Why are environmental protesters being criminalized? | World News
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 […]
Who is Jamal Roberts? Meet the 2025 American Idol winner, know about his family, and his inspiring journey | World News
In a moment that will be remembered in the annals of American Idol history, Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old physical education teacher from Meridian, Mississippi, achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the first black man to win the prestigious reality singing competition in 22 years.His victory in the 23rd season of American Idol, secured with a […]
How Malcolm X fought against the ‘American nightmare’
Black Muslim leader Malcolm X holds up a paper for the crowd to see during a Black Muslim rally in New York City on Aug. 6, 1963. (Photo: AP) “What do you think you would do after 400 years of slavery and Jim Crow and lynching? Do you think you would respond nonviolently?” Those were […]
Researchers: Extremism in Germany’s military remains threat
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 […]
Investigation uncovers child exploitation in South Africa’s illegal mines
A recent BBC investigation has uncovered disturbing accounts of the exploitation of children within South Africa’s illegal mining industry, where minors trafficked from neighbouring countries are subjected to forced labour and sexual abuse by criminal groups operating in defunct gold mines. The revelations surfaced recently following a police operation launched at an illegal mine near […]
Why San Francisco Is Divided Over Coyotes
Eradicated in the 1900s, coyotes have returned to San Francisco. Heather Knight, the San Francisco bureau chief of The New York Times, describes why they’re back, and how the coyotes’ killing of dogs and lunging at children have people in the city on edge. Source link
Car bomb in Balochistan kills four, injures 20; BLA under suspicion
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 […]
Greensburg Kansas Tornadoes rip through central US, causing power cuts and widespread damage | World News
Several visuals of the storm were shared on social media Strong tornadoes swept across parts of Kansas, a city in the US state of Missouri, and the US state of Colorado on Sunday, damaging dozens of homes and buildings and leaving residents without power.In Kansas, a tornado tore through the small town of Grinnell, with […]
Pope Leo XIV, JD Vance meet ahead of US-led diplomatic flurry to reach ceasefire in Ukraine
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, […]