Thai authorities sentenced a man to jail for two years for peddling calendars featuring rubber ducks in monarchic regalia because insulting the Thai king is illegal in the southeast Asian country. As the BBC noted, the rubber duck happens to be a symbol of the...
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A Swedish court ruled Tuesday that hundreds of climate activists, including well-known advocate Greta Thunberg, can sue Sweden’s government for having an “insufficient climate policy,” Al Jazeera reported. In November, Thunberg and 600 other young activists in a group called Aurora brought a class action lawsuit...
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Ecuadorian authorities began investigating a series of letter bombs addressed to TV and radio stations this week, an act officials and press advocates have described as “an absolutely clear message to silence journalists,” CBS News reported. Interior Minister Juan Zapata said the letter bombs were sent...
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Sudan’s army leaders and main pro-democracy forces will establish a new civilian-led government next month in an effort to restore the African nation’s transition to democracy following last year’s military coup, the Associated Press reported. Officials said this week the two factions stated they will sign...
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In 2020, archaeologists uncovered a treasure trove in Vindelev, central Denmark, which included Roman coins that had been reworked into jewelry. Among them was a fifth-century gold disc, known as bracteate, depicting some runic inscriptions and the image of a person. Recently, academics closely studied the precious...
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