Trump says chance of Gaza peace deal ‘really good’ as talks to continue in Egypt
The talks in Egypt are expected to be among the most consequential since the start of the war two years ago.
Trump orders approval of 211-mile mining road through Alaska wilderness
Ambler Road project, approved in Trump’s first term but blocked by Biden, would harm Native tribes and wildlife
Donald Trump on Monday ordered the approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other minerals.
The long-debated Ambler Road project was approved in the US president’s first term, but was later blocked by the Biden administration after an analysis determined the project would threaten caribou and other wildlife and harm Alaska Indigenous tribes that rely on hunting and fishing.
Continue reading...New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters’ home vandalised ‘during a protest’
Man charged as police allege a window was smashed in a rare act of violence targeted at a New Zealand politician’s home
A man who allegedly used a crowbar to smash in a window at the home of New Zealand’s foreign minister “during a protest” has been charged, police confirmed on Tuesday.
Winston Peters posted to social media on Monday evening saying “a disgusting coward” had smashed a window in his Auckland home and left a sign on the door.
Continue reading...We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them. – The New York Times
US shutdown to continue after funding measures fail again in Senate
This was the fifth time that Republicans and Democrats brought their funding measures up for a vote.
Shutdown to continue after funding measures fail again in Senate
This was the fifth time that Republicans and Democrats brought their funding measures up for a vote.
Why is Trump trying to deploy the National Guard to US cities?
Trump insists the troops are needed to instill order, but Democratic states say the deployments risk escalating tensions.
Shoe thrown at India’s top judge in religious row
A lawyer attacks India's Chief Justice BR Gavai, apparently over remarks he made about Hinduism.
French farce: Macron accepts PM’s resignation, then tasks him with emergency talks – politico.eu
- French farce: Macron accepts PM’s resignation, then tasks him with emergency talks politico.eu
- France is plunged further into political crisis. Here’s what could happen next CNBC
- With Sébastien Lecornu’s Resignation, France Faces Increasing Turmoil The New York Times
- French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month BBC
- Macron wanders alone by the Seine as grip on his future slips away Reuters
Tory plan to scrap judge-led Sentencing Council criticised as ‘bonkers’
Ex-Conservative ministers denounce Robert Jenrick’s intention to abolish body that develops court guidelines
A Conservative plan to abolish the judge-led Sentencing Council and hand its powers to the Ministry of Justice has been described as “bonkers”, “unimplementable” and “potentially dangerous” by former Tory ministers.
The shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick will announce on Tuesday that the independent public body responsible for developing guidelines for judges and magistrates in England and Wales would be closed down by a future Conservative government because it was “not fit for purpose”.
Continue reading...Greta Thunberg Among Hundreds From Gaza Aid Flotilla Deported by Israel – The New York Times
- Greta Thunberg Among Hundreds From Gaza Aid Flotilla Deported by Israel The New York Times
- Greta Thunberg's alleged jail complaints called 'brazen lies' by Israeli government Fox News
- Thunberg greeted by cheering crowd in Athens after Israel expels flotilla activists Reuters
- S.F. man who captained a Gaza aid vessel is now being held in an Israeli prison San Francisco Chronicle
- Greta Thunberg is among flotilla activists deported from Israel. Others remain in prison PBS
AMD’s shares surge on deal to supply AI chips to OpenAI
The deal also gives the ChatGPT creator the option to buy upto 10 percent of AMD.
Indians hard hit as US student visas decline by a fifth from last year
Indian nationals see decrease of 45 percent compared to same period last year as US clamps down on foreign students.
White House reverses Trump claim firings have begun amid gov’t shutdown
US lawmakers remain at impasse as shutdown stretches into sixth day; White House again threatens layoffs.
People claim London crime is rising because it suits them, Met commander says
Nigel Farage and right-wing commentators seek to portray capital as ‘lawless’ despite evidence to the contrary
Claims that London is becoming more dangerous despite the crime figures indicating otherwise are being made because it suits some people, a senior police commander has said.
The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, and right-wing commentators have increasingly sought to portray the capital as a “lawless” city from which high net-worth individuals are fleeing.
Continue reading...Study finds US asthma inhalers produce same emissions as 500,000 cars
Researchers say inhalers in the US alone generate annual emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars.
Trump announces 25 percent tariffs on medium and heavy imported trucks
It is not clear if countries under trade agreements with the US would also be subjected to this new tariff.
The difficult lives of Gaza’s babies born on October 7
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum shares the story of two toddlers born in Gaza on October 7, 2023, right before the war.
New US Supreme Court term will reshape Trump’s powers
Legal challenges have slowed Trump's attempts to expand presidential power. Now the highest US court is going to weigh in.
Israel deports Greta Thunberg and other Gaza flotilla activists
Among the 161 arriving in Athens, MEP Rima Hassan reports that she was 'beaten' by Israeli police officers.