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Tensions high at UCLA as police order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave
Tensions are high at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus where hundreds of police in riot gear have deployed in force, ordering peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters to leave or face arrest, less than 24 hours after their encampment was attacked by a violent pro-Israel mob. But...
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Protests erupt in Georgia as parliament passes 'foreign influence' bill
Security forces in the former Soviet republic of Georgia intervened against demonstrators on Wednesday who were attempting to besiege parliament while protesting against a controversial "foreign influence" bill. Protests in the capital Tbilisi against the government's "transparency of foreign...
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US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban
The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare” against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies. In a statement on Wednesday, the US State Department said it had “made a determination … that Russia has used...
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New Ukraine aid unlikely to turn the tables on Russia
At the 11th hour, the US Congress last month approved the long-awaited bill to provide essential support to Ukraine. The delays, however, have led to severe shortages in ammunition and air defenses, allowing the Russian president to appear happy and self-assured while his soldiers made some tactical...
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Between threat and opportunity, what are Israel’s options in Gaza?
The Israeli army is reinforcing its positions within the Gaza Strip, ostensibly before a long-telegraphed assault on Rafah and the Hamas brigades it says are present there. Rafah’s population has swollen after hundreds of thousands of desperate families fleeing from the rest of Gaza sought what...
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U.S. to reclassify cannabis as low-risk drug, in major shift
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is set to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, an official said Tuesday -- a historic shift that would bring federal policy more in line with public opinion. The US attorney general sent a proposal to the White House on Tuesday to "reclassify...
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren
New Haiti PM tasked with stabilising violence-racked country
Haiti’s transitional council has nominated Fritz Belizaire as the new prime minister of the crisis-ridden Caribbean country. The council on Tuesday tapped the former sports minister to take over from interim prime minister Michel Patrick Boisvert. The previously low-profile new premier faces a...
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Workers and activists across Asia and Europe hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals and European cities took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and government labor polices and calls for greater labor rights. May Day, which falls on May 1, is observed in many...
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UN Secretary-General calls for international investigation into mass graves reports in Gaza
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed grave deep alarm over reports of the discovery of mass graves at several locations in Gaza, including Al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals, affirming that 'it is imperative that independent international forensic investigators are allowed immediate...
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Opinion: Reversal in Harvey Weinstein case isn’t the demise of sex crimes prosecution
When a Manhattan jury found movie mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty of sex crimes in 2020, the verdict seemed to herald a new era of accountability. The #MeToo movement was in full swing, and even the most powerful of men were being prosecuted for the kind of abuse that had long eluded punishment. Last...
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