Eastern Canada looks to clean up as Storm Fiona calms

Damage caused by Fiona in the Burnt Islands in Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada MONTREAL (AFP) - Parts of eastern Canada woke up to damage...

Iran vows ‘decisive action’ in wave of women-led protests

Iranian female protesters remove their headscarves during a demonstration in the city of Savah, in an image taken from an online video made available...

UK government lifts ban on gas fracking in England

Protesters set up a fake gas fracking platform in front of both houses of the British Parliament in 2012 London (AFP) - Britain on Thursday...

Canada launches review to legalize cannabis after four years

Canada has launched a review of its cannabis law, four years after it legalized its recreational use - celebrated by thousands including this man...

Markets are falling as central banks raise interest rates

The Bank of England said the British economy had entered a recession as it raised interest rates again to combat inflation New York (AFP) -...

Facebook whistleblower launched a non-profit organization to deal with big tech

The first project of a new non-profit organization launched by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will be to create an open source database of the...