Category: Around the World
The US government has been ordered to reinstate hundreds of webpages on gender identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) after a legal settlement concluded that their removal was unlawful. District Court judge Lauren King ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under former president Donald Trump, wrongly deleted the content. The deletions […]
Christopher Joell-Deshields, chief executive of Pride in London, is under internal investigation following allegations of financial misconduct and inappropriate behaviour — though he remains in post. According to The Guardian, whistleblowers have accused Joell-Deshields, who has led the organisation since 2012, of misappropriating or misusing company gifts and funds, engaging in conduct that could damage […]
Luigi Mangione — the high-profile suspect in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson — is now at the centre of an entirely different kind of investigation: one involving fast fashion. As first reported by TMZ on Tuesday, Mangione appeared to be featured as a model on Shein’s website, wearing an $11 summer button-down […]
In a striking cultural salvo, the White House released a statement titled “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian” on Thursday, accusing the Smithsonian Institution of promoting so-called “woke” ideology through its federally funded museum exhibitions. The article, published on an official government platform, lists 22 examples from various Smithsonian museums which, according to the […]
Republican Senator Rand Paul has criticised former Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official Dr Demetre Daskalakis, claiming his “lifestyle” made him unfit for public service. The Kentucky senator, known for his staunchly anti-LGBTQ+ stance, took aim at Daskalakis after his resignation as director of the CDC’s Centre for Immunisation and Respiratory Diseases. Several […]
Dong Qiao Li, a 32-year-old serial fraudster, is facing the prospect of jail time after a Melbourne magistrate was left “flabbergasted” by the full extent of his criminal history, which spans more than a decade and multiple states. Appearing in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Thursday, Li had been scheduled for sentencing after pleading guilty to […]
Pope Leo XIV has met with a prominent LGBTQ+ Catholic advocate, in what many see as a hopeful sign for queer members of the Church. In a private audience on 1 September, Leo met with Reverend James Martin, a Jesuit author and editor based in New York who has long championed LGBTQ+ inclusion within Catholicism. […]
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey has urged “humanity” after a gunman opened fire during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday (27 August), killing two children and injuring 17 others. The attacker, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, reportedly used a rifle, shotgun, and pistol — all legally obtained — to shoot through church windows before dying […]