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Today — 1 September 2025Main stream

Anti-Immigrant Protests Attended by Neo-Nazis in Australia Worry Leaders

1 September 2025 at 12:44
The government condemned the demonstrations, which drew tens of thousands of people. Some of the events included speakers tied to neo-Nazi groups.

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Demonstrators at an anti-immigration rally in Sydney on Sunday.

Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation

1 September 2025 at 02:59
One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions.

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The lawyer Mark McCloskey in 2021. He wants to establish what he calls a “voluntary nonjudicial resolution committee” that would consider rioters’ cases individually, and says he met with top Justice Department officials recently.
Yesterday — 31 August 2025Main stream

How ‘Clanker’ Became an Anti-A.I. Rallying Cry

By: Eli Tan
31 August 2025 at 17:00
The term, which was popularized by a “Star Wars” show and is rooted in real frustrations with technology, has become a go-to slur against artificial intelligence and robots.

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Beaten and Choked at a U.N. Mission, Then Arrested by the N.Y.P.D.

31 August 2025 at 15:00
Two brothers went to the Egyptian Mission in Manhattan to protest Egypt’s role in keeping aid from reaching Gaza. Video of the violence, which involved mission security guards, has incited rage.

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The Egyptian Mission to the United Nations on East 44th Street. The episode has shined a light on recent cases where foreign governments have used embassies and diplomatic outposts to crack down on dissent.

Indonesia’s Leader Says He Will Bow to Some Protester Demands After Riots

President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia acknowledged the concerns of the protesters and said his government would make concessions.

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A government building in Makassar, Indonesia, that protesters set on fire.

Pro-Palestinian Protesters at the Venice Film Festival Raise Gaza War

In the days leading up to the festival, hundreds of film professionals signed an open letter demanding that the star-studded event take a stance against the crisis in Gaza.

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Plans for the protest gained momentum after Venice4Palestine, an organization of Italian and international film professionals, issued an open letter last weekend.
Before yesterdayMain stream

3 Dead in Indonesia After Jumping From Building Protesters Set on Fire, Official Says

In spreading protests against the president, three government workers died after jumping from a building that protesters set afire. A fourth person was attacked by a crowd and later died of his injuries.

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Demonstrators throwing tear-gas canisters that had been fired at them by police officers on Friday in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents

30 August 2025 at 01:10
The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.

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Crime has fallen in Washington since federal agents started policing Washington’s streets in large numbers, but the surge has chafed against some residents who have found the presence of troops and agents to be a cause of fear, not of security.

This Summer, a Hostile Reception for Many Israelis Abroad

Against the backdrop of the devastating war and hunger crisis in Gaza, Israeli travelers have been harassed and accosted in Europe, sometimes just for speaking Hebrew.

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Greek riot police officers stood guard as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested against the arrival of a cruise liner carrying Israeli tourists, in Agios Nikolaos on the island of Crete, in July.

Why a Teen Bullying Case in China Set Off Protests and a Crackdown

Residents in a city in southwestern China protested what they saw as official indifference in the attack on a girl. Police repression and censorship fueled the outrage.
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