A climate activist was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after spray-painting “U.S.A.” across a presidential-style seal inside Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. The tower was temporarily closed. The protest, part of Extinction Rebellion’s Earth Day campaign, targeted what activists described as symbols of political inaction on climate change. According to reports, a protester from the Extinction…
A woman disrupted Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration on Friday in protest of the company’s connection to the Israeli military. It occurred during a keynote presentation by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, who was speaking about the future of the company’s AI assistant, Copilot. The event featured key figures, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former…
Agents from US President Donald Trump’s administration arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year’s pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University, four fellow students said on Sunday. The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by US Department of Homeland Security agents…
A farmer during their ongoing agitation at the Shambhu border, in Patiala district, Punjab. (PTI file photo) BATHINDA/PATIALA: Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday decided to reschedule its proposed unity meeting with the two protesting farmer forums to January 13, even as farmer representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s health deteriorated with his fast unto death stir…
People protest after bodies of six people from the Meitei community were found, days after they were taken hostage by suspected Kuki insurgents from Manipur’s Jiribam district. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Violence in Manipur continued to escalate on Monday, with one protester killed and six others dying in separate incidents, as clashes between security forces…