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From Columbia Univeristy in New York to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, protests against Israel’s war on Gaza have spread across major United Stat... (photo: Creative Commons / FASTILY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Al Jazeera
Israel   Photos   US States  
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, left, interacts with his attorney Mark Werksman in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP) Manhattan prosecutors announce retrial for film producer Harvey Weinstein
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has revealed plans to retry United States film producer Harvey Weinstein on charges related to sexual assault, less than a week... (photo: ABr / Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo) Al Jazeera
Harvey Weinstein   Photos   US States   Women's Rights  
In this Sept. 25, 2018 photo, Devin Melnyk, a long-time marijuana grower and a consultant with Pure Sunfarms, holds trimmed marijuana as it comes out of a high-volume cannabis trimming machine at a massive tomato greenhouse being renovated to grow pot in Delta, British Columbia. U.S. to reclassify cannabis as low-risk drug, in major shift
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is set to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, an official said Tuesday -- a historic shift that would bring federal p... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren) Raw Story
Cannabis   Health   Photos   US States  
STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Dec. 2, 2020) The coastal patrol ship USS Tempest (PC 2) transits the Strait of Hormuz, Dec. 2. Seafarers pay the price for the murky business of ship nationality
On April 13, the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a Portuguese-flagged container ship, the MSC Aries, in the Strait of Hormuz and detaine... (photo: US Navy / MC2 Indra Beaufort) Al Jazeera
Business   Maritime   Photos   Shipping  
A security guard stands near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China on May 26, 2022, in Beijing, China China’s revised state secrets law has come into force. Here’s what to know
A revised state secrets law has come into force in China, prompting Taiwan to warn its citizens against travelling to China and rattling foreign companies amid fears the ... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan, File) Al Jazeera
China   Espionage   Photos   Politics  
Plastic bag Talks advance on a treaty to end plastic pollution
OTTAWA, Ontario — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished early Tuesday in Canada. | For the first time in th... (photo: Creative Commons) Newsday
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Pollution  
FILE - Pedestrians run past an armored police car in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Worsening the situation is this week's closure of Port-au-Prince's main seaport. The move left stranded scores of containers filled with critical items like food and medical supplies in a country where U.N. officials say half the population does not have enough to eat and 1.4 million are starving. Haiti’s deadly gangs forced the government out. Now they want a seat at the table
Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and wild, teeth bared. It’s the photo you ... (photo: AP / Odelyn Joseph, File) CNN
Caribbean   Drug gangs   Haiti   Photos  
The logo of French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies is seen at a gas station in Lille, northern France, Tuesday, March.1, 2022 TotalEnergies records a 22% decline in Q1 2024 adjusted net income 
In its 2024 first-quarter (Q1) results, TotalEnergies announced a 22% decline in adjusted net income to $5.1bn (€4.75bn). | French energy company TotalEnergies reported... (photo: AP / Michel Spingler) Offshore Technology
France   Oil   Photos   TotalEnergies  
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