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Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainland
ROME (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a government plan to build a bridge that would connect the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive 13.5-billion-euro ($15.5 billion) infrastructure project. Protesters staunchly oppose the Strait of Messina Bridge project over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental…
Read MoreSecurity Cabinet ‘of death’: Hostage mother decries decision to expand IDF ops. to Gaza City
“If you occupy parts of the Gaza Strip and hostages are murdered, we will pursue you. Your hands will be stained with the blood of the hostages!” Hostage mother and a leader of Israel’s protest movement for the release of hostages, Einav Zangauker, said that Israel’s Security Cabinet is “a cabinet of death” at the…
Read MoreHundreds Arrested At Protest in Defiance of Anti-Terror Law
A woman is detained by police officers as supporters of Palestine Action take part in a mass action in Parliament Square, Westminster, central London, on Saturday August 9, 2025. Credit – Stefan Rousseau—Press Association via AP Police in London arrested at least 365 protesters on Saturday who defied an anti-terror law by holding placards expressing…
Read MoreAid airdrop in Gaza kills 14-year-old boy, local medics say
A 14-year-old boy in the Gaza Strip was killed after being struck by an aid package dropped from the air, the local health authority said on Saturday. The incident occurred near the Nuseirat refugee district in central Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry said. The information could not be independently verified. Following months of blocked aid…
Read MoreUK police arrest at least 200 people at Palestine Action protest in London
Police in London say they have arrested at least 200 people at a protest in support of the group Palestine Action, which was classified as a “terror organisation” by the British government last month. The Metropolitan Police said on Saturday that 200 demonstrators had been arrested at Parliament Square “for showing support for a proscribed…
Read MoreIndia says six Pakistani aircraft shot down during May conflict
India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military aircraft during fighting in May, India’s air force chief says, the first such statement from the country since the deadly conflict with its neighbour. Air force chief Amar Preet Singh made the announcement on Saturday, weeks after India’s military acknowledged that an unspecified number…
Read MoreThe Futility of Simulating Nature
In “The Anthropocene of Illusion,” the photographer Zed Nelson captures how the natural world has been reproduced, reshuffled, and repackaged, sold to visitors in the form of spectacle. Source link
Read MoreOur Age of Zombie Culture
It’s not alive, but it’s not dead, either. It consumes a vast amount of resources. It’s mindless: what presents as its will is really a drift toward the mean, toward the unconsciousness of crowds. It will devour you, but don’t take it personally. Or maybe do. You profit-drunk, hubris-crazed humans probably brought this on yourselves.…
Read MoreUganda court denies bail to opposition leader Kizza Besigye in treason case
A Ugandan judge has refused to grant bail to veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who has been in jail for nearly nine months on treason charges. Judge Emmanuel Baguma said on Friday that the 180-day maximum period before mandatory bail is granted only began when he was remanded in the civilian court on February 21,…
Read More25 Killed When Bus Carrying Mourners Overturns
NEED TO KNOW 25 people have died and others were hurt when their bus overturned in Kenya while traveling after a funeral, officials confirmed The fatal incident occurred on Friday, Aug. 8, in Kisumu, several outlets have reported The initial fatalities included 10 men, 10 women and a 10-year-old girl, but four others died after…
Read MoreBrazil’s Lula vetoes parts of environmental ‘devastation bill’
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vetoed some provisions of a bill that would have made it easier for companies to secure environmental permits, bowing to pressure from activist groups. Dubbed the “devastation bill” by its detractors, the text recently adopted by lawmakers would have loosened environmental licensing laws for projects considered…
Read MoreNetanyahu after tense talks with German chancellor: ‘We are going to free Gaza from Hamas’
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against backdrop of IDF soldiers at war in Gaza (illustration). (photo credit: Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla, JACK GUEZ/AFP) The prime minister’s…
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