Rapper Jenniah Brown uses rap to decode council policy for young people
BBC Newsby Harrison Galliven·10d ago
- Published A poet and rapper who once handled complaints about potholes and dropped kerbs for Croydon Council is now using rap and spoken word poetry to explain council policy to young people.
Republic, Gujarat Samachar write reports based on fake Italian Embassy statement
Alt Newsby Shinjinee Majumder·10d ago
After Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s customary hugs with foreign leaders and his public camaraderie with...
E20 Fuel Policy: Who Really Benefits From Ethanol Blending?
Frontlineby D Raghunandan·10d ago
Several controversial policies of this government (the BJP government at the Centre) have followed a similar trajectory. The policy and its rationale are first enunciated in grandiose terms.
Campaign battle royale as outsiders and professionals face Milei
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·11d ago
Daniel Hadad, founder of digital news site Infobae, recently hosted a private viewing of a short-form documentary made with artificial intelligence at the majestic Law Faculty of the University of...
Pramila Jayapal, Democratic congresswoman: ‘We have to prepare in case Trump tries to steal the elections’
El País Englishby Iker Seisdedos García·11d ago
Representative Pramila Jayapal, 60, arrived in the United States at the age of 16 to study and, in 2017, after a career as a civil rights activist, became the first Asian American to represent...
Vande Mataram Bill and the Politics of National Honour
Frontlineby Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay·11d ago
Amid the bedlam in both Houses of Parliament, the government unyieldingly secured the passage of a Bill for inclusion of the “full” national song, Vande Mataram, among the objects and renditions...
What Do India’s Student Protests Mean for Education, Jobs and the Economy?
Frontlineby Mitali Mukherjee·11d ago
In the span of a month, things that we haven’t heard discussed in public forums for many years are now being mentioned repeatedly and widely.
Yabloko Appeals Russian Supreme Court Ruling Barring It From State Duma Elections - The Moscow Times
The Moscow Timesby The Moscow Times·11d ago
The liberal Yabloko party filed an appeal with Russia’s Supreme Court on Friday, challenging a ruling to cancel the registration of the party’s federal slate of candidates for next month’s State...
Polish opposition expels 40 lawmakers who formed breakaway caucus led by ex-PM Morawiecki
Notes from Polandby Alicja Ptak·11d ago
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that...
ZEV mandate consultation launched as government mulls softer EV sales targets | Autocar
Autocarby Mark Tisshaw·11d ago
The UK government has launched a review that will consider whether to soften the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate targets for electric car sales from 2027 to 2035.
Congress just passed a housing law that rewards states for reform — here’s why Colorado has a head start
The Conversation (US)by Solomon Greene, Executive Director and Research Professor, University of Denver·11d ago
In Colorado, a full-time worker must earn US$36.44 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30% of their income on rent, according to a recent report from the...
Maruti Suzuki workers’ long protest for labour rights
Himal Southasianby Kinshuk Gupta·11d ago
ON THE AFTERNOON of 29 January 2025, a large gathering of former workers from Maruti Suzuki’s automobile factory in the industrial model town of Manesar, in the northern Indian state Haryana...
Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
ProPublicaby Andy Mannix·11d ago
Reporting Highlights - Inflated Claims: HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls, despite warnings from agency insiders that it would lead to an “ungodly” number of false...
The Beijing of It All: Africa’s Development Terms Are No Longer Written in Washington or Brussels | African Arguments
African Argumentsby Wanjiku Wanjohi·12d ago
The Beijing of It All: Africa’s Development Terms Are No Longer Written in Washington or Brussels In the period that followed decolonisation, Africa’s development landscape continued to be shaped...
How Manash Ghosh Links Mujib's 1975 Assassination to Hasina's 2024 Ouster
Frontlineby Sanskrita Bharadwaj·12d ago
In Mujib’s Blunders: The Power and the Plot Behind His Killing, the veteran journalist Manash Ghosh revisits the tumultuous time of the founding of Bangladesh.
Iraq PM’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Rumbles On
OCCRP·13d ago
Reported by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi signaled this week that all corrupt officials — no matter how powerful — would face justice, as his high profile anti-graft campaign saw arrest...
David Crowley’s razor-thin victory in Wisconsin primaries exposes Democrats’ deep division
El País Englishby Luis Doncel·13d ago
The metaphor was perfect. Three and a half hours after the polls closed this Tuesday, each candidate had 39.9% of the vote, with a margin of fewer than 200 ballots.
Albania's Cheerful 'AI Minister' Is the Product of a Government Agency Under Investigation for Massive Corruption
OCCRPby Also published by our partner Shteg org Albania; In Albanian·15d ago
Reported by Last September, Albania made headlines around the world when it introduced the world’s first-ever “AI minister.” Diella, which means “Sun” in Albanian, was a chatbot that had been...
The blue paperclip of resistance • Melissa Conley Tyler
Inside Storyby Administrator·16d ago
Everyone said I shouldn’t go. Friends and family — even my preternaturally understanding husband — were all against it. They thought there was no way I’d make it through the border.
Six times our politicians reminded us not to take politics too seriously
ABC Newsby David Speers·17d ago
Politics is a serious business, conducted by serious people, for serious outcomes (usually). With so much at stake, this is as it should be.
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