LONDON: The Associated Press (AP) has come under criticism for firing news associate Emily Wilder on Thursday for violating the company’s social media policies.
The move drew backlash from journalists after it transpired that Wilder had been targeted by right-wing media outlets for her pro-Palestine activism in college.
Wilder confirmed that she was “terminated for violating the company’s social media policies in their News Values and Principles sometime between my start date on May 3 and yesterday,” adding that the AP did not detail which of her tweets broke its policies.
While the organization usually refrains from commenting on personal matters, A spokesperson for the AP confirmed on Thursday that Wilder was dismissed for violations of AP’s social media policy during her time at AP.
The newly designed shoes come in pastel desert hues and feature a woven red and white heel cap that is inspired by the checkered pattern of traditional Arabian fabrics.
Over the past few years Al-Benawi has made a name for herself as one of her generation’s most creative designers.
The newly designed shoes come in pastel desert hues and feature a woven red and white heel cap. (Supplied)
She blends traditional tailoring with contemporary perspectives, working out of her design studios in Jeddah and Dubai to bring together eastern and western influences.
The sneakers launch globally on May 28.
‘Ark Re-imagined’ reviving the cultural heritage and lost knowledge of the Marsh Arabs
India remains a rising power despite its COVID-19 tragedy
Dr. John C. Hulsman
May 21, 2021 11:27
Indian PM Narendra Modi addresses the nation during Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort in New Delhi, Aug. 15, 2020. (Reuters)
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As the sublime British novelist E.M. Forster put it in his masterpiece, “A Passage to India,” regarding life on the subcontinent: “Adventures do occur, but not punctually.” Put in today’s political risk terms, the analytical danger is to look at India’s tragic problems of today, but not at the enduring changes lying beneath the surface that will continue to make it the greatest rising power in the world over the next generation.
BEIJING: China says it will offer cash and 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians caught up in the latest fighting in Gaza.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Friday told reporters that $1 million would be provided as emergency humanitarian assistance and another $1 million would go to UNRWA, the UN agency that provides vital assistance to the 75 percent of the enclave’s population who are refugees.
China will “continue to provide humanitarian support within its capacity and actively participate in the reconstruction of Gaza according to the needs of the Palestinian side,” Zhao said at a daily briefing.
The fighting has brought Gaza’s health care system to the brink of collapse and its COVID-19 vaccination drive, already slow, has stopped, according to WHO’s top official in Gaza, Sacha Bootsma. China has become a major exporter and donor of COVID-19 vaccines, taking a leading role in what some have termed “vaccine diplomacy.”