Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Social media ‘abuse’ risk to women MPs

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NICOSIA – Britain’s parliamentary speaker Lindsay Hoyle warned that “relentless abuse” on social media targeting female lawmakers was damaging the democratic process and driving women out of politics. Hoyle said the reason female MPs had quit parliament was not due “to the long hours, time apart from their families, or the need to seek a better … Read more

UK MP stabbed to death

LONDON: British Conservative MP David Amess has died after being stabbed at an event in his local constituency in southeast England, British media reported on Friday. Police did not name Amess but said: “A man has been arrested on [the] suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed in Leigh-on-Sea” and that the victim “later … Read more