a new location by forming a human chain. A total of 9,100 books were moved one-by-one to the new retail space, about a block away. Read full article at source...
