On a quiet stretch amid the sprawling buzz of Kaneshie market in Accra, a group of traders sheltering under canopies from the blazing sun sell yams stacked along the roadside. Rita Oboh, 32, has worked the spot, or one nearby,… Read More »Lean times for Ghana’s yam traders as cost of living crisis bites
The UK is not doing enough to provide mental health support to thousands of Hongkongers who have fled China’s increasingly authoritarian grip, according to advocacy groups and those politically displaced. Following China’s introduction of a sweeping national security law on… Read More »Hongkongers who fled to UK criticise lack of mental health support
The international community would be “playing with fire” if it failed to help Africa recover from Covid and the impact of the Ukraine war, the International Monetary Fund’s director for the continent has said. Failure to invest and support the… Read More »Neglect Africa now and we will face labour shortages globally, IMF warns
A Queensland police whistleblower said the police chose not to pursue credible domestic violence allegations against a serving officer, after dismissing his wife as having “mental health issues” and needing to be “calmed down”. The whistleblower, a former senior sergeant,… Read More »‘Placate her anger’: investigation dismisses allegations of domestic violence against Queensland police officer
Journalists and lawyers under protection or murdered on the streets, court hearings guarded by the army, witness statements anonymised, and billions in dirty drug money that leaches through society, corrupting as it goes. This is the Netherlands, where these facts… Read More »Mob-style killings shock Netherlands into fighting descent into ‘narco state’
The world’s earliest seafarers who set out to colonise remote Pacific islands nearly 3,000 years ago were a matrilocal society with communities organised around the female lineage, analysis of ancient DNA suggests. The research, based on genetic sequencing of 164… Read More »Earliest Pacific seafarers were matrilocal society, study suggests
The violent murders of Doreen Langham and Hannah Clarke by their former partners should be a wakeup call to all Australian jurisdictions to consider specialist domestic violence police stations, according to experts and family members of the victims. A trial… Read More »Families of murder victims Hannah Clarke and Doreen Langham join call for specialist police stations
The Prince of Wales accepted bags containing millions of euros in cash during meetings with a senior Qatari politician, according to a report. Prince Charles was said to have been given a total of €3m (£2.6m) during meetings with Sheikh… Read More »Prince Charles is said to have been given €3m in Qatari cash
A group of lawmakers from the French president’s party will propose a bill to inscribe abortion rights into the country’s constitution, according to a statement by two members of parliament on Saturday. The move comes after the US supreme court… Read More »French lawmakers propose bill to inscribe abortion rights in constitution
“Everyone became withdrawn, even after restrictions ended,” one man said of his experience following Australia’s pandemic lockdowns. “No one wants to hang out any more … [it] feels like life and society have permanently changed.” New research has found that… Read More »Australian research finds effects of loneliness during Covid lockdowns ‘substantial and uneven’