Slovakia’s government on Wednesday approved a controversial overhaul of the country’s public radio and television services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media.
Milei is slashing spending across the country in his drive to reach zero deficit, leaving even elite universities struggling to keep lights on
The proposal by Robert Fico's populist-nationalist government has raised fears for independent media.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., must have trouble tracking his views on public protest. In a 2020 New York Times op-ed, the Arkansas Republican senator called for the military to be mobilized to crush the “orgy of violence” he said was engulfing the country during the protests following George Floyd’s murder (in fact, the overwhelming majority of those protests were peaceful). Four years on, Cotton has decided that law enforcement and the military are insufficient tools to deal with protesters. It’s...
Google employees in two different offices protested the company’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, objecting to a billion-dollar contract it signed with the U.S. ally in 2021. The protestors organized sit-ins in two locations, one in Sunnyvale, Calif., and the other in one of New York City's offices. The sit-in Sunnyvale office was
"The planned sum is so small that it will not save the economy, but it would be a deep blow to the cultural sector," writer Rosa Meriläinen told Yle.
Over 100 Israeli mayors have signed a letter to Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malkieli, urging the government to cancel its plan to grant the Chief Rabbinate the power to appoint municipal rabbis. The mayors argue that this move would undermine the autonomy of their cities and towns to choose a rabbi that aligns with their […]
Uri Berliner suspended without pay for five days by National Public Radio for unauthorised outside work for another outletThe National Public Radio employee who recently published a scorching letter accusing the media organization of a liberal slant has been suspended without pay for five days.Uri Berliner, an NPR senior business editor, was punished last Friday after backlash from an article he wrote for the Free Press, a website operated by the former New York Times journalist Bari Weiss....
President, scheduled to speak at the historically Black campus before the start of the Israel-Gaza war, will give speech on 19 MayStudent campus protests – live updates Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker at Morehouse College in Georgia, giving the Democrat a key spotlight at one of the nation’s pre-eminent historically Black campuses but potentially exposing him to uncomfortable protests as he seeks re-election against Donald Trump.The White House confirmed on Tuesday that Biden would...
Google workers linked to No Tech for Apartheid denounce ‘flagrant act of retaliation’ in dispute over $1.2bn cloud contractGoogle said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. Employees staged sit-ins at their offices, some for more than eight hours.The Alphabet unit said a small number of pro-Palestine employees entered and disrupted work at a few unspecified office locations. They...
The fate of dozens of mature oak trees along the thoroughfare have been a point of contention among neighborhood residents. The project aims to improve drainage, sidewalks and safety.
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