Students at some universities in the United Kingdom have set up pro-Palestinian encampments in recent days. At Newcastle University, a small pro-Palestinian encampment has been set up on a lawn in front of the college's buildings, video and pictures on social media showed.The X account "Newcastle Apartheid Off Campus" shared images of their encampment, which shows around a dozen tents on the lawn, some with Palestinian flags hanging from them. The group describes itself as a "student-led coalition fighting for an end to Newcastle University's partnership with defense companies...…Students at some universities in the United Kingdom have set up pro-Palestinian encampments in recent days. At Newcastle University, a small pro-Palestinian encampment has been set up on a lawn in front of the college's buildings, video and pictures on social media showed.The X account "Newcastle Apartheid Off Campus" shared images of their encampment, which shows around a dozen tents on the lawn, some with Palestinian flags hanging from them. The group describes itself as a "student-led coalition fighting for an end to Newcastle University's partnership with defense companies...WW…

Skip to main contentYou have permission to edit this article.EditHomeSearchNewsCoronavirusWeatherSportsFeaturesVideoWatchContact(CNN) — Hops in major beer-producing European countries like Germany, Czech Republic and Slovenia are ripening earlier and producing less since 1994, scientists found. And, perhaps most alarmingly for the IPA lovers of the world, they are starting to lose their critical bitter component.It’s going to get worse, researchers say. Hop yields could decline by as much as 18% by 2050, and their alpha acid content – which makes beer bitter – could decrease by up to 31%...…Skip to main contentYou have permission to edit this article.EditHomeSearchNewsCoronavirusWeatherSportsFeaturesVideoWatchContact(CNN) — Hops in major beer-producing European countries like Germany, Czech Republic and Slovenia are ripening earlier and producing less since 1994, scientists found. And, perhaps most alarmingly for the IPA lovers of the world, they are starting to lose their critical bitter component.It’s going to get worse, researchers say. Hop yields could decline by as much as 18% by 2050, and their alpha acid content – which makes beer bitter – could decrease by up to 31%...WW…

She does — and that’s a good thing.“I acknowledge that we are on the ancestral homelands of the Nacotchtank, Anacostan, and Piscataway people,” Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico said in her opening remarks on the first day of her Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Interior Department.It’s likely the first time a Cabinet nominee acknowledged tribal lands upon testifying before the Senate. If confirmed, Haaland — a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe — would also be the in history.But it is her pledge to protect the environment and tribal communities that has some in the Republican Party...…She does — and that’s a good thing.“I acknowledge that we are on the ancestral homelands of the Nacotchtank, Anacostan, and Piscataway people,” Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico said in her opening remarks on the first day of her Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Interior Department.It’s likely the first time a Cabinet nominee acknowledged tribal lands upon testifying before the Senate. If confirmed, Haaland — a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe — would also be the in history.But it is her pledge to protect the environment and tribal communities that has some in the Republican Party...WW…

Goodson’s family say he was holding a sandwich when police shot him. Police say the shooting was “justified.”More than 30 people showed up at a in front of the Ohio Statehouse to honor the killing of Casey Christopher Goodson Jr., a 23-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a SWAT deputy officer in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday afternoon.According to family members, Goodson was at the side door of their home, having just come back from a dentist appointment and carrying a Subway sandwich, when he was shot three times in the back by Jason Meade, a Franklin County sheriff’s SWAT deputy...…Goodson’s family say he was holding a sandwich when police shot him. Police say the shooting was “justified.”More than 30 people showed up at a in front of the Ohio Statehouse to honor the killing of Casey Christopher Goodson Jr., a 23-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a SWAT deputy officer in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday afternoon.According to family members, Goodson was at the side door of their home, having just come back from a dentist appointment and carrying a Subway sandwich, when he was shot three times in the back by Jason Meade, a Franklin County sheriff’s SWAT deputy...WW…

Founder Patrisse Cullors on the Senate runoffs, the impact of the protests, and what the movement wants from the Biden administration.The police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor set off protests like the nation has never seen — marched in the name of justice for Black lives this summer. So it’s no surprise that the rallying cry out on the streets was still on voters’ minds when they cast their ballot in November.According to , a comprehensive survey conducted for the Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago, roughly a fifth of all voters said the racial justice...…Founder Patrisse Cullors on the Senate runoffs, the impact of the protests, and what the movement wants from the Biden administration.The police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor set off protests like the nation has never seen — marched in the name of justice for Black lives this summer. So it’s no surprise that the rallying cry out on the streets was still on voters’ minds when they cast their ballot in November.According to , a comprehensive survey conducted for the Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago, roughly a fifth of all voters said the racial justice...WW…

Indigenous voters are often forgotten about. But they may have been key in turning swing states for Democrats.Indigenous voters have often been overlooked by both political parties and categorized as “” by the media. But that didn’t stop them from turning out for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in swing states, even amid a devastating pandemic, and giving him a winning edge.In Arizona, which has gone in the past 60-odd years, Biden won by a margin of fewer than 12,000 votes, according to the . Indigenous people make up of the state’s population, with eligible voters in the Navajo...…Indigenous voters are often forgotten about. But they may have been key in turning swing states for Democrats.Indigenous voters have often been overlooked by both political parties and categorized as “” by the media. But that didn’t stop them from turning out for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in swing states, even amid a devastating pandemic, and giving him a winning edge.In Arizona, which has gone in the past 60-odd years, Biden won by a margin of fewer than 12,000 votes, according to the . Indigenous people make up of the state’s population, with eligible voters in the Navajo...WW…

PublishedJun 08, 2020TopicShare/RepublishAdán Vez Lira, a prominent defender of an ecological reserve in Mexico, was in April. Four years earlier, the renowned activist Berta Cáceres was in Honduras by assailants taking direction from executives responsible for a dam she had opposed. Four years before that, Cambodian forest and land activist during a brawl with the country’s military police while investigating illegal logging.These are some of the most prominent examples of violence faced by environmental activists in recent years — but, according to a new report, they are not unusual. As...…PublishedJun 08, 2020TopicShare/RepublishAdán Vez Lira, a prominent defender of an ecological reserve in Mexico, was in April. Four years earlier, the renowned activist Berta Cáceres was in Honduras by assailants taking direction from executives responsible for a dam she had opposed. Four years before that, Cambodian forest and land activist during a brawl with the country’s military police while investigating illegal logging.These are some of the most prominent examples of violence faced by environmental activists in recent years — but, according to a new report, they are not unusual. As...WW…