Campus Rally, France Protests, LGBTQ Deportations, and Yemen Fighting

Students at Cornell University held a large rally on Monday to demand answers about how the school handled a gang rape case. The alleged victim, called 'Jane Doe' to protect her identity, said seven students attacked her. Protesters called for an outside investigation and stricter punishments for sexual assault on campus.

Some protesters carried signs reading 'Prison sentences, not topic sentences.' This referred to a claim in the victim's lawsuit that some accused students were allowed to write essays instead of facing harsher penalties. Cornell said the essays were not the only punishment and that it also handed out suspensions and expulsions.

Reuters reporter Ed Ou spoke with students who felt angry and sad that these issues keep coming up. Many younger students said they were too young to remember the Me Too movement but felt like nothing had changed. 'It's really sad that every new generation has to reckon with the exact same thing,' one student said.

In France, protests over school funding entered their third week and turned violent. Police fired tear gas at crowds near Paris, and a teenager's hand was blown off during one clash. More than 5,000 people have been arrested since the protests began three weeks ago.

In the United States, a new poll showed that only 32% of Americans approve of President Trump's job performance, a record low. Support from Hispanic Americans dropped from nearly half during the 2024 election to less than one quarter today. Trump also announced that the government will no longer use taxpayer money to pay for TV ads featuring him.

In Yemen, Saudi-backed government forces said they took back a stretch of coastline near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from the Houthi rebels. This waterway is very important for international shipping and trade. The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, responded by claiming they attacked two Saudi airports and other targets.

Reuters found 40 cases of LGBTQ migrants who had U.S. legal protection but were still deported to countries hostile toward LGBTQ people. One man, Abdou Latifou from Togo, was sent to Sierra Leone, where gay men can face life in prison. He is now in hiding in Ivory Coast, fearing for his safety.

Finally, a worker at a plague research lab in Siberia died from what officials called pneumonia of unknown origin. The lab studies infectious diseases, including three kinds of plague. The World Health Organization said the risk to the public seems low, and authorities said all contacts of the worker have been traced with no new cases reported.