Spain adopted a new law on animal welfare on Thursday, increasing the punishment for mistreatment

Lawsuits claim International Churches of Christ leaders failed to report as well as plotted to conceal abuse of women and children

Experts have long understood that a new polio vaccine developed to try to minimize the risks associated with the oral polio vaccine made by Albert Sabin might also cause the problem it was created to sidestep. It’s now clear that theoretical risk is a real one.

The Chinese Communist Party has unveiled a new white paper on the rule of law on the internet. The short version: it's all about obedience to the great leader Xi Jinping, stupid.

‘Pollution has reached geology’ says a scientist

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It says the crimes were committed in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 - when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Arrests believed to be the first time police have detained citizens for possessing literature deemed ‘seditious’ by the authorities

Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX made transfers of about $3.2 billion to its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and key employees, according to court filings seen by Bloomberg and the Financial Times. The funds were moved in the form of “payments and loans”, mainly from trading house Alameda Research, and include about $2.2 billion transferred to Mr Bankman-Fried, the filings submitted to the bankruptcy court in Delaware by the new management of FTX showed on Wednesday.

A push by EU fishing nations including France and Spain to weaken how fish catches are reported could see massive overfishing of endangered species and even “call into question” the whole point of setting quotas, according to confidential EU documents seen by the Guardian. Europe’s most commonly fished species – which include mackerel, tuna, Atlantic herring and sprat – could be threatened under the latest proposal, which would apply to all vessels in EU waters.

TikTok, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, says it has been contacted about a change in ownership.

Whether or not Bill C-27 moves companies away from deceptive design in apps and websites depends on how, and if, the Canadian government holds companies accountable for their actions.

Russia offered Wednesday to host a new multi-sports event for countries such as China and India which are members of a regional grouping known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Russian President Vladimir Putin previously suggested creating the event at an SCO summit in September. His suggestion came at a time when Russia is excluded from many events in Olympic sports following its invasion of Ukraine last year.

A popular ransomware operator claims to have compromised Ring, the Amazon-owned company that builds smart doorbells with cameras. A new report on Vice’s Motherboard states that the group known as ALPHV, popular for its use of the BlackCat encryptor malware, added a new entry to its leak site, next to which is Ring’s logo.

Inflation hits triple digits for the first time since the period of hyperinflation in the early 1990s.

The country’s ruling party wants to convert reports that the pontiff turned a blind eye toward child abuse into electoral rocket fuel.

In addition to the stresses of living through the War in Ukraine, Maks also worries about his relatives, such as his father, currently living in Russian-occupied territory. It has been a few weeks since he last talked to them. A lot of cities have been damaged by the Ukrainian Army trying to retake land.

Ukraine’s military has been degraded by a year of heavy casualties. Front-line units are now struggling with new, poorly trained troops and a shortage of ammunition.

A study published by the peer-reviewed journal Addiction has found that there “were no statistically significant changes in rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for motor vehicle or pedestrian/cyclist injury” following Canada legalizing marijuana.

Meta gave up this fight in Australia but is still battling US and Canada laws.

Said the author’s ex, Jorge Arantes, “I was very involved with the first one and she knows that. She started writing it when we were together.”