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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The housing official appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lead New York City’s newly revived Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants previously said, “White, middle-class homeowners are a huge problem for a renter justice movement” and argued organizers must “undermine the institution of homeownership,” during a 2021 podcast appearance.Cea Weaver, who was named director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants on Jan. 1 through an executive order signed by Mamdani, made the remarks during a September 2021 episode of the “Bad Faith podcast” while discussing eviction policy and renter organizing strategies.The comments…

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One-third of students think Reform UK politicians should be barred from speaking on university campuses, according to a survey of student attitudes towards free speech that organisers described as “contradictory” and confusing.While 69% of students told the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) survey that universities should “never limit free speech”, similar numbers also supported speaking bans on specific political parties.Announcing its findings, the institute said: “The results show students’ views on free issues tend to be nuanced and they sometimes seem contradictory. In particular, while the principle of free speech has stronger support from students than in the past, so…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Following outrage from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani over the arrest of a city council employee, the Department of Homeland Security shared that the individual arrested is an illegal immigrant with a previous arrest for assault.According to DHS, the employee, Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, 53, is a “criminal illegal alien” from Venezuela. The agency said that despite Rubio Bohorquez being employed by the city council of America’s largest city, he has no work authorization and was illegally employed.Further, DHS said that Rubio Bohorquez has a criminal history, including an arrest for assault…

The United States will push forward with the next phase of its plan for peace in Gaza, moving toward “demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction,” President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday.The second phase will see the establishment of a “transitional technocratic Palestinian administration” in Gaza, Witkoff said in a post on X, as well as the beginning of the “demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza, primarily the disarmament of all unauthorized personnel.”The technocratic committee set to oversee Gaza will be headed by Ali Abdel Hamid Haath, a former deputy minister of Palestinian planning, a statement from mediator Qatar said.Witkoff…

New Delhi: India’s central bank on Wednesday announced that it has given in-principle approval to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in the country — marking an important step in the bank’s expansion plans in the Indian market.  In a statement, the Reserve Bank of India said the approval allows SMBC to move from its current branch-based operations to a locally incorporated subsidiary. Until now, the Japanese lender has been operating in India through a branch. “RBI has decided to grant ‘in-principle’ approval to SMBC, Japan for setting up a Wholly Owned Subsidiary…

The police chief who used “exaggerated and untrue” intelligence to justify a ban on Israeli football fans was clinging on to his job on Wednesday, despite the home secretary demanding he resign.Craig Guildford, who leads West Midlands police, is determined to stay in his post for now, the Guardian has learned, despite a war of words that culminated in Shabana Mahmood declaring she had lost confidence in him.It is the first time in 20 years a home secretary has said this of a serving police leader, and it came after a report criticising the force’s handling of intelligence used to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new bill introduced in Virginia would prohibit public schools in the state from describing the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., as a “peaceful protest.” Democrat Virginia Delegate Dan Helmer of Fairfax pre-filed House Bill No. 333 ahead of the start of this year’s legislative session that began Wednesday. The bill, if passed, would require any public school district that wants to teach about Jan. 6 to describe the event “as an unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning…

About 26 years ago, Iran’s biggest female pop star left her homeland to tour internationally after years of being banned from publicly performing by the theocratic regime.But Googoosh, now 75, refuses to be silenced. In the face of the Iranian government’s deadly crackdown on protesters amid an internet blackout, the music icon on Tuesday became the latest prominent Iranian celebrity to call for widespread support of the country’s people.On Instagram, where Googoosh has 6.8 million followers, the singer posted a copy of a letter she wrote to President Donald Trump dated Jan. 12, in which she asked him to “act…

India has set a target to reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 45% by 2030 (from 2005 levels), and in 2021, India announced a long-term goal to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2070. As far as the real estate ad building sector in India, it contributes over 35% of India’s total GHG emissions, driven by building operations and construction materials like cement and steel. Amid increasing demand for green buildings in India, ahead of the Budget 2026, real estate stakeholders have outlined the steps required for developers to reach the net-zero stage. Dhaval Ajmera, Director, Corporate Affairs, Ajmera Group,…