The protest was organized by unemployed, self-employed, entrepreneurs and business owners who gathered in central Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. Participants wore masks, but did not appear to be following social […]
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Egypt grounds kites for ‘safety’, ‘national security’
Egyptian police have seized kites from people flying them after a ban by a northern governorate for “safety” reasons and a lawmaker’s warning they posed a “national security threat”. Police […]
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Russian city marches in support of detained regional governor
Thousands marched in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday in support of its regional governor, who is being held in pre-trial detention after being charged with organising the […]
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UK PM to tell firms to order staff back to workplaces: Report
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell employers next week to start ordering staff back into their places of work, as long as it is safe to do so, in […]
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‘It just doesn’t feel safe:’ US parents, teachers worry about reopening schools
Brenda Del Hierro was not so thrilled with distance learning when her kids were sent home in March to when the novel coronavirus pandemic hit, yet the Los Angeles mom […]
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Foreign students weigh studying in person vs losing visas in United States
“Shame on the Trump Administration for risking not only the education opportunities for students who earned the chance to go to college, but now their health and well-being as well,” […]
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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong returns to power with ‘clear mandate’
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has secured a “clear mandate” with his ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) winning 83 of the 93 contested parliamentary seats in the general election […]
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Donald Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone’s prison sentence
Stone had been sentenced in February to three years and four months in prison for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign […]
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Australia’s Victoria state records another day of high Covid-19 infections
Australia’s second most-populous state on Saturday reported one of its highest daily increases in new coronavirus infections and warned the numbers would get worse before they got better as it […]
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Hundreds try to storm Serbian parliament as protests against govt heat up
Police fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who tried to storm Serbia’s parliament on Friday, the fourth night of protests against the Balkan country president’s increasingly authoritarian rule. Demonstrators […]
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