Society and Culture

The 23-year-old's family has been informed of his death.
Some 100 employees of the Doctors Laboratory will strike next week.
The 2019 Cannes Film Festival opened on 14 May, with Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’. Amidst all the usual glitz and glamour though, this year’s opening was a somewhat low-key affair as controversies over gender equality and the clout of streaming services like Netflix have overshadowed the famous French festival.
One man has died and Muslim-owned shops and houses burned and raided as a wave of anti-Muslim violence spread across Sri Lanka. It’s believed the attacks are in retaliation for the Easter church attacks in April which left over 250 people dead. The government dispersed a mob in the north-west of the country after they walked through a town attack Muslim homes and shops. A curfew has been put in place and the government temporarily shut down social media.
The 16-year-old said he and his family had been forced to move out of Huddersfield after they received threats.
In a separate trial he pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children and of voyeurism.
She helped illuminate German bombers flying over Britain so they could be gunned down.
The charity is on a drive to improve its work culture.
The “discriminatory” cap targets the wrong people, campaigners say.