Young girl escapes burning Gaza school after Israeli attack
Ward Jalal Al-Shaikh Khalil escaped the flames at the school, unaware her mother and two siblings had died in the strike.
World’s oldest fingerprint may be a clue that Neanderthals created art
A man 43,000 years ago dipped a finger in red pigment and made a nose on a face-like pebble in Spain, scientists say
One day around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man in what is now central Spain came across a large granite pebble whose pleasing contours and indentations snagged his eye.
Something in the shape of that quartz-rich stone – perhaps its odd resemblance to an elongated face – may have compelled him to pick it up, study it and, eventually, to dip one of his fingers in red pigment and press it against the pebble’s edge, exactly where the nose on that face would have been.
Continue reading...Israeli strike kills dozens sheltering in Gaza school, officials say
Children are among those who died in the attack, which Israel says targeted a Hamas command centre.
French farmers protest in Paris for law loosening environmental regulations
Farmers demonstrate against changes to legislation that would ease restrictions on pesticide and water use in farming.
Fake discounts on Shein ‘breach law’, EU says
Shein has one month to respond to the EU's findings or face fines based on its sales, the bloc has said.
Fake discounts on Shein ‘breach law’, EU says
Shein has one month to respond to the EU's findings or face fines based on its sales, the bloc has said.
Swinney demands Meta remove ‘racist’ Reform UK ad attacking Labour’s Sarwar
Scotland’s first minister criticises byelection campaign video that claims his rival ‘will prioritise Pakistani community’
The SNP leader John Swinney has demanded that the owner of Facebook act on Reform UK’s “racist” byelection advert that attacks the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar.
The Facebook video, which incorrectly claims Sarwar has promised to prioritise Pakistani communities, is now subject to formal complaints from Scotland’s two main political parties. Scottish Labour contacted Meta, Facebook’s parent company, about the video two weeks ago and has yet to receive a reply.
Continue reading...Emmanuel Macron says video of wife pushing him shows them ‘joking around’
French president denies quarrelling with Brigitte Macron after footage is seized on by Russia and far-right accounts
Emmanuel Macron has denied he and his wife, Brigitte, had an altercation after a viral video promoted by Russian state media and French far-right accounts appeared to show her pushing him in the face as they prepared to get off a plane in Vietnam.
The video, shot by an Associated Press camera operator, shows the French president appearing in the doorway of the plane at the start of a visit to Hanoi. His wife’s hand appears to shove him, causing him to step back before recovering and waving.
Continue reading...Thousands of people celebrate toddler’s cancer recovery in Istanbul
Thousands of people gathered in Istanbul to celebrate three-year-old Ali Asaf Demir's recovery from leukaemia.
Nearly extinct ‘forgotten antelope’ photographed for first time in DRC
Upemba lechwe considered one of world’s rarest large mammals with fewer than 100 thought to remain
A photograph of Africa’s “forgotten antelope” has been published for the first time as the elusive creature dives towards extinction.
Fewer than 100 Upemba lechwe are thought to remain, with an aerial survey in the Kamalondo depression of the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo having recorded 10 individuals.
Continue reading...Far-right Israelis storm Al-Aqsa, UNRWA compounds amid Jerusalem Day march
Some Israelis chant, 'Death to Arabs' and 'May your village burn,' as they march through Jerusalem’s Old City.
FBI to reinvestigate 2023 White House cocaine find and leak of supreme court Dobbs draft
Agency also announced new inquiry into pipe bombs found outside Democratic and Republican offices in 2021
The FBI will launch new investigations into the 2023 discovery of a bag of cocaine at the White House during Joe Biden’s term, as well as into pipe bombs discovered at Democratic and Republican party headquarters before the 6 January 2021 Capitol riot by supporters of Donald Trump, and the leak of the supreme court’s draft opinion before the historic overturning of national abortion rights with the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v Wade in 2022.
Dan Bongino, a rightwing podcaster turned deputy director of the FBI, made the announcement on X, where he said he had requested weekly briefings on any progress in looking into the old cases. The incidents have been popular talking points on America’s political right wing and among conspiracy theorists.
Continue reading...Germany’s Merz blasts Israeli offensive in Gaza – politico.eu
- Germany’s Merz blasts Israeli offensive in Gaza politico.eu
- Merz says Israeli actions in Gaza 'no longer justified' DW
- Germany's Chancellor: Israel's Gaza Offensive No Longer Justified as Fight Against Hamas Haaretz
- Top German lawmaker: Public criticism of Israel has 'zero' effect Yahoo
- Germany’s Merz: Israeli strikes on Gaza can no longer be justified as fight against Hamas The Times of Israel
The most dangerous weapon in South Asia is not nuclear
The recent India-Pakistan confrontation made it quite clear the most dangerous weapon they have is narrative.
Hezbollah holds firm in Lebanon’s municipal elections
Establishment parties, including Hezbollah, emerge as the biggest winners in the first municipal polls since 2016.
Ex-DR Congo president returns from self-imposed exile, party says
Joseph Kabila is now in rebel-held Goma, according to the M23 armed group and a party official.
Adelaide’s first skyscraper criticised as ‘profound mistake’ and ‘hugely questionable’ by opponents
Critics say ‘phallic’ 38-storey commercial tower next to state parliament is ‘the wrong building in the wrong place’
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Adelaide’s first skyscraper will be a “phallic” construction overshadowing the birthplace of women’s suffrage, critics say.
The Walker Corporation has begun work on a 38-storey commercial building next to Parliament House on North Terrace, which is known as the city’s cultural boulevard.
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Continue reading...Australian women lagging on use of IUDs due to education ‘failure’, experts say
Exclusive: A majority of females currently want to avoid pregnancy but survey reveals very few use most effective birth control method
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Most Australian women don’t know that intrauterine devices (IUDs) are the most effective form of contraception.
Experts say this nationwide “failure in public education” has contributed to low uptake and caused Australia to lag behind other western countries.
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Continue reading...ECB’s Lagarde says euro could be viable alternative to US dollar
ECB chief says US economic policy shifts have created inroads for the euro to the standard currency for global trade.
More than 95 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land unusable, UN warns
Israeli attacks on land, wells and greenhouses exacerbating the already critical risk of famine in Gaza, the FAO says.