Day: October 19, 2021

Categories UK

Britons puzzled how dropping word ‘mother’ from policy doc made Scotland a darling of top LGBT+ group whose own site uses the word

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The pro-LGBT+ advocacy group Stonewall reportedly bumped the Government of Scotland up its controversial Diversity Champions list after it dropped the word ‘mother’ from its maternity-leave policy, and some people are puzzled. … Read More >Britons puzzled how dropping word ‘mother’ from policy doc made Scotland a darling of top LGBT+ group whose own site uses the word

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Nine UK schools tell schoolkids to pay for lunch via FACIAL RECOGNITION as opponents warn it normalizes surveillance state

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Nine Scottish elementary schools have embraced a pilot plan to deploy facial recognition technology to verify children’s school lunch payments, insisting the system is faster and more hygienic, while dodging the privacy issue. … Read More >Nine UK schools tell schoolkids to pay for lunch via FACIAL RECOGNITION as opponents warn it normalizes surveillance state

Categories Asia & Pacific

Bangladesh police arrest 450 people linked to attacks on Hindu homes and religious sites in worst unrest for over a decade

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Bangladeshi police have arrested 450 people following attacks against Hindus in the Muslim-majority country in some of the worst unrest in over a decade, which has seen Hindu religious sites vandalized and homes destroyed. … Read More >Bangladesh police arrest 450 people linked to attacks on Hindu homes and religious sites in worst unrest for over a decade

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘Don’t turn democracy into Coca-Cola’: China warns US not to divide globe and spread its own form of rule at Summit of Democracies

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a warning aimed at Washington, calling on the US not to push its own form of democracy on other nations or split the international community by excluding countries from its upcoming summit. … Read More >‘Don’t turn democracy into Coca-Cola’: China warns US not to divide globe and spread its own form of rule at Summit of Democracies

Categories Shows

‘The BBC’s road to Damascus…?’

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It is incredibly rare that the BBC ever admits that one of their reports on Douma in Syria failed to meet the Corporation’s editorial standards for accuracy by reporting false claims… Blink and you’d have missed this admission, but we didn’t, and it adds to a volley of misreporting that has dogged journalism and peace in the Middle East for decades. … Read More >‘The BBC’s road to Damascus…?’