Week in Pictures: From Serbia student protests to anti-US rallies in Yemen
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Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across the US
Stand Up for Science rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on 7 March James Dinneen Thousands of people in cities across the US protested the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific funding on 7 March. In New York City, more than a thousand people gathered in Washington Square Park, chanting, “Fund science not war!” People carried signs in support of science and deploring the cuts, including one that read: “Science makes America great.” The protest was one of at least 30 “Stand Up for Science” rallies in cities across the US, with more than 150 events expected worldwide. Researchers also walked out of laboratories as part of the protest. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January, the administration has cancelled or frozen billions of dollars of federal funding for scientific and medical research. Many of the cuts have focused on research related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), as well as research on climate change and gender. The administration has also fired thousands of federal employees at US scientific agencies, including at …
“Great Strategic Importance” – Bitcoin Rallies As Trump Signs ‘Sovereign Wealth Fund” Executive Order
With Secretary of State Marco Rubio setting in El Salvador (perhaps the most bitcoin-friendly nation in the world currently), and President Trump’s crypto ‘tzar’ David Sacks’ recent comments on the importance of outpacing China on the tech (crypto and AI) front, one could be forgiven for anticipating something large coming very soon with regard the possibility of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. And sure enough, this morning, President Trump signed an executive action he said would direct officials to create a sovereign wealth fund for the US, following through on an idea he floated during the presidential campaign. “We have tremendous potential,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday as he announced the move. The president said the action would charge Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick, the nominee for Commerce secretary, with spearheading the effort. Bessent, who joined Trump at the Oval Office, said the fund would be created in the next 12 months, calling it an issue “of great strategic importance.” Lutnick suggested the fund could be used to facilitate the sale of TikTok, which …
Republican Liz Cheney rallies with Harris, urges voters to reject Trump's 'cruelty'
US Vice President Kamala Harris rallied with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party on Thursday as the pair denounced the GOP’s nominee Donald Trump as a dire threat to democracy. Source link
Brunson Scores 43, Rallies Knicks to 121-117 Win Over Pacers in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Semis
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson doesn’t go into a game aiming to score 40 points more consistently than anyone in the postseason since Michael Jordan. He only cares about winning games, so a late defensive stop is just as important to him as any of his shots. “The little things can go a long way,” Brunson said. “So yeah, the 40 points are cool and all, but it’s the little things that help us win games like that. So I’m just happy to have the group of guys that I do.” And the New York Knicks are sure thrilled to have him. Brunson scored 43 points, becoming the fourth player in NBA history with four straight 40-point games in the postseason, and the Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 121-117 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Brunson had 21 in the fourth quarter, rallying the Knicks after they trailed by nine early in the period, and joined Hall of Famers Jerry West, who had six consecutive 40-point games in the …
Rallies for trans rights in France over right-wing bill on gender transition for minors
Thousands of demonstrators protested in French cities on Sunday at what they called an “offensive” against transgender rights after right-wing Senators tabled legislation on gender transition for minors. Issued on: 06/05/2024 – 00:18 1 min Thousands of demonstrators protested in French cities on Sunday at what they called an “offensive” against transgender rights after right-wing Senators tabled legislation on gender transition for minors. Activists, left-wing members of parliament, trade unionists and young people rallied, chanting and brandishing placards calling for “health resources for transitions”. “Anti-patriarchy, anti-capitalism, solidarity with trans people all over the world,” chanted protesters in Paris. More than 800 groups and personalities launched the call for demonstrations, including the left-wing party France Unbowed and the Socialists. Some 10,880 people demonstrated across France, including 2,500 in Paris, according to the Interior Ministry. In Paris, protesters gathered at Place de la Republique in the early afternoon. Demonstrators also rallied in Lyon, Marseille and Montpellier over the weekend, as well as in Brussels and Liege in Belgium, according to organisers. Hundreds joined the Montpellier protest, which included a sit-in and speeches. Two …
Wall Street rallies after hiring shows welcome signs of cooling
NEW YORK — Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading Friday with the best day for the stock market in more than two months, as traders welcomed cooler-than-expected U.S. employment data as a sign that inflationary pressures on the economy are easing. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 1.3%, its best day since late February. The benchmark index also erased its losses for the week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.2%. The Nasdaq composite ended 2% higher, reflecting strong gains by technology sector stocks, which accounted for much of the rally. The nation’s employers added 175,000 jobs last month, down sharply from the blockbuster increase of 315,000 in March, according to the Labor Department. The latest hiring tally came in well below the 233,000 gain that economists had predicted. Meanwhile, average hourly earnings, a key driver of inflation, rose less than expected. The modest increase in hiring last month suggests the Federal Reserve’s aggressive streak of rate increases may be finally starting to take a bigger toll on the world’s largest economy. That may …
Trump slurs words and struggles to gain crowd enthusiasm in Midwest rallies
Donald Trump took to Michigan and Wisconsin on his day off from court, Wednesday, to rally his supporters and whine about his legal woes. His incoherent speech, along with inflammatory claims on abortion and pro-Palestinian student demonstration, took the spotlight. Slurring his words at a Waukesha, Wisconsin rally, Trump referred to Biden’s “fake infrastrucker, ershure para,” before settling on “a package of infrastructure.” Minutes later, the 77-year-old launched into a rant about Master Lock, again slipping into incoherence. The speech was just another instance of his public slips, which have led to speculation on his mental fitness. Tuesday night, he seemed to scramble his words to an indecipherable point while speaking to Fox News about pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations. In a moment of cognitive function, Trump managed to spew self-aggrandizing historical inaccuracies about the state of the nation when he left office. “When I left, [the mortgage rate] was 2.7%. We had no inflation. Everything was so good,” Trump said to a crowd in Freeland, Michigan. Mortgage rates and inflation were at lower points, but most …
He’s dropping little clues: The troubling message we are missing from Trump’s MAGA rallies
During a rally last Saturday in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, the last such event before his criminal trial began on Monday in Manhattan, Donald Trump displayed his authoritarian and fascist behavior and beliefs to the extreme. He continued to preach his Big Lie about the 2020 election being “stolen” from him, claimed he is being “persecuted” and tried to intimidate the judges, prosecutors, and other members of law enforcement working to hold him accountable for his actions. Trump, a master propagandist, used the classic tactic of projection, accusing President Biden of being a “demented tyrant” and the real enemy of democracy who would destroy the country if re-elected. “This election is a choice between the Biden-fascist state or the American republic,” he told his MAGA crowd. During his Saturday speech, Trump also continued to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories about George Soros and again compared himself to the legendary gangster and murderer Al Capone. His ego demanded that he say something about Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel, falsely claiming that Iran would never dare to do such a thing if …
Chumbawamba asks New Zealand’s populist party to stop using hit song Tubthumping at rallies
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free British band Chumbawamba has asked New Zealand’s deputy prime minister Winston Peters to stop using their hit song Tubthumping at his rallies because the band members do not share his populist ideas. Peters, whose New Zealand First party is part of a coalition government, has used the song at public events and its lyrics “I get knocked down, but I get up again” in his speeches. The band asked its recording company, Sony Music Publishing, to issue the political party a cease and desist notice. The song was recently played ahead of Peters’s state of the nation speech in which he talked about plans to remove gender and sexuality lessons from the school curriculum and compared co-governing between the Māori and the Crown to race-based theories of Nazi Germany. Co-governance is a phrase used to describe various arrangements where Māori and the Crown share decision-making power, according to …