Fugitive mafia boss wanted for murder arrested in Amalfi Coast luxury villa
Roberto Mazzarella has been on the run for more than a year and was living under a false name, police say.
Fugitive mafia boss wanted for murder arrested in Amalfi Coast luxury villa
Roberto Mazzarella has been on the run for more than a year and was living under a false name, police say.
What we know so far about the search for missing US airman in Iran
US and Iranian forces are searching for a missing American crew member after a US warplane was shot down.
Cubans study oil tanker diplomacy for signs of progress in secret talks with US
Despite hostile rhetoric Trump let a Russian ship break his blockade – could it herald a Venezuela-style outcome?
When a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, docked at Cuba’s Matanzas oil terminal on Tuesday, unloading 700,000 barrels of crude, it was not immediately clear why the ship had been allowed to pass through Donald Trump’s oil blockade.
In January, the US president had proclaimed on social media: “THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” yet last week he told reporters, “If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem with it” – and waved the Russian ship through.
Continue reading...Rescue team in Iran face ‘harrowing and dangerous’ search for US crew member
A former US marine tells the BBC the priority of any recovery team would be to look for signs of life.
Tehran rocked by strikes as fleeing residents warn: ‘Iran is being destroyed before our eyes’ – ynetnews
- Tehran rocked by strikes as fleeing residents warn: ‘Iran is being destroyed before our eyes’ ynetnews
- Israel Strikes More Than 120 Targets in Iran WSJ
- ‘Disturbing trend’ of US-Israeli strikes hitting non-military targets in Iran France 24
- IAF strikes air defense and missile sites in Tehran The Times of Israel
- IDF Strikes Beirut, Tehran; One Wounded in Northern Israel Haaretz
At least 15 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets Erdogan
At least one person is killed in a Ukrainian attack on southern Russia's Rostov region.
Ukrainian firefighting robot helps soldiers for first time – The Kyiv Independent
- Ukrainian firefighting robot helps soldiers for first time The Kyiv Independent
- ‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia The Guardian
- Ukraine used record 7K robot operations to fight off Russians in single month -- as frontline now resembles scene from 'Terminator' New York Post
- In Ukraine, ground robots are increasingly going on the offensive Lowy Institute
- Ukraine focuses on technology as Russia boosts troop numbers, MP says Azerbaycan24
Senegal bans ministers from foreign travel as oil price rise bites
The fuel cost is nearly double what the government budgeted for putting pressure on stretched finances.
Collapse of Tokyo’s aging cherry blossom trees during viewing season raises safety concerns – AP News
Trump seeks $152m to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls the plan a "stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars".
Europe’s Options in the Strait of Hormuz: Few, and Risky – The New York Times
- Europe’s Options in the Strait of Hormuz: Few, and Risky The New York Times
- Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it. Politico
- Trump’s Mission Impossible for Allies: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz WSJ
- Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iran Al Jazeera
- Opinion | Trump’s fantasy of seizing the Strait of Hormuz for a ‘gusher’ of oil is a dangerous one MS NOW
Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying – The New York Times
Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying The New York Times
Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen. – The New York Times
Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen. The New York Times
New North Sea drilling would barely reduce UK gas imports at all, data shows
Exclusive: research finds Jackdaw field would provide only about 2% of current demand, and Rosebank only 1%
Opening major new fields in the North Sea would make almost no difference to the UK’s reliance on gas imports, research has shown.
The Jackdaw field, one of the largest unexploited gasfields in the North Sea, would displace only 2% of the UK’s current imports of gas, which would leave the UK still almost entirely dependent on supplies from Norway and a few other sources.
Continue reading...Forget euphemism, Trump is using unabashed viciousness in his language against Iran
The Trump administration takes pleasure in deploying dysphemism to describe the killing of Iranians
On 23 March, Donald Trump said that if things didn’t go to his liking in Iran, “we just keep bombing our little hearts out”. A week later the US president told journalists on Air Force One: “You never know with Iran because we negotiate with them and then we always have to blow them up.”
On 4 March, Pete Hegseth squirmed in pleasure as he described “death and destruction from the sky all day long”. Whatever happened to the subtle art of political euphemism?
Continue reading...Manchester City vs Liverpool 4-0: FA Cup quarterfinal – as it happened
All the updates as Man City book an FA Cup semifinal spot after dismantling Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.
Russia chose ‘Easter escalation’ over ceasefire, says Zelensky
Six civilians were killed and 40 others injured as Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles.
Pope Leo XIV bares cross for full Good Friday procession, a feat not seen in decades – Euronews.com
- Pope Leo XIV bares cross for full Good Friday procession, a feat not seen in decades Euronews.com
- Pope Leo XIV becomes second pope to carry cross at Colosseum on Good Friday Yahoo
- Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break ‘this chain’ of violence OSV News
- Pope Leo XIV carries Cross for Via Crucis at Colosseum in Rome Vatican News
- Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades abcnews.com
Woman lured ex boyfriend into a trap and then filmed his “brutal assault” – Yahoo News Canada
- Woman lured ex boyfriend into a trap and then filmed his "brutal assault" Yahoo News Canada
- She was heard laughing as she filmed the pre-planned assault facebook.com
- Laughing woman lured ex-lover to shop then filmed as he was savagely beaten by two men in honeytrap attack The Irish Sun
- Woman 'lured' ex-boyfriend to shops where thugs delivered 'brutal' beating Leader Live
- Woman 'lured' ex to shops then laughed and filmed as he was brutally attacked Daily Star