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Michael Mezzatesta is a climate educator based in Los Angeles, California. For the last two years, he’s used TikTok and Instagram as a means to spread the word about climate marches and real-life ways people can get involved and fight to take on climate change. In September 2023, he helped generate interest in the climate march in New York. “We were expecting maybe 5,000 to 10,000 people there. I’m pretty sure more than 50,000 people showed up,” Mezzatesta told Al Jazeera. He says that is largely thanks to TikTok. “I had folks coming up to me that I didn’t even…

The government’s decision still requires the approval of the European Union member country’s parliament, which is set to vote on the motion on Tuesday.The Slovenian government has approved a decision to recognise an independent Palestinian state, Prime Minister Robert Golob said, following in the steps of Spain, Norway and the Republic of Ireland. “Today the government has decided to recognise Palestine as an independent and sovereign state,” he said at a news conference in Ljubljana on Thursday. The government’s decision still requires the approval of the European Union member country’s parliament, which is set to vote on the motion on…

Israeli newspaper Haaretz has published two eyebrow-raising pieces in a row that cast doubts on Israel’s democratic norms. On Wednesday, it published an opinion piece by Jonathan Pollak with chunks of text redacted, referencing a standing gag order preventing media from discussing “administrative detention” – a system under which Israeli forces hold Palestinians indefinitely without charge or due process. The following day, it published a story detailing how, two years ago, the Israeli government prevented it from publishing an investigation using “emergency powers” and threats. This story later became the subject of an explosive report by +972 Magazine and the…

Rafah residents have reported intense artillery shelling and gunfire in Gaza’s far-southern city after Israel said it had seized a strategic corridor on the Palestinian territory’s border with Egypt. The Israeli military launched its incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there. A strike over the weekend that started a fire and killed dozens in a displacement camp drew a wave of new condemnation, including a social media campaign with the slogan “All eyes on Rafah” that has been shared by tens of millions of users. Israel said on Wednesday its…

NewsFeed‘Finish Them!’ was the message former US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley wrote on Israeli artillery shells intended for Gaza, sparking outrage online. The Republican politician was visiting Israel when Israeli forces bombed a camp in Rafah, killing at least 45 Palestinians.Published On 29 May 202429 May 2024 Source link

Polls originally slated for 2025 were brought forward to June 28 following the president’s death in the May 19 air crash.Iran has begun the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this month. The election was originally slated for 2025 but was brought forward to June 28 following Raisi’s death on May 19. “Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8am [04:30 GMT] … at the interior ministry,” the official IRNA news agency said. Presidential hopefuls will have five days…

NewsFeedThis Palestinian citizen of Israel was detained over a social media post which reportedly sympathised with those killed in Israel’s strike on Rafah, Gaza. The beauty store owner was blindfolded and her hands zip tied.Published On 30 May 202430 May 2024 Source link

Garry Conille, who briefly served in the role from 2011 to 2012, has since worked as a regional director for UNICEF.A nine-member council in charge of overseeing Haiti’s political transition has named politician Garry Conille as the Caribbean nation’s next prime minister. Tuesday’s decision comes amid a period of turmoil for the country, which has seen gangs seize control over much of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Conille is a familiar face in the role of prime minister: He served for four months, from October 2011 to February 2012, and resigned after clashing with then-President Michel Martelly. He now takes over for…

Athens, Greece – As noted in his autopsy, 30-year-old Baris Buyuksu had several tattoos. On the inside of his left arm was the invocation, “be patient”, in Turkish. On the outside of his left hand, the Turkish word for “hope”. Hope is a word that aptly described him, his sister Dilan Biyik told Al Jazeera. He was also optimistic. Although he found it challenging to find stable work in Turkey, Buyuksu, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish descent, was always looking forward. He spoke frequently about trying to build a future for himself outside of the country. “He wanted to settle…

As the war enters its 824th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Wednesday May 29, 2024. Fighting Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin said at least two people were killed after Russian guided bombs struck apartment buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Toretsk, which lies to the north of the Russian-occupied regional centre of Donetsk. Filashkin said rescue teams were on site to determine the extent of the casualties, posting photos of the destructions. Donetsk regional prosecutors said a third guided bomb struck Oleksievo-Druzhkivka, a town northwest of Toretsk, injuring six people. The governor of Ukraine’s southern…