Jordan Acker, a University of Michigan regent who helped lead the university’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protesters, is facing fallout after Slack messages attributed to him surfaced…
The family of Charles Adair, a man who died after a Kansas sheriff’s deputy allegedly shoved a knee into his back for 86 seconds while he was handcuffed, has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit….
Costa Rica received its second group of 30 people deported from the United States on Friday — 22 foreign nationals and eight Costa Ricans — arriving at Juan Santamaría International Airport. The…
In a unanimous 10–0 ruling, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) struck down a law passed in the state of Santa Catarina that had prohibited racial quotas at universities. The decision, reached…
In Washington, the Trump administration held what both sides described as a “productive” meeting with Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot. The meeting comes at a…
Powerful storms swept through the American heartland this week, with tornadoes reported across Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas. In Lena, Illinois, at least one confirmed tornado downed trees and…
The most significant political earthquake of the week struck Central Europe. In Budapest, thousands of jubilant Hungarians packed Batthyany Square in scenes described as being “like a mosh pit” to…
April 17, 2026 was a day that underscored the fractures running through global politics — from unverified nuclear diplomacy and constitutional showdowns, to security scandals in established…
Beyond the headline-grabbing political stories, the day brought tragedy: nine people were killed when a van carrying a group of teachers from Kerala’s Malappuram district plunged off a cliff at a…
In Brazil, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes voted to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro — son of former president Jair Bolsonaro — in a case involving defamation and injury against congresswoman…
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