Top Canadian scientist alleges in leaked emails he was barred from studying mystery brain illness
Exclusive: Michael Coulthart’s claims emerge after New Brunswick closes its inquiry into disease affecting more than 200 people
A leading federal scientist in Canada has alleged he was barred from investigating a mystery brain illness in the province of New Brunswick and said he fears more than 200 people affected by the condition are experiencing unexplained neurological decline.
The allegations, made in leaked emails to a colleague seen by the Guardian, have emerged two years after the eastern province closed its investigation into a possible “cluster” of cases.
Pakistan's Imran Khan acquitted of leaking state secrets
The former prime minister is no longer considered guilty of treason, but will remain in prison over a conviction relating to his marriage. His supporters claim the cases against him are politically motivated.
A Pakistani high court on Monday overturned a conviction of treason against jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer and party said.
The former leader and his former foreign secretary, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, were convicted in 2022 of making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador in Washington.
"This is the first big case which was part of the political victimization against Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi which has been dashed to the ground," Salman Safdar, a lawyer for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, told the AFP news agency outside of court.
French charities decry 'social cleansing' of migrants, sex workers ahead of Paris Olympics
A collective of French charities that has been a persistent critic of the Paris Olympics accused organisers on Monday of carrying out a "year of social cleansing" of the capital ahead of the start of the Games.
A new report by "The Other Side of the Medal" group, which brings together 80 different charities, said Paris was following a playbook used by other Olympic host cities by cracking down on migrants, squatters, the homeless and sex workers.
"We hoped that this edition would be different from previous ones and we made suggestions over a long period in this regard," the report said. "Today... we can state that Paris 2024 will be no different from previous editions and will truly accelerate the exclusion of the most vulnerable."
The report looked in particular at actions by the French police to clear squats, as well as migrant camps and the homeless from Paris streets ahead of the Olympics which run from July 26-August 11.
Ministry to probe 5 vehicle makers over certification misconduct
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June 3, 2024 at 19:17 JST
Five major vehicle manufacturers, including industry leader Toyota Motor Corp., were engaged in improper practices over government certification tests, the transport ministry announced June 3.
The remaining four are Mazda Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., Suzuki Motor Corp. and Yamaha Motor Co., a motorcycle producer.
The companies discovered inappropriate acts during in-house investigations the ministry ordered following irregularities over certification found at Daihatsu Motor Co., Toyota’s wholly owned subsidiary, and Toyota Industries Corp., a core group company of Toyota.
She is set to be Mexico’s first female president. But who is Claudia Sheinbaum?
Known as “la Doctora” for her glittering academic credentials, Claudia Sheinbaum is a physicist with a doctorate in energy engineering, the former mayor of one of the world’s most populous cities, and was part of the United Nations panel of climate scientists that received a Nobel Peace Prize.
And on Sunday, she became the first woman, and the first Jewish person, to be elected president of Mexico.
Sheinbaum won around 60% of the vote in the largest election in Mexico’s history, marking a historic achievement in a mostly Catholic country known for its deeply patriarchal culture.
Hamas still strong in areas ‘cleared’ by Israel in northern Gaza, say experts
Hamas’s ability to return to areas from which it was earlier forced to retreat threatens ‘forever war’
There may be more Hamas militants in the north of Gaza, supposedly cleared by Israeli forces months ago, than in Rafah, the southern city in the territory described by Israeli officials as the extremist Islamist organisation’s “last stronghold”, analysts believe.
More than 1 million people have fled Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, after instructions from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the biggest wave of displacement since the early months of the conflict. The IDF has said repeatedly that four Hamas brigades – the militant Islamist organisation’s biggest remaining force – is based in Rafah.
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