Month: October 2020

Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi on Wednesday was expected to yield to Yemeni rebels’ demands as Shia Houthi fighters took control of the presidential “Yemen President Expected to Yield to Rebels Amid Escalating Unrest”

In what could be a major victory for public alternatives to internet service giants , the Federal Communications Commission introduced a draft proposal to kill “FCC Poised to Protect Local Internet Alternatives Over Service Giants”

Marijuana became legal in the nation’s capital on Thursday as a voter initiative into came into effect, despite Republican challenges that the move is illegal. “Nation's Capital Legalizes Marijuana”

The new Syriza-led government in Greece has pledged to move more quickly on a campaign promise to right a wrong by previous governments by closing “'Shame': Greece Pledges to Shut Down Immigrant Detention Centers”

The United Nations body charged with guiding and implementing international climate policy has thrown its weight behind the growing fossil fuel divestment movement, lending “moral “'Age of Burn What You Like' is Over: UN Makes Landmark Call for Divestment”

If Google executives use their service to perform an online search for “antitrust + European Union” on Wednesday morning, they may not like the results. “European Union Targets Google with Antitrust Probe”

This Mother’s Day weekend, moms across the United States are leading protests, vigils, and marches to demand justice for children slain by police and vigilante “'Our Kids Are Being Killed': On Mother's Day Weekend, Moms are Rising Up for Black Lives”

Rack up some more wins for divestment: the University of Hawaii System, the University of Edinburgh, and the Norwegian wealth fund have all within the “Hawaii to Norway to Scotland: Divestment Movement Racks Up Wins”

Police deployed stun guns, tear gas, and pepper spray against large numbers of people demonstrated in the Maldives capital of Male on Friday to demand “Crackdown in Maldives as Thousands Demand Freedom for Ousted President”

Local elections across Spain on Sunday saw the further rise of left-wing parties and candidates as an ongoing populist push from below resulted in the “Pushing New Economic and Political Vision, Left Surges in Spanish Elections”