- With China and the US at intense economic odds, nations are being forced to choose sides AP News
- Xi Is Ratcheting Up China’s Pain Threshold for a Long Fight With Trump WSJ
- Why Trump is losing his trade war with China vox.com
- Trump’s fixation on a tariff battle win against China could cost him the trade war Politico
- What If China Wins the Trade War? The Atlantic
Being shouted at by parents can alter child’s brain, experts tell UK MPs
Meeting will hear how exposure to verbal abuse leads to biological changes and can make mental ill-health likelier
Being shouted at by their parents reshapes children’s brains and makes them more likely to have mental ill-health and struggle to maintain friendships, MPs will hear on Monday.
Verbal abuse by adults can leave children unable to enjoy pleasure and seeing the world as threatening, experts in child development and mental health will tell a meeting at Westminster.
Continue reading...Reform UK challenged to give details on donations after £2m mailshot campaign
Exclusive: Liberal Democrats say voters need to know sources of funding for Nigel Farage’s party before local elections
The Liberal Democrats have publicly challenged Nigel Farage to give details of his party’s donations after calculating that Reform UK spent more than £2m on personalised letters to postal voters before the local elections.
In a letter to Farage, Daisy Cooper, the Lib Dem deputy leader, said people needed to know the source of the money before Thursday’s elections, given that Reform received only £281,000 in donations in the last set of publicly available figures, for the final quarter of 2024.
Continue reading...‘Burst balloon’: How Pahalgam attack shattered Modi’s Kashmir narrative
Since 2019, Modi government has argued Kashmir was returning to 'normalcy'. The attack exposed holes in its approach.
N Korea confirms it sent troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine war
It comes just days after Russia's Valery Gerasimov praised the "heroism" of North Korean troops.
North Korea confirms soldiers sent to fight with Russia against Ukraine
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says troops sent to 'annihilate' Ukrainian forces under military pact with Moscow.
‘They aimed to kill’ – BBC identifies security forces who shot Kenya anti-tax protesters
The BBC exposes the members of the security forces who fired on protesters at Kenya’s parliament last year.
Pope’s final journey: 11 symbolic moments from Francis’ funeral procession – Catholic News Agency
- Pope’s final journey: 11 symbolic moments from Francis’ funeral procession Catholic News Agency
- Trump Gets Called Out in Front of Millions at Pope’s Funeral Yahoo
- Photos: Pope Francis’ Last Journey The New York Times
- Cardinal Parolin at Novemdiales Mass: ‘Mercy takes us to heart of faith’ Vatican News
- Vatican releases pictures of Pope Francis' tomb, as it opens for public viewing ABC News
How coincidence and diplomacy drove a consequential meeting between Trump and Zelensky inside St. Peter’s – CNN
- How coincidence and diplomacy drove a consequential meeting between Trump and Zelensky inside St. Peter’s CNN
- Why Trump's Blue Suit At Pope's Funeral Became Unexpected Talking Point NDTV
- Trump Administration Highlights: President Meets With Zelensky, Says Putin Might Not Be Serious About Peace The New York Times
- Trump, Zelensky Meet for First Time Since Oval Office Shouting Match WSJ
- Bolton calls Trump, Zelensky meeting a ‘significant’ step toward ‘sensible conversation’ The Hill
Two suspects arrested for theft of Kristi Noem’s purse, Secret Service says
Noem’s purse was nabbed on Easter Sunday and reportedly contained about $3,000 in cash, her keys and identification
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft last week of the US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem’s purse as she ate at a Washington DC restaurant, officials said Sunday.
Noem’s purse was nabbed on Easter Sunday and reportedly contained about $3,000 in cash and her keys, driver’s license, passport and homeland security badge. The homeland security department said Noem had cash in her purse to pay for gifts, dinner and other activities for her family on Easter.
Continue reading...Trump ‘thinks’ Zelensky ready to give up Crimea to Russia
The latest comments by the US president come despite Kyiv repeatedly rejecting ceding the peninsula.
How Armenia is trying to build a Silicon Valley in the Caucasus
The country is aiming to boost its technology sector by training children in tech from a young age.
Bangkok earthquake: Will Thailand fall out of love with skyscrapers?
Some residents of the world's 12th tallest city fear returning to high-rise living a month on from earthquake.
The rapid remaking of a nation, in 100 days
The impact of what President Trump has done so far is being felt in every corner of American life.
North Korea confirms for first time it has sent troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine war
Battle in Kursk showed ‘highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship’ between North Korea and Russia, state news says, hailing ‘heroes’
North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine under the orders of the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, who described the soldiers as “heroes”.
The acknowledgment comes amid claims by the Kremlin – contested by Ukraine – that North Korean forces helped recapture Russia’s Kursk region.
Continue reading...Philippine Forces Land on Contested South China Sea Feature – USNI News
- Philippine Forces Land on Contested South China Sea Feature USNI News
- Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea BBC
- China, Philippines Make Rival Claims in Disputed South China Sea WSJ
- US, Philippine troops shoot down drones in joint defence drills Reuters
- Beijing’s flag-planting in South China Sea revives tensions with Manila Financial Times
Nasal spray similar to ketamine to be added to PBS for treatment-resistant depression
Spravato, derived from a popular club drug and also known as esketamine, offers hope to tens of thousands of Australians living with chronic mental illness
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A medication chemically similar to ketamine will be made cheaper to improve the lives of Australians suffering from treatment-resistant depression.
The drug, which comes in the form of a nasal spray, is a chemical cousin of ketamine, used for decades as a powerful anaesthetic before it was adopted as a party drug in underground rave culture.
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Continue reading...Death toll from blast at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port rises to 40 – Reuters
- Death toll from blast at Iran's Bandar Abbas port rises to 40 Reuters
- A massive explosion at an Iranian port possibly linked to missile fuel kills 25, injures some 800 AP News
- Putin offers Iran Russian help after blast at Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, Kremlin says Yahoo
- Iran’s President Pezeshkian visits injured, site of deadly port explosion Al Jazeera
- Iran: Huge blast at Shahid Rajaee port kills at least 28 and injures 800 others BBC
Homes destroyed and 1,500 detained in Kashmir as India cracks down following attacks – NPR
- Homes destroyed and 1,500 detained in Kashmir as India cracks down following attacks NPR
- Kashmir attack updates: Indian forces blow up homes after Pahalgam attack Al Jazeera
- Houses of three more terrorists demolished in South Kashmir Hindustan Times
- India hunts militants in Kashmir as tensions with Pakistan soar Reuters
- 15 local cadres helped Pahalgam attackers: Probe Times of India