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In the past few days, a series of claims have gone viral on social media claiming to have uncovered a network of fake Twitter accounts created to post pro-government messages. These accounts are supposedly being run by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) or a marketing firm linked to them. However, there is no evidence to support these claims according to Twitter and the fact-checking organisation Full Fact. … Read more →

As of early April, President Duterte’s regime had arrested almost as many people for violating Covid-19 curfews and lockdowns as it had tested for the virus. Protesters have been arrested, journalists censored and people are put in cages and beaten if they break any lockdown restrictions. Yet despite the violence, US President Donald Trump publicly supports Duterte’s efforts. On 1 April, Duterte went on television and said that his instructions … Read more →

On 18 April, police in Hong Kong arrested 15 of some of the city’s most high-profile pro-democracy activists in the biggest crackdown since mass protests began in June 2019. Among the arrested are media tycoon Jimmy Lai and Democratic Party founder Martin Lee as well as a number of prominent lawmakers. They are accused of organising, publicising or participating in unauthorised assemblies during last year’s mass protests and are due … Read more →

Your race, ethnicity, nationality or income can impact the likelihood of contracting Coronavirus. The tracking data on COVID-19 fatalities exposes the disproportionate effect on people along those same distinctions. America The virus mortality rate in America mirrors the racial disparities of American society. Early reporting of mortality rates in Michigan shows that Africran Americans have made up 40% of coronavirus related deaths, despite constituting just 14% of the state’s population. … Read more →

Locusts are a collection of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers and are currently posing an enormous, immediate threat to food security and livelihoods in east Africa. The UN has described the situation as “extremely alarming” and here are five things to know about these deadly swarms. 1. What is the problem? The new wave of locusts present “an extremely alarming and unprecedented threat” to food security and livelihoods, according to … Read more →

Four Yemeni journalists have been sentenced to death by an Iranian-backed Houthi court in Yemen. The case was originally brought against ten journalists who have been detained since 2015 mostly in the Political Security Prison. The four journalists Abdel-Khaleq Amran, Akram al-Walidi, Hareth Hamid and Tawfiq al-Mansouri were convicted of “collaborating with the enemy” according to their lawyer Abdel Majeed Sabra. The remaining six journalists were found guilty and sentenced … Read more →