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X says police order demanding removal of Indian free-speech groups’ accounts was fake
Police orders asking X to block online accounts of two of India's most prominent free speech groups were fake, the social media company told an Indian court on Friday, days after the purported content removal requests sparked a public outcry. The orders, submitted through X's online reporting form in the name of a senior Delhi police officer, sought the removal of the accounts of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and the Software Freedom Law Centre, India (SFLC.in), clai…
Click to read the full story →Pope Leo starts South America ‘homecoming’ tour a month after lung surgery
Pope Leo left on Friday for an ambitious 12-day trip across South America expected to attract millions-strong crowds, as the first US-born pope returns to a Catholic stronghold where he lived for decades as a missionary. Leo, who is 71 and underwent lung cancer surgery last month, will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru through November 17 on one of the most demanding overseas tours taken by a Catholic leader in decades. The Vatican said this week that the pope had completely…
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Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak set for house arrest after party pays fine to
A Malaysian court has issued an order allowing the transfer to house arrest of jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, his lawyer said on Friday, after his party announced it had paid a fine under the terms of a royal pardon. Najib, prime minister from 2009 to 2018, was found guilty of corruption in relation to the embezzlement of billions of dollars tied to 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state investment fund he co-founded while in power. He has consistently denied wrong…
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THE LONG ROADS HOME: Taking stock, nearly eight years on from a pandemic that changed us
Roads dissipate like shape-shifting mirages when the stories of the unfolding years dissolve into what’s really in front of you. As the final days of the year are swallowed up, you cast an eye over your shoulder and realise how far you’ve all come. This is an update of this story, first published in December 2024. It’s been nearly eight years since “all that” came our way. Pandemic and imaginary journeys recited from your front room. Masks and hand washing, a premium on hosp…
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Gates Foundation faces reckoning over AGRA
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation must be held accountable for agricultural interventions that have failed to deliver on promises to reduce hunger and build resilient food systems in Africa, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food has said. In a message supporting African faith leaders’ demand for reparations, Sofía Monsalve Suárez said climate extremes and geopolitical instability had exposed the fragility of food systems weakened by dependence on impor…
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DA keeps mayoral options open as coalition talks loom
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has not ruled out taking the mayoral positions in municipalities where it has emerged as the largest party, including Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Bay and Ekurhuleni, as negotiations over the formation of new local governments approach. With 76% of the votes counted by Friday morning, the ANC stood at 31.88% nationally, the DA at 24.27% and uMkhonto weSizwe at 9.26%. The party has previously advocated proportional power-sharing in municipalities…
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