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More than 100 music festivals, including Leeds, Reading and Latitude, have signed up to a campaign aimed at tackling sexual violence.After two years of postponements, curtailments and cancellations, hopes are high that the summer of 2022 will be a fun and abundant one for festival-goers.Ahead of that, the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has updated a charter of best practice that it first launched in 2017.A total of 103 festivals have committed to the relaunched charter, also including the National Eisteddfod…

Refugees leaving their homes in Ukraine. Credit: Shutterstock Russia's war in Ukraine has displaced millions of people, most of them women and children. This mounting crisis suggests that conflict-related sexual violence, which has been reported in Ukraine, requires urgent action, say Washington University in St. Louis experts on refugees and displaced populations.…

The thirst for gold has long been a force of evil in cinema, and the latest action piece from stuntman turned director Jesse V Johnson falls under its glittering spell, interweaving vicious greed with the wreckages of war. Set during the second world war, Hell Hath No Fury revolves around a coveted sack of stolen Nazi gold, its location known only to SS general Von Bruckner (Daniel Bernhardt) and his French lover Marie (Nina Bergman).As the war rapidly marches towards its conclusion, the once radiant Marie is punished by…

Cows and goats lay out in the sun in a village in Isiolo County, Kenya. Credit: Sarah Posner In 2008 and 2009, a severe drought swept through much of Kenya and Tanzania. Nomadic herders, or pastoralists, such as the Maasai people in Tanzania, pushed south in search of greener expanses, bringing tens of thousands of cattle with them.…

In the much-publicised Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation case, the latter said she thought the first time Depp slapped her was “a joke”. Heard recalled how the Pirates of the Caribbean actor allegedly got violent after she questioned him about the Wino Forever tattoo he has on his arm. Heard, who is counter suing Depp, said, “It changed my life. We were sitting on the couch. We were having a normal conversation… there was no fighting, no argument, no nothing. He was drinking. I…

Smartphone manufacturing giant Xiaomi Corp has accused India's Enforcement Directorate of hostile abuse as the agency probes the company's royalty payments. Xiaomi was the leading smartphone seller in 2021 with a 24 percent market share in India. (AP)…

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has alleged its top executives faced threats of "physical violence" and coercion during questioning by India's financial crime fighting agency, according to a court filing seen by Reuters.Officials from the Enforcement Directorate warned the company's former India managing director, Manu Kumar Jain, current Chief Financial Officer Sameer BS Rao, and their families of "dire consequences" if they did not submit statements as desired by the agency, Xiaomi's filing dated May 4 stated.The…

Credit: Shutterstock Men's suicide is often linked to social and economic factors such as financial problems, legal issues and unemployment. But when seeking to understand men's…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Participation in organized and group activities may play a key role in preventing firearm aggression among youth who have been exposed to violence or violent behaviors, according to a new study in Developmental Psychology by researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.…