India’s Election Surprise: What Went Wrong for Modi and What Comes Next Prime Minister Narendra Modi was dealt a major setback in India’s general election, with his Bharatiya Janata Party losing its majority in the lower house of parliament. Modi has said he’ll remain in ... 06/4/2024 - 9:26 pm | View Link
‘Biden, we are your red line’: The upcoming national march on DC for Palestine on June 8 Despite prior warnings that an invasion of Rafah would be a 'red line,' Biden continues to ply Israel with weapons and funding for its genocide in Gaza. 06/4/2024 - 4:49 am | View Link
Election Results 2024: Four reasons why BJP’s plan backfired in Uttar Pradesh It’s a classic case of losing a winning election. The people have given their verdict and even though PM Narendra Modi remains the more popular choice, the warning signals are there for everyone to ... 06/4/2024 - 3:27 am | View Link
Some Hudson council members used taxpayers money for personal war The Fox 8 I-Team found some local Hudson city leaders used taxpayer money to go after a political rival, even taking measures to keep a lawsuit hidden from the public, but it appears the plan ... 06/3/2024 - 1:09 pm | View Link
Some Hudson council members used taxpayer money for personal war The Fox 8 I-Team found some local Hudson city leaders used taxpayer money to go after a political rival, even taking measures to keep a lawsuit hidden from the public, but it appears the plan ... 06/3/2024 - 11:59 am | View Link
Tracking screen time is like counting calories: It is partially accurate but misleading. The World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics provide time-based guidelines for screens in young children: For babies and toddlers, keep the screens to Facetime family and friends. For younger kids, 1 to 2 hours, and from ages 6 to 12, keep it to roughly 2 hours.
For those who are not raising children, the guidelines seem straightforward.
Hong Kong, the Chinese enclave that’s still struggling to revive its tourism economy post-pandemic and in the wake of a Beijing-influenced crackdown on civil liberties, has taken a new approach to wooing visitors: curbing its residents’ reputation for rudeness.
Earlier this week, the city government launched a new campaign to promote politeness.
The filmmakers behind Netflix’s latest documentary—How to Rob a Bank— do not want viewers to take its title literally. Although the film, out June 5, features accounts from real bank robbers who explain how they got people to hand over cash, directors Seth Porges and Stephen Robert Morse hope nobody gets ideas after watching it.
Despite the countless documentaries, movies, TV shows, and books on World War II, 63% of American millennials and Gen Z do not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, according to a 2020 state-by-state survey conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The survey found that 48% could not name a concentration camp or ghetto.
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Netflix hopes to change that with Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial, an ambitious new World War II documentary out Wednesday that’s geared towards younger audiences.
BEIRUT — A gunman was captured by Lebanese soldiers after attempting to attack the U. S. Embassy near Beirut on Wednesday, the military said.
The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along the border, following years of political deadlock and economic hardship.
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Read More: Militant Group Hezbollah Is on the Sidelines of the Israel-Hamas War.
NEW YORK — Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime.
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When the editors refused the request and published the piece Monday morning, the board—made up of faculty and alumni from Columbia University’s law school—shut down the law review’s website entirely.