- Sacked Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to military: PLA Daily South China Morning Post
- Xi Removes China’s No. 2 General in Escalating Purge of Military Leadership wsj.com
- China: Communist Party expels top generals in military crackdown BBC
- China expels two top generals from Communist Party in anti-corruption crackdown CNN
- China purges nine top commanders in People’s Liberation Army Financial Times
The Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy – The New York Times
The Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy The New York Times
US podcaster who helped convict ‘Queen of the Con’ disappointed at short sentence
Johnathan Walton, who was a victim of Marianne ‘Mair’ Smyth, had helped UK authorities track her down
A US podcaster and author who helped UK authorities convict a woman derisively known as the “Queen of the Con” of defrauding a group of Northern Irish mortgage advice customers has expressed disappointment in her being sentenced on Friday to only four years in prison.
“She scams or tries to scam everyone she meets, and she will never change,” Johnathan Walton said in a statement after Marianne “Mair” Smyth’s sentencing closed the books on a transatlantic case against her.
Continue reading...‘It’s like a nuclear bomb has hit’: shocked Palestinians return home to desolation – The Guardian
- ‘It’s like a nuclear bomb has hit’: shocked Palestinians return home to desolation The Guardian
- Gaza reckons with ruins and old rivalries as mediators piece together wider deal CNN
- ‘Everything Is Gone’: Gazans Return Home to Find Devastation and Little Hope The New York Times
- Following ceasefire, Gazans hold first mass Friday prayers in damaged mosques The Times of Israel
- Daily struggles persist in Gaza even as ceasefire offers some respite AP News
Zelensky fails to secure Tomahawk missiles at talks with Trump
Following the meeting, Trump calls for Kyiv and Moscow to "stop where they are" and end the war.
Zelensky fails to secure Tomahawk missiles at talks with Trump
Following the meeting, Trump calls for Kyiv and Moscow to "stop where they are" and end the war.
Trump torpedoes international deal to reduce shipping emissions
The International Maritime Organization delays vote on reducing pollution in shipping after Trump threatens sanctions.
China Eastern Airlines to resume flights to India after five-year freeze
Commercial flights between the countries to restart as diplomatic thaw eases tensions over border clashes.
New blood test may speed up diagnosis of 50 cancer types, study says
The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.
New blood test may speed up diagnosis of 50 cancer types, study says
The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.
Israel kills 11 Palestinian family members in Gaza’s deadliest truce breach
Strike on civilian vehicle by Israeli military marks deadliest violation of eight-day ceasefire with Hamas.
France Gets Debt Warning as S&P Downgrades in Unscheduled Move – Bloomberg.com
- France Gets Debt Warning as S&P Downgrades in Unscheduled Move Bloomberg.com
- Opinion | France can’t hide from its bills forever The Washington Post
- S&P cuts France’s credit rating as it forecasts higher debt pile Financial Times
- S&P hands crisis-prone France surprise downgrade Reuters
- Political deadlock and spending on dual crises leaves French finances in disarray AP News
Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103
Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics
Chen Ning Yang, one of the world’s most renowned physicists and a Nobel prize winner, died on Saturday in Beijing at the age of 103 after an illness, state media outlet Xinhua has reported.
Born in eastern China’s Hefei in Anhui province in 1922, Yang was a Chinese-American physicist who worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics.
Continue reading...US court bars Israeli spyware firm from targeting WhatsApp users
Judge rules Israeli firm NSO caused 'irreparable harm', but said an earlier award of $168m in damages was 'excessive'.
Chinese Nobel laureate and physicist Chen Ning Yang dies aged 103
Yang, one of the world's most influential scientists, earned global recognition for his work in theoretical physics.
Ohtani rewrites history to send Dodgers to World Series
Shohei Ohtani deliverers one of the greatest performances in baseball history as defending champions the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers to reach the World Series.
Gen Z protests against corruption and inequality are shaking Morocco. Here’s what to know – AP News
- Gen Z protests against corruption and inequality are shaking Morocco. Here’s what to know AP News
- Morocco's Gen Z protesters demand accountability and education reform ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Morocco’s ‘Gen Z’ activists renew protests Financial Times
- Morocco will prioritize health, education spending in 2026 budget, finance minister says Reuters
- ‘This generation is defiant’: Gen Z protests set to resume in Morocco despite deaths and arrests The Guardian
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of breaking truce as 10 killed in air attacks
Pakistani and Afghan officials will hold crisis talks in Doha, Qatar on Saturday as violence continues despite truce.
Thousands evacuate Philippine coast as Tropical Storm Fengshen approaches
The country is hit by some 20 storms and typhoons a year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty.
Chemical linked to low sperm count, obesity and cancer found in dummies, tests find
BPA, a synthetic chemical used in production of plastics, found in baby products made by three big European brands
A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands.
Dummies made by the Dutch multinational Philips, the Swiss oral health specialists Curaprox and the French toy brand Sophie la Girafe were found to contain bisphenol A (BPA), according to laboratory testing by dTest, a Czech consumer organisation. Philips said they had carried out subsequent testing and found no BPA, while Sophie la Girafe said the amount found was insignificant.
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