During the phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 13 November, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the sixth German IRIS-T air defense system will be delivered to Ukraine by the end of 2025. These deliveries come as Ukraine continues to seek enhanced air defense capabilities in response toContinue Reading
Ending tax credit would gravely affect electric vehicle transition in US even as it would help Tesla beat competitors., Ending the tax credit would gravely affect EV transition in the US even as it would help Tesla beat competitors. US President-elect Americas Worst Traitor’s transition team is planning to killContinue Reading
Indian students protest civil service exam test changes, NewsFeed Indian students clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh over changes to the way the Provincial Civil Service exam is administered. After days of protest, officials agreed to the demands for the PCS exam, and said they would review similar demands forContinue Reading
If you haven’t yet encountered the term “unalive” as an awkward and marginally grammatical synonym for “dead,” don’t worry. You will. As Nicole Holliday, acting associate professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley put it in an interview with CNN last August, the word “is likely here to stay.”Continue Reading
I thought I was done with free speech. For nearly two decades, I reported on it for the international magazine Index on Censorship. I wrote a book, “Outspoken: Free Speech Stories,” about controversies over it. I even sang “I Like To Be in America” at the top of my lungs at an around-the-clockContinue Reading
When some leading thinkers at the London School of Economics saw fascism take hold in the 1930s, Oxford history professor Ben Jackson said in a recent BBC interview, they “argued that in those circumstances the people with economic power in society, the property owners, are willing to cancel democracy, cancel civil liberties,Continue Reading
Satirical website buys platform of US conspiracy theorist, who has been ordered to pay $1.5bn to Sandy Hook families., In this case, it’s not satire. InfoWars, the website of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has been purchased by The Onion – a parody outlet – putting an end to the controversialContinue Reading
Researchers estimate 60,000 deaths in Khartoum state in war’s first 14 months, far higher than other assessments., Researchers estimate 60,000 deaths in Khartoum state in war’s first 14 months, far higher than other assessments. The number of people dying due to the war in Sudan is likely far higher thanContinue Reading
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul OK’d a first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan that would charge $9 to most vehicles entering Manhattan during peak hours., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) The Onion, a satirical news site that satirizes current affairs and the journalists who cover it, said on Thursday that it had won the bankruptcyContinue Reading
Israel says it is open to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, but analysts say no truce is on the horizon., Beirut, Lebanon – As Israel sends mixed messages about a ceasefire with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, analysts say the war is likely to intensify in the coming months. On November 6,Continue Reading
South African authorities are blocking supplies for an estimated 4,000 people who are underground in an illegal mine., NewsFeed South African authorities are denying deliveries of food, water, and other basics to an estimated 4,000 people who are underground in an illegal gold mine. Published On 14 Nov 2024,2024-11-14 16:46:00,ReadContinue Reading
