Protesters carry portraits of political prisoners and a cage that organisers said represented the state of political life in the country. Hundreds of Tunisian activists have protested against President Kais Saied, calling his rule since 2021 an “authoritarian regime” that has turned the country into an “open-air prison”. The protesters marched in capital Tunis on Friday, marking four years since Saied made moves to consolidate his one-man rule in a country once known as the birthplace of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings. Chanting the slogan, “The Republic is a large prison,” they demanded the release of jailed opposition leaders, including…
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A storm is gathering in Mexico City’s prettiest neighborhoods, where rent hikes, tech nomads, and Airbnb profits collide with the lives of locals who’ve called these cobbled streets home for generations—and now march to keep it that way. The Revolt Behind the Murals On sunny afternoons, Roma and Condesa gleam with a curated charm: baristas perfecting matcha, murals worthy of gallery walls, and sidewalks filled with yoga mats, lapdogs, and foreign tongues. But, as reported by Wiredbeneath the polished veneer, something’s cracking. For every artisanal café that opens, another family packs up, priced out by rent hikes no working-class salary…
Washington, DC – The images of emaciated children coming out of Gaza have moved some of Israel’s staunchest supporters in the United States Congress to decry the humanitarian situation in the besieged Palestinian territory ravaged by Israeli-imposed starvation. Some Democratic lawmakers pointedly condemned Israel over the past few days, slamming the US and Israeli-backed GHF food distribution mechanism that has led to the killing of more than 1,000 Palestinian aid seekers. But others issued vague statements calling for aid to enter Gaza without directly blaming Israeli policies. “This is the reality: Having already killed or wounded 200,000 Palestinians, mostly women…
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche completed nine hours of meetings over two days with Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday but made no public statements about what she said or the next steps in the Justice Department’s much-criticized Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Former prosecutors said it was highly unusual — and potentially unprecedented — for a the department’s No. 2 official to personally interview a witness. Secrecy in a criminal investigation is normal, but the prosecutors involved in the case would typically be included in questioning. “I’ve never heard of a deputy attorney general doing anything like this before,” said a former senior…
An Illinois man who was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the murder of a young Palestinian American boy in a 2023 hate crime that shocked the nation has died in prison, authorities said Saturday. Joseph Czuba, 73, died on Thursday while serving his sentence, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Officials did not release his cause of death. In February, Czuba was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and hate crimes for fatally stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and injuring the boy’s mother just days after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he does not expect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hesitate if conditions for annexing the occupied West Bank align with his vision. He warned that the move would not serve Israel’s long-term interests. “If Netanyahu believes the conditions are right, I frankly don’t think he would hesitate. His mindset is maximalist,” he told Turkish broadcaster NTV on Friday. “But this won’t benefit Israel over the next decades.” Fidan criticised Israel’s military actions in Gaza as a “raging frenzy” that has turned into a global concern. He said most countries, apart from a few,…
Kenneth Harris spent most of his days in Atlanta yearning for a life in a place where his dark skin colour is not a source of suspicion, but a mark of a shared heritage. His chance came two years ago when he bought a one-way ticket to Kenya. The 38-year-old retired veteran has found a community in the east African country’s capital, where he now runs an Airbnb business. He loves admiring Nairobi’s golden sunset from a rooftop terrace, and enjoys a luxurious lifestyle in a tastefully furnished apartment in an upmarket neighbourhood. Harris is part of a growing wave…
00:00I am curious as to were you working with Fannie and Freddie, with FHA, FHA, I should say, to try to sort of get yourself into this? Or was this a surprise? Well, this was absolutely something which was the product of a lot of work with Congress, with the regulator. And it’s resulted in a really important decision to allow Vantagescore to compete. Competition is what makes markets great information, and data is what makes markets great. And, you know, you said there was concern, but the reality is there’s been a lot of excitement. We just did a…
“My main motivation to be here in this square is my desire for justice,” Berkay says. The young man was taking part in a protest held last week in Bulgaria’s coastal city of Varna, against the arrest of the local mayor. “My conscience and my sense of civic duty wouldn’t allow me just to stand here with my arms folded, in the face of the obvious trend towards authoritarianism in our country,” he told DW. Along with other protesters, Berkay didn’t want to give his full name. The protests started after the July 8 arrest of Varna’s mayor Blagomir Kotsev,…
Irina Krynina departed from Russia in September 2023, leaving behind her apartment in Krasnoyarsk, her car, and her job as an accountant. She packed her bags, took her two daughters, aged seven and ten, and set off for Ukraine to visit her partner Yevgeny Kovtkov in Ukraine. Kovtkov, who is not the biological father of her children, had been fighting for Russia against the Ukrainian army when he was captured. She booked a flight to Turkey, flew from there to Moldova, and then journeyed on to Kyiv. She received logistical support from a helpline operated by Ukraine’s defense intelligence service,…