Posts by Amelia Frost
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Occupy Columbia University Library, Prompting NYPD Sweep
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Wednesday evening after occupying part of Columbia University’s Butler Library, an escalation of campus tensions tied to the Israel-Gaza conflict. The protesters, many wearing masks and kaffiyehs, breached a security gate shortly after 3 p.m. and took over the second floor of the library’s main…
Read MoreJudge Warns Trump Admin Against Deporting Migrants To Libya: ‘Would Clearly Violate This Court’s Order’
[ad_1] A federal judge is warning the Trump administration against deporting third-country migrants to Libya following reports about imminent flights to the war-torn country. Concretely, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston said such a move would violate a standing court order preventing people from being forcibly taken to countries where they could be hurt…
Read MoreIsrael’s Aid Blockade To Gaza ‘Unacceptable’: Red Cross
[ad_1] The Red Cross on Thursday denounced the human cost of the war raging in Gaza, slamming Israel’s “unacceptable” full blockade on aid into the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory. Aid agencies have repeatedly warned of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which they say has been exacerbated by an Israeli blockade on all aid…
Read MoreTrump Announces Trade Agreement With UK
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump announced Thursday an agreement with Britain on trade, which would be the first such deal since he launched his global tariffs blitz. Trump provided no details about the scope of the agreement, which comes a month after he imposed sweeping tariffs on US trading partners on his April 2 “Liberation…
Read MoreU.S. Trade Deal Could Lift UK Economy, but Won’t Transform It
[ad_1] The British government made faster economic growth its No. 1 mission. But efforts to kick-start it have been repeatedly knocked off course by a global economy lurching from one crisis to another. On Thursday, British officials appeared to secure a win. The country is set to announce some form of trade deal with the…
Read MoreU.S. Trade Deal Could Help Britain’s Sluggish Economy, but Won’t Transform It
[ad_1] The British government made faster economic growth its No. 1 mission. But efforts to kick-start it have been repeatedly knocked off course by a global economy lurching from one crisis to another. On Thursday, British officials appeared to secure a win: The country is set to announce some form of trade deal with the…
Read MoreGlobal Temperatures Stuck At Near-record Highs In April: EU Monitor
[ad_1] Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the EU’s climate monitor said on Thursday, extending an unprecedented heat streak and raising questions about how quickly the world might be warming. The extraordinary heat spell was expected to subside as warmer El Nino conditions faded last year, but temperatures have stubbornly remained at…
Read MoreScreams And Shattered Glass Under Pakistan Bombardment
[ad_1] Madasar Choudhary said his sister saw two children killed in the town of Poonch that bore the brunt of this week’s shelling by Pakistan, with India saying a total of 13 people died there. “She saw two children running out of her neighbour’s house and screamed for them to get back inside,” Choudhary, 29,…
Read MoreA’ja Wilson Now Has a Nike Signature Shoe. Why Did It Take So Long?
[ad_1] A’ja Wilson, a center for the Las Vegas Aces, is widely acknowledged as the best player in the Women’s National Basketball Association. She is something like the league’s on-court answer to LeBron James or Michael Jordan. “I don’t shy away from having conversations with her about being the greatest to ever play,” said Becky…
Read MoreXi Meets Putin In Moscow As Ukraine Reports Truce Violations
[ad_1] China’s Xi Jinping was in Moscow on Thursday for a state visit ahead of the Kremlin’s grand Victory Day celebrations, as Ukraine accused Russia’s army of launching air strikes just hours into a supposed truce. More than 20 foreign leaders are in Russia to attend a vast military parade on Friday marking 80 years…
Read MoreTrump Picks Casey Means As Surgeon General Nominee, Replaces Janette Nesheiwat
[ad_1] President Donald Trump picked Dr. Casey Means for the role of U.S. Surgeon General after withdrawing the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, according to the White House’s announcement on Wednesday. The decision came just one day before Nesheiwat’s Senate confirmation hearing was scheduled to begin. Trump took to social media to share that Dr.…
Read MoreHow India Is Trying to Squeeze Pakistan Far From the Battlefield
[ad_1] Even as India was gearing up to use its military to strike at Pakistan this week, calling it revenge for a terrorist strike in Kashmir last month, the government was pursuing other forms of power projection as well: bloodless and more refined, and mostly aimed at Pakistan’s economic vulnerability. On Friday, May 9, the…
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