Madrid, Spain – Huge Palestinian flags are hanging on campuses across Spain as thousands of students protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. Some classes have stopped this week as students demonstrate in Barcelona, Valencia, the Basque Country and Madrid. Across Europe, similar sit-ins have taken place at universities in the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, […]
Ruling also means the song can no longer be disseminated or reproduced on internet-based platforms. An appeals court in Hong Kong has banned a popular song that was penned during the Chinese territory’s pro-democracy protests of 2019. The ban on Glory to Hong Kong, issued on Wednesday, came as the territory’s authorities sought to remove […]
Sweltering Earth endures 11-month warming streak as global air and sea surface temperatures soar. The world experienced its hottest April on record, continuing an 11-month streak of unprecedented high temperatures, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service has said. Each month since June 2023 has ranked as the planet’s hottest on record, compared with the […]
Commodities minister says critically endangered animals could be given to countries that buy Malaysia’s palm oil. Malaysia has said it plans to start an “orangutan diplomacy” programme for countries that buy its palm oil. The Southeast Asian nation is the world’s second biggest producer of the edible oil after Indonesia, but critics say the mass […]
Predicted victory for nationalist VMRO-DPMNE may stir tensions with EU neighbours Greece and Bulgaria. North Macedonians go to polls to vote in parliamentary and presidential elections that can present a test for the Balkan state’s European Union ambitions. The votes on Wednesday come after Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova of the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE took a clear lead in […]
Students at various European universities, inspired by the continuing pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campuses in the United States, have been occupying halls and facilities, demanding an end to partnerships with Israeli institutions because of Israel’s war on Gaza. Several hundred protesters resumed a demonstration around the University of Amsterdam campus in the Netherlands where police were […]
Deep inside a protected Indian forest, a Hindu monk casts his ballot, ensuring a 100 percent turnout at the polling station where he is the sole registered voter. India is in the midst of the largest democratic exercise in human history and the country pledges to reach every voter, no matter where they live. That […]
Biden’s administration paused shipment of weapons in effort to prevent full-scale assault on Rafah, official says. US President Joe Biden’s administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official has said. Biden has been […]
Islamabad, Pakistan – When Aamir Dhedhi took his mother to India in 2014 to get treatment for Parkinson’s disease, the doctors there advised him to procure cannabidiol (CBD) oil to help her manage her pain. It was the first time that Dhedhi, a Karachi-based entrepreneur, learned about the medicinal use of the cannabis derivative. On […]
Judge says setting a new date would be ‘imprudent’, raising further doubt about whether the trial will start before the November 5 US election. A United States judge in Florida has postponed indefinitely former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he illegally kept classified documents after leaving office. US District Judge Aileen Cannon said […]
Vote followed outrage over membership list that revealed the club was a bastion of Britain’s establishment. The members of the men-only Garrick Club in central London have voted to allow women to join for the first time. The 193-year-old club’s membership remains a closely guarded secret, but the Guardian newspaper revealed in March that it […]
United Nations says the number displaced has jumped by 50 percent in last six months as fighting has intensified. The number of people in Myanmar forced from their homes by conflict now exceeds more than 3 million in what the United Nations has described as a “bleak milestone” for the country. The UN said the […]
