In the year since Kirk’s killing, dozens of lawsuits have been filed across the country by people fired for their comments about the activist, arguing their terminations violated their rights to free speech. The suits have led to substantial pay outs in some cases.Brown agreed to a $485,000 (£355,000) financial settlement – about 12 times
At least 16 elderly residents have died in a fire at a nursing home in Chile, according to authorities.Ten others were evacuated after a blaze broke out at El Edén home in /idt2/d9cfcc9a-2842-463f-a4d8-4dd007ef9547, around 640km (400 miles) south of the capital Santiago, on Friday evening. Jorge Granada, a prosecutor leading the case, said it was
Giving an answer to a question that is asked at a free-flowing press conference is one thing, but Donald Trump repeated his sentiments a short time later when he was delivering a speech to an invited audience at the US Ambassador’s residence. In fact it was almost the first thing he mentioned, hinting that maybe
Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has said her family’s flat has been destroyed in a Russian aerial strike on the Black Sea port of Odesa.”This is what the ‘Russian world’ looks like. A direct hit by a Kalibr cruise missile,” she wrote on social media, showing a photo of a burning multi-storey residential building.”The only
In his essay, called We Must Pace the Frontier, Amodei pointed out that AI had advanced “drastically faster” including its “ability to build the next generation of AI” – and mentioned an incident involving rival OpenAI which has revealed that agents conducted cybersecurity attacks, external on targets they were not asked to attack in July.The
Officials in northern France are investigating whether the derailment of a passenger train on Friday evening was the result of a malicious act.”At this stage, the leading theory is that a piece of rail was present on one of the tracks, potentially causing the derailment. The reason for its presence is unknown,” prosecutor Sébastien Gallois
At least 44 people have been injured, including one seriously, after a passenger train derailed in northern France, local officials have said.An 18-year-old woman was airlifted in critical condition by helicopter to hospital.The officials said 186 passengers were on board the train that was operating between Rouen and Caen in Normandy.Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said
Yet observers and those affected argue that it did not have to be this way.Academic Hesbon Owilla told the BBC the president’s comments were bound to be misinterpreted, especially by people who did not have the right documentation.He says that while the proposed policy is good for Kenya and in line with global migration protocols,
An avid golf fan, in July Trump said he hoped to travel to Doonbeg to watch the Irish Open.In a special video message, he told the US Embassy’s Fourth of July celebration event that he wants to see “Rory [McIlroy] and all the great players”.”There’s nothing better than Irish-American friendship and I have a beautiful
Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, as conflict in the Middle East widens.Iraq said it had fired a military commander and launched an investigation after admitting the drone attack on its neighbour’s East-West pipeline had originated in one of its provinces bordering Iran.The 1,200km
The Philippine Coast Guard says it has recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire this week, bringing the total death toll to 35. More than 130 people were on board the MV June Aster when the blaze erupted on Wednesday as it neared its destination at the tourist hotspot of
Warning: This story contains distressing detailsPolice in the US state of Mississippi have made their first arrest in the case of a black woman found dead and hanged from a tree, and say they could soon take more people into custody.Tasia Fortune’s body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Jackson in
“Now that they are there, they’re going to be entrenched,” Hisham al-Omeisi, senior analyst at the Brussels-based European Institute of Peace, told the BBC. “And it’s going to be a lot more costly to push them out.”Of course, the Houthis are not alone. They enjoy the backing of Iran, support that has become even more
