Trump ‘angry’ with Putin and threatens tariffs on Russian oil over Ukraine
Trump warns of 25 percent US tariffs on Russian oil, urges Putin to halt Ukraine bloodshed in tense diplomatic standoff.
Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’
Atlantic editor says Trump adviser’s defense for accidentally adding him to war plans chat was implausible
Atlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg has dismissed the explanation offered by national security adviser Mike Waltz for how he was included in a Trump administration group text chat about – and in advance of – the recent bombing of Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Goldberg said Waltz’s theory that his contact was “sucked in” to his phone via “somebody else’s contact” was implausible.
Continue reading...Trump ‘running out of patience’ with Putin over Ukraine ceasefire, says Finnish president
Alexander Stubb – who played golf with Trump this weekend – suggested deadline and US sanctions package
Donald Trump is losing patience with Vladimir Putin’s stalling tactics over the Ukraine ceasefire, the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, said after spending several hours with the US president – including winning a golf competition with him at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday.
Stubb, who also spent two days with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, last week in Helsinki suggested in a Guardian interview a plan for a deadline of 20 April, by which time Putin should be required to comply with a full ceasefire.
Stubb pointed out that a third golf partner on Saturday, the Republican senator Lindsey Graham, already has a bill in the US Senate proposing what he has described as “bone-breaking” US sanctions on Russia if it did not accept an unconditional ceasefire.
Minnesota officials seek answers after Ice detains graduate student
Leaders call on federal authorities to explain actions after University of Minnesota student detained on Thursday
Officials in Minnesota were seeking answers in the case of a University of Minnesota graduate student who was being detained by US immigration authorities for unknown reasons.
University leadership said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained the student on Thursday at an off-campus residence. Officials said the school was not given advance notice about the detention and did not share information with federal authorities. The student’s name and nationality have not been released.
Continue reading...Columbia alumni rip up diplomas to protest activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
Group of Sipa graduates demonstrate against government’s jailing of graduate student, who spoke up for Palestinians
A handful of alumni from Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs (Sipa) ripped their diplomas in a show of protest against the federal government’s jailing of graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s over his activism for Palestinians.
On Saturday, instead of participating in the university’s annual Sipa alumni day, a few dozen alumni and students gathered outside campus as part of a protest organized by Sipa’s and Barnard Alumni for Palestine groups.
Continue reading...Barcelona sweep past Girona to restore LaLiga lead over Real Madrid
Barcelona restore their three-point advantage over Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga with a 4-1 home win against Girona.
Wounded Palestinians dying over lack of supplies, US surgeon who worked in Gaza says
Dr Mark Perlmutter says doctors are working without soap, antibiotics or x-ray facilities, as Israel has resumed its offensive against Hamas.
Youth Demand says more protesters have signed up since Quaker house raid
Group claims as many as 200 people have expressed interest in joining its action as arrests drive awareness
The activist group targeted in an unprecedented police raid on a Quaker meeting house said it had resulted in large numbers of people signing up to take part in a series of new protests starting this week.
Six women attending a gathering of the protest group Youth Demand were arrested after more than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with Tasers, forced their way into the Westminster meeting house on Thursday. The raid was condemned by the Quakers as “an aggressive violation”.
Continue reading...Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott – The Guardian
- Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott The Guardian
- Hundreds of thousands join mass opposition protest in Istanbul FRANCE 24 English
- Turkey protests: Pro-democracy demonstrators return to Istanbul's streets for huge rally BBC.com
- Turkey’s cautionary tale: The fall of the courts is the fall of freedom The Hill
- Turkey’s Opposition Is Energized: ‘The Fire Is Already Lit’ The New York Times
Richard Chamberlain, hero of Dr Kildare and ‘king of the miniseries’, dies aged 90
The actor died on Saturday night in Waimānalo, Hawaii of complications after a stroke, his publicist says
Richard Chamberlain, the hero of the 1960s television series Dr Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90.
Chamberlain died on Saturday night in Waimānalo, Hawaii of complications after a stroke, according to his publicist, Harlan Boll.
Continue reading...Rocket crashes back to Earth just moments after launch in Norway
The Spectrum rocket's first test flight lasted 30 seconds but researchers say it will still provide useful data.
Advertising giant WPP cuts diversity references from annual report
Owner of Ogilvy and Grey agencies follows other multinationals in dropping or downplaying DEI policies since Trump’s election
The British advertising giant WPP has become the latest company to cut the phrase “diversity, equity and inclusion” from its annual report as the policies come under attack from the Trump administration.
The agency, which counts the US as by far its largest market, boasts the storied “Madison Avenue” agencies J Walter Thompson, Ogilvy and Grey among its top brands.
Continue reading...Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott
Özgür Özel expanded call to boycott companies perceived as close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey’s anti-government protesters are weighing their options, amid calls by the main opposition leader for weekly rallies, a growing economic boycott and a groundswell of fired-up student demonstrators determined to stay on the streets.
The leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Özgür Özel, expanded a call to boycott goods and services from companies perceived as close to the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a rally in support of the jailed Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu.
Continue reading...White House correspondents’ dinner cancels anti-Trump comedian’s appearance
WHCA says it was dropping Amber Ruffin’s performance so the event’s ‘focus is not on the politics of division’
Comedy is off the menu at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner, a once convivial get-together for reporters to meet with federal governments officials that has become too fraught for light-heartedness amid the second Donald Trump presidency.
The dinner, scheduled for 26 April, is organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), and it typically features a post-meal comedic interlude where a comedian sets to work on the powerful. Beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924, every president has attended at least one WHCA dinner – except for Trump.
Continue reading...Deadly Israeli strikes mar Gaza Eid celebrations as Netanyahu says pressure on Hamas is ‘working’ – CNN
Richard Chamberlain, Shogun star, dies aged 90
Chamberlain earned the title "king of the mini-series" for his leading roles in Shogun and The Thorn Birds.
Donors quit Prince Harry’s charity when he left UK, says Sentebale chair
Sophie Chandauka claims there is ‘significant correlation’ with drop in funders and prince’s move to the US
Donors abandoned the charity Prince Harry founded in memory of his late mother when he left the UK, the chair of Sentebale has said amid a bitter media row in which she accused the prince of trying to “eject” her through “bullying” and “harassment”.
Sophie Chandauka told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme that there was a “significant correlation” between a drop in funders and the Duke of Sussex’s departure to the US after the controversy caused by his rift with the royal family.
Continue reading...Israel’s PM Netanyahu to visit Hungary despite ICC arrest warrant
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he will not enforce the arrest warrant, issued for war crimes in Gaza.
What We Know About Talks for a Renewed Gaza Cease-Fire – The New York Times
- What We Know About Talks for a Renewed Gaza Cease-Fire The New York Times
- Hamas agrees to Egyptian ceasefire proposal, Israel counters CNN
- Report: Hamas may be open to freeing some hostages in exchange for Eid al-Fitr truce The Times of Israel
- Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire The Guardian
- Gaza war in cruise control as Israel, Hamas await hostage deal breakthrough The Jerusalem Post
Donald Trump says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine
US president says his Russian counterpart’s questioning of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibility could delay ceasefire
Donald Trump has said he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin over his approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened to levy tariffs on Moscow’s oil exports if the Russian leader does not agree to a truce within a month.
The US president indicated he would levy a 25% or 50% tariff that would affect countries buying Russian oil in a telephone interview with NBC News, during which he also threatened to bomb Iran and did not rule out using force in Greenland.
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