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Community

Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world

The issue affected Microsoft 365 apps and services, Visa, ADT security, Amazon, and airlines including American Airlines and Delta.

12 months ago

Hundreds rally at Rittenhouse Square on Thursday to condemn Israel’s Gaza occupation and demand an immediate cease-fire before marching to Center City. (Carmen Russell-Sluchansky)
Politics & Policy

Hundreds of Palestine activists protest Israel in Philadelphia amid Gaza peace negotiations

Activists gathered in Rittenhouse Square on Independence Day before marching to Center City. Protesters said they see little hope in a “hypocritical” U.S.–backed peace plan.

1 year ago

John Fetterman posing inside his home.
Politics & Policy

Fetterman traveled to Israel and met with Netanyahu despite blowback on the left

Fetterman said progressives who refuse to vote for President Biden over his handling of the war in Gaza could cost Democrats the election.

1 year ago

Penn Student EncPenn Student Encampment 3ampment 3
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Senate passes bill to bar universities and pension funds from divesting from Israel

The bill won support from all but one Republican and most Democrats. It now goes to the House.

1 year ago

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres speaks into microphones
Politics & Policy

United Nations launches global principles to combat online hate and lies, demands big tech and media take action

Principles laid out Monday call on tech companies, advertisers and media to refrain from using disinformation and hate speech for any purpose and ensure the ethical use of AI.

1 year ago

Benjamin Netanyahu
Politics & Policy

Netanyahu says he won’t agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal

The Israeli prime minister made the comments in an interview with an Israeli TV channel late Sunday. They could represent another setback for mediators trying to end the war.

1 year ago

The state Capitol building
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Colleges would face financial punishments for boycotting or divesting from Israel under new Pa. bill

Pennsylvania colleges and universities that boycott or divest from Israel for political reasons would be cut off from state funding under a new bill.

1 year ago

Antony Blinken
Community

Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. U.S. says it’s ‘evaluating’ the reply

Hamas says it has given Qatari and Egyptian mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal.

1 year ago

Antonio Guterres
Politics & Policy

U.N. Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

The U.S.-sponsored resolution has been accepted by Israel, according to the U.S. It calls on Hamas, which initially viewed the proposal “positively,” to accept the plan.

1 year ago

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola is doused with water by Alec Bohm, left, and Bryson Stot
Arts & Entertainment

Phillies set to reign in London as best team in National League

The team will play two games against the New York Mets on Saturday and Sunday at London Stadium for the league’s third visit to the country in the past five years.

1 year ago

Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan criminal court, May 21, 2024, in New York.
Courts & Law

Trump’s attacks on U.S. justice system after his conviction could be used by autocrats, say experts

After being found guilty in his hush money case, the former president made unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial, which analysts say could undermine international relations.

1 year ago

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is shown placing his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect to the crowd during the funeral ceremony of the victims of a bomb explosion in the city of Kerman, Iran, on Jan. 5, 2024.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Iran’s president has died in a helicopter crash, state media reports

Iranian state media reported Monday that no survivors had been found at the site of a helicopter crash and that an acting president has been named.

1 year ago

Palestinians receive medical care at the European hospital in Khan Younis
NPR
Health

A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know ‘we are not safe’

Dr. Adam Hamawy told NPR he has "never in my career witnessed the level of atrocities and targeting of my medical colleagues as I have in Gaza."

1 year ago

Benny Gantz
Politics & Policy

Member of Israel’s War Cabinet says he’ll quit the government June 8 unless there’s a new war plan

The move would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies.

1 year ago

A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6. (AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Why the U.N. revised the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza

Despite lowering its tally of those killed in the past seven months, the United Nations says the Gaza Health Ministry's death toll of more than 35,000 people is reliable.

1 year ago

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