Month: August 2023
German far-right lawmaker smeared with feces at event
A senior member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was smeared with feces during a public engagement on Friday evening. Beatrix von Storch, the deputy leader of the party that is riding high on an anti-immigration and anti-green agenda,
Read MoreArmed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars
Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco’s streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles. (Image credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreSpeaking Out with a Shared Voice Against Hate
On August 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to more than 250,000 supporters gathered on the National Mall. That day, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, a survivor of Nazi Germany, spoke just
Read MoreConsumers Are Spending Like It’s 2019
Shoppers have shifted their spending habits in a postpandemic world, leaving retailers in the lurch.
Read MoreUkraine’s Farmers Count the Cost of Grain Deal’s Collapse
Russia’s exit from the Black Sea export agreement and its attacks on Ukrainian ports have led to lower income and higher costs in Ukraine’s agriculture industry.
Read MoreRoyal Collections Gallery Review: Palace of the Spanish Past
The vast museum, which opened in Madrid in June, tells a four-century dynastic epic of imperial Spain and its patronage through hundreds of artworks and artifacts, highlighting both imported taste and local talent.
Read MoreDriver and three teenagers killed in crash in Ireland are named by police
Four young people who died in a road crash in Co Tipperary have been named by Irish police.
Read MoreArab political leader Odeh gets security detail after denouncing crime families
Knesset Guard informs Hadash chief of death threats as his party accuses government of giving criminals ‘a green light… to run wild and murder’ amid surging deadly violence
Read MoreHow high tensions between China and the U.S. are impacting American companies
Commerce Secretary GIna Raimondo is set to travel to China at a time when U.S. executives and investors are facing increasing uncertainty and risk doing business there. (Image credit: Pool/Getty Images)
Read MoreHow the World’s Best Spikeball Player Gets Sharper
Buddy Hammon goes all-in training for a sport many associate with fun on the beach.
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