Israeli forces fire on crowds near Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor
Video from near Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor showed crowds ducking and running for cover amid Israeli gunfire.
Slovakian PM rejects calls to quit as tension grows over shift towards Russia
The latest protests come after private meeting between Robert Fico and Vladimir Putin in December
The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, has rejected calls for his resignation after tens of thousands demonstrated against his government’s policy shift closer to Russia.
About 60,000 people protested in the capital, Bratislava, on Friday and approximately 100,000 turned out for rallies in cities across the country, the largest demonstrations since Fico returned to power in 2023.
Continue reading...Recent school shooters appear to have crossed paths in online extremist groups
Report reveals that teen who killed one student in Nashville area interacted with Wisconsin shooter who killed two
Two teenagers who carried out deadly shootings before killing themselves at their respective high schools in attacks roughly a month apart from each other appear to have crossed paths online, according to a new joint report from ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch.
The first shooting took place on 16 December at the Abundant Life Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin. Two people – a teacher and a 14-year-old student – were killed by the shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, before she killed herself.
Continue reading...200 Palestinian prisoners released to jubilant scenes in West Bank
The prisoners were released in exchange for four female hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
David Lammy ‘horrified’ after meeting Sudan war victims face-to-face
The UK foreign secretary urges the world not to forget Sudan after visiting those fleeing to Chad.
David Lammy ‘horrified’ after meeting Sudan war victims face-to-face
The UK foreign secretary urges the world not to forget Sudan after visiting those fleeing to Chad.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels release 153 prisoners of war
The identities of the prisoners were not disclosed.
World’s Largest Iceberg Heads for Collision with Wildlife Haven – The Daily Galaxy –Great Discoveries Channel
- World’s Largest Iceberg Heads for Collision with Wildlife Haven The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
- Trillion tonne iceberg on collision course with South Georgia Oceanographic Magazine
- World’s largest iceberg drifts threateningly toward remote island of penguins and seals The Guardian
- 'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk Livescience.com
- World's Largest Iceberg on Collision Course With Remote Islands ScienceAlert
Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city – The Guardian
- Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city The Guardian
- M23 rebels kill 13 foreign peacekeepers in DR Congo BBC.com
- U.N. and Congolese Troops Struggle to Halt Lightning Rebel Attack The Wall Street Journal
- Congo severs ties with Rwanda as eastern conflict escalates Reuters
- Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma CNN
When the symbols of Ukrainian resistance fade
War fervour has subsided in Ukraine, but not the desire to live and the drive to carry on against all odds.
Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw – NPR
- Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw NPR
- ‘Our Beloved Gaza Is Gone’ The New York Times
- ‘My heart is split in two’: The women waiting to return to northern Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Displaced families in Gaza struggle to return home amidst rubble, destruction ABC News
- With the ceasefire in Gaza comes a gruesome challenge: Counting and collecting the dead The Associated Press
Emotional reunions as Israeli hostages see their families
The female IDF soldiers returned to Israel in the second ceasefire hostage and prisoner swap.
Once off-limits to Syrians, Assad’s former summer residence now attracts tourists – NPR
Hamas reemerges in Gaza, badly bruised but still with influence – The Washington Post
- Hamas reemerges in Gaza, badly bruised but still with influence The Washington Post
- Gaza Cease-fire Is Fragile, but There's a Reason It Probably Won't Collapse This Week Haaretz
- Opinion | This Israel-Hamas Deal Sets a Dangerous Precedent The Wall Street Journal
- Here’s what happens next during the ceasefire in Gaza The Associated Press
- Israelis and Palestinians Both Lost Their Futures Foreign Policy
The oil crisis fuelled by Russia’s war is evaporating – and so are the profits
Results from Shell and Exxon this week will be weaker – and Trump’s desire to drill may result in oversupply
Almost three years ago, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wiped out Europe’s largest source of gas and shocked global energy markets, setting the stage for quarter after quarter of better-than-expected earnings for the fossil fuel producers ready to profit from the volatility. Now those returns are beginning to cool.
But as markets have reduced to a simmer, oil executives have warned that profits are also going off the boil. A glut of new oil and gas projects, stoked by a pro-fossil-fuel agenda from the White House, could mean weaker markets in the future too.
Continue reading...‘Safe to be a white male again’: how conservative media covered Trump’s first week
The right is ecstatic about the end of the Biden era – but remains polarized about some of Trump’s decisions
Americans really do inhabit two worlds: some shed tears of sadness at the advent of Donald Trump’s second presidency. Others cried, too – with joy.
Across the conservative, “post-liberal” and alternative media spheres, journalists, pundits and some social media circles celebrated the end of the Biden era with the enthusiasm of rebels toppling the relics of a collapsing dictatorship. As Trump swore his presidential oath, the writer Walter Kirn, a pro-Trump, anti-establishment agitator on X, grandiloquently declared: “This is a revolution against a corrupt ancien regime.”
Continue reading...Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at US government agencies
Inspectors general at state, defense and transportation departments removed in apparent violation of federal law
Donald Trump fired 17 independent watchdogs at multiple US government agencies on Friday, a person with knowledge of the matter said, eliminating a critical oversight component and clearing the way for the president to replace them with loyalists.
The inspectors general at agencies including the departments of state, defense and transportation were notified by emails from the White House personnel director that they had been terminated immediately, the source said on condition of anonymity.
Continue reading...Ceasefire in Gaza while the West Bank burns
Trump is sworn in as a fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, while Israeli violence peaks in the West Bank.
West Bank celebrations as freed Palestinian prisoners return
The BBC's Jon Donnison watched on in Ramallah as the former captives were greeted by cheering crowds.
Slovak protests draw 100,000 denouncing pro-Putin tilt by Fico government – POLITICO Europe
- Slovak protests draw 100,000 denouncing pro-Putin tilt by Fico government POLITICO Europe
- Slovak PM Fico rejects calls to quit amid growing protests Reuters
- Slovakian PM rejects calls to quit as tension grows over shift towards Russia The Guardian
- Tens of thousands protest in Slovakia against PM Fico Euronews
- Slovak Premier Fico Says He Won’t Bow to Popular Pressure and Quit Bloomberg