An Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Palestinians and the news channel accused Israel of killing her, while Israel’s leader said she was probably hit by Palestinian fire. Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a Palestinian-American dual national, was wearing a press vest that clearly identified her as a journalist while reporting in the city of Jenin, the Qatar-based outlet said. She was covering the latest arrest operation launched by the Israeli military amid deadly Arab attacks in Israel
University College London generates £10bn a year for UK, says report
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University College London has boasted its financial contribution to the British economy is the equivalent of hosting the Olympics every year – in part because of how it encourages graduates to create jobs and investme...
Republican senator faces backlash for work on gun bill after school shooting
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In the aftermath of the Uvalde mass school shooting, the Texas senator John Cornyn is facing backlash from his own Republican party for being a lead negotiator on the bipartisan gun reform bill, the most significant l...
Racism in aid sector is a hangover of colonialism, says scathing report by MPs
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British MPs have issued a scathing report on racism in the aid sector, warning that colonial mentalities are pervasive across charities and in government. In their public appeals, international aid organisations depic...
Ukrainian photographer and friend were ‘executed in cold blood’ – report
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Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin was “executed in cold blood” alongside his friend Oleksiy Chernyshov by Russian forces north of Kyiv on 13 March, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a 16-page report on Wednesd...
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall set to divorce – report
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The billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall, a former top model, are reportedly set to divorce. The New York Times cited two anonymous sources for its report on the coming split. It said a spokesman for ...
Daunte Wright’s family to receive $3.2m in settlement over police shooting
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Authorities in Brooklyn Center, a city in the suburbs of Minneapolis, have agreed to pay $3.2m to the family of Daunte Wright, a Black man shot dead by a police officer who said she confused her gun with her Taser. Th...
A Florida power company didn’t like a journalist’s commentary. Its consultants had him followed
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Consultants working for America’s largest power company covertly monitored a Jacksonville journalist and obtained a report containing his social security number and other sensitive personal information, leaked documen...