UK Supreme Court rules Nigerian communities can sue Shell for decades of oil pollution
Members of the Ogale and Bille communities have been suffering health issues for years due to the oil pollution
Covert haircuts create a “black market” for hairdressing in Toronto
Stylists say they are being offered as much as $500 for an at-home haircut
At least 51 dead in a bus accident in India
At least 51 people died when a bus plummeted into a canal in India. So far, 600 people are involved in a rescue operation.
[WATCH] Woman visited by police late at night over Facebook post
Florida’s Palm Beach County Sheriff’s showed up at a woman’s house after she joked on Facebook about dumping masks on a county administrator office lawn. Is this legal?
Olympic swimming medalist charged with running alleged Australia drugs syndicate
Australian Olympic medalist, Scott Miller, was arrested and charged with running a meth operation. According to the police, he hid $1.6 million worth of drugs inside candles.
Ireland’s official coronavirus death toll likely to have been overstated, report finds
Ireland reportedly overstated the number of deaths by COVID-19. According to the Health Information and Quality Authority, the “overestimates” could be due to people being infected with coronavirus at the time of death, but the actual cause of death being other factors.
US Coast Guard suspends search for 16 people in separate incidents
US Coast Guard called off the search for six people off the Florida coast and the search for 10 people that went missing in a separate incident near Key West. In one incident a boat capsized with 7 people on board. One survivor was rescued two days later and six were still missing in the […]
New law ‘Ecocide’ proposal for protection of nature
A group of leading international law experts have proposed a new crime called ‘Ecocide,” which could hold people accountable for crimes against nature. If it’s passed, it will become the International Criminal Court’s fifth jurisdictional responsibility, alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. MORE QUICK NEWS
Lincoln Project fundraising page down after $90 Million grift unravels
The Lincoln Project, which raised over $90 million to oppose former President Trump and his allies during the 2020 election, has shuttered their fundraising page amid the organization’s spectacular implosion.
Child slaves who were forced to harvest cocoa sue the companies that enslaved them: Nestle, Cargill, Mars, Mondelez, Hershey, Barry Callebaut, Olam
According to a 2020 study done by NORC at the University of Chicago and funded by the US Department of Labor concluded that 1.56 million child laborers were working in cocoa growing areas of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.
