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Home » News » World » Israel Strikes Gaza After Violent Protests Along Border 1-MIN READ Human Rights Watch has accused both Israel and Gaza militants of war crimes during the conflict. (File photo from Gaza/Reuters) At least 24 Palestinians, including a 13-year-old, were injured by Israeli gunfire, according to…

Thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of France again on Saturday against the government's Covid-19 vaccination policies amid concern from rights groups about anti-Semitic sentiment in the protest movement. Saturday's protests were called for the sixth weekend in a row to denounce a new "health pass" system announced by…

Climate groups from across Perth and WA have gathered outside BHP’s Perth headquarters to protest the sale of the mining giant’s global petroleum arm to Woodside. In a deal estimated to be worth $40bn, BHP’s oil and gas assets – mainly located in Australia and the Gulf of Mexico, would…

Episode 48: Plus, we dissect HBO’s ”The White Lotus“ This week on “TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed another up and down week at the box office, how “Jeopardy!” managed to bungle its new host hire and this year’s TheGrill panel. Then, Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad joined…

Author of the article: KABUL — The Taliban called on Afghanistan’s imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to more cities on Thursday, including the capital, Kabul. Several people were killed…

KABUL, Afghanistan —  Anti-Taliban protesters defied their new rulers for a second day Thursday, marking Afghanistan’s independence day by attempting to hoist the red, green and black national banner but often getting beaten down by militant fighters who control the streets of the capital and elsewhere. The jarring, violent scenes marked…

YANGON — The death toll as a result of Myanmar's Feb 1 coup topped 1,000 on Wednesday (Aug 18), according to an official of the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group, which has been recording killings by security forces. A spokesman for the ruling junta did not respond…

It didn’t last long, but for a brief and hilarious time, the Wikipedia entry of Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III described him as “a Filipino physician and government secretary serving as sadboi of DOH after COA exposed questionable funds while being the Secretary of Health since 2017”. Wikipedia’s…

by Jeff Foust — August 16, 2021 The GAO described in a 76-page decision why it rejected protests filed by Blue Origin and Dynetics of NASA's Human Landing System award to SpaceX on several grounds. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office offered more details about its decision to…

Synopsis In his Independence Day speech that touched upon a host of important issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government will launch a ₹100 lakh crore Gati Shakti initiative aimed at giving a boost to manufacturing sector and infrastructure that will generate hugeModi said there is a need…