Boston Consulting Group CEO Christoph Schweizer issued a public apology Friday and fired two senior partners after anti-Israel activists pressured the firm over its past involvement in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). The organization, backed by the Trump administration and supported by the Israeli government, delivers direct aid to Palestinians while bypassing Hamas and the United Nations.
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats and media voices after announcing her upcoming memoir Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.
Russia claimed Sunday that it is still waiting for Ukraine to confirm a planned exchange of 6,000 fallen soldiers, after accusations from both sides that the process has been delayed. Russian Lt. Gen. Alexander Zorin stated that 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian troops had already been delivered to the exchange site at the border, but said there were indications Ukraine may postpone the swap until next week.
An LGBT art exhibit titled “Rooted in Pride” now surrounds a children’s playground in Brooklyn, featuring nude photography, drag imagery, and messages critics say promote gender confusion among minors.
Authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city, have dismantled the region’s tallest statue of Vladimir Lenin, quietly removing the 75-foot monument nearly 50 years after it was erected during Soviet rule. Photos shared online Saturday showed the towering bronze figure lying on the ground after being taken down by crane.
A graduate student at the University of Iowa claims 34 early Christian saints were transgender, arguing medieval examples prove Christianity once embraced “transness.”
Poland’s incoming president, Karol Nawrocki, has firmly aligned with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in opposing Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, signaling a deepening rift within the bloc over the future of its eastern expansion. In his first international interview since his election, Nawrocki made clear that Ukraine’s entry into the EU would harm Polish national interests.
A Harvard Law Review student editor was formally reprimanded and pressured to destroy leaked internal documents after sharing them with a conservative news outlet.
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greenland next weekend, marking the first high-profile visit by a European Union leader to the Arctic territory since renewed U.S. interest in its strategic and mineral-rich location. Macron will join Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on June 15 for talks focused on regional security, economic development, and climate issues.
