Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and informed him that he had decided to end the investigation into the Israel Defenses Force’s “Netzah Yehuda” battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank and not impose sanctions on the unit…
Human beings are hardwired to trust one another more when we sing together,” says Micah Hendler, founder of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a music and dialogue project that brings young Palestinian and Israeli individuals together through song. Hendler and executive director Amer Abu Arqub explore how music creates cross-cultural understanding — even during times of…
The determination ends a lengthy investigation of the Netzah Yehuda battalion, an ultra-Orthodox Israeli unit implicated in the death of a Palestinian American…
China is currently busy accumulating most of the gold medals in the table tennis events in the Paris Olympics. Meanwhile, an AI-powered robot from Google DeepMind has achieved “amateur human level performance” in the sport. In a study published in an Arxiv paper this week, the Google artificial intelligence subsidiary outlined how the robot functions…
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump seemed to suggest he would consider restricting access to mifepristone, a pill used for medication abortions. Within a day, his campaign furiously walked back Trump’s statement, claiming the former president misheard the question. Trump’s first-term record on reproductive rights is clear: His three Supreme Court picks led directly to…
HiPhi was among the many Chinese brands that announced with great fanfare that they would sink their teeth into the European car market, but that will no longer be the case as its parent company, Human Horizons, has filed for bankruptcy. Do you know that story about HiPhi…
The Data for Governance Alliance (G4DA) held its third convention from August 5-9, 2024, bringing together over 25 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and representatives from the African Union to discuss enhancing human rights in Africa. The event aimed to strengthen collaboration between African Union bodies and Pan-African CSOs to promote governance…