- Congo Catholic delegation meets rebel leader as forces advance Reuters
- Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part CNN
- As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting? Al Jazeera English
- EU Bishops appeal for urgent intervention in DRC Vatican News - English
- Fresh fighting flares in eastern DR Congo Voice of America
‘Supercommuter’ mom travels to work by plane every day — because it’s cheaper than renting there – New York Post
- 'Supercommuter' mom travels to work by plane every day — because it's cheaper than renting there New York Post
- Indian-origin woman takes a flight to work daily in Malaysia, says it's cost-efficient India Today
- Meet the mom who flies to work everyday and 'saves money' The Times of India
- Indian-Origin Mother Flies 5 Days A Week To Balance Work And Family NDTV
- Indian-origin mom of two flies 5 days a week to work in Malaysia: 'Super-commuter' Hindustan Times
Rare Sighting of This ‘Seadevil’ Is a ‘Dream Come True’ – Newser
- Rare Sighting of This 'Seadevil' Is a 'Dream Come True' Newser
- A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters The New York Times
- Scientists capture rare footage of black seadevil anglerfish in shallow water ABC News
- Watch this creepy deep sea creature see the light of day, a first in recorded history USA TODAY
- Rare deep-sea anglerfish seen for first time in broad daylight Oceanographic Magazine
Gaza hospital chief Abu Safia detained, tortured in Israeli jail: Lawyer
The 51-year-old Hussam Abu Safia was detained by the Israeli army from Gaza in December.
Fifty countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO
HIV treatments and other services have been disrupted, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Fifty countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO
HIV treatments and other services have been disrupted, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
‘Reverse flow’: Illegal immigrants streaming back home after being blocked by Trump’s border – Washington Times
- 'Reverse flow': Illegal immigrants streaming back home after being blocked by Trump's border Washington Times
- 'New trend' of migrants turning around and heading back toward home under Trump border crackdown New York Post
- Migrants turning back due to tighter border security, CBP memo shows Fox News
- Dozens of Migrants Seen Traveling South as They Give Up US Dream Newsweek
- Illegals retreat to Canada and Mexico to evade US detection The Times of India
Watchdog: Israel behind most reporter deaths in 2024; IDF: Many were terror operatives – The Times of Israel
- Watchdog: Israel behind most reporter deaths in 2024; IDF: Many were terror operatives The Times of Israel
- 2024 was deadliest year for journalists with 124 reporters killed, Committee to Protect Journalists says CBS News
- IDF rejects report accusing it of being responsible for 70% of journalist deaths in 2024, says many were terrorists The Times of Israel
- Record number of journalists killed in 2024, Israel mostly responsible, CPJ says Reuters
- The risks of journalism in Haiti: Nation ranks among deadliest places on global list Miami Herald
How will Trump’s second term reshape US role in the world?
US president's latest actions may have caused irreparable damage.
Attempt to form Austria’s first government led by far right collapses – Reuters
- Attempt to form Austria's first government led by far right collapses Reuters
- Austrian Coalition Talks Collapse, Averting, for Now, a Far-Right Chancellor The New York Times
- Austria's political crisis deepens as far right fails to form government BBC.com
- Austria goes back to the drawing board after far right fails to form government Reuters
- Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse The Guardian
Art as survival: Gaza’s creators transform pain into protest
Amid Israel's scorched earth campaign in Gaza, young artists are trying to turn pain into hope.
Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence and Nato
The US defence secretary tells Europe to spend more and take responsibility for Ukraine's future defence.
London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement – BBC.com
Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists – The Associated Press
- Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists The Associated Press
- Nonstop Quakes Leave a Tourist Island Empty and Its Residents on Edge The New York Times
- Seismic activity moving northeastward Kathimerini English Edition
- Greece earthquakes: Aftershocks hit Santorini and surrounding islands BBC.com
- Greek island of Santorini sees strongest quake yet in weeks of highly unusual seismic swarm ABC News
US defence chief signals major shift in Ukraine support in first NATO meet
NATO membership for Ukraine 'not realistic' and Kyiv must abandon hopes of returning to pre-2014 borders, Hegseth says.
Half of French island in Indian Ocean burnt by wildfire
A wildfire has burnt through 55% of Amsterdam Island, a French foreign territory in the Indian Ocean.
Sacking of Christian school worker over posts about LGBTQ+ lessons unlawful, court rules
Kristie Higgs was dismissed after sharing posts on plans to teach equalities programme at her son’s C of E school
A Christian school worker who was sacked after she shared Facebook posts raising concerns about lessons in LGBTQ+ relationships for primary schoolchildren has won her battle in the court of appeal.
Kristie Higgs was dismissed from her role as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager at Farmor’s, a secondary school in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 after an anonymous complaint from a parent at the school.
Continue reading...Democratic Senator accuses FBI head nominee Kash Patel of orchestrating agency purge
Patel’s alleged purge of FBI calls into question if he perjured himself at his Senate confirmation hearing
A senior Democrat has accused Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s controversial nominee as FBI director, of having already secretly orchestrated a purge of the bureau’s agents even as senators debate whether to confirm him in the post.
Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate judiciary committee, said he had “highly credible information” that Patel had given orders to sack senior personnel when he had no power to do so as a private citizen – directly contradicting testimony he had given at a confirmation hearing.
Continue reading...Nottingham attacks public inquiry to begin within weeks, Starmer says
Judge-led statutory inquiry announced into killings of three people by Valdo Calocane in June 2023
A judge-led public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks will start in “a matter of weeks”, Keir Starmer has told the families of the three people killed and the injured survivors.
At a meeting at No 10 on Wednesday, the prime minister said the inquiry would scrutinise a “number of different agencies” and a retired judge would soon be appointed to lead the process.
Continue reading...U.N. Calls Bangladesh Protest Crackdown a Possible Crime Against Humanity – The New York Times
- U.N. Calls Bangladesh Protest Crackdown a Possible Crime Against Humanity The New York Times
- UN rights office estimates up to 1,400 killed in crackdown on protests in Bangladesh CNN
- Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says BBC.com
- Human rights abuses inflicted on Bangladesh Hindus: UN The Times of India
- Bangladesh protests probe reveals top leaders led brutal repression UN News