Thousands of activists, many dressed in pink, took to the streets across the United States on Saturday to demand safe and legal abortion access. The protests are in response to a leaked draught judgment indicating that the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court is considering overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 decision … Read more
The Tunisian navy said Saturday that it had rescued 81 migrants, one of whom was a woman, who had set out from Libya on a barely seaworthy vessel for Europe. The damaged boat was boarded about six kilometres (four miles) off Tunisia’s northeastern coast, according to the navy. According to officers, it carried 38 Egyptians, … Read more
Agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations condemned India’s decision to ban unapproved wheat exports on Saturday, following a punishing heatwave in the country. “If everyone starts to impose export restrictions or to close markets, that would worsen the crisis,” German agriculture minister Cem Ozdemir said at a press conference in Stuttgart. After … Read more
An anti-abortion rally in central Zagreb drew thousands of civilians on Saturday, according to an AFP journalist, as activists in the staunchly Catholic country warn of a deterioration in women’s reproductive rights. Thousands of people, including many parents with children, marched in the annual “March for Life,” waving banners with slogans such as “Unborn children … Read more
US President Joe Biden congratulated the UAE’s de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his election as the country’s president on Saturday, following the death of his half-brother. “I congratulate my long-time friend Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his election as president of the United Arab Emirates,” Biden said in … Read more
Tanzania’s president approved a nearly 25% increase in the minimum wage on Saturday, breaking with her autocratic predecessor’s policies amid protests over the high cost of living. President Samia Suluhu Hassan decided on a 23.3 percent increase, as well as raising government worker salaries for the first time since 2016, according to a statement from … Read more
Elon Musk sent mixed signals about his proposed Twitter acquisition on Friday, putting pressure on the microblogging platform’s stock amid doubts about the deal’s viability. Musk said in an early-morning tweet that the $44 billion takeovers were “temporarily on hold” due to concerns about the social media company’s estimates of the number of fake accounts, … Read more
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space tourism company, announced on Friday that its next rocket will launch on May 20 with six passengers on board. One of the passengers will be the first Mexican-born woman to travel into space. Liftoff from western Texas is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT). It will be the company’s fifth … Read more
Teresa Berganza, a celebrated Spanish mezzo-soprano who performed in the world’s greatest concert halls since the 1950s, died at the age of 89, according to Spain’s culture ministry. “We are very sad to learn of the death of Teresa Berganza,” the ministry tweeted, saying Berganza had died on Friday. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hailed her … Read more
Spain’s plan to become the first European country to permit women to take “menstrual leave” from work has sparked a debate that has splintered the country’s leftist coalition government and labour unions. The government of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to include menstrual leave in a draught bill on reproductive health that will … Read more
Will it be the banana-eating wolves of Norway, the witches of France, or the spaceman of the United Kingdom? Perhaps a death-wishing Greek, a slinky Lithuanian chanteuse with a jet-black bowl cut, or a Serbian germaphobe? The line-up for Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest grand finale is typically bizarre, but with the roars of war on … Read more
The 62-year-old man arrested last month for allegedly shooting ten people on the New York subway pleaded not guilty to federal terrorism charges on Friday. Frank James was apprehended a day after the April 12 attack, which occurred as a crowded subway train approached a Brooklyn station. James is accused of detonating two smoke canisters … Read more
An official in Iraq said Saturday that authorities exhumed the remains of 15 people from a mass grave believed to hold the remains of dozens more people killed by dictator Saddam Hussein. The mass grave was discovered in April near the southern city of Najaf, while workers were constructing a residential compound. It is thought … Read more
Hundreds of civilians have fled fighting in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley after an insurgent group launched an offensive against Taliban forces, residents said on Saturday The Panjshir Valley is famous for being a site of Afghan resistance against Soviet forces in the 1980s, as well as a base for rebels opposing Taliban rule during the Islamists’ … Read more
Sri Lanka named the first ministers of a “unity” government tasked with rescuing the country from a crippling economic crisis, but which has so far failed to gain opposition support. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed Prime Minister on Thursday, has attempted to form a cross-party coalition to begin repairing the island nation’s shattered finances. However, … Read more
Restaurants in Herat, Afghanistan’s western edge city, began allowing families to dine together again on Saturday, just days after owners claimed Taliban authorities had ordered them to separate men and women. On Thursday, several restaurant owners and managers said they received verbal orders from the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of … Read more
One person was killed during a protest in southwestern Iran against a government decision to raise the prices of basic goods,An MP said Saturday. The government announced a series of measures on Monday to address mounting economic challenges, including changing the subsidy system and raising the prices of staple goods such as cooking oil and … Read more
Thousands of activists are preparing to take to the streets of the United States on Saturday in a national day of action to demand safe and legal abortion access. The planned nationwide protests are in response to a leaked draught opinion indicating that the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court is considering overturning … Read more
