[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an awarding ceremony for Russian team members who won medals at the Winter Paralympic games on March 17, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images An Associated Press investigation found Russian soldiers committed torture at 10 sites in Izium. Torture of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians was widespread during the Russian occupation, AP found. A UN investigation recently concluded Russia committed war crimes, including torture, in Ukraine. For…
"Russia had 10 torture sites where they electrocuted, waterboarded, shot Ukrainian soldiers – report"
[ad_1] It is currently estimated that 17,000 people in the UK have received legally prescribed cannabis to treat various ailments, including chronic pain, depression, sleeplessness, and Parkinson’s. But many people continue to use the black market either because they are ignorant of the 2018 legal change or because drugs are inaccessible in their location. Recently, A Crohn’s disease-afflicted South Wales mother of one described how she had hardly enough energy to care for her…
"There Are 17,000 Medical Marijuana Patients in the UK and Many of Them Still Use the Illicit Market for Weed?"
[ad_1] Beyond the Streets flagship opening Beyond the Streets displays work by artists including Timothy Curtis, from left, Maya Hayuk and Madsaki. (Yubo Dong / ofstudio photography) Beyond the Streets, the global graffiti art movement and traveling exhibition, has found a home based in — where else? — L.A. Located on La Brea, the bricks-and-mortar will make its debut with the opening of “POST GRAFFITI,” an exhibition that tracks the evolution of graffiti through the…
"What to do in L.A. in October: Fashion, art, pop-ups, LAFW"
[ad_1] Issued on: 01/10/2022 – 14:33 Burkina Faso awoke to fresh chaos Saturday, with the country facing its second coup in a year. Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was toppled by junior officers who accused him of failing to address the numerous jihadist attacks on the impoverished and restive West African nation. Shopas have begun to open and traffic is resuming, but the presence of soldiers in armoured vehicles and pickup trucks can be felt in certain parts…
"Burkina Faso hit by fresh uncertainty after second coup in eight months"
[ad_1] New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) As India undergoes a not-so-quiet smartphone revolution — as an explosion in feature smartphones is shaking up the market providing multiple options to users — global smartphone brand realme has brought one-of-its-kind realme Design Studio to the country. Design and innovation have always been part of realme’s DNA and the brand recently launched its Design Studio in Gurugram. The idea is simple: Today, users not only seek cutting-edge features,…
"realme brings tech x trendy lifestyle to consumers with realme Design Studio"
[ad_1] ET Canada is welcoming back entrepreneur and activist Shayla Stonechild as co-host of a half-hour special, Indigenous Artists & Icons: Celebrating the Future, on Sept. 30 in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The special will feature interviews with a number of trailblazers, including legendary musician and social activist Buffy Sainte-Marie with musicians Fawn Wood, Shawnee Kish and Amanda Rheaume, country and folk singer-songwriter Don Amero, actor Devery Jacobs, editor Rebeka…
"‘Indigenous Artists & Icons: Celebrating the Future’ — ‘ET Canada’ honours National Day of Truth and Reconciliation – National"
[ad_1] Loading The enhanced partnership comes after the US and its allies were shaken earlier this year when China and Solomon Islands signed a new security agreement, prompting fears that Beijing could use it to establish a military foothold in the Pacific nation less than 2000 kilometres off Australia’s east coast. Last week, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare used an address to the United Nations General Assembly to argue that his country had been…
"US signs Pacific pact with South Pacific Island nations"
[ad_1] Cannabis is a drug crop with a long history in Africa. Alongside coca and opium poppy, it has been subjected to international control for nearly a century. The International Opium Convention of 1925 institutionalised the international control system and extended the scope of control to cannabis. In 1961 a new international convention was adopted to replace the existing multilateral treaties for control of narcotic drugs. The prohibitionist framework it provided for control of cannabis…
"Cannabis policy changes in Africa are positive, but small farms lose"
[ad_1] Leaders from Poland, Norway and Denmark have attended a ceremony in Szczecin to mark the opening of the new Baltic Pipe, a key stage in the drive to wean Poland and Europe off Russian gas. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Norwegian shelf via Denmark and through the Baltic Sea to Poland. It is the centrepiece of a Polish strategy to diversify away from Russia that began years before Moscow’s February invasion of Ukraine triggered…
"Baltic Pipe: Norway-Poland gas pipeline opens in key move to cut dependency on Russia"
[ad_1] I was struggling in the moment. It felt like my emotional walls were caving in, pressured between what I knew in my gut was right, but fearing the judgment and guilt that may come with it. I’d been here before. So, I broke open my journal and went back to revisit that point in time. When I looked back at that moment and what I’d written, it felt surreal. In that moment, my past…
"How the Ritual of Journaling Can Create Clarity"