India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after a week of mass youth-led protests over an exam leak scandal. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, led by Gen-Z activists, called off its demonstrations following the resignation, marking a significant challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
NYTimes – World NYTimes – World India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after a week of mass youth-led protests over an exam leak scandal. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, led by Gen-Z activists, called off its demonstrations following the resignation, marking a significant challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
BBC News – World President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Friday night, three months after an April shooting caused the original event to be cancelled. He delivered a roughly hour-long speech, poking fun at the press and joking about a third term, after the White House had billed his remarks as "unifying yet vicious." The redo was scaled down with increased security.
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BBC Sport U.S. President Donald Trump said basketball star LeBron James might be "a racist" when asked at a White House press briefing whether James is the NBA's "best ever" player. The remark came after James backed three candidates who ran against Trump. Trump has previously lashed out at James, who has been critical of the president.
BBC News – World US military says it disabled a tanker that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.
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NPR – Politics Maine Democrats are expected to nominate former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson this weekend as their candidate against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Jackson, a lumberjack and progressive workers' rights advocate, would replace Graham Platner, whose campaign was scandal-plagued.
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NYTimes – World President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Friday night, three months after an April shooting caused the original event to be cancelled. He delivered a roughly hour-long speech, poking fun at the press and joking about a third term, after the White House had billed his remarks as "unifying yet vicious." The redo was scaled down with increased security.
