Key takeaways: supreme court abortion pill hearingHearing on mifepristone most consequential abortion-related case since overturning of Roe v Wade nearly two years agoSupporters and opponents of abortion rights gathered on the steps of the supreme court on Tuesday, where, just beyond the marbled columns, the justices were hearing oral arguments in the most consequential abortion-related case since it overturned Roe v Wade nearly two years ago.At stake is the accessibility of mifepristone, the...
Rallies take place in Idlib region, held by rebels against Bashar al-Assad, whose repression sparked civil war in 2011Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Syria’s rebel-held north-west to mark 13 years since pro-democracy protests swept the country, chanting against President Bashar al-Assad and the region’s jihadist rulers.The government’s brutal suppression of the 2011 uprising triggered a civil war that has killed more than half a million people, drawn in foreign armies and...
In 1969, Takasshi Matsumoto and Haruomi Hosono opted to defy rock trends by singing in Japanese, not English – paving the way for ‘city pop’ and J-popTakashi Matsumoto and Haruomi Hosono faced a choice when starting a rock band in 1969: should the lyrics be sung in English, the genre’s lingua franca at the time, or Japanese? After a debate, the pair opted for their native tongue, and totally changed the course of their country’s music.Their group Happy End – which also counted guitarist Shigeru...
Tom Allen has spoken of his pride at making a documentary to celebrate 10 years of gay marriage,
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s aide acted as an intermediary for handling donations raised through a crowdfunding campaign in 2019, a pro-democracy activist has testified in a high-profile national security trial. Andy Li continued the fourth day of his testimony at the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Monday. Li, who was charged alongside […]
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry delivered a note expressing the complaint to the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, Benjamin Ziff.On Sunday,
Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba
Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages
Late opposition leader Alexei Navalny is playing a role Sunday as Russians complete three days of voting.
We compare Sonder Listening Bar and Decibel Sound & Drink, and recommend they swap names. by Robert Ham The arrival of listening bars—meticulously designed haunts built around the playing of vinyl records on high-end stereo equipment—in the Portland metro area was inevitable. A mainstay of Japanese musical culture since the ’50s (an estimated 600 audiophile cafés and bars are currently in operation there), the concept has been...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A revamped protest response team is being launched in Portland's police department, despite skepticism from some residents who said their confidence was eroded by the police
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg added a $300 million diesel-powered mega-yacht to his collection, despite advocating for climate change. read more