RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Lula has withdrawn his country's ambassador to Israel after frequently criticizing the war in Gaza.
Many said she did not appear to express the same level of sympathy towards those who had died.
Video posted on social media shows insects crawling inside Watergate Hotel in Washington DC
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept on Thursday as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of deadly unrest, as student leaders weighed the future of the protests that sparked the disorder. "We demand an apology from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the nation for the mass murder of students," Asif Mahmud, one of the group's coordinators, told AFP. "We also want the sacking of the home minister and education minister."
Bangladeshi police detectives on Friday forced the discharge from hospital of three student protest leaders blamed for deadly unrest, taking them to an unknown location, staff told AFP. Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumder are all members of Students Against Discrimination, the group responsible for organising this month's street rallies against civil service hiring rules.Islam, 26, the chief coordinator of Students Against Discrimination, told AFP from his hospital bed on Monday that
Pro-Palestine protesters have dumped thousands of maggots, mealworms and crickets inside the Washington hotel where Benjamin Netanyahu was staying.
Where authorities in Bangladesh see revolt, protesters see revolution.
STORY: :: Kenyan police fire weapons into the air, launch teargas, and arrest protesters in Nairobi:: July 25, 2024:: Nairobi, KenyaOn Wednesday (July 24), President William Ruto addressed the nation, proposing amendments to anti-corruption and public procurement laws, and announcing new ministers, some from the opposition, to his cabinet. But activists have criticized the new government as a corrupt bargain.The young protesters behind six weeks of protests that forced Ruto to withdraw $2.7 billion in tax hikes said the unity government would perpetuate a tradition of leaders co-opting the opposition at the expense of the population. The protests are the biggest crisis of Ruto's two years in power.More than 50 people have been killed and demonstrations have continued even after the tax hikes were shelved. Many activists are now calling for Ruto's resignation and far-reaching reforms to tackle graft.
Strength of PM’s crackdown shows her nervousness and that climate of fear is breaking down, say critics
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday denounced the pro-Palestinian protestors who defaced public property outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., the day prior, saying their concerns about the war in Gaza is not justification for “support for terrorism.” “Grave concern for the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza cannot justify defacing federal property with Hamas slogans,” Buttigieg…
Frankfurt police on Thursday arrested climate activists who brought Germany's busiest airport to a standstill by gluing themselves to the tarmac.Traffic was halted for two hours during the busy summer holiday season before the first of the airport's landing runways was able to operate again at 0502 GMT, said an airport spokesman.Seven activists had managed to reach the runway where they glued themselves onto the tarmac, a police spokesman said. An eighth was still trying to get through the perimeter fence when he was detained.Police were able to remove the activists from the airport's restricted grounds by 0815 GMT. All eight were placed under provisional arrest. Climate activist group "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) claimed responsibility for the civil disobedience action.Its members used pincers to cut openings in the wire fence before making their way "by foot, with bicycles and skateboards to different points around the runways", the group said.A photo circulated by the group depicted a protester sitting on the tarmac with an orange banner that read: "Oil kills".The group is pushing for a binding international accord that would lead to an end in oil, gas and coal use by 2030.- 'Criminal' action -Transport Minister Volker Wissing condemned Thursday's protests as "criminal"."The climate activists are apparently seeking to bring about maximum damage," he told German media."The legislators must react with maximum severity," he added, calling for prison terms of up to five years in jail for those who storm airports."Anyone who violently forces their way into airports, occupies runways and blocks airplanes is endangering human lives," he said.Thursday's protest action came a day after similar operations across several European airports. Activists from Letzte Generation disrupted traffic at Cologne-Bonn airport for several hours on Wednesday by gluing themselves on the tarmac.Several climate protesters were also arrested at London's Heathrow airport.Some passengers caught up in the protests at Frankfurt voiced their frustration.Australian couple Jen Jung, 32 and Sam Smith, 33, who were heading to Warsaw for a wedding said they had had to scramble to rebook after their flight was cancelled."We understand that you have a point of view and you want to help the environment," said Smith. "The thing is, pushing your point across to the point where everyone is affected... it's not always the best idea."- More disruption planned -Butcher Heiko Schoene, 56, voiced his dismay when after learning that his flight to Zurich, where he and his family had a connecting flight to the Dominican Republic, had been cancelled."Obviously the shock and anger is great... because we saved up all year for our vacation and were happy to be able to finally go on holiday," he said. But doctor Ruth Zeilen-Boehle, 69, found the protests "necessary because too little is being done for the climate". While her flight was not cancelled, even if she had been affected, "I would have accepted it", she said. The protest organisers are part of the A22 Network of groups committed to non-violent climate protests. It said it was planning to disrupt airports in several countries in the coming months.Global aviation is responsible for around 2.5 percent of global carbon emissions, more than the annual carbon footprint of Brazil and France combined.Last Generation is known for mounting eye-catching protests -- from throwing mashed potatoes at paintings in museums to glueing themselves on busy roads. Their tactics, which have proved deeply divisive, have led to some of their members being convicted. But the group has said it would not let up exerting pressure to seek greater protection for the environment. "Instead of seeking tougher sentences, politicians should seriously take the scale of the disaster that they are themselves fuelling," said Lisa Johnson, spokeswoman of the group. "Prison sentences won't shield us from heatwaves, droughts, floods and dramatically rising sea levels," she warned.Letzte Generation has said it would hold protests from September 25 against planned government subsidies for Kassel-Calden airport.hmn/mfp/jj
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Rosalía stepped out wearing a breathtaking naked dress at the Prelude to the Olympics in Paris. The design was a nude coloured see-through lace gown by Dior.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called in to Fox News Thursday, where he told supporters that presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is a “radical left, not very smart person” who’s part of a massive conspiracy to weaponize the nation’s legal system against him. Harris’ campaign fired back mere minutes later with an email blasting the “78-year-old convicted criminal’s Fox ...
The 18-year-old travelled to Thailand to train in arts before falling severely ill.
Local officials oppose perpetrator Adrian Jerry Gonzalez’s release from youth prison
The astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are still not able to come home, Nasa has said. Two astronauts went to the space station almost 50 days ago as part of a test of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks on Boeing‘s new Starliner capsule prompted Nasa and Boeing to keep them up longer.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says what matters most in his hiring philosophy is people being able to do one thing really well.
The former beauty-queen-turned-Hollywood-star gets candid about what she has and hasn't done amid the aging process
Manchester United’s academy staff have been left “shocked”, “upset” and in some cases “angry” at the news that several respected, long-serving coaches could lose their jobs in the cost-cutting drive at Old Trafford.
Almost 35 years ago, Gerald Ford predicted that America would get its first female president only when a male incumbent could no longer continue.
