The Daily Populous

Monday April 28th, 2025 evening edition

image for Mob chased Brooklyn woman after mistaking her for protester at speech by Israeli security minister

The woman, a neighborhood resident in her 30s, told The Associated Press she learned of the protest after hearing police helicopters over her apartment.

As the chants grew in intensity, a lone police officer tried to escort her to safety.

“I realized at that point that I couldn’t lead this mob of men to my home.

After several blocks, the officer hustled the woman into a police vehicle, prompting one man to yell, “Get her!”

The protest against Ben-Gvir’s Brooklyn appearance generated condemnations from some Jewish groups, who accused participants of targeting a religious site.

A Chabad-Lubavitch spokesman, Rabbi Motti Seligson, denounced both the anti-Ben-Gvir protesters and the mob that chased the woman.

The fact that a possibly uninvolved bystander got pulled into the melee further underscores the point,” he said. »

Student rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week

Authored by theguardian.com
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A university student has been rescued from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week – the second time during an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone.

It emerged that he had returned to the scene of his first rescue to retrieve his phone, Japanese media reported.

Officers later realised the same man had been lifted from the mountain by helicopter four days earlier, the broadcaster TBS said. »

Tariff war: China rejects Trump’s claim that Xi has called him by phone

Authored by cnn.com
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“As far as I know, there has been no recent phone call between the two heads of state,” Guo Jiakun told a regular news conference.

“I want to reiterate that China and the United States are not engaged in consultations or negotiations on the tariff issue.”.

And I don’t think that’s a sign of weakness on his behalf,” Trump said, referring to Xi, in the Time interview published on Friday. »