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Doctors Revolt After N.R.A. Tells Them to ‘Stay in Their Lane’ on Gun Policy

The uproar highlighted decades-old tension over an effective ban on federal research of the public health effects of gun violence.

Olga Neuwirth: ‘Austria is always the trailblazer for hatred’

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A 1924 silent movie that predicted the horrors of anti-semitism has a new score by the Austrian Jewish composer. She explains why the bitter satire resonates so powerfully today

“Antisemitism is in the DNA of Austrians,” says Olga Neuwirth. “Maybe it skipped a generation but now it’s back – along with hatred for refugees.” We are speaking in a hotel bar in Vienna ahead of the premiere of the Austrian composer’s score for an extraordinary silent movie from 1924 called The City Without Jews, and she is worried about how it will go down with the locals.

After all, she says, it’s not long ago that anti-Muslim protesters interrupted a performance at Vienna University of a play about refugees, storming the stage to unfurl a banner reading “multi-culturalism kills”.

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Sri Lanka’s supreme court suspends president’s decision to dissolve parliament

Will he respect the ruling?

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Purportedly sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says president is ‘not above the law’

Sri Lanka’s supreme court has suspended the president’s controversial decision to dissolve parliament and MPs are planning to meet to decide between the two men claiming to be the country’s lawful prime minister.

In a verdict hailed as one of the most important in Sri Lankan history, the court ruled on Tuesday evening to suspend the order by the president, Maithripala Sirisena, calling for fresh elections that followed his attempt to install Buddhist strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa in the prime minister’s office.

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Italian journalists respond with fury to M5S’s ‘whores’ insult

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Freedom of the press is under attack, claims union behind protests

Italian press unions have called on journalists to join protests after leaders of the Five Star Movement (M5S) branded those working in the profession as “jackals” and “whores”.

The anti-establishment party, which is ruling in coalition with the far-right League, also renewed threats to cut funding for publishers and introduce new conflict-of-interest laws as relations with the media hit a new low after the mayor of Rome was acquitted for cronyism on Saturday.

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Tommy Robinson not granted US visa in time for Washington visit

Picture white terrorist!

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Far-right activist will not be able to meet with Republican lawmakers in Washington this week

The British far-right activist Tommy Robinson has not been granted a US visa in time to meet with Republican members of Congress in Washington this week, according to an organiser of the meeting.

Robinson is the founder of the English Defence League (EDL) which in the past has staged violent demonstrations against Islam.

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