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SEATTLE — A day after a 26-year-old American woman was fatally shot while demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank, hundreds gathered in Westlake Park and marched the streets of Seattle. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was a recent University of Washington graduate. Community members mourning the loss of their own came together to call for justice … Read more
A fire has broken out at a girls’ school in central Kenya just two days after a boarding school inferno killed 21 boys at another school. Firefighters were battling a blaze at a girls’ school in central Kenya, just two days after an inferno killed 21 boys at another school. The latest inferno, reported on … Read more
The daughter of a French woman who was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted repeatedly by her husband and dozens of other men revealed her own fear of victimhood on Friday. Caroline Darian, 45, testified in an Avignon court against her father, Dominique Pélicot, 71, saying she believes she was also drugged and potentially raped like … Read more
Gildardo Lopez Astudillo’s arrest comes weeks before the 10th anniversary of the students’ disappearance. Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested an alleged cartel chief linked to the decade-old disappearance of dozens of students. Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, the suspected cartel leader, was detained on charges of “organised crime” and taken to the Altiplano maximum security … Read more
Hamas releases heartbreaking video of slain Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, family calls it a ‘wake-up call to the world’ New York Post Hamas Releases Video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin Filmed Before He Was Killed – WSJ The Wall Street Journal Hamas’s Release of Hostage Videos Inflames Divisions in Israel The New York Times Mapping Israeli protests since October 7 Al Jazeera … Read more
With two months to go before the US presidential election, the candidates are outlining their vision for the world’s biggest economy. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris says she plans to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy while the Republican hopeful Donald Trump says he’ll slash what he says is unnecessary federal spending. The economy and … Read more
Spanish couples take their newly adopted Chinese children for a walk in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, March 7, 2007. Greg Baker/AP hide caption toggle caption Greg Baker/AP The Chinese government plans to mostly end its international adoption program — a devastating blow for hundreds of families from the U.S. and around the world who had been … Read more
With 80 percent of schools destroyed, students in Gaza have lost a year of education and are on the brink of losing another. It is a back-to-school week in the Middle East, except for Palestinian students in the Gaza Strip. Their classrooms are in ruins or have become shelters for the displaced. Their backpacks used … Read more
Israeli forces have withdrawn from Jenin in the occupied West Bank following a siege that lasted 10 days, leaving behind a trail of devastation. At least 21 people were killed in Jenin city and the refugee camp, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday. In a statement on Facebook, the Palestinian … Read more
Michel Barnier’s journey from Mr Brexit to French PM BBC.com In picking Barnier, Macron has put his – and France’s – fate in Le Pen’s hands | Paul Taylor The Guardian Michel Barnier named as new French prime minister CNN Far right is kingmaker in France following Michel Barnier nomination POLITICO Europe Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier named … Read more