From the United States to the United Arab Emirates, every country backing the Saudi Arabia-led military campaign against Yemen “bears responsibility” for Wednesday’s bombing of a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in southern Yemen, a spokesperson for the medical charity told Common Dreams. “We feel it is their responsibility to ensure that their…
Calling for a “European Europe, which can fulfill its mission to bring peace, freedom, justice, and solidarity to the world,” a group of German economists, academics, policy advisers, and Social Democrats has issued a 12-point manifesto that rejects austerity, German hegemony, and right-wing extremism within the EU. Adopting the principles of the manifesto, according to…
When Aurora Lo Porto noticed an alarming escalation of racist attitudes on social media in Italy during the past two years, she felt the impulse to act. The medical student had noticed that in her once-welcoming hometown of Catania, Sicily, neighbors and acquaintances had started speaking about immigrants only through harmful stereotypes and unverified data….
Boris Johnson said Friday that there was “no evidence” of Russian interference in British politics, just days after his government effectively blocked the publication of a secret report on the subject until after the U.K.’s upcoming general election. Johnson is facing calls to release the classified 50-page report before the election, scheduled for Dec. 12….
Another person in Hong Kong has died in protests that have convulsed the financial hub since June, a fatality that comes just after China’s leader issued his most direct rebuke of the unrest yet. A 70-year-old cleaner who was believed to have been hit in the head during a skirmish between protesters and residents died…
(PARIS) — Scuffles between Paris police and activists on Saturday marred the anniversary of the birth of the yellow vest movement against government policies seen as favoring the rich. On a day of largely peaceful demonstrations across France, there were a few violent incidents in the capital that ended up with police firing off tear…
(VENICE, Italy) — Tourists and residents were allowed back into St. Mark’s Square in Venice on Saturday, a day after it was closed due to exceptionally high tidal waters that swept through most of the lagoon city’s already devastated center. Despite sunny skies, the city remained on edge due to possibly more wind-propelled high tidal…
(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Protesters angered by Iran raising government-set gasoline prices by 50% blocked traffic in major cities and occasionally clashed with police Saturday after a night of demonstrations punctuated by gunfire, in violence that reportedly killed at least one person. The protests put renewed pressure on Iran’s government as it struggles to…
Williams’ Rob Smedley, who will relinquish his role as head of performance engineering with the British outfit at the end of the season, could be preparing for a return to Ferrari in the future. The 44-year-old engineer worked for almost a decade at the House of Maranello, the bulk of which was spent as Felipe…
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto had admitted that the team’s new driver Charles Leclerc will be in second place when it comes to the focus of their efforts in 2019, at least for the first few races of the new campaign. The 21-year-old driver from Monte Carlo is joining the team in just his second season…