China will soon have a new Five Year Plan. Here’s how they have changed the world so far
Beijing's leaders are deciding on a blueprint that sets China's economic goals for the next decade.
Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire – NPR
- Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire NPR
- Renewed fighting tests Gaza ceasefire and Israel briefly halts aid AP News
- Two IDF soldiers killed amid 'severe' ceasefire violation, 'it's not the last,' analyst says Fox News
- Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend NBC News
- Live: Israel launches ‘wave’ of air strikes on Gaza as truce teeters Al Jazeera
Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo, WHO says
Barring new cases, the patient's recovery kicks off a 42-day countdown to declaring the country's 16th outbreak over.
Landslide win for pro-EU Turkish Cypriot candidate raises hopes for peace
Veteran leftwinger Tufan Erhürman wins after campaign on reviving stalled talks to reunify island
Turkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus.
Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island, defeated the incumbent nationalist, Ersin Tatar, by nearly 27 percentage points – a landslide win that surprised even his most ardent supporters.
Continue reading...After ‘No Kings’ protests, where does Democratic opposition go next?
Millions of Americans joined anti-Trump protests, but Democrats are less popular than the president and divided over how to fight back.
George Santos says prison sentence was ‘disproportionate’ but ‘large slice of humble pie’
Disgraced former congressman who was meant to serve seven years for fraud and identity lashes out at critics
Disgraced former US congressman George Santos said on Sunday that his prison sentence had been “disproportionate”, but that he had been served “a very large slice of humble pie”, while lashing out at his critics in his first interview since Donald Trump commuted his sentence.
Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, Santos said he was “all politicked out”, and called for his former campaign staffer, Sam Miele, to also receive a commutation.
Continue reading...North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border – CBS News
- North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border CBS News
- South Korea arrests North Korean soldier for crossing fortified border Al Jazeera
- North Korean soldier held by Seoul after crossing land border CNA
- North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across heavily fortified border The Guardian
- North Korean soldier crosses DMZ, defects to South: Seoul South China Morning Post
Will the Pakistan-Afghanistan peace agreement hold?
The neighbours have agreed to an immediate ceasefire after week of cross-border violence.
‘Priceless’ jewels stolen in raid on Louvre Museum in Paris
A masked gang targeted France's crown jewels during a brazen daylight raid.
Turkish Cypriots elect Tufan Erhurman in northern Cyprus polls
More than 218,000 people voted in TRNC leadership election that could shape the island’s political direction.
Israel: Gaza crossings will reopen when Hamas bombing stops – The Jerusalem Post
- Israel: Gaza crossings will reopen when Hamas bombing stops The Jerusalem Post
- Israel to keep border crossing closed as it trades accusations of ceasefire violation with Hamas Reuters
- News Wrap: Israel says Rafah crossing will remain closed until hostage bodies are returned PBS
- Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world AP News
- EU calls on Israel to lift restrictions on aid deliveries to Gaza Euronews.com
Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared
Environment Agency says pollutant in Norfolk river is ‘an unknown substance’ and is investigating
Dead fish have been found on a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed.
Images shared by the agency on Saturday showed the foam covering an area of the River Thet.
Continue reading...Louvre heist: hunt on for thieves after eight ‘priceless’ jewellery pieces stolen
Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight robbery
French police are hunting four thieves who carried out a highly professional daylight robbery on the Louvre, breaking into one of the museum’s most ornate rooms and escaping with eight pieces of “priceless” historic jewellery, including a necklace given by Napoleon to his wife.
The world’s most-visited museum was suddenly closed for the day on Sunday after the break-in targeted pieces in two glass cases in its Apollon gallery, where the French crown jewels are held.
Continue reading...US driver kills one and injures at least 14 in car-ramming attack at child’s party
Driver turned himself in to Maryland authorities after initially fleeing scene, where eight children were injured
A driver rammed into a group of people at a children’s birthday party outside of Washington DC late on Saturday, killing a woman in her 30s and injuring at least 14 others, eight of whom were children.
In a statement released by the Bladensburg police department in Maryland, they announced that the driver of the striking vehicle had turned himself in and had been identified as a 66 year-old man from the surrounding area.
Continue reading...Budapest Is The Wrong Place For Trump To Meet Putin Regarding Ukraine – Forbes
- Budapest Is The Wrong Place For Trump To Meet Putin Regarding Ukraine Forbes
- Trump’s hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now CNN
- Opinion | Trump keeps getting played by Putin. Will Budapest be different? The Washington Post
- EU foreign policy chief says possible Putin visit to Hungary 'not nice' Reuters
- Trump’s 2-Hour Call with Putin, and Why Iran Is Pushing Gender Transition Surgeries The New York Times
What we know about Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, will it hold?
Islamabad and Kabul commit to ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkiye, but will it hold amid mutual distrust?
Four-minute heist at the Louvre: How priceless jewels were stolen in France
Thieves used an extendable ladder and motorbikes to steal eight precious items from Apollo's Gallery at Paris museum.
Afghanistan and Pakistan pledge to respect ceasefire after more than a week of deadly fighting – AP News
- Afghanistan and Pakistan pledge to respect ceasefire after more than a week of deadly fighting AP News
- Taliban and Pakistan agree to ceasefire after days of deadly clashes BBC
- A Fragile Cease-fire Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Ends Violence, for Now The New York Times
- What we know about Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, will it hold? Al Jazeera
- Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to respect ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkey PBS
Trump calls Colombia president ‘illegal drug dealer’ as US says it hit another ship
Trump vows to cut US funding as Pete Hegseth says US hit Colombian rebel group vessel and ‘three terrorists killed’
Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and threatened to immediately cut US funding to the country as the defense secretary confirmed in a social media post an attack on a vessel associated with a Colombian leftist rebel group.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that US forces had attacked another vessel, this time associated with a Colombian leftist rebel group. Hegseth, in a post on X, said “three terrorists were killed” in the operation which was “conducted in international waters”.
Continue reading...Manchester United stun Liverpool 2-1 as Maguire scores late winner
United end nine-year drought without victory at Anfield and deal a blow to the reigning football champions' title chase.