Glasgow

File: Morgan Halleb packs Pink Peacock food for delivery. (Pink Peacock/ via JTA)

June 23, 2023, 2:21 am

Glasgow’s queer Yiddish-speaking cafe shuts after alleged antisemitic threats

The Pink Peacock, which operated on a ‘pay-as-you-can’ basis, closes doors after ‘astonishing amount of antisemitic vitriol,’ claim owners

By Jacob Judah

Jonathan Shenkin, 45, a British Jew who was killed in December while serving as a paramedic in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. (Twitter screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

February 15, 2023, 2:12 pm

British Jew killed in Ukraine war had ‘lifelong passion for Israel,’ served in IDF

Jonathan Shenkin, 45, killed in December while serving as paramedic in Ukrainian military; was on team of ex-soldiers who rescued US woman from West Bank in 2009, brother says

By Michael Horovitz

Alok Sharma, left, President of the COP26 summit, attends a plenary session at the UN Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)

November 13, 2021, 7:42 pm

Climate consensus appears near; India objects to coal plans

In UN talks to curb global warming, New Delhi says developing countries ‘entitled to the responsible use of fossil fuels’

By Frank Jordans and Seth Borenstein

People participate in a protest rally during a global day of action on climate change in Glasgow, on November 6, 2021, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)

November 6, 2021, 11:37 pm

Tens of thousands rally for climate action in Glasgow, amid ongoing COP26 summit

Protesters say over 100,000 gathered near conference venue, as part of a global demonstration calling for a response to global warming

By Kelly MacNamara and Patrick Galey

People gather in the French pavilion inside the venue of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, November 2, 2021. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

November 4, 2021, 11:41 am

Fueled on chocolate and instant soup, hagglers begin work at UN climate summit

With world leaders having had their say, it is now down to professional diplomats to negotiate compromises and agreements, sometimes closing details in chats by the coffee machine

By Seth Borenstein

Smoke and steam rise from towers at the coal-fired Urumqi Thermal Power Plant in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 21, 2021. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

November 4, 2021, 4:11 am

Global emissions rebounded to nearly pre-pandemic levels in 2021 — study

Scientists blame China for playing large part in sending pollution back toward 2019 record after COVID lockdowns provided one-year reprieve, with numbers expected to rise for years

By Agencies

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh addresses the Glasgow Climate Conference on November 1, 2021. (WAFA)

November 1, 2021, 10:29 pm

PA premier calls ‘Israeli occupation’ biggest threat to Palestinian environment

In remarks at UN climate conference in Glasgow, Shtayyeh accuses Jewish state of uprooting ‘about 2.5 million trees’

By Aaron Boxerman

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) meets British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and UN Secretary-General Antonia Guterres at the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, November 1, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

November 1, 2021, 2:08 pm

Daily Briefing Nov. 1 – What can Bennett offer at Glasgow climate confab?

Science and health writer Nathan Jeffay reports on Israel’s reopened borders and a massive autism research grant; political correspondent Tal Schneider offers a view from Glasgow

By ToI Staff

A participant walks past a COP26 UN Climate Change Conference' poster on the first day of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 31, 2021. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)

November 1, 2021, 11:06 am

Amid sticking points, world leaders gather for ‘last, best hope’ climate summit

Despite goodwill, key issues remain, including use of coal by some countries and funding to help developing nations reduce emissions

By AFP

A kayaker fishes in Lake Oroville as water levels remain low due to continuing drought conditions in Oroville, Calif., Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

November 1, 2021, 2:53 am

‘Uncharted territory:’ UN says last seven years on track to be hottest on record

World Meteorological Organization warns global warming from greenhouse gas emissions threatens ‘far-reaching repercussions for current and future generations’

By Kelly MacNamara

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens to a question during a press conference at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

October 31, 2021, 9:16 pm

G20 disappoints on key climate target as global hopes turn to Glasgow confab

UK’s Boris Johnson calls latest commitments to limiting global warming ‘drops in a rapidly warming ocean’; UN chief says he leaves Rome ‘with my hopes unfulfilled’

By Alice Ritchie and Alvise ARMELLINI

US academic Noam Chomsky (photo credit: AP/Nader Daoud)

October 28, 2021, 6:35 am

Noam Chomsky backs Scottish college newspaper facing antisemitism charge

Linguist among 500 scholars to accuse University of Glasgow of curbing free speech after its newspaper agreed to apologize for 2017 essay titled ‘Outsourcing Zionist Propaganda’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The United States consulate general building in Jerusalem, March 4, 2019. (Ariel Schalit/AP)

October 26, 2021, 2:04 pm

Daily Briefing Oct. 26 – Why the delay in reopening Jerusalem’s US consulate?

US correspondent Jacob Magid on the consulate, Uighurs and Sudanese diplomacy, plus environmental reporter Sue Surkes on Glasgow, solar energy and the UAE pipeline

By ToI Staff

Police confiscated the tote bag here in the display window of The Pink Peacock in Glasgow, Scotland. (Courtesy of The Pink Peacock via JTA)

June 17, 2021, 11:17 am

Glasgow police charge Jewish anarchist cafe owner for displaying anti-cop slogan

After tote bag with ‘f*** the police’ is confiscated by law enforcement officials, eatery staff replace it with one bearing similar phrase, but in Yiddish

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A pug named Buddha, trained to do a Nazi salute as a joke by his owner's boyfriend in Scotland. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

August 4, 2019, 11:09 pm

Jewish group pans BBC for covering man who trained dog to do Nazi salute

Following documentary in which Mark Meechan showed himself telling to pug to ‘gas the Jews,’ Glasgow Friends of Israel slams defense that it’s ‘edgy’ humor

By JTA and ToI Staff