The Short North enjoyed a quiet weekend through Sunday afternoon, quite the contrast to the previous week when 10 young men and boys were shot and injured in the popular arts and entertainment district. “We’re encouraged by the peaceful Friday and Saturday nights this past weekend. It’s a testament to the ongoing efforts and partnerships […]
Rejecting arguments that the law is ambiguous, the Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that peaceful protesters are not threatened by a measure that Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature passed in 2021 to crack down on violent demonstrations. DeSantis championed the law after nationwide protests following the 2020 death of George Floyd, a Black man […]
Nancy Faeser (R), Germany’s Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, and Herbert Reul, Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, hold a press conference ten days before the start of the European Championships on the preparations of the federal and state governments for security and cohesion during the tournament. Kay Nietfeld/dpa Ten days before […]
By Xinghui Kok and Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The prospect of peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan is being increasingly “eroded” by Taiwanese separatists and external forces, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said on Sunday, promising to ensure independence never happens. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the strong objections of the government […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes peaceful protests at college commencement ceremonies where he and other administration officials will speak, the White House said on Tuesday as pro-Palestinian protests spread around the country. Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of unrest roiled […]
On a quiet morning outside Newcastle University, a small group of students listen to a lecturer talk about the opening song from Aladdin. Specifically, this line: “It’s barbaric, but hey! It’s home.” She’s telling the group about Edward Said, and how his work looking at the way Middle Eastern cultures had been depicted in the […]
Graduation ceremonies at the University of South Florida went off Saturday without incident — a stark contrast from the campus protests that occurred during the past week. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations had sparked heated clashes with police on campus, resulting in the arrest of at least 10 protesters. But on Saturday, as hundreds of graduates crossed the […]
If you’re headed to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the spring or summer or fall leaf-peeping seasons, one thing is clear: the park and the surrounding towns are being loved to death. You only have to experience a Pigeon Forge traffic jam once in your life to make you wonder if seeing the Smokies […]
Across Portugal, a number of photography exhibitions are currently on display that commemorate the ousting of the Estado Novo, the dictatorial, authoritarian and corporatist political regime that had ruled the country since 1933. The work of photographer Alfredo Cunha features prominently in many – he authored a book compiling the most emblematic images of this […]
In his last protest march, Martin Luther King Jr. led a parade of demonstrators down Beale Street in Memphis, lending his support to striking sanitation workers. After a few young black men started breaking storefront windows, the indiscriminate police response killed one suspected looter and injured dozens of protesters. Under a legal theory blessed by […]
Nearly three years after a group of Knoxville activists were arrested during their demonstration for police accountability, a Knox County jury will decide whether to embrace or reject Tennessee’s recent attempts to criminalize peaceful protest. Four demonstrators, including activists Constance Every and Calvin Skinner, are on trial on charges they disrupted a public meeting in […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will boost defence spending by 7.2% this year, the same rate as last year, but higher than the government economic growth forecast, according to an official work report reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday. The budget showed 1.67 trillion yuan ($230.60 billion) allocated to military spending. The defence budget is closely watched […]