Seattle police investigate suspicious packages mailed to synagogues
Two Seward Park synagogues received suspicious packages in the mail, each containing a white powdery substance, Seattle police said Friday.
Day: November 4, 2023
In a worldwide war of words, Russia, China and Iran back Hamas
Officials and researchers say the deluge of online propaganda and disinformation is larger than anything seen before.
Israel-Gaza war fuels online anti-Semitism, Islamophobia in China
Hate speech has proliferated but usually vigilant Chinese censors seem unwilling to remove it.
Leap Seconds Could Become Leap Minutes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Later this month, delegations from around the world will head to a conference in Dubai to discuss international treaties involving radio frequencies, satellite coordination and other tricky t…
15 UN peacekeepers in a convoy withdrawing from northern Mali were injured by 2 explosive devices
Fifteen UN peacekeepers were injured in Mali when their convoy hit improvised explosive devices on two separate occasions. The peacekeepers were withdrawing from a rebel stronghold due to growing insecurity in the region. Extremist group JNIM claimed r…
Rashida Tlaib Posts Video Accusing Biden of Supporting ‘Genocide’
Representative Tlaib has been on the leading edge of a group of Democrats critical of the president’s embrace of Israel, but the accusation marks an extraordinary broadside from a lawmaker of his own party.
Judge, citing Trump’s ‘repeated public statements,’ orders anonymous jury in defamation suit trial
A federal judge in New York has ordered that the jury in a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump will be anonymous. The judge cited Trump’s “repeated public statements” as a reason for the jury to be given anonymity, as well as the e…
An earthquake in northwestern Nepal has killed at least 128 people, officials say
Dozens more were injured in the quake. Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many places.