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Forty years after India's Bhopal disaster, local residents are still suffering from its aftermath. The gas explosion at a chemical plant caused toxic waste to contaminate the water in nearby areas, causing locals to develop numerous health issues. Today, second and third-generation victims of the gas leak are grappling with its effects. Activists are battling to secure justice for the victims. FRANCE 24's Khansa Juned and Martin Bathla report.

Ethics officers will be able to launch investigations without needing a referral from the first minister.

Last month The Mirror reported that more than 300,000 WASPI women had died since the campaign for compensation started, with a bombshell report calling for payments in March

Evan Mobley scores 19 of his 21 in the second half, while Caris LeVert scores all 19 in the first two quarters as the Cleveland Cavaliers dominate the retooling Brooklyn Nets

Researchers at MIT set out to study the origins of impenetrable legal language, especially complex sentences that mix definitions with directives—a hallmark of "legalese." Expecting to find that such language results from legislators or officials adding to and editing earlier, plainer versions of the text as the need and opportunity arises, they instead found that they were like that from the outset. — Read the rest

Skoda to hike car prices in January No impact on Kylaq till bookings

An urgent request to schedule the 19th-century barracks was turned down by the PA earlier this month. Photo: Coalition for Gozo.

Petrol and diesel owners are set to be impacted by new car tax Vehicle Excise Duty changes coming into effect next spring.

An Emmy nominee and an Oscar winner are working on separate documentaries about Luigi Mangione and the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Cyber capabilities and old-fashioned human intelligence operate in 'fundamentally different way from those in the West—in nature, scope, and scale'

1. Ex-First Minister Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP at next election  BBC.com
2. Humza Yousaf to stand down and warns over Elon Musk’s UK election threat  The Guardian
3. Former first minister Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP in 2026  Sky News
4. Humza Yousaf to quit frontline politics  LBC
5. Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP to take up role ‘on global stage’  The Telegraph

Christine Lee brought legal action at the specialist Investigatory Powers Tribunal.

Efforts to turn the Titanic around are finally paying off.

All of the photos at St Mary's Stadium for Southampton FC's 5-0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur.

The head of the popular video social media site TikTok Shou Chew met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to save the app.

(Telecompaper) Italian operator Fastweb has teamed up with insurtech startup Wallife to launch a new digital security service aimed at its residential and business customers...

The President-Elect of Ghana, John Mahama, on Monday, paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa. Tinubu’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, disclosed this in a post on X.com on Tuesday. He wrote, “The President-Elect of Ghana, H.E John Dramani Mahama paid a courtesy visit to President Tinubu at

Scotland prop Will Hurd signs a contract extension with Premiership high-flyers Leicester Tigers.

NIFL Premiership 2024/2025 - Matchday 21 - Played 14-Dec-24 - Posted by adamberry

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star, Jordan North, was rescued by Chiswick RNLI after the I’m A Celeb star entered the water to retrieve his dog

LEGEND kicks off the New Year with thrilling round of premieres

From cult classics like Roy Ward Baker’s LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES tolegendary directorWalter Hill’s BULLET TO THE HEAD and Sacha Bennett’s WE STILL STEAL THE OLD WAY, LEGEND has scheduled eleven Channel premieres in January to kick off the New Year in thrilling fashion.

Other premieres include the classic mercenary thriller THE WILD GEESE, starring screen legends Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris... Читать дальше...