Tag: Public opinion
Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation
TOKYO — Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less...
AP-NORC poll: More Americans believe anti-Asian hate rising
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe discrimination has worsened in the last year against Asian Americans, who became...
American Jews take stock of internal divisions, antisemitism
As fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers raged before last week's cease-fire, U.S. rabbinical student Max Buchdahl wanted to be considerate of...
100 Iraqi families from IS-linked camp in Syria repatriated
QAYARA, Iraq — Nearly a dozen buses carrying 100 Iraqi families who lived in a sprawling Syrian camp for supporters and families of Islamic...
US reaches out to Palestinian leaders many angrily reject
JERUSALEM — After weeks of unrest and a devastating 11-day war in Gaza, the U.S. and the international community plan to engage with the...
About half fully vaccinated in MA; NH gets ready for beach
BOSTON — Coronavirus developments around New England:
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Floyd legislation reveals divide in police-reform movement
NEW YORK — Monifa Bandele became a community organizer in the late 1990s, after New York City police fatally shot a young, unarmed Black...
Albania’s president denounces US sanction of former leader
TIRANA, Albania — Albania's president offered public support Saturday to a former prime minister who was sanctioned by the United States this week for...
Tokyo organizers say Olympics are ‘safe’ — public disagrees
TOKYO — The IOC wraps up its final planning sessions on Friday with Tokyo Olympic organizers, just two months before the games are to...
AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.
A year after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority of...