Read Less - Know All

2021-03-08 17:56:36 Meghan Accuses UK Royals of Racism

Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain’s royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son’s skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all television interview that will send shockwaves through the monarchy. The 39-year-old, whose mother is Black and father is white, said that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self harm after pleading for help but getting none.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-08 17:56:34 Deadly Fire at Migrant Detention Centre in Yemen

Many people are feared dead after a fire at a migrant detention centre in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Sunday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed eight deaths, but officials at the UN agency said as many 30 might have been killed. It is not known what caused the blaze at the facility, which was holding hundreds of mostly Ethiopian migrants.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-05 17:37:21 Pope Francis Begins Historic Iraq Visit

Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit. Among the highlights of the three-day visit is Francis’ private meeting Saturday with the country’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a revered figure in Iraq and beyond.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-05 17:37:19 Australia Asks European Commission to Review Italy’s Vaccine Block

Australia has asked the European Commission to review Italy’s decision to block the export of 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to the country. It is the first time new rules have been used that allow a ban on EU exports if the drug provider fails to meet its obligations to the bloc. The move has heightened a tense dispute between AstraZeneca and EU countries over supply issues and delays.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-05 17:37:18 China Tightens Hong Kong Grip

China moved to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system on Friday in a further blow to democracy in the city and unexpectedly set an economic growth target for this year, albeit a modest one, as it kicked off its annual session of parliament. Beijing proposed legislation that would tighten its increasingly authoritarian grip on Hong Kong by making changes to the electoral committee that chooses the city’s leader.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-05 17:37:16 WHO Chief: Waive Covid Vaccine Patents

The normal rules of business that protect the profits of vaccine manufacturers will have to be set aside if that is what it takes to ensure everybody is immunized against the coronavirus, according to the director general of the World Health Organization. Writing in the Guardian, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the world needs to be “on a war footing”.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-05 17:37:14 World’s Oldest Bird Hatches Chick at the Age of 70

The oldest known bird in the world has hatched a chick at the age of 70. Wisdom the albatross welcomed her new baby on 1 February on the Midway Atoll in the North Pacific. Wisdom was banded by experts in 1956, outliving the person that classified her all those years ago, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-04 16:45:26 Myanmar’s Bloodiest Day since Coup as ’38 Killed’

Another 38 people have been killed in Myanmar as the military tries to quell demonstrations by pro-democracy campaigners against last month’s coup, the United Nations said. It was the bloodiest day since generals seized power on 1 February, with more than 50 people now dead and many others wounded, according to UN special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener. Children were reportedly among the latest fatalities.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-04 16:45:24 Man Injures Eight in Possible Terrorist Attack in Sweden

A man armed with an axe has attacked and injured eight people in a southern Sweden town in what authorities called a suspected terrorist crime. Police said the man in his 20s attacked people in the small town of Vetlanda, about 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden’s second largest city, on Wednesday afternoon. His motive was not immediately known.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment

2021-03-04 16:45:22 ICC Launches War Crimes Probe into Israeli Practices

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Wednesday launched an investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories, turning the tribunal’s focus toward Israeli military actions and settlement construction on lands captured in the 1967 Mideast war. The decision dealt an embarrassing blow to the Israeli government, which had conducted an aggressive public relations and behind-the-scenes diplomatic campaign to block the investigation.


@ReadLessKnowAll Open / Comment