All posts tagged: March

Thousands gather for march for French girl whose killing sparked outrage over lapses

Thousands gather for march for French girl whose killing sparked outrage over lapses

Published by Sam Flores

The grieving parents of an 11-year-old girl feared murdered in France joined a silent march in her memory by thousands of people on Sunday, as outrage spread over systemic failures blamed for her suspected killing. The body of the girl, named as Lyhanna, was found last week after she went missing on May 29 near the southwestern town of Fleurance. She was last seen getting into a man’s car, and outrage grew after it emerged that the main suspect, who is now under arrest, had previously been accused of sexually abusing children. A sea of people filled the streets of Fleurance under scorching afternoon heat for the march, which was attended by local representatives but, in line with the family’s wishes, not by national politicians. They marched in total silence, dressed in white shirts and some holding white flowers. Around 6,000 people were present, according to the local authorities. “Lyhanna. Never again! We love you, we miss you,” read the banner at the front of the procession, which was held by her father and other …

Turkey Liquidated Almost All Of Its US Treasuries In March To Defend Crashing Lira

Turkey Liquidated Almost All Of Its US Treasuries In March To Defend Crashing Lira

Published by Jenni Sidey

Two months ago, at the end of March, we reported that Turkey was aggressively dumping its gold reserves in a panic scramble to obtain dollar funding, which Erdogan’s regime was using to keep the Turkish lira from crashing, and to also pay for energy imports which had suddenly soared in price as a result of the Iran war. The violent selling by Turkey (and other emerging markets) was behind the brutal plunge in gold prices, which tumbled by more than $1000 from near all-time highs at the start of the war to the low 4000s by the time Turkey had done selling much of its gold.  Then earlier this week, we got another confirmation of Turkey’s wild liquidation spree when the latest central bank data showed that Turkey’s foreign reserves had their biggest monthly decline on record in March, as the Iran war triggered global selloffs in emerging market assets and strained the lira. According to balance-of-payments data, Turkey’s official reserves cratered by $43.4 billion in March. Part of the decline reflected state intervention to offset …

DraftKings fights NCAA trademark lawsuit over March Madness betting promotions claims

DraftKings fights NCAA trademark lawsuit over March Madness betting promotions claims

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DraftKings is pushing back hard against the NCAA’s trademark lawsuit, telling a federal court the sports betting company legally used phrases connected to the men’s basketball tournament and did nothing that would confuse customers about any relationship with the college sports organization. In a response filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and seen by ReadWrite, the sportsbook operator denied allegations that its promotions and betting products improperly traded on NCAA branding. The company said the NCAA “has no valid claim against it” and argued the association is not entitled to damages or other relief. NEW: DraftKings answered NCAA’s lawsuit, denying trademark infringement over March Madness betting terms and demanding jury trial in Indiana now @RWW pic.twitter.com/Yes03H0NpH — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) May 19, 2026 DraftKings acknowledged using phrases tied to the tournament, including “March Madness,” “Sweet 16,” “Elite 8,” “Final 4,” and “March Mania.” Still, the company rejected accusations involving trademark infringement, unfair competition, dilution, and false association under the Lanham Act. The NCAA filed suit earlier this year after …

Israeli interfaith peace march offers alternative to ultranationalist Jerusalem Day events

Israeli interfaith peace march offers alternative to ultranationalist Jerusalem Day events

Published by Sam Flores

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Hundreds of religious leaders and peace activists walked together through the streets of Jerusalem on Monday (May 18) for an interfaith peace march — a 4-year-old event that took on added urgency this year against the backdrop of ongoing war and mounting intolerance in a city venerated by Jews, Muslims and Christians.  The Interfaith March for Human Rights and Peace is one of many initiatives spearheaded by the Interfaith Forum for Human Rights that brings together Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze and other activists and a coalition of 30-plus organizations. Singing “We Shall Overcome” and carrying placards with the word “Trust” in Hebrew and Arabic, participants traveled to the march from across Israel, aiming to bridge religious and ethnic gaps at an especially volatile time in the Middle East.    Druze Sheikh Younis Amasha, director of the Forum for Religious Leaders in Israel, urged the marchers to speak “with one voice” to proclaim that “human life is a sacred value and there is no place for hatred, extremism and violence.” He also called …

Tens of thousands march in London in far-right and pro-Palestine protests | Protests News

Tens of thousands march in London in far-right and pro-Palestine protests | Protests News

Published by Sam Flores

Tens of thousands of people are marching through central London in two separate protests – one pro-Palestine demonstration a day after Nakba Day, and the other, a far-right rally staged by Tommy Robinson. Police in the British capital deployed 4,000 officers, including reinforcements from ⁠outside the city, on Saturday and pledged “the most assertive possible use of our powers” in what they called their biggest public order operation in years. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list They had earlier forecast ⁠turnout of at least 80,000 – about 50,000 at Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” march, and 30,000 more expected at the Nakba Day rally. Armoured vehicles, horses, dogs, drones and helicopters were also deployed to manage the separate protest marches, the United Kingdom Metropolitan Police said. In a Saturday evening update, police said officers had made 43 arrests at the twin protests, which both ended by 18:30 GMT. “Four officers were assaulted today. Fortunately, none seriously. A further six officers were subjected to hate crime offences,” the Met said on X, with the officials …

Black church leaders to march in Selma this weekend over Voting Rights Act ruling

Black church leaders to march in Selma this weekend over Voting Rights Act ruling

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Nearly 100 faith and voting rights leaders plan to gather in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday (May 16) as part of a rally in protest of the recent Supreme Court decision that hollowed out a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The “All Roads Lead to the South” rally intends to launch a national movement to counter the ruling’s trickle-down effects on Black Americans’ political power, particularly in Southern states. Organizers expect nearly 5,000 people to attend.  The rally is in response to the April 29 court ruling, which declared Louisiana’s attempt to add a second Black-majority district on its congressional map unconstitutional — effectively gutting the landmark civil-rights era law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. State legislatures in Tennessee and Alabama have expeditiously redrawn congressional maps in the wake of the decision. The mobilization event, organized by Black Voters Matter, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, expects 75 buses of activists from Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and other Southern states, with the …

‘May your village burn’: Israeli Flag March returns to East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘May your village burn’: Israeli Flag March returns to East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

Uri Weltmann was tense. He’s the national field director for Standing Together, an organisation of Jewish and Palestinian peace activists, who had gathered to resist the tens of thousands of far-right Jewish marchers heading for occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. He had reason to be worried. ‘Jerusalem Day’, marked by Jewish Israelis every year to celebrate the 1967 capture and subsequent illegal occupation of the city, has become an opportunity for thousands to be bussed in from across Israel and the occupied West Bank to participate in the ‘Flag March’, where they maraud through the Old City and attack Palestinians – as well as Jewish peace activists. Palestinians from outside the Old City were not allowed in by police. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list This year’s event on Thursday saw fighting break out even before the march officially began, as ultranationalist Israelis – many of them young teenagers – attacked Palestinians in the Christian Quarter. The Israelis vandalised property, and Israeli police forced Palestinian shop owners to close. Many other Palestinian businesses …

Emperor penguins are on the march — toward extinction

Emperor penguins are on the march — toward extinction

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