Palestine advocates decry MSNBC’s cancellation of Mehdi Hasan news show | Media News

Palestine advocates decry MSNBC’s cancellation of Mehdi Hasan news show | Media News

Channel president says change aims to put network in ‘better position’ for the 2024 US elections, The Hill reports. Washington, DC – MSNBC has cancelled Mehdi Hasan’s weekend TV programme, sparking anger from many Palestinian rights supporters who consider the progressive host a rare critic of Israeli policies on United…

Why have so many Palestinian children been killed by Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why have so many Palestinian children been killed by Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Thousands of children have been killed, maimed, injured or arrested by Israeli forces. Two Palestinian boys have been shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. More than 6,000 children have been killed in Gaza – not counting those still missing or buried under the rubble. And there…

India’s Rohit and Kohli skip white-ball leg of South Africa cricket tour | Cricket News

India’s Rohit and Kohli skip white-ball leg of South Africa cricket tour | Cricket News

India name three skippers for eight-match multi-format tour of South Africa next month, with Rohit Sharma leading the two Tests, Suryakumar Yadav for the T20s and KL Rahul for the ODIs. Skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli will skip the white-ball leg of India’s upcoming tour of South…

What does silencing of supporters of Palestine mean for freedom of speech? | TV Shows

What does silencing of supporters of Palestine mean for freedom of speech? | TV Shows

The stifling of voices around the globe supporting Palestinians is putting the principles of free speech to the test. The war on Gaza is being waged on the ground and in the realm of public opinion, putting the principles of freedom of speech to the test. Since Hamas’s October 7…

Shane MacGowan, poetic, hard-charging frontman of The Pogues, dies at 65 | Music News

Shane MacGowan, poetic, hard-charging frontman of The Pogues, dies at 65 | Music News

MacGowan won fame for incorporating traditional Irish ballads into Britain’s punk scene in the 1980s and 90s. Shane MacGowan, who galvanised Britain’s punk scene with his incorporation of Irish traditional ballads into that genre in the late 1980s, has died at 65. MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke released a statement…

Climate disaster fund approved at UN’s COP28 climate summit | Climate News

Climate disaster fund approved at UN’s COP28 climate summit | Climate News

The United Nation’s annual climate summit is under way in Dubai, with world leaders approving a climate disaster fund that will help vulnerable nations cope with the impact of drought, floods and rising seawater. The agreement marked a “positive signal of momentum” at the start of the 2023 conference –…

Israel-Palestine war: ‘Ceasefire’ or ‘pause’, what have world leaders said? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel-Palestine war: ‘Ceasefire’ or ‘pause’, what have world leaders said? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

“We are at war. Not an operation, not a round [of fighting], at war,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared to his fellow Israelis on October 7, following a surprise attack by the Palestinian armed group Hamas that killed an estimated 1,200 people in Israel. Within hours, the United States, Israel’s…