Giorno: 16 Gennaio 2023

Free Speech Group Slams School for Firing Prof Who Showed Muhammad Image

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has garnered the support of thousands of educators and concerned citizens, in the wake of Hamline University’s decision to fire an art professor who reportedly showed an image of Islam’s prophet Muhammad in class.

Free Speech Group Slams School for Firing Prof Who Showed Muhammad Image

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has garnered the support of thousands of educators and concerned citizens, in the wake of Hamline University’s decision to fire an art professor who reportedly showed an image of Islam’s prophet Muhammad.

DC poised to soften penalties for carjacking, other violent crimes, despite mayor’s veto

Post Content The D.C. Council is expected to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of sweeping criminal reform legislation that will soften penalties for many violent crimes, including carjackings and burglaries. Bowser vetoed the Revised Criminal Code Act earlier this month after the council, which lacks a single Republican member, voted unanimously to adopt it […]

Biden takes swipe at Second Amendment supporters: ‘You need F-15s’ to take on the federal government

Post Content President Biden on Monday said those who argue they need assault weapons to fight the government need a much bigger arsenal to stand a chance. Speaking at the National Action Network’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington, Biden appeared to mock his conservative colleagues. “I love my right-wing friends who talk […]

Paris prepares Eiffel Tower tribute to Mahsa Amini as protests continue

Some 5,000 people marched Monday to the EU parliament in the French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters as Paris prepared an Eiffel Tower tribute to Mahsa Amini, whose death in September prompted the demonstrations. The Strasbourg march was organized by Iranians in Europe on the 44th anniversary of the day when […]

Death toll in Russian missile strike on Ukraine apartment building spikes to 40

First responders increased the death toll from Russia’s weekend missile strike on a Ukrainian apartment building to 40 on Monday. The nine-story apartment building in Dnipro suffered a direct hit from a Russian ballistic missile Saturday evening. First responders have cleared out debris in search of survivors for days since the attack, and the death […]

Nigerian priest burned alive in home after failed burglary attempt by gunmen

A Nigerian priest was burned alive in his home in the country’s north on Sunday, police said. Rev. Isaac Achi was killed in the Paikoro area of Niger state after gunmen failed to break into his house and instead set it on fire, said Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesman. A second priest living in the […]

WHO requests China monitor COVID mortality as nation reports apparent surge in deaths

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the impact of the surge in cases there. China said on Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a big […]

Senegal road crash leaves 19 dead, dozens injured

A bus swerved to avoid hitting a donkey and collided with a truck, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens of others in Senegal on Monday, authorities said. The collision happened near Ngeun Sarr in the country’s north, President Macky Sall tweeted. “Yet another fatal accident on our roads,” he said. “My heartfelt condolences […]

American Imprisoned in Iran Pleads With President Biden for Release, Goes on Seven-Day Hunger Strike for Each Detained Year

Read More An Iranian-American in Tehran’s custody, who has written a letter to President Joe Biden, went on a seven-day hunger strike to mark the seven years he has suffered in detention in the Islamic country. Since his arrest in October 2015, Siamak Namazi has been held incommunicado by the Iranian regime. On Jan. 16, […]