The Daily Populous

Friday August 30th, 2024 day edition

image for Berlin Holocaust memorial defaced: 'Jews are committing genocide'

A Berlin Holocaust memorial honoring non-Jews who protested against the persecution of their Jewish family members was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti on Wednesday, according to the Berlin Police and European Jewish Congress.

"Jews are committing genocide," was scrawled across the Rosenstrasse protest memorial according to EJC.

A Palestinian flag and the slogan "free Palestine" was spraypainted on the ground in front of the sculptures.

Protestors take part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2024.

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Gestapo deported 25 of the incarcerated people to Auschwitz, and many others were sent to labor camps.

The same night as the vandalism, an anti-Israel protest was held in the same borough, according to the Berlin Police.

Law enforcement attempted to disperse the unauthorized protest at the Berlin Central Station but reportedly responded with by chanting anti-police and anti-Israel slogans. »

Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show

Authored by apnews.com

The plant has been linked to the deaths of at least nine people and hospitalizations of about 50 others in 18 states.

The plant was inspected by Virginia officials through a partnership with the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Barbara Kowalcyk, director of the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security at George Washington University, said the records raise a lot of red flags. »

Kamala Harris' CNN interview was too sane to be great TV. And that's a good thing

Authored by azcentral.com
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Vice President Kamala Harris finally gave an interview to the mainstream media for the first time since she became the Democratic presidential nominee.

Harris answered Bash’s questions about the border, the economy and her changing positions on issues like the Green New Deal and banning fracking.

A trio of great speeches:Oprah, Kamala and Michelle showed the DNC 'a new way.' »

China working to poach Taiwan's high-tech talent, steal core technologies: MAC

Authored by focustaiwan.tw

Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Thursday warned that China was stepping up its efforts to poach Taiwan's high-tech talent and steal its core technologies, as evidenced by a recent increase in the number of such cases.

The incidence of three such cases in one week is an indication that the efforts by Chinese enterprises to poach Taiwan's high-tech talent are growing, he said.

Liang's remarks followed a press statement by MAC on Wednesday, which said that China may ramp up its efforts to poach talent from Taiwan and steal its core technologies, amid increasingly strained economic and trade relations between China and Western countries. »