Police arrest Istanbul mayor and key Erdoğan rival amid crackdown
The government’s move to detain Ekrem İmamoğlu comes 24 hours after his university diploma was revoked.
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March 18, 2025 Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault
A group of scientists due to work together for months at a remote Antarctic research station has been rocked after a member of the team was accused of physical assault. A team of nine researchers were due spend the Antarctic winter at the South African-run base, which sits about 170km (about 105 miles) from the […]
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March 17, 2025 St. Patrick’s Day parade celebrates Boston heritage in America’s most Irish big city
By ROBERT BUKATY and RODRIQUE NGOWI BOSTON (AP) — Throngs of green-clad, shamrock-festooned revelers filled the streets of America’s most Irish big city on Sunday for the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade. A Shriner motors by the crowd during the St. Patrick’s Day parade, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Boston, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Green, white […]
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March 17, 2025 Lyse Doucet: Symbols and substance in Canadian leader’s first foreign visits
Two European politicians, dressed symbolically in red and white, sent a message last week to Canada on social media declaring “we’ve got your back”. Also signalling support was King Charles, who planted a red maple tree on the grounds of Buckingham Palace and wore his Canadian medals during a high profile visit to a naval […]
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March 16, 2025 Trump blocked from using wartime law for deportations
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from using a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to carry out mass deportations of Venezuelans. Trump on Saturday proclaimed immigrants belonging to the Venezuelan crime gang Tren de Aragua were “conducting irregular warfare” against the US and that he would deport them under […]
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March 15, 2025 Iran using drones and apps to enforce women’s dress code
Iran is using drones and intrusive digital technology to crush dissent, especially among women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic’s strict dress code, the United Nations has said. Investigators say Iranian security officials are using a strategy of “state-sponsored vigilantism” to encourage people to use specialist phone apps to report women for alleged dress […]
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March 14, 2025 Mary Konstantopoulos: Championing women’s voices in sport
Mary Konstantopoulos is a lawyer, writer, and advocate for women in sport, best known as the founder of ‘Ladies Who League,’ a platform promoting female participation in sports conversations and highlighting women’s achievements in the industry.
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March 13, 2025 Full blown trade war escalates between US and EU
By Martin Banks The EU Commission says it “regrets” the US decision to impose tariffs against European companies.
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March 12, 2025 US education department plans to cut half its workforce
The US Department of Education is planning to cut about half of its workforce, as the Trump Administration works to slash the size of the federal government. The mass layoffs will impact nearly 2,100 people who are set to be placed on leave from 21 March. Trump has long sought to eliminate the department, a […]
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March 8, 2025 Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
Syrian security forces are alleged to have executed dozens of people belonging to the Alawite minority in the coastal province of Latakia, according to a war monitoring group. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 162 civilians have been killed in “field executions” in the region – a heartland of deposed president Bashir […]
