Saeed Ayed* watches over his livestock herd. The animals are starving and parched due to a two-week-long Israeli siege on the Ras al-Ahmar Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley. Access to the community has been blocked since mid-September, as Israeli forces continue building a barrier through Palestinian land in the area, including…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says local authorities failed to properly investigate the 2024 allegations. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to investigate an alleged gang rape at Cornell University, saying newly released information had undermined her confidence in the local prosecutor’s handling of the…

A historic collapse One factor in the widespread disillusionment has been the Banco Master scandal. The financial imbroglio has delivered a black eye to both ends of Brazil’s political spectrum. A range of business leaders, political figures, regulators and judges have been swept up in the scandal. A mid-sized lender, Banco Master grew aggressively over…