US to import millions of eggs from Turkey and South Korea to ease prices
A bird flu epidemic has caused egg prices to soar, and projections show they could rise by 41 percent this year.
Dear Daughter: I too feel ugly sometimes
Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin advises her five-year-old on how to navigate the pressure to appear beautiful.
Extreme day trips: ‘I go abroad then fly home in time for bed’
Extreme day trips are popular on social media but have drawn criticism over environmental concerns.
Victorian Labor’s tough-on-crime turn could mark the beginning of the end for Jacinta Allan
Victorian Labor has faced a ‘crime crisis’ before – but no matter how tough the premier talks on law and order, the Coalition is always willing to go tougher
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It was meant to be the week Jacinta Allan took a firm stance on the “crime crisis”, but it could instead mark the beginning of the end for her government.
It began on Monday with the Victorian premier announcing a new police taskforce, Operation Hawk, which appeared, on the surface, a decisive move to combat corruption on government construction sites.
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Continue reading...Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon
Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027
Nasa has dropped its longstanding public commitment to land the first woman and person of color on the moon, in response to Donald Trump’s directives to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at federal agencies.
The promise was a central plank of the space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027 for the first time since the final Apollo mission in December 1972.
Continue reading...Will recapture of presidential palace change course of Sudan war?
Sudan's army has retaken the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but what's next after two years of war?
Will recapture of presidential palace change course of Sudan war? – BBC.com
- Will recapture of presidential palace change course of Sudan war? BBC.com
- Sudan’s Army Retakes the Presidential Palace in Khartoum The New York Times
- Sudan's army takes control of the presidential palace, 2 years after war broke out NPR
- Sudanese military says it seized key buildings in Khartoum after retaking the Republican Palace The Hill
- Sudan’s army seizes control of central bank amid steady gains in Khartoum Al Jazeera English
Will recapture of presidential palace change course of Sudan war?
Sudan's army has retaken the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but what's next after two years of war?
German tourist arrested after scaling Chichén Itzá pyramid during spring equinox – Mexico News Daily
- German tourist arrested after scaling Chichén Itzá pyramid during spring equinox Mexico News Daily
- Tourist Attacked by Locals After Climbing Forbidden Mayan Temple in Mexico PEOPLE
- Tourist booed for climbing sacred Mayan pyramid in Mexico Yahoo
- Moment German tourist is attacked by furious locals while being dragged away by security after climbing the st Daily Mail
- German tourist arrested at Mayan historical site of Chichen Itza for climbing ancient pyramid Washington Times
Columbia University caves to demands to restore $400m from Trump administration
Measures include empowering security officers to arrest people, and reassigning control of Middle East department
Columbia University has yielded to a series of changes demanded by the Trump administration as a pre-condition for restoring $400m in federal funding the government pulled this month amid allegations that the school tolerated antisemitism on campus.
The university released a memo outlining its agreement with Donald Trump’s administration hours before an extended deadline set by the government was to expire.
Continue reading...Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
Move takes effect on 24 April as president weighs also stripping parole status from some 240,000 Ukrainians in US
Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, in the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration.
It will be effective on 24 April.
Continue reading...Australian tourist killed and two injured as snorkelling boat capsizes off Bali
Boat carrying 13 people capsizes in rough seas while travelling to island of Nusa Penida
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A snorkelling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a woman and injuring two others, police said.
The Sea Dragon boat was on its way from a port in Bali to Nusa Penida, a popular tiny island near Bali, when it was overwhelmed by high waves, local police spokesperson Agus Widiono said.
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Continue reading...Tense protests grow in Turkey over Istanbul mayor’s detention – Reuters
- Tense protests grow in Turkey over Istanbul mayor's detention Reuters
- Thousands rally in Istanbul as Erdogan issues warning against protests over mayor’s arrest The Associated Press
- Violent clashes as Turkey protests continue over detention of Erdogan’s main political rival CNN
- Turkey's market rout worsens amid protests, worst stock slump since 2008 Reuters
- Thousands join march in Turkiye’s Istanbul to protest mayor’s arrest Al Jazeera English
Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in ramp up against Houthis – POLITICO
- Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in ramp up against Houthis POLITICO
- SECDEF Hegseth Extends USS Harry S. Truman Deployment in Middle East, Carl Vinson Heading to CENTCOM USNI News
- US to send second aircraft carrier to Middle East to combat Houthis- report The Jerusalem Post
- Hegseth Orders Pacific Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Houthi Strikes Newsweek
- US to deploy second aircraft to Middle East as it preps increased military force posture Al Arabiya English
London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power – The Washington Post
- London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power The Washington Post
- Heathrow Airport closed latest: Heathrow hopes to run full operation on Saturday as it starts moving aircraft BBC.com
- What Caused the Fire That Shut Down Heathrow Airport? The New York Times
- London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport The Associated Press
- Sheriff Eric Flowers speaks on 2nd arrest made in fatal home invasion Yahoo
Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized – ScienceAlert
- Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized ScienceAlert
- Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth Yahoo
- Global gridded population datasets systematically underrepresent rural population Nature.com
- There May Be Way More Than The Official 8.2 Billion People On This Planet, New Study Suggests IFLScience
- There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought The Independent
Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies in Surrey aged 86
Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5
Oleg Gordievsky, the UK’s most significant cold war double agent inside the KGB, has died at his home in Surrey aged 86.
Gordievsky, who would eventually defect to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure, was considered a key agent operating for the UK’s intelligence services working within the Soviet Union.
Continue reading...What challenges lie ahead for the new IOC president?
Zimbabwean lands top job in world sport.
Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people
Travel advice updated amid reports of ordeals at US border after Trump said country would only recognise two genders
Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border.
Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before departure to ensure there would be no issues with travel documents.
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