India sparkles as millions celebrate Diwali festival
Known as the festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the victory of good over evil.
Thieves steal treasured jewelry from Louvre in 7-minute daylight heist – The Washington Post
- Thieves steal treasured jewelry from Louvre in 7-minute daylight heist The Washington Post
- Louvre Robbers Take ‘Priceless’ French Jewels The New York Times
- Jewelry heist at the Louvre is latest problem to beset France’s most famous museum CNN
- Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum AP News
- Masked thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewels from the Louvre Museum NPR
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,334
Ukraine attacks Russian gas processing plant as Zelenskyy calls for more international pressure on Putin.
Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations: An apology call and a moment of human connection – CBS News
- Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations: An apology call and a moment of human connection CBS News
- The ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared Kushner’s Gaza ceasefire deal The Guardian
- Witkoff says he connected with Hamas leader al-Hayya over shared experience of losing a son The Times of Israel
- ‘A Big Day’: How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal The New York Times
- Scoop: Direct meeting between Trump envoys and Hamas leaders sealed Gaza deal Axios
Florida politician faces backlash over calls for mass deportation of Indians
Chandler Langevin faced censure from Palm Bay council and calls to resign from series of posts condemned as ‘vile’
A city councilmember in Florida is facing backlash from national Indian American organizations, members of Congress, and local residents after posting a series of social media messages that insulted Indian people living in the US and called for them to be deported en masse.
Chandler Langevin, a Palm Bay council member elected last year, made derogatory comments about Indian people across several posts on the social media platform X over roughly three weeks this fall. He claimed that Indians come to America to “drain our pockets” before returning to India, “or worse … to stay”.
Continue reading...Protests and food poisonings test Indonesian president’s first year in office
Prabowo Subianto's promises of dynamic economic growth and social change have faced major challenges.
Tel Aviv derby called off by police after ‘violent riots’
The derby between Maccabi and Hapoel is cancelled before kick-off after police say "smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown".
China will soon have a new Five Year Plan. Here’s how they have changed the world so far
Beijing's leaders are deciding on a blueprint that sets China's economic goals for the next decade.
Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire – NPR
- Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire NPR
- Renewed fighting tests Gaza ceasefire and Israel briefly halts aid AP News
- Two IDF soldiers killed amid 'severe' ceasefire violation, 'it's not the last,' analyst says Fox News
- Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend NBC News
- Live: Israel launches ‘wave’ of air strikes on Gaza as truce teeters Al Jazeera
Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo, WHO says
Barring new cases, the patient's recovery kicks off a 42-day countdown to declaring the country's 16th outbreak over.
Landslide win for pro-EU Turkish Cypriot candidate raises hopes for peace
Veteran leftwinger Tufan Erhürman wins after campaign on reviving stalled talks to reunify island
Turkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus.
Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island, defeated the incumbent nationalist, Ersin Tatar, by nearly 27 percentage points – a landslide win that surprised even his most ardent supporters.
Continue reading...After ‘No Kings’ protests, where does Democratic opposition go next?
Millions of Americans joined anti-Trump protests, but Democrats are less popular than the president and divided over how to fight back.
George Santos says prison sentence was ‘disproportionate’ but ‘large slice of humble pie’
Disgraced former congressman who was meant to serve seven years for fraud and identity lashes out at critics
Disgraced former US congressman George Santos said on Sunday that his prison sentence had been “disproportionate”, but that he had been served “a very large slice of humble pie”, while lashing out at his critics in his first interview since Donald Trump commuted his sentence.
Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, Santos said he was “all politicked out”, and called for his former campaign staffer, Sam Miele, to also receive a commutation.
Continue reading...North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border – CBS News
- North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border CBS News
- South Korea arrests North Korean soldier for crossing fortified border Al Jazeera
- North Korean soldier held by Seoul after crossing land border CNA
- North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across heavily fortified border The Guardian
- North Korean soldier crosses DMZ, defects to South: Seoul South China Morning Post
Will the Pakistan-Afghanistan peace agreement hold?
The neighbours have agreed to an immediate ceasefire after week of cross-border violence.
‘Priceless’ jewels stolen in raid on Louvre Museum in Paris
A masked gang targeted France's crown jewels during a brazen daylight raid.
Turkish Cypriots elect Tufan Erhurman in northern Cyprus polls
More than 218,000 people voted in TRNC leadership election that could shape the island’s political direction.
Israel: Gaza crossings will reopen when Hamas bombing stops – The Jerusalem Post
- Israel: Gaza crossings will reopen when Hamas bombing stops The Jerusalem Post
- Israel to keep border crossing closed as it trades accusations of ceasefire violation with Hamas Reuters
- News Wrap: Israel says Rafah crossing will remain closed until hostage bodies are returned PBS
- Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world AP News
- EU calls on Israel to lift restrictions on aid deliveries to Gaza Euronews.com
Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared
Environment Agency says pollutant in Norfolk river is ‘an unknown substance’ and is investigating
Dead fish have been found on a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed.
Images shared by the agency on Saturday showed the foam covering an area of the River Thet.
Continue reading...Louvre heist: hunt on for thieves after eight ‘priceless’ jewellery pieces stolen
Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight robbery
French police are hunting four thieves who carried out a highly professional daylight robbery on the Louvre, breaking into one of the museum’s most ornate rooms and escaping with eight pieces of “priceless” historic jewellery, including a necklace given by Napoleon to his wife.
The world’s most-visited museum was suddenly closed for the day on Sunday after the break-in targeted pieces in two glass cases in its Apollon gallery, where the French crown jewels are held.
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