- ‘Massive Blackout’ Leaves All of Puerto Rico Without Power The New York Times
- Puerto Rico slammed by island-wide blackout ahead of Easter weekend The Independent
- Island-wide blackout hits Puerto Rico as residents prepare for Easter weekend CNN
- Puerto Rico power outage leaves most of the island in the dark ahead of Easter weekend CBS News
- Puerto Rico goes completely dark after another islandwide power outage NBC News
Trump touts ‘progress’ in Japan trade talks, as uncertainty roils stocks
Wall Street closes sharply lower as US Federal Reserve chair warns tariffs could lead to slower growth, higher inflation
Famed Philippine film star Nora Aunor dies at 71
She was one of the Philippines' biggest film stars with a career that spanned seven decades.
International tourism to America under threat – Axios
- International tourism to America under threat Axios
- America used to fire the world’s imagination – but now the cultural conversation is being silenced | Van Badham The Guardian
- Tourists Are Avoiding the U.S. It’s a Problem for the Oil Market. Barron's
- ‘It’s like our friend started a fist fight with us’: These Europeans are skipping US travel CNN
- U.S. economy to lose billions as foreign tourists stay away Fortune
Spanish police uncover illegal underground shooting range
Police suspect the range was used by a weapons trafficking ring to test assault rifles and other arms.
Italy’s Meloni heads to US with unlikely mission for Europe
She will have to walk a tightrope between representing the interests of the EU and remaining in the US president's good books.
‘Who is going to face Mr Trump’: Canada leaders’ debate dominated by US crisis
Mark Carney’s Liberals have surged in the polls since Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada, scuppering Conservative calls for change after Trudeau era
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the key question in Canada’s upcoming election is who is best to deal with Donald Trump as he faced his Conservative rival in a French-language leaders’ debate on Wednesday.
Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said during the debate Canada needs change after a decade of Liberal party rule and Carney is just like his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. Carney responded: “Mr Poilievre is not Justin Trudeau. I’m not Justin Trudeau either. In this election the question is who is going to face Mr Trump.”
Continue reading...Serbian president plans to join Putin’s WWII victory parade in Moscow despite EU warning – AP News
- Serbian president plans to join Putin’s WWII victory parade in Moscow despite EU warning AP News
- 'It's 2025 not 1939!' EU threats over Russia Victory Day draws backlash Responsible Statecraft
- Slovak Premier Slams EU’s Kallas for Call to Cancel Moscow Trip Bloomberg.com
- Slovakia's Fico to attend Moscow's WWII parade despite EU warnings Euronews.com
- EU to ban Serbia if president joins Putin’s victory parade The Telegraph
Smugglers’ paradise: How US guns flow to gang-ravaged Haiti
The journey of two boxes of weapons reveals a chain of lax laws, absent checks and suspected corruption.
French-Algerian ties: Tensions escalate into crisis – DW
- French-Algerian ties: Tensions escalate into crisis DW
- French row with Algeria escalates further with tit-for-tat expulsions BBC
- France expels 12 Algerian officials as row over alleged kidnapping escalates The Guardian
- France to expel 12 Algerian diplomats, recall ambassador amid escalating tensions France 24
- Why is it so difficult for France and Algeria to stabilize their relationship? Le Monde.fr
Fifty years after fall of Phnom Penh, history weighs on Cambodian politics
The Khmer Rouge rise to power and overthrow are foundational to Cambodian People's Party legitimacy, but memories fade.
Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely – AP News
- Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely AP News
- Israeli troops will remain in Gaza 'security zones' after war, minister says BBC
- IDF says it has captured Gaza’s Morag Corridor, cutting off Rafah from Khan Younis The Times of Israel
- Israeli forces have completed encirclement of Gaza's Rafah, military says NBC News
- Israel Threatens Further Escalation in Gaza War The New York Times
Dog reunites with Israeli family after disappearing for 18 months in Gaza – AP News
- Dog reunites with Israeli family after disappearing for 18 months in Gaza AP News
- Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7 The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli military rescue spaniel stolen by Hamas The Telegraph
- ‘Miracle From Heaven’: Dog Kidnapped During October 7 Attacks Rescued From Gaza The New York Sun
- Dog abducted from murdered hostage’s family found by troops in Gaza The Times of Israel
Aboard the ‘silver trains’, China’s retirees do their bit to offset Trump’s tariffs
A new initiative aims to boost the local economy by attracting elderly travellers to remote parts of the country.
Man deported to El Salvador will never live in US, says White House
The White House doubles down on claims Kilmar Ábrego García was in a gang, which his lawyer denies.
Why China curbing rare earth exports is a blow to the US
As the trade war continues to escalate, China has hit back at Trump by suspending exports of rare earth minerals.
The truth about life on other planets – and what it means for humans
Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?
As Trump threatens tariffs, Vietnam scrambles to avert economic disaster
The Southeast Asian country is hoping for a reprieve from 46 percent duty, which would pummel its economy.
‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one
A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront
Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books – one by one – to a new storefront about a block away.
The “book brigade” of about 300 people stood in two lines running along a sidewalk in downtown Chelsea on Sunday, passing each title from Serendipity Books’ former location directly to the correct shelves in the new building, down the block and around the corner on Main Street.
Continue reading...Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system
Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial life
A giant planet 124 light years from Earth has yielded the strongest evidence yet that extraterrestrial life may be thriving beyond our solar system, astronomers claim.
Observations by the James Webb space telescope of a planet called K2-18 b appear to reveal the chemical fingerprints of two compounds that, on Earth, are only known to be produced by life.
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