The US has said it is reviewing its bilateral co-operation with Georgia over its controversial “foreign agent” law that triggered weeks of mass protests in the capital Tbilisi. In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington was introducing visa restrictions for individuals responsible for “undermining democracy in Georgia”. No officials were named,...
Hundreds of graduating students at Harvard University staged a walkout during commencement after the school said it would not allow 13 students who took part in Gaza campus protests to graduate. Weeks earlier, pro-Palestine demonstrators had erected an encampment at the school, similar to other nationwide campus protests that began at Columbia University in April....
@hawelti Police forces across the world are prepped for Eritrea’s independence day this Friday – fearing violent clashes as disgruntled Eritreans unable to protest at home may do so at events abroad to mark the day 33 years ago that the country was born. Some countries have even banned the celebrations. It was a hard-won...
Ohio’s governor is pushing state lawmakers to avoid a partisan clash threatening to bar US President Joe Biden from the key swing state’s presidential ballot in November. The state’s top election official said earlier this week that Democrats are nominating their candidate too late to comply with Ohio’s ballot access laws. Such conflicts have been...
5 minutes ago Guy Delauney,BBC Balkans correspondent Reuters A memorial centre commemorating the massacre was created in Potocari in 2020 United Nations member states have voted to declare 11 July an annual day of remembrance for victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Germany and Rwanda’s proposal passed despite furious lobbying by Serbia against the resolution....
In Hollywood, when one star fades, another is surely on the rise. And that’s exactly what happened when a new mountain lion was discovered in the Hollywood Hills. The exclusive neighbourhoods near California’s famous “Hollywood” sign have long been a refuge for the rich and famous. But for a decade, those hillsides also were home...
Getty A still from the video which referenced a ‘unified Reich’ in a mock headline A video posted on Donald Trump’s Truth Social account this week included a reference to the creation of a “unified Reich”, provoking outrage from Democrats, with the Trump campaign later deleting the post. The campaign attributed its creation to a...
13 minutes ago Sofia Ferreira Santos,BBC News Getty Images Police have raided a Florida mansion believed to be the residence of Sean Kingston. The singer, whose legal name is Kisean Anderson, was named as living at the residence near Fort Lauderdale in court documents from February. He was accused in February by a company of...
Four people have died and 21 are injured after a two-storey building collapsed in Majorca, emergency services say. Spanish media say the building was a beachside restaurant on Cartago Street in Palma de Majorca. Several people are believed to be trapped at the site. The incident reportedly happened at about 20:30 local time (19:30 BST)....
The BBC spends a month inside Myanmar, where young medics, teachers and fighters are powering the revolution against the ruling military junta. Source link