- Authorities: Teens Crammed 5K Ants Into Test Tubes Newser
- 4 Men Charged With Trying to Smuggle Thousands of Ants From Kenya The New York Times
- Ant smugglers caught with hundreds of prized insects in Kenya BBC
- Teens plead guilty to trafficking after being caught with 5,000 ants The Washington Post
- Kenyan court tries Belgian teens on ant smuggling charges DW
Israeli soldier killed in Hamas attack, in first since collapse of Gaza ceasefire – The Times of Israel
- Israeli soldier killed in Hamas attack, in first since collapse of Gaza ceasefire The Times of Israel
- Soldiers sense movement, hear voices underground in Gaza buffer zone Ynetnews
- Israeli officer killed in Gaza combat, IDF says Haaretz
- IDF Announces Death Of CSM G'haleb Sliman Alnasasra In Combat In Northern Gaza i24NEWS
- Two female IDF soldiers wounded in deadly northern Gaza incident The Jerusalem Post
Anti-Trump administration protesters turn out for rallies in the US
Demonstrators decry what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals.
In third Hamas video, Elkana Bohbot pleads for his release, says he fears for his life – The Times of Israel
- In third Hamas video, Elkana Bohbot pleads for his release, says he fears for his life The Times of Israel
- Edan Alexander: Hamas says it has lost contact with US-Israeli hostage in Gaza BBC
- Hamas releases third video of hostage Elkana Bohbot The Times of Israel
- Dad of Israeli-American hostage calls for US to negotiate directly with Hamas as his son's fate remains a mystery New York Post
- Hamas armed wing says fate of US-Israeli captive unknown Yahoo
Miliband in blistering attack on Farage’s UK net zero ‘nonsense and lies’
The energy secretary has accused Reform UK’s leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power
• Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. They’re wrong: it will secure all our futures
Ed Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous “nonsense and lies” by suggesting the UK’s net zero target is responsible for destroying Britain’s businesses, including its steel industry.
Cabinet ministers are determined to fight back against the way Reform UK and the Conservatives have unceremoniously lambasted the climate crisis agenda for what they believe are nakedly political reasons before important local elections next month.
Continue reading...Space Station Camera Captures Strange Symbols in the Desert – The Daily Galaxy
Space Station Camera Captures Strange Symbols in the Desert The Daily Galaxy
‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling
Thousands gather in Parliament Square in a show of unity after supreme court judgment
After last week’s supreme court decision, activists had been worried that trans people might become fearful of going out in public in case they were abused.
They weren’t afraid in London on Saturday. Thousands of trans and non-binary people thronged Parliament Square, alongside families and supporters waving baby blue, white and pink flags to demonstrate their anger at the judges’ ruling.
Continue reading...Barcelona mount Raphinha-led comeback to beat Celta Vigo 4-3 in LaLiga
Barcelona extend their lead at the top of the league to seven points with late comeback at home.
Bill Clinton urges Americans to put aside ‘resentments’ 30 years after Oklahoma City bombing
Former president spoke at commemoration for the 168 people who died in the 1995 attack by far-right extremist
Bill Clinton called on Americans to put aside “whose resentments matter most” and issued a defense of government employees as he returned to Oklahoma City on Saturday for a remembrance service for the 30th anniversary of the deadliest homegrown terrorist attack in US history.
“If our lives are going to be dominated by efforts to dominate people we disagree with, we’re going to put the 250-year-old march toward a more perfect union at risk,” he said. “None of us would ever get much done. Believe me, we’ve all got something to be mad about.”
Continue reading...Thousands gather in London to support trans rights following UK ruling over definition of woman – AP News
- Thousands gather in London to support trans rights following UK ruling over definition of woman AP News
- How J.K. Rowling helped fund the U.K.'s war on trans people MSNBC News
- Women threatened and statues defaced in gender ruling backlash The Times
- Britain Rules on What a Woman Is The Atlantic
- ‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling The Guardian
Archaeologists reveal strange inscriptions in Room of the Last Supper in Jerusalem – AOL.com
- Archaeologists reveal strange inscriptions in Room of the Last Supper in Jerusalem AOL.com
- Archaeologists reveal strange inscriptions at site believed to be where Last Supper occurred — just in time for Easter New York Post
- Medieval Graffiti at Historic Jerusalem Site Deciphered With Cutting-Edge Tech Artnet News
- Scholars Decipher Ancient Graffiti In Room Of Jesus’ Last Supper Forbes
- Medieval graffiti discovered in the Last Supper Hall in Jerusalem's Cenacle The Jerusalem Post
Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege
Gaza has been pushed to new depths of despair, civilians, medics and humanitarian workers say, by the unprecedented seven-week-long Israeli military blockade that has cut off all aid to the strip.
The siege has left the Palestinian territory facing conditions unmatched in severity since the beginning of the war as residents grapple with sweeping new evacuation orders, the renewed bombing of civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, and the exhaustion of food, fuel for generators and medical supplies.
Continue reading...Will Trump abandon Ukraine peace efforts?
The US president has threatened to 'move on' if he sees no progress from Russia and Ukraine.
A Massive Deep Sea Squid Latches on to a Swimmer and Chomps His Arm – AOL.com
- A Massive Deep Sea Squid Latches on to a Swimmer and Chomps His Arm AOL.com
- Colossal squid resembles a ‘glass sculpture’ in first footage taken from the deep sea CNN
- A colossal squid is caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea AP News
- A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time NPR
- A Colossal Squid Video? That’s A Big Deal Science Friday
Iran, US report progress in nuclear talks, confirm third round next week
After technical talks, senior negotiators are expected to reunite on April 26, according to Iran's foreign ministry.
Israel restricts Christians’ access to Holy Saturday celebrations in Jerusalem – Middle East Monitor
- Israel restricts Christians' access to Holy Saturday celebrations in Jerusalem Middle East Monitor
- Christians celebrate Easter Sunday across Europe Euronews.com
- Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank mark sorrowful Easter amid Israeli attacks Al Jazeera
- ‘They are trying to make it unbearable’: Jerusalem Christians face Easter under Israeli crackdown The Guardian
- Press Release issued by the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem on the Assaults Against Worshippers During Holy Fire Saturday Jerusalem Patriarchate
TikTok trend for ‘Dubai chocolate’ causes international shortage of pistachios
High-end bar with Middle East-style nut filling is rationed in shops as price of raw kernels surges
Product promotion on TikTok is now powerful enough to influence the vast agricultural economies of the US and Iran – at least when it comes to the consumption of high-end confectionery.
A chocolate bar stuffed with a creamy green pistachio filling has become incredibly popular after a series of video clips shared on the social media site. The first bit of footage praising the taste of the expensive so-called “Dubai chocolate” was posted at the end of 2023 and has now been viewed more than 120m times, to say nothing of the many follow-up videos.
Continue reading...Second teachers’ union vows to strike if pay award fails to fund schools in England
NASUWT conference votes to launch strike ballot if spending review does not top up school budgets in full
A second teaching union in England has vowed to strike if the government fails to compensate schools in full for next year’s teachers’ pay award.
The NASUWT union’s annual conference voted to reject any pay offer from the government that did not top up school budgets in June’s spending review, and to “move immediately to ballot members for industrial action”.
Continue reading...US VP Vance discusses thorny issue of migration with Vatican
The Vatican affirmed good relations with the US but noted 'an exchange of opinions' on global conflicts and migration.
Over 170 arrested for attacks on Pakistan KFC outlets in Gaza war protests
Western brands have been hit by boycotts and other forms of protests in Muslim-majority countries due to the Gaza war.