5 d. ago Man who burned Koran outside Turkish embassy while shouting 'f*** Islam' found guilty of public order offence

A man who set fire to a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence.

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5 d. ago Man, 50, who set fire to the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London says he never would have come to Britain if he 'knew this country does not have free speech'

A protestor who set fire to a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London said he would not have come to Britain had he known free speech was 'under threat here'.

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1 week ago King Charles hails ‘strong and free’ Canada in speech to open parliament

Monarch makes no direct mention of Trump amid US president’s threats to make Canada ‘51st state’King Charles has said Canadians can “give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away” as he gave a rare speech in the country’s parliament that served as a rebuke of the US president, Donald Trump, and his threats to annex the country.Charles, who serves as Canada’s head of state, is the first monarch since 1957 to preside over the opening of a new Canadian parliament. Continue reading...

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1 week ago King Charles fires warning shot to Donald Trump amid Canada threats

King Charles has delivered a historic speech at the state opening of parliament in Canada amid the country receiving unwanted attention from Donald Trump, who has launched a trade war against his neighbour and made threats to annex the country as America’s 51st state

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1 week ago King Charles to give speech in Canada’s parliament in reminder to Trump of country’s sovereignty – live

Monarch’s unprecedented speech from the throne comes amid Trump’s repeated threats that the US should annex Canada and make it the 51st state Earlier this morning, Alan Garber, president of Harvard University, told NPR’s Morning Edition that elite institutions need to double down on their “commitment to the good of the nation” and “be firm in our commitments to what we stand for”.Garber said he finds the measures taken by the Trump administration to be “perplexing”; while he acknowledges there is work to be done on campus regarding viewpoint diversity, he said he struggles to see a link between funding freezes and fighting antisemitism.I think that we have heard from some people that they do feel that [Harvard lacks viewpoint diversity]. What is perplexing is the measures that they have taken to address these that don’t even hit the same people that they believe are causing the problems. Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country because after all...

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2 w. ago Hungarians rally in mass protest against bill allowing blacklisting of Orbán critics

Around 10,000 protesters have gathered in Hungary's capital to oppose a bill by the country's right-wing government that critics say targets free speech and independent media

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3 w. ago Trump riles up U.S. troops in Qatar with VERY suggestive statement about running for a third term

President Donald Trump again teased running for a third term during a speech to U.S. servicemembers at the country's largest base in the Middle East.

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4 w. ago Man, 50, who 'set fire to Koran outside Turkish consulate' has charge of 'harassing' Islam dropped

Hamet Coskun, 50, allegedly set fire to the Muslim holy book in February. Two days later, he was charged with 'racially aggravated harassment' of the Islam.

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