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Month: June 2024

Local leaders urge SCAQMD to acknowledge and help address worsened air quality conditions post-Hilary

If you think the Coachella Valley’s air quality has worsened following Tropical Storm Hilary, you’re not alone. The Coachella Valley Association of Governments has also taken notice and is pushing for some new solutions to all the wind-blown dust most Coachella Valley residents agree has gotten worse following the August 2023 storm. At a recent meeting with

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Turkey urges Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs and allow them to “live their values.” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday ended a three-day visit to China that included a visit to China’s Xinjiang province.

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Israel phasing out use of desert detention camp after CNN investigation detailing abuses

By Abeer Salman, Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel has transferred hundreds of Palestinian detainees out of the shadowy detention facility of Sde Teiman in Israel’s Negev desert, a state attorney told Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday during a first-ever hearing about the facility where prisoners from Gaza have

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Demonstrators occupy building housing offices of Stanford University’s president

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a building that houses the offices of Stanford University’s president and provost early Wednesday. Approximately 10 students barricaded themselves in the building while some 50 others linked arms outside, The Stanford Daily reported. The university confirmed the takeover. “A group of individuals this morning unlawfully entered Building 10,

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