A few thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest growing crime, corruption and impunity in a protest organized by members of Generation Z, but which ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition parties. In several countries this year, members of the demographic group born between the late 90s and early 2010s have organized protests against inequality, democratic backsliding and corruption. The largest "Gen Z” protests took place in Nepal in Septe
The International Auschwitz Committee (IAK) has called on an auction house in western Germany to cancel its auction of Holocaust artefacts scheduled for Monday. The auction of personal documents belonging to victims of Nazi Germany is considered by Holocaust survivors and their relatives to be a "cynical and shameless undertaking," said IAK executive vice president Christoph Heubner in Berlin on Saturday.
The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker named Talara, is not the first ship the IRGC has hijacked, but it had stepped back from such threats recently. Iran has taken credit for seizing a ship on Friday that was off the coast of the UAE near the Strait of Hormuz.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday thanked the Italian migrants, once known as "guest workers," who helped rebuild Germany after World War II. Italian guest workers made an important contribution to Germany's economic rise, Steinmeier said at a joint event with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Berlin.
Researchers have reported what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy that can be triggered by tick bites. A 47-year-old New Jersey man died last year from alpha-gal syndrome, which in 2011 was first linked to bites from the Lone Star tick. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to red meat since 2010 because of the syndrome, according to one estimate.
A British court ruled Friday that Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of dollars in compensation. BHP on Friday said it would appeal the ruling.
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has accused the German government of suppressing opposition voices amid controversy over a planned visit to Russia by several politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. "I think that the Alternative for Germany as a political force - and by the way, a very significant one - is now under colossal pressure in Germany," the state news agency TASS cited Medvedev as saying on Friday.
Palestinians call for better tents and other supplies as Israel maintains restrictions on aid to war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
One of 153 Palestinians who left Gaza without knowing the final destination, says Israel helped facilitate transfer.
Six people are killed in Kyiv, and Ukraine targets one of Russia's biggest oil ports on the Black Sea coast.