Donald Trump has told a group of wealthy donors that he will crush pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses if he is returned to the White House. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee called the demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza part of a “radical revolution” and promised the predominantly Jewish donors that he would […]
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has protested China’s imposition of a unilateral four-month long fishing ban in the South China Sea, its foreign ministry said on Monday. The annual imposition of a fishing ban raises tensions in the South China Sea, the foreign ministry said, calling on Beijing to “cease and desist” from “illegal actions” […]
The child had been inside the car for 10 minutes and appeared to be in distress, authorities said A deputy in Florida rescued a 1-year-old trapped in a hot car by breaking the car window, despite initial protests from the child’s parents. On Monday, May 20, deputies from Flagler County Sheriff’s Office responded to a […]
A stone marker in Columbia’s Peace Park placed to remember Kent State University students killed by Ohio National Guard troops who fired on protesters on May 4, 1970 (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent). This column is a suggestion to both college student protesters and higher education officials to find a better approach to the pro-Palestinian student protests. […]
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) moved in to disperse pro-Palestinian protests on at UCLA on Thursday, May 23, after clearing a second campus encampment, student media reported. Footage recorded by Sean Beckner-Carmitchel shows protesters heckling officers emerging from inside Dodd Hall. The Daily Bruin, the UCLA student newspaper, reported several protests on Thursday. Police […]
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block found himself in the nation’s culture wars hot seat Thursday, interrogated by members of Congress about his handling of complaints of campus antisemitism, amid student protests over the Israel-Hamas war. For Republican Congress members, the hearing organized by the GOP-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce was a chance to […]
The Republican National Committee is demanding that Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle personally get involved to move a planned protest zone farther away from the site of the party’s convention in Milwaukee this summer, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. The letter, sent Thursday by Todd Steggerda, counsel to the RNC, to Cheatle, […]
Following the indictment of five members of Germany’s Last Generation protest group, climate activists in Berlin have protested against the public prosecutor’s decision and announced further actions. “What we have done is right. I can only say: Keep going,” Edmund Schultz, one of the defendants, said on Wednesday afternoon in Berlin. Several alliances had called […]
As deadly protests rocked Pakistan-administered Kashmir, footage of crowds packed onto a street circulated in social media posts falsely linking it to the unrest. The video in fact shows an election rally in India led by opposition politician Priyanka Gandhi. “Muzaffarabad Revolution,” reads an Urdu-language post on X, formerly Twitter, referring to the capital of Pakistan-administered […]
President Biden called the Israel-Hamas war “one of the hardest, most complicated problems in the world” during his commencement speech at Morehouse College Sunday morning. Yet a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that the war is now more than just a foreign policy problem for Biden — it’s becoming a bigger political problem as well. […]
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel’s offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November’s election, despite polls showing many Democrats are deeply unhappy about the U.S. president’s policy on the war. The […]
Police will be given new powers to shut down pro-Palestinian protests, under plans being considered by the Home Office. Officials are drawing up a series of ways to amend sections of the Public Order Act which allows processions to be banned and public assemblies to be restricted. It comes as an official review by Lord […]