Germany launches military ‘space command’ to tackle Russia and China SPACE | MILITARY | EU | GERMANY FACT BOX: ‘The Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space’ is a 1981 UN resolution that reaffirms the fundamental principles of the 1967 ‘Outer Space Treaty’ and bans the weaponisation of space. The USA…
Supreme Italia boss sentenced to 8 years by London court with his son sentenced to 3 years Fashion | Law FACT BOX: Supreme, based in USA, owned by Vanity Fair Corporation (the original brand) and Supreme Italia are not the same company nor brand nor are they owned or founded by the…
A candidate for the Interpol presidency has had torture accusations formally filed against him Interpol | Human Rights | Torture This article contains no opinion from either Al-Sahawat Times nor any journalist. All accusations are quoted from filed complaints. Ahmed al-Raisi, the UAE candidate for the Interpol presidency has had…
EU to replace English with French as official working languge European Union | Linguistics | French The European Union is finalising its plan to replace English with French as the EU’s official working language now that the UK has left the EU. The plan coincides with France’s presidential term in…
Oxfordshire to ban smoking outdoors with aim to ban smoking entirely by 2025 Public Health | Law | Environment | Smoking | Oxfordshire Smoking Ban Currently in the UK, smoking in public indoor spaces is illegal including in prisons, bars, work spaces, train stations and open air platforms, zoos, amusement…
Money Launder’s £5.1 million GBP cash, discovered by police hidden in bed in South London. Organised Crime | London | Money Laundering Smurfing is a money-laundering technique involving the structuring of large amounts of cash into multiple small transactions. Smurfs often spread these small transactions over many different accounts, to…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson issues personal apology to Muslims, after internal report calling the ruling Conservative Party institutionally “Anti-Muslim” UK | Tories | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson | Islamophobia The Conservative Party, also known as the Tories, are the governing, majority political party in the UK. Boris Johnson is the…
UK to stop immigrants from appealing their deportation via judicial review UK | LAW | IMMIGRATION Both immigrants and refugees are to be stripped of the right to appeal deportation orders in the High Court via judicial review, under a new crackdown to speed up “removals”. Which the European Union…
Latest studies into Tree communications discover community formation and resource sharing Environment | Scientific Research | Tree Communication | Climate Change There has been now, since the turn of the 21st century a growing and widely accepted recognition of how trees communicate with each other. This discovery over the last…
London Terrorism | Benjamin Hannam, Met Police officer, convicted of Neo-Nazi terror offences London Terrorism | Benjamin Hannam, London Met Police officer, convicted of Neo-Nazi terror offences. Benjamin Hannam, a Met Police officer has been dismissed after being convicted of Neo-Nazi terror offences. The Met Police Assistant Commissioner said…
