- Glacier Collapse in the Swiss Alps Destroys Most of a Village The New York Times
- Watch: Dramatic footage shows glacier burying Swiss Village Times of India
- Mud and rock bury Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing Reuters
- Glacier collapse buries most of Swiss village BBC
- Alpine village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses AP News
‘Heinous crime’: Israel kills 10 desperate aid seekers in Gaza in 48 hours
Updated death toll comes amid condemnation of US-backed aid delivery scheme and Israeli bombing across the enclave.
German chancellor promises to help Ukraine produce long-range missiles
Friedrich Merz said earlier there were "no longer" any range restrictions on weapons supplied by Kyiv's Western allies.
Musk is pivoting from DC and Doge’s failures – and wants investors to know
The billionaire mogul is signaling far and wide that he’s back to business, and even criticizing Trump’s tax bill
Elon Musk really wants the public – and investors – to know that he’s leaving Washington DC behind.
In a series of interviews and social media posts this week, Musk has criticized Donald Trump’s marquee tax bill and emphasized his recommitment to leading SpaceX, Tesla and the artificial intelligence company xAI. The world’s richest person claimed that he was back to working around the clock at his companies – to the point of sleeping in conference rooms and factory offices once again.
Continue reading...Trump says he warned Israel against attack on Iran as nuclear deal ‘very close’
US president claims he told Tel Aviv he thought agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme could come within weeks
Donald Trump has claimed he warned Israel against attacking Iran because he believed he was very close to a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme in which US inspectors will be given unparalleled access to sites to ensure the country is not planning to build a nuclear bomb.
At a White House press conference on Wednesday, the US president confirmed he held talks last week with Israel and told them it was “not appropriate” to attack Tehran because he believed he could reach a deal within weeks.
Continue reading...Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides – The New York Times
- 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.
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