Huge Crowds Build As Serbian Protesters Demand Early Elections

Huge Crowds Build As Serbian Protesters Demand Early Elections

[ad_1] Tens of thousands of Serbian protesters converged on Belgrade on Saturday to press their demand for early elections after months of student-led strikes. As the hours-long rally began, massive crowds were building, with more streaming into a major square of the capital, according to AFP journalists. Carrying Serbian flags and banners, many emblazoned with…

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Irish Rappers Kneecap Perform Controversial Glastonbury Set

Irish Rappers Kneecap Perform Controversial Glastonbury Set

[ad_1] Irish rap trio Kneecap staged a defiant performance at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival Saturday, days after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said they should not be performing there. The group has made headlines in recent months with their pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel stance, and one of their members has been charged with a “terror” offence for allegedly…

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Germany Warns Apple, Google on DeepSeek App Over Privacy Breaches Tied to China

Germany Warns Apple, Google on DeepSeek App Over Privacy Breaches Tied to China

[ad_1] Germany’s top data protection office is raising the alarm over DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot app, for allegedly breaking European privacy laws. On Friday, Berlin’s data commissioner Meike Kamp urged Apple and Google to consider removing the app from their stores, accusing DeepSeek of unlawfully transferring German user data to China. “DeepSeek’s transfer of…

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Reddit Co-Founder Condemns University of Virginia President’s Resignation Following Trump Pressure: ‘DEI Witchhunt’

Reddit Co-Founder Condemns University of Virginia President’s Resignation Following Trump Pressure: ‘DEI Witchhunt’

[ad_1] One of the co-founders of social media platform Reddit has expressed outrage at the resignation of the University of Virginia President, which was spurred by the Trump administration. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian took to social media to express indignation and disappointment after University of Virginia President Jim Ryan announced that he would be resigning…

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Europe Bakes In Summer’s First Heatwave As Continent Warms

Europe Bakes In Summer’s First Heatwave As Continent Warms

[ad_1] Southern Europeans braced Saturday for the first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes thermometers on the world’s fastest-warming continent increasingly into the red. Temperatures are set to rise to 37 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit) in Rome, driving the Eternal City’s many tourists and Catholic pilgrims to the Vatican alike towards…

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Thousands Protest Calling For Thai PM’s Resignation

Thousands Protest Calling For Thai PM’s Resignation

[ad_1] Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in Bangkok on Saturday, demanding Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign after a leaked diplomatic phone call stirred public anger over her leadership. A Cambodian elder statesman leaked a call meant to sooth a border spat between the two nations in which Paetongtarn called him “uncle” and referred to a…

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Budapest Pride To Challenge Orban’s Ban In Hungary

Budapest Pride To Challenge Orban’s Ban In Hungary

[ad_1] A record number of people are expected to attend Saturday’s Pride march in the Hungarian capital Budapest, defying a ban that marks an unprecedented regression of LGBTQ rights in the European Union. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition amended laws and the constitution earlier this year to prohibit the annual celebration, justifying his years-long…

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Drilling For Water In Venezuela’s Parched Oil Town

Drilling For Water In Venezuela’s Parched Oil Town

[ad_1] In Venezuela’s oil capital of Maracaibo, a drilling frenzy has led to dozens of new wells — but the valuable liquid being pumped out is just water, not petroleum. In a symbol of the woes of Venezuela’s crumbling economy, the once flourishing oil town of 2 million people is parched. Experts blame the nationwide…

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Iran Holds State Funeral For Top Brass Slain In War With Israel

Iran Holds State Funeral For Top Brass Slain In War With Israel

[ad_1] Iran will hold a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran’s top diplomat condemned Donald Trump’s comments on supreme leader Ali Khamenei as “unacceptable”. The United States had carried out strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites last weekend, joining its ally…

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