Tigrayans deported by Saudis ‘forcibly disappeared’ in Ethiopia – rights group

Thousands of Tigrayan migrants abused and deported from Saudi Arabia are forcibly detained in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch saysThousands of Tigrayans are being deported from Saudi Arabia and held in secret detention sites in Ethiopia, according to Huma…

China accuses Australia of ‘political posturing’ over diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Scott Morrison says athletes will compete in next year’s Games because sport and politics should not mixGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe prime minister, Scott Morrison, has confirmed Australian officials will not attend the Beij…

Even after 40 years the response to Aids in many countries is still held back by stigma | Hakima Himmich and Mike Podmore

It is hard to protect yourself from HIV when having sterile syringes or condoms can lead to arrest: discrimination is restricting progress in eliminating HIV Forty years after the first cases of Aids were discovered, goals for its global elimination ha…

TikTok dodges questions about biometric data collection in Senate hearing

In its first-ever Congressional hearing, TikTok successfully dodged questions about what it plans to do with the biometric data its privacy policy permits it to collect on the app’s U.S. users. In an update to the company’s U.S. privacy policy in June, TikTok added a new section that noted the app “may collect biometric identifiers […]