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The Internet is one of the few places where information can spread freely, which might explain why authoritarian governments are blocking it more often. We look at some of the countries that have suffered Internet blackouts this year. It is still impossible …

Special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before Congress The chair of the House Judiciary Committee said Mueller has agreed to appear before two congressional committees after a subpoena was issued Tuesday evening. This is a surprise an…

22 June 2019 - Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would r…

The High Commissioner for Human Rights arrived in the beleagured South American nation on Wednesday at the invitation of the Government of Nicolas Maduro, having expressed deep concern in an address to the Human Rights Council in March, over the countrys dram…

Before Darwin discovered the science of evolution, species were said to have burst out from nothingness, through a natural magic called spontaneous generation. Americans often look at world crises the same way. We think of their origin the way Topsy thought o…

(Roman Genn) By the time hes done, Joe Biden will have disowned Amtrak. Iran blew up a couple of tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important commercial thoroughfares in the world. Theres been skepticism on the left and in Europe over the int…

The EU is preparing to cut Switzerland's stock exchanges off from the single market, in part as a warning shot to Brexit Britain that it must play ball. Like the UK, Switzerland is renegotiating its relationship with the European Union and a lack of progress…

Digital assistants such as Amazons Alexa could soon be capable of alerting paramedics to a person in cardiac arrest, scientists believe. Researchers have developed the prototype of an audio tool which can detect the irregular breathing of someone whose heart…

An Australian senior detective interrupted his own press conference to tackle a man to the ground in a display of sporting prowess.  It was the second time senior sergeant Daren Edwards was interrupted in the middle of his interview with journalists outside …

Six climbers who were trapped by an avalanche on a mountain in northern Pakistan have been rescued, officials said. Army Helicopters reached the four Italian and two Pakistani mountaineers on Tuesday at an altitude of around 5,300m in the Ghizer district nea…