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NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A pro-Israel demonstration in a Boston suburb turned violent Thursday night when a passerby was shot during a scuffle after confronting a group of protesters, authorities said. Police were called to the scene of what they described as a small gathering in Newton at 6:40 p.m. Words were exchanged before a […]

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, called Australia’s centre-left government “fascists” on Friday over a proposed law that would impose fines on social media companies that fail to prevent the spread of misinformation online. Australia’s Labor government on Thursday introduced a bill that would fine internet platforms

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Unauthorized migration to European Union countries has fallen significantly overall in the first eight months of this year, despite increased political rhetoric and violence against migrants and gains at the ballot box from far-right parties espousing anti-immigration policies. However, there was a spike in migrant arrivals in the Canary Islands, a

Screenshot taken on September 10, 2024 of the fake post The photos emerged on the same day that Typhoon Yagi hit Vietnam, after killing two dozen people in southern China and the Philippines earlier that week (archived link). The storm then wreaked havoc across Southeast Asia, causing deadly landslides and flooding of major rivers. The

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is facing criticism from press freedom groups after making comments about female reporters, calling them “mafia puppets” in one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, South America. Petro made this statement without any irony during the installation on August 30 of Iris Marin, the new ombudsman for human rights in

Tech magnate Elon Musk has compared the Australian government to “fascists” and criticised proposed laws that would fine social media giants for failing to curb the spread of misinformation. Australia on Thursday introduced a bill to combat disinformation that includes sweeping powers to fine tech giants up to 5 percent of their annual turnover if

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas filled a Rio de Janeiro park Thursday as Brazil’s Tupinambá people gathered to celebrate the return of a sacred cloak that disappeared some 380 years ago. The artifact, made from scarlet ibis feathers, came from northeastern Brazil and was located in Copenhagen until

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WCBD) – Community leaders in the Little Italy of Andrews and Graves Station in Georgetown are pushing for more government action to beautify their community. They’re starting with demolishing dilapidated homes. After years of watching the condition of their homes deteriorate, residents expressed their concerns to government officials. “We’ve gotten some HARPA

Two French women who falsely claimed that the country’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, was transgender have been found guilty of defamation. In December 2021, Natacha Rey and Amandine Roy spread unsubstantiated rumors online that Brigitte had never existed and that her brother Jean-Michel Trogneux had changed gender and started using that name. The defendants were

Engineers in the German city of Dresden are working on Thursday evening to demolish the damaged section of a key bridge to prevent further danger and prevent flooding, a day after part of the bridge collapsed into the river. According to fire department spokesman Michael Klahre, excavators and demolition vehicles from a specialist company are