The privy council in London will soon be called upon to make the final decision on a court case to remove homophobic laws in Trinidad and Tobago. The laws were repealed in 2018 in a high court judgment that struck from the statute book the “buggery law” that had criminalised consensual anal sex since an…
A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade, new research reveals. The Washington DC-based non-profit organisation Freedom House has documented 1,219 incidents carried out by 48 governments across 103 countries, from 2014 to 2024. However, a smaller number of…
The prosecution: Meera I’ve been collecting art from all over the world for years, and cheap frames don’t fit or look good I’ve been living with my boyfriend Raf for a year now, and we’ve been putting off framing our art. I am a writer and Raf is a designer. We don’t struggle financially but…
‘We’re in very good shape’: Trump dismisses tariff turmoil as ‘transition problems’ Donald Trump defended his tariff policies at a cabinet meeting on Thursday, while warning that there may be a “transition cost”. The president said: We think we’re in very good shape. We think we’re doing very well. Again there will be a transition…
The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be “compromise.” In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, they dive into Amazon’s Alexa+ event, where we finally learned more about the company’s AI-powered voice assistant. Alexa+ seems useful, but…
Ofcom has fined the subscription platform OnlyFans just over £1m for failing to provide accurate information about its age checks. In June 2022 and 2023, Ofcom asked OnlyFans’ parent company, Fenix International, for information on its age checking procedures, including the effectiveness of its facial estimation technology. OnlyFans enables celebrities, influencers and content creators to…