The US looks set to withdraw a record number of books from the country’s schools and libraries this year as America’s culture wars place growing pressure on children, educators and publishers. Fresh estimates from the American Library Association and PEN America, which campaigns for literary freedom, show a surge in recent efforts by parents, advocacy … Read more
Disney (DIS) is reining in its spending after the company reported weak fourth quarter earnings, which sent the stock plummeting to a new 52-week low as investors zeroed in on the media giant’s widening streaming losses. In an internal memo obtained by Yahoo Finance, Disney CEO Bob Chapek told division leaders on Friday that the … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — A Pakistani journalist shot dead by police in Kenya last month was the victim of a “targeted killing,” a senior member of Pakistan’s government said on Tuesday, without offering any evidence to support his claim. Television journalist Arshad Sharif – a vocal critic of the Pakistani military – died in a … Read more
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, Republican officials around the country have been giving increasing attention and resources to investigating election crimes. Most have focused on the alleged wrongdoing of … Read more
Saudi Prince Abdullah bin Faisal al Saud is the latest person targeted as part of what the FBI and others say is Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on Saudis in the United States Saudi Prince Abdullah bin Faisal al Saud is the latest person targeted as part of what the FBI and others say is Saudi Arabia’s … Read more
To highlight how seeing artwork destroyed evokes a similar feeling to seeing the planet destroyed, one activist glued his head to glass covering the world-famous painting at a museum in The Hague, though the artwork was not damaged, gallery staff said. “An artwork hanging there for all, for all of us, to enjoy, has been … Read more
The stunt comes after activists threw soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London on October 14 and smeared mashed potato over a Claude Monet painting in Germany The stunt comes after activists threw soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London on October 14 and smeared … Read more
Mobileye Global Inc. priced its initial public offering higher than its targeted range late Tuesday to raise nearly $1 billion, most of which will go to Intel Corp. Mobileye priced its initial public offering at $21 late Tuesday, the company announced in a news release, after previously stating a targeted range of $18 to $20; … Read more
An Israeli raid on West Bank targeted a new Palestinian militia. Source link
A senior member of a Palestinian militant group was killed overnight on Sunday in the occupied West Bank in what Palestinians described as a targeted explosion carried out by Israel. Tamer Kilani, a leader in a group known as the “Den of Lions” in the city of Nablus, where clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli … Read more