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Group advised Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani, and city and state comptrollers of ‘legal obligations’ not to abet crimesA human rights group has warned New York state and local officials that investment of public funds in bonds issued by Israel violates both international law and fiduciary duties and may expose officials and beneficiaries alike to “substantial legal, ethical and financial risks”.The warning, from the human rights group Dawn, was sent on […]

Activists call for Friday ‘blackout’ in protest against administration’s violent immigration crackdownActivists have called for a nationwide shutdown on Friday, advocating “no work, no school, no shopping” in a protest against the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdowns.Organizers say Friday’s “blackout” – or general strike, as some are calling it – is part of a growing non-violent movement to combat ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics, which have come under renewed scrutiny following […]

Killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good prompted Democrats to block passage of a measure funding DHSUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Senate on Friday was scrambling to find agreement on a government funding package as a partial shutdown loomed at midnight, after the killings of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis upended spending talks and gave Democrats rare leverage over Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.The deaths […]

Services running normally again after trains into Euston on UK’s main intercity line held up as far back as Warrington Train services on Britain’s main intercity rail line are running normally again after being disrupted for much of Friday because of a fire close to the tracks in north London.Trains to and from London Euston serving Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow were among those suspended due to the blaze in Primrose […]

Prime minister suggests US president was ‘talking more about Canada’ when asked for reaction to Beijing visitProminent Hong Kong and Uyghur activists living in exile in the UK have accused Starmer of seeking China’s desperate approval, after the prime minister visited Beijing for the first time in eight years this week.Pro-democracy campaigner and prominent critic of the Communist Party, Finn Lau said the Hong Kong community is disappointed by Starmer’s […]

A look at how the exclusion of one Bangladeshi player led to an entire country exiting the T20 World Cup.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article