Arkansas has become the first US state to outlaw gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender people under the age of 18. The bill also in effect bans doctors from…
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USA: Forbes adds Kim Kardashian West to billionaire club
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian West has joined the elite club of the super-rich (in case anyone had any doubts) by achieving billionaire status. Her net worth reached $1bn…
USA: Rules out federal vaccine passports
The White House has ruled out introducing mandatory federal Covid-19 vaccination passports, saying citizens’ privacy and rights should be protected. Schemes to introduce such passports have been touted around the…
Netherlands: Two arrested over Van Gogh and Frans Hals museum thefts
Police have arrested a man over art thefts in two Dutch towns several months apart last year. The 58-year-old, arrested at his home in the central town of Baarn, is…
UK: Child jabs halted in trial as adult clot link probed
A trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on children has stopped giving out jabs while the UK’s medicines regulator investigates a possible link with rare blood clots in adults. Prof…
Greenland: International interests in the Arctic elections
Greenland heads to the polls on Tuesday in snap elections which could have major consequences for international interests in the Arctic. The vast territory, which belongs to Denmark but is…
Vienna: US joins Iran nuclear deal talks aimed at reviving accord
The United States has joined talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, which the Trump administration abandoned in 2018. President Joe Biden has said he wants to…
France: French tycoon and wife attacked in home
French tycoon and and former Adidas owner Bernard Tapie and his wife have been attacked in a violent burglary at their estate near Paris. The couple were tied up with…
USA: SAG Awards: Screen Actors Guild honour The Trial of the Chicago 7
It was a big night for diversity at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, with actors from ethnic minorities winning all four individual film categories for the first time. The…
Israel: President Netanyahu tasked with forming new government
Israel’s president has tasked Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a new government following recent elections which did not produce a clear winner. Mr Netanyahu – Israel’s caretaker prime minister – got…