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Why are environmental protesters being criminalized? (AP) Climate and environmental protest is rising in line with increasing global temperatures. But new draconian penalties are putting people who rally against climate pollution in jail.In late 2024, in the industrial city of Newcastle on Australia’s east coast, a flotilla of kayaks paddled into the harbor shipping lane…
Representative Image (AI-generated) Fewer than 1 per cent German soldiers harbor “consistent right-wing-extremist attitudes,” according to a new study conducted by the military’s own Bundeswehr Center of Military History and Social Sciences (ZMSBw).The study found that only 0.4 per cent of soldiers show right-wing-extremist attitudes. Among the military’s civilian personnel, the proportion is 0.8 per…
Four people died and 20 were injured in a car bomb explosion on Sunday night, in Qillah Abdullah, a city in Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan. Several shops and the outer wall of a nearby building housing paramilitary forces were damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, according to deputy commissioner Abdullah Riaz, news…
Pope Leo XIV meets US vice-president JD Vance (Image: AP) Two high-profile Catholics, Pope Leo XIV and US Vice President JD Vance, were meeting Monday ahead of a flurry of US-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Vance’s motorcade was seen entering Vatican City just after 7.30 am.Vance,…
After weeks of stirring performances and highly charged moments, American Idol has finally crowned its Season 23 winner. On the evening of May 18, the crown was given to Jamal Roberts, a physical education teacher from Meridian, Mississippi. Roberts won the series finale against fellow finalists John Foster and Breanna Nix, who finished second and…
Devastating storms swept through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States on Friday, spawning a series of powerful tornadoes that have claimed at least 25 lives and left dozens more injured.Kentucky and Missouri were the hardest-hit states, enduring the brunt of the destruction, while neighboring areas also suffered significant damage.As both states reach…
Representative Image (AP) BEIRUT: Lebanon said two people including a soldier were wounded in an Israeli strike Sunday in the country’s south, where the army has been deploying after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.“A soldier was moderately wounded due to the Israeli enemy targeting of a vehicle… at the Beit Yahun checkpoint” in Bint…
