‘I didn’t want to be in a bad stripper film’: The sex workers eyeing Oscars success
The strippers, dancers and actresses of Anora give us their take on the film's realism - and its limits.
Were Tate brothers released in secret deal – or is the truth far more chaotic?
The abrupt departure of the Tate brothers by private jet has left a fresh trail of confusion and unanswered questions in its wake.
“His people are dying”: Trump asks Zelenskyy to be less “negative” about Putin – Salon
- "His people are dying": Trump asks Zelenskyy to be less "negative" about Putin Salon
- Trump expresses hope Russia's war in Ukraine is nearing an endgame as he meets with France's Macron The Associated Press
- The Latest: Trump calls for ‘ceasefire now’ between Russia and Ukraine Yahoo
- Trump trusts Putin to 'keep his word' and more takeaways from Starmer talks on Ukraine ABC News
Jeremy Bowen: Trump-Zelensky row signals looming crisis between Europe and US
Doubts are growing about the US commitment to European security outside Ukraine.
Jeremy Bowen: Trump-Zelensky row signals looming crisis between Europe and US
Doubts are growing about the US commitment to European security outside Ukraine, says the BBC's Jeremy Bowen.
Rose Girone, believed to be oldest living Holocaust survivor, dies aged 113
Born in 1912 in Poland, Girone was one of about 245,000 survivors living across more than 90 countries
Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113.
She died on Monday in New York, according to the Claims Conference, a New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Continue reading...Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man convicted for 1991 murder
Kay Ivey says Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers, who maintains he was innocent, will serve life in prison without parole
The Alabama governor, Kay Ivey, on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.
Ivey said Myers, who was facing execution this spring, will instead spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. She noted that was the sentence jurors at his 1994 trial had recommended. A judge overruled that recommendation and imposed a death sentence, a maneuver that has since been outlawed in Alabama, according to the human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International.
Continue reading...First British tourists allowed back into North Korea tell BBC what they saw
Travellers enter a mini capitalist enclave far from Pyongyang, on a tightly controlled visit.
The 50 public schools in Australia where parents pay the highest voluntary fees
At all of these schools, parents paid on average $1,800 a student, according to data from the national education and curriculum authority
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Many parents with children in public school are paying thousands of dollars a year in fees and contributions at levels rivalling the compulsory fees paid to attend some private schools, leading to concerns the principle of a free, government-funded education is being undermined.
At the 50 public schools where parents paid the most in fees and contributions, parents paid an average of more than $1,800 a student, an analysis of the latest funding data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, provided to Guardian Australia by the Greens, reveals.
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Continue reading...Locked in a Jungle Camp, Migrants Deported to Panama Face Uncertain Future – The New York Times
- Locked in a Jungle Camp, Migrants Deported to Panama Face Uncertain Future The New York Times
- With the US closed, migrants start the perilous journey back home The Times
- Panama government official describes his country’s role in Trump’s immigration crackdown PBS NewsHour
- Turned away at the U.S. border, migrants make a dangerous trek in reverse The Washington Post
- US deportees in ‘black box’ in Panama with no access to counsel, lawyers say The Guardian US
What it was like in the room during Oval Office shouting match
BBC reporters witnessed the extraordinary exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky firsthand.
Eleven things Trump and his team did this week
President Trump continues to play global disruptor while the world does its best to engage with him.
Trump cuts talks short with Zelenskyy after heated meeting
US President Donald Trump cuts talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy short after a contentious meeting.
World reacts after Donald Trump, JD Vance berate Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Trump wrote on social media that Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not 'ready for peace if America is involved'.
What it was like in the room during Oval Office shouting match
BBC reporters witnessed the extraordinary exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky firsthand.
Mexican drug lord pleads not guilty to killing of DEA agent after US extradition
Rafael Caro Quintero arraigned in New York over federal agent’s death after years as one of US’s most wanted men
After years as one of US authorities’ most wanted men, the Mexican drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero was brought into a New York courtroom on Friday to answer charges that include orchestrating the 1985 killing of a US federal agent.
Caro Quintero pleaded not guilty to running a continuing criminal enterprise. Separately, so did Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, the leader of another cartel. Carrillo is accused of arranging kidnappings and killings in Mexico but not accused of involvement in the death of the DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.
Continue reading...What are the implications of the PKK leader’s call to disband?
'No alternative to democracy,' says Abdullah Ocalan from prison.
DR Congo conflict: 500 mpox patients flee clinics after rebel looting
Officials say they are concerned that they will spread the contagious disease to the wider community.
DR Congo conflict: 500 mpox patients flee clinics after rebel looting
Officials say they are concerned that they will spread the contagious disease to the wider community.
Pope Francis suffers ‘breathing crisis’ amid battle with pneumonia
Vatican says crisis caused pope to vomit but he was given non-invasive mechanical ventilation and responded well.