The Daily Populous

Saturday March 22nd, 2025 evening edition

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Much of the opposition activity has centered around universities, and many of those connected to the demonstrations are now finding their X accounts suspended, observers report.

The majority of the suspended accounts were "university-associated activist accounts, basically sharing protest information, locations for students to go," Yusuf Can, coordinator and analyst at the Wilson Center's Middle East Program, told POLITICO.

Many of these accounts are "grassroots activists" with their followings in the low tens of thousands, said Can.

Some accounts appear to be suspended only in Turkey and not in the rest of the world.

Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that authorities have found 326 social media accounts that are inciting hatred, 72 of which were abroad.

A coordinated action between cyber and security authorities led to the arrest of 54 suspects related to the social media accounts, said Yerlikaya.

Arrests were made in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Konya and several others, according to media reports. »

Disney Shareholders Overwhelmingly Reject Proposal to Sever Ties With LGBTQ Rights Group at Annual Meeting

Authored by variety.com

This proposal provides Disney with an opportunity to move back to neutral,” the FEP’s proposal stated.

In addition, shareholders at the annual meeting voted in favor of an advisory approval of the compensation packages for Disney’s named officers for the 2024 fiscal year.

Overall, the 2025 Disney shareholder meeting was a far less dramatic affair compared with last year’s fireworks. »

Trump is naive, delusional – and being played by Putin

Authored by independent.co.uk

The fundamental fact to emerge from his lengthy telephone call with Vladimir Putin is that Mr Trump did not get what he wanted.

What is plain to all is that Mr Trump is driven and intrigued by personalities, almost entirely divorced from policy or power.

Mr Trump and Putin may say that they trust each other – but nobody else with any sense trusts either of them. »

South Africa’s Antarctica base hit by assault claims: What happened?

Authored by aljazeera.com
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Here’s what we know about the incident and the research work being done at the SANAE IV base.

Over the weekend, the Sunday Times reported that a “real-life horror movie” was playing out on the isolated Antarctica base that houses a nine-man crew.

The newspaper reported it had seen an email sent from a team member to South Africa’s Ministry of Environment, which oversees research missions. »