Tag: Controversy

Scott Williams sparks controversy with insensitive remarks after third-round win

Scott Williams courted controversy after joking about England winning “two World Wars and one World Cup” following his World Championship third-round win over German Martin Schindler. Williams won a final-set decider to advance 4-3 before making the heavy-handed remark in his post-match interview on Sky Sports. The match was played in a raucous atmosphere at […]

Controversy in California over ‘neutral’ Middle East history

American colleges and universities are grappling with how to address wildly varying viewpoints of the Israel-Hamas war, amid mounting tensions and incidents of violence in educational communities.  As part of a slate of initiatives, one major university system said it will develop programming with a “viewpoint-neutral history of the Middle East.” But the recent move […]