Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
Pope meets with Palestinian President, says action on Gaza is ‘urgent’ – Vatican News
- Pope meets with Palestinian President, says action on Gaza is 'urgent' Vatican News
- Pope Leo meets Palestinian president, calls for two-state solution to "end the conflict" in the Middle East CBS News
- Pope Leo XIV and Palestinian leader Abbas meet over Gaza situation Euronews.com
- Pope Leo meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas America Magazine
- The President Arrives in Italy for a Three-Day Official Visit وكالة صدى نيوز
US ends deportation protection for South Sudanese nationals
South Sudanese people with temporary protected status now have 60 days to leave
The US is ending temporary deportation protection for South Sudanese nationals, which for more than a decade allowed people from the east African country to stay in the US after escaping conflict.
In a notice published on Wednesday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said conditions in South Sudan no longer met the statutory requirements for temporary protected status. The agency said South Sudanese nationals with status through the programme had 60 days to leave the US or face deportation.
Continue reading...Arachnid Megacity Discovered in Cave May Be World’s Largest Spider Web – ScienceAlert
- Arachnid Megacity Discovered in Cave May Be World's Largest Spider Web ScienceAlert
- World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black Live Science
- This Massive Web—Home to More Than 100,000 Spiders—Found in a Cave in Europe Could Be the World's Largest Smithsonian Magazine
- This Cave Holds a Spider Web ‘Megacity’ the Size of Half a Tennis Court Scientific American
- Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web Phys.org
At White House meeting, Hungary’s Orbán to seek Trump’s blessing to keep buying Russian oil – AP News
- At White House meeting, Hungary's Orbán to seek Trump's blessing to keep buying Russian oil AP News
- Orbán to visit White House to try to broker Trump-Putin summit for peace in Ukraine The Guardian
- Trump to meet Hungary's Orban to discuss Russian oil, economic cooperation Reuters
- Orban’s chummy relationship with Trump could help his oil sanctions pitch Politico
- Orban Turns to Trump as His Rivals Circle Bloomberg.com
Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex-Nato chief
Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for Ukraine
Ukraine is facing a “forever war” and a slow erosion of territory unless Europe dramatically increases pressure on Russia, including by deploying troops and establishing a missile and drone shield on Nato territory to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks on its infrastructure, a former Nato secretary general has said.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who held the Nato post from 2009 to 2014 and was the prime minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, said in an interview with the Guardian that if countries such as Poland agreed to host such air defences, Russia would understand that an attack on them would be an attack on the whole of the Nato alliance.
Continue reading...Afghanistan’s opium crop falls 20 percent as synthetic drugs surge
UN says the area devoted to opium poppies has dropped to a fraction of that cultivated before Taliban’s narcotics ban.
Miss Universe contestants stage walkout after organiser berates Miss Mexico
Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, said Nawat Itsaragrisil was 'not respectful' at a pre-pageant ceremony on Tuesday
Britain calls it safety. It is censorship
The Online Safety Act, sold as child protection, now hides Gaza’s pain, silences dissent and spreads censorship.
Evil nurse who killed 10 with lethal injections & tried to murder another 27 to ‘reduce his workload’ jailed for life – The US Sun
- Evil nurse who killed 10 with lethal injections & tried to murder another 27 to ‘reduce his workload’ jailed for life The US Sun
- German nurse convicted of murdering 10 patients to reduce his workload CNN
- German nurse gets life in jail after murdering 10 to reduce workload BBC
- Nurse gets life sentence for murder of 10 patients and attempted murder of 27 others in Germany CBS News
- Nurse Was Under Stress Due To Workload. So He Killed 10 Of His Patients NDTV
Israel says Hamas returned body of dead Tanzanian hostage
Joshua Mollel, a 21-year-old agriculture student, was killed at Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.
Sudanese prime minister calls for RSF to be labelled ‘terrorist’ group
Kamil Idris tells Al Jazeera violence could spill beyond Sudan's borders if international community fails to step in.
Leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi grants green light to advance Draft Law – Israel National News
- Leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi grants green light to advance Draft Law Israel National News
- Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Stage ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft The New York Times
- The few, the brave, the Haredim: These soldiers are heroes The Times of Israel
- Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft in Jerusalem PBS
- Haredim Show Up, Hearts Missing: Jerusalem Draft Dodgers Rally a Bust Haaretz
A new system to identify and take down Russian drones is being deployed to NATO’s eastern flank – AP News
South Africans trapped in Donbas after joining Russia-Ukraine war, Ramaphosa says
It is unclear whether the citizens were fighting on behalf of Russia or Ukraine.
William announces Earthshot Prize 2025 winners in Rio
Winners include a project for making the Atlantic Forest financially viable and a global ocean treaty initiative.
The Florentine Diamond Resurfaces After 100 Years in Hiding – The New York Times
- The Florentine Diamond Resurfaces After 100 Years in Hiding The New York Times
- Famed Florentine diamond surfaces in Canada after century-long disappearance The Guardian
- Habsburg's Florentine diamond found in bank vault after a century Euronews.com
- Legendary ‘Florentine Diamond,’ Lost for a Century, Found in a Vault in Canada ARTnews.com
- Habsburg family unveils secret royal jewel stash in Canada DW
Danes are Europe’s keenest nudists in principle and practice, survey suggests
YouGov study of six countries finds those in Denmark most likely to approve of nudism and have been naked in public
Germans may have a hard-won reputation for being Europe’s most enthusiastic nudists, but a survey suggests Danes are not only more accepting of stripping off in public, but more likely to have actually done so.
The YouGov survey of six western European countries – the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – found that Danes were the most likely to say it was perfectly OK to bare all in public places – and to have followed through.
Continue reading...Climate crisis means super-strength Hurricane Melissa is ‘dangerous new reality’
Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says
Every aspect of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica, was worsened by the climate crisis, a team of scientists has found.
Melissa caused widespread devastation when it crunched into Jamaica as a category 5 hurricane on October 28, with winds up up to 185mph (298km/h).
Continue reading...Ugandans view Mamdani’s NYC win as a ‘beacon of hope’ amid democratic struggle
Ugandans react with joy after Kampala-born Mamdani’s victory during a trying time for democracy in east Africa
Ugandans reacted with joy and hope to the news that Kampala-born Zohran Mamdani had been elected mayor of New York City, amid a stormy democratic and rights environment in east Africa.
Mamdani, who was born in Uganda 34 years ago to a family of Indian origin, on Tuesday defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to become the city’s first Muslim mayor and the first of south Asian heritage.
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