- Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides The New York Times
- Climber Scales Mount Everest Four Times In 15 Days The Weather Channel
- 'Everest Man' beats own record for most climbs up Mount Everest BBC
- 55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times NPR
- Mount Everest: Nepali sherpa breaks own record with 31st summit BBC
Trump brushes aside Elon Musk’s criticisms of his signature budget bill
Dubbed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill', the bill would secure several of Trump's priorities while raising the debt limit.
US Vice President Vance touts Trump’s crypto record at Bitcoin conference
Praise follows conflict of interest concerns after Trump launches his own coin and hosts a dinner for his investors.
Palestinian UN envoy breaks down while recounting killed children in Gaza
Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour broke down in tears during an emotional speech to the UN Security Council.
Oregon zoo owner arrested after raid finds drugs, guns and $1.6m
Police also find widespread animal mistreatment, relocating 310 of the 450 animals and euthanizing three
Oregon police have arrested a zoo owner on drug charges following a police raid at the facility earlier this month that found drugs and widespread animal mistreatment.
The Coos county sheriff’s office said that Brian Tenney, the owner of West Coast Game Park Safari, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of methamphetamine possession, manufacturing and attempted distribution. He was later released as the district attorney’s office awaited more information, a staff member at the Coos county jail said when reached by the Associated Press.
Continue reading...Prosecuting man for burning Qur’an ‘reintroducing blasphemy law’, UK court told
Hamit Coskun, 50, held burning text outside Turkish consulate London, Westminster magistrates court heard
Prosecuting a man for burning the Qur’an is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial has heard.
Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “fuck Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Qur’an is burning” as he held aloft the burning Islamic text outside the Turkish consulate in London on 13 February, Westminster magistrates court heard.
Continue reading...Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
The Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and one of few writers working in an indigenous African language, has died aged 87.
“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, this Wednesday morning,” wrote his daughter Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ on Facebook. “He lived a full life, fought a good fight.”
Continue reading...Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant – NPR
- Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant NPR
- German court rejects Peruvian farmer's landmark climate case BBC
- Court throws out Peruvian farmer’s climate lawsuit against energy giant The Washington Post
- German court throws out Peruvian farmer's climate case against RWE Reuters
- German Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Against RWE The New York Times
Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o dies aged 87
The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – a giant of African literature – dies aged 87 – BBC
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literature - dies aged 87 BBC
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 The Guardian
- Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87 The New York Times
- Acclaimed author, UC Irvine professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiang’o dies Orange County Register
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan dissident and author who was giant of global literature, dies at 87 PBS
Eight Mexican soldiers killed by improvised explosive device
The use of IEDs in a war between criminal groups in the Michoacán-Jalisco border region has increased drastically
Eight Mexican soldiers have died after triggering an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state of Michoacán, underlining the rising use of mines by organised crime factions.
The soldiers were on patrol in an armoured vehicle in the municipality of Los Reyes, near the border with the state of Jalisco, when the mine detonated on Wednesday. Six soldiers were killed instantly, while two more later died from their wounds, according to El Universal.
Continue reading...Israel PM says Hamas’s Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been killed
Mohammed Sinwar was the target of a Israeli strike on the courtyard of the European hospital in Khan Younis on 13 May.
Police were ‘consulted’ over early prison release scheme, says Ministry of Justice
Mark Rowley, Met commissioner, had said plans for England and Wales were made ‘without any analysis of the impact on policing’
The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has hit back at the UK’s most senior police officer in a row over the impact of allowing thousands of criminals to serve their sentences in the community instead of being sent to jail.
The Ministry of Justice insisted on Wednesday that officials “consulted with police” including the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, over proposed changes to sentencing policies introduced to ease prison overcrowding.
Continue reading...Glacier collapse buries most of Swiss village
Many homes in Blatten have been flattened after a large chunk of the Birch glacier fell on to the village.
Families of hostages stage protests on 600th day of Israel-Gaza war
Relatives of Israeli hostages accuse Netanyahu of ‘sentencing them to death’ amid calls for resignation
Marking the 600th day of the Israel-Gaza war, thousands of family members of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have held protests across the country, blocking traffic and calling for a deal securing the release of their loved ones from captivity and an end to the conflict.
“600 days we are without our loved ones, 600 days that Hamas is holding them captive, and the bloody Israeli government is abandoning them to maintain the integrity of their coalition,” the families said in a statement read by Keith Siegel, a former hostage, at a rally in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate face rape and human trafficking charges in UK
Prosecutors confirm 21 charges, with brothers due to be extradited to the UK after conclusion of Romanian proceedings
UK prosecutors have confirmed they have authorised 21 charges against influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.
Andrew Tate, 38, faces 10 charges including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain; charges connected to three alleged victims.
Continue reading...Andrew and Tristan Tate Charged With Rape, Human Trafficking in the U.K. – Rolling Stone
- Andrew and Tristan Tate Charged With Rape, Human Trafficking in the U.K. Rolling Stone
- Andrew and Tristan Tate to face 21 charges in UK, prosecutors say BBC
- Court records: Healthcare center resident accused in rape investigation Yahoo
- Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in U.K. NPR
- Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate face rape and human trafficking charges in UK The Guardian
Kings of Leon cancel UK and European shows after singer’s ‘freak accident’
Caleb Followill says shattered heel needed ‘significant emergency surgery’, which would stop him performing
The Kings of Leon frontman, Caleb Followill, has announced that the band have cancelled their UK and European shows this summer after he injured his foot in a “freak accident”.
The singer, who is part of the US rock group with his brothers Nathan and Jared Followill and cousin Matthew Followill, was scheduled to perform at Blackweir Fields, Cardiff and Lancashire’s Lytham festival over the next two months.
Continue reading...Namibia pushes for German reparations on first genocide remembrance day
Event commemorates estimated 75,000 Herero and Nama people killed under German colonial rule
Namibia has observed its first genocide remembrance day, honouring the estimated 75,000 victims who were massacred by soldiers or forced into concentration camps during German colonial rule.
Between 1904 and 1908, an estimated 65,000 Herero people and 10,000 Nama people were killed when the groups rejected colonial rule. It amounted to 80% and 50% of their respective populations at the time.
Continue reading...RFK Jr offers to save Canadian ostriches with suspected bird flu and move them to US
Trump officials offer to move 300 birds to Mehmet Oz’s Florida ranch after Canada’s kill order over avian flu fears
Senior officials in the Trump administration have intervened in attempt to save more than 300 ostriches on a farm in British Columbia which the Canadian government had ordered to be killed over fears the flock is infected with avian flu.
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, and Mehmet Oz, a physician and former TV host appointed by Trump as the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, have offered to move the birds to Oz’s ranch in Florida – despite the kill order imposed by Canadian health authorities.
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