Student Protest at University of Texas at Austin

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Law enforcement officers removed over 10 individuals involved in a student demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin in solidarity with Palestine during the Israel-Hamas conflict.
  
Students at UT-Austin gathered to demand the university's divestment from companies supplying weapons to Israel for its attacks on Gaza. The group assembled outside Gregory Gym with intentions to march to the South Lawn, where they planned to sit in protest. By noon, more than 200 students had joined the demonstration.
  
Protesters were detained by authorities after being warned of potential criminal trespass charges if they did not disperse. One of the organizers was singled out by an officer, who indicated he would be the first to be arrested.
  
Following the removal of the protesters, officers cautioned the remaining crowd that further arrests could occur if they did not leave the area.
  
A significant police presence, including Texas Department of Public Safety officers in riot gear and on horseback, was observed at the sc

70% of Vienna’s schools without social workers is not acceptable for the Vienna People’s Party

Vienna (OTS) – In principle, school social work is a matter for the states, but the federal government finances around 50 percent of the costs for school social work in the states. A request from the Vienna People’s Party in March revealed that 70 percent of Vienna’s compulsory schools have to do without social workers. “The lethargy in this issue, particularly expressed by City Councilor Wiederkehr, is no longer acceptable. We as the Vienna People’s Party drew attention to this problem years ago

Two years after the start of the large-scale war, the dynamic of Western support for kyiv is losing momentum: newly committed aid is down over the period from August 2023 to January 2024 compared to the same period of the the previous year, according to the latest report from the Kiel Institute, published in February 2024. And this trend could continue, with the American Senate struggling to pass aid, and the European Union (EU) having had every difficulty in have aid of 50 billion adopted on 1^is February 2024, due to the Hungarian blockade. Please note, these two aid packages are not yet taken into account in t

Arne Sloat won the Dutch Cup with Feyenoord last Sunday (Getty)

The English club Liverpool is looking for a new coach to succeed the German Jurgen Klopp, who announced last January his departure from the team at the end of the current football season, after a long career that lasted for a full nine years, during which he achieved many titles, most notably Winning the English Premier League and European Champions League titles, the coach of the Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam, Arne Sloat, appears as a new name on the list of candidates to take over responsibility, starting next season.

The British newspaper Daily Mail reported yesterday, Tuesday, that the management of the English club Liverpool has turned its attention to Arne Sloat, who is 45 years old, after the great success he

The Committee on Education, Culture and Worship is chaired by Deputy Luis Tiki González Vaesken.

*This project has already been replaced, promulgated and sanctioned by the well-known “Zero Hunger in Schools”.

In ordinary session, the Committee on Education, Culture and Culture, whose chairmanship corresponds to Deputy Tiki González Vaesken (ANR-Alto Paraná), issued a rejection opinion regarding the bill “That adopts measures to ensure the achievement of the program that makes possible school meals in Paraguayan educational institutions and expands the General Budget of the Nation for fiscal year 2023 – Ministry of Education and Science”.

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On Wednesday morning, the main air traffic control union the SNCTA announced that Thursday’s strike would be called off after reaching an agreement.

Nevertheless, widespread disruption is still expected on Thursday, April 25th – this is because of both the last-minute cancellation of the strike and the fact that some smaller unions are maintaining their strike action.

At some airports, up to 75 percent of flights in and out will be cancelled, while the disruption could also affect overflights.

“Thursday remains a ‘black day’”, warned Thomas Juin, President of the Union of French Airports.

“Unfortunately, the impact for Thursday remains significant, as we are now just a few hours away from the strike day, and the civil aviation authority is not in a position to make any significant changes to the cancellations that were planned.”

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