By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Over 1,800 actors, entertainers, and producers, including some Hollywood stars, signed a pledge released on Monday to not work with Israeli film institutions that they see as being complicit in the abuse of Palestinians by Israel. Some companies have faced calls for boycotts and protests over ties with the Israeli…
French lawmakers voted to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou Monday, plunging the country into a new political crisis and leaving it without a government at a time of increasing economic strain and geopolitical tensions. A total of 364 MPs voted against Bayrou and 194 voted for him after he called the vote in a bid…
Hospital workers and supporters have staged a protest in anger at being treated like “second-class citizens” over differing pay and conditions, ahead of a full walkout on Friday. More than 150 Airedale Hospital workers are set to strike from 12 to 15 September as part of the dispute, which relates to jobs which have been…
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republicans have disparaged their political rivals by describing them as socialists. But that may not be the insult it once was for rank-and-file Democrats, who have warmed to socialism and increasingly see “capitalism” as a barb. A new Gallup poll finds that while U.S. adults overall are more likely to…
Donald Trump praised West Point on Truth Social after news broke that the West Point Association of Graduates canceled an award ceremony intended to honor Tom Hanks. Trump proceeded to slam the two-time Oscar winner by claiming he would be a “destructive, woke recipient” of the prize. “Our great West Point (getting greater all the…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network. The deal for EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses includes up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock. SpaceX will make approximately…
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Eleven years after the officer shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked waves of protest against police brutality, the friend who was with Brown when it happened has been shot dead. Dorian Johnson, 33, was the victim of a shooting at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday at a block of apartments less than a mile…
A security guard at the Prime Minister’s Residence inappropriately touched and filmed his female coworkers without their consent, a court ruling revealed. Content warning: This article discusses sensitive topics, including sexual violence. A security guard at the Prime Minister’s Residence inappropriately touched female employees in intimate areas, a Civil Service Disciplinary Court ruling revealed on…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A trial opened in New Zealand on Monday for a woman accused of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered. Hakyung Lee is charged with killing Minu Jo, 6, and Yuna Jo, 8, in June 2018. She was extradited from South…