International News (Page 517)

Four years ago, when I was travelling across the northern Indian state of Haryana to report on “rape culture” there, I met a slight-bodied young woman at a local district court. She, a Dalit, was there to fight a case against four upper-caste men who had raped her. We spoke for a few hours. She told me…Continue Reading

Occupied East Jerusalem – Palestinian residents of the Naqab (Negev) say they are fearful due to the formation of armed Jewish vigilante groups amid heightened tensions in the area. The Barel Rangers unit, a Jewish civilian group, was formally launched on Sunday by a former Israeli police officer, Almog Cohen, claiming inadequate police governance in…Continue Reading

Wang Yi draws New Delhi’s ire ahead of unconfirmed visit for remarks concerning the disputed region at OIC meeting in Pakistan.Published On 24 Mar 202224 Mar 2022China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has drawn a rebuke from the Indian government ahead of his expected but unconfirmed visit to New Delhi on Friday, upsetting his hosts with…Continue Reading

Sonia Nandzik-Herman, 39, is a Polish humanitarian worker who manages ReFOCUS Media, a foundation that teaches media and journalism skills to refugees and marginalised communities to help prepare them to work in the European job market. She works mainly in Lesbos, Greece, but went to the Poland-Ukraine border to aid Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. …Continue Reading

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) told President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson that he did not find her testimony “credible” after the judge claimed she did not remember a child pornographer to whom she gave a light sentence. “You know what I think?” Cotton said. “I think he got caught with child pornography…Continue Reading

As it turns out, your suspicion that Wall Street might not have your best interest in mind has some scientific validity. A new study establishes that people who are interested in finance are less likely to share their wealth with others when the benefit to themselves is unclear. A team of business and economics professors…Continue Reading

Manhattan prosecutors say the 26-year-old woman accused of shoving 87-year-old voice coach Barbara Maier Gustern to the ground, resulting in her death days later, stayed in the area for half an hour after the crime and watched as an ambulance arrived to tend to her victim. Lauren Pazienza, 26, surrendered to police Tuesday in connection…Continue Reading

The Nation’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat With Ari Melber” that Republican senators turned the Supreme Court nomination hearing of then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh into a “circus.” Mystal said, “Let’s go back to 2018. Brett Kavanaugh has been accused of alleged — of attempted rape by Christine Blasey Ford. She is…Continue Reading

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he will not vote for the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and that Jackson is probably the first SCOTUS nominee in history who can’t define what a woman is. Cruz said, “Well, listen, she is…Continue Reading