- Modi government rolls out tax cuts in effort to stimulate growth Financial Times
- Budget: Tax relief for Indian middle class - but will it boost economy? BBC.com
- Great Gamble: FM Nirmala Sitharaman bets on surge in IT Collections, Pvt sector spending in Budget The Times of India
- Takeaways from India's budget that slashes income tax on the salaried middle class to spur growth The Associated Press
- Union Budget 2025: Tax snip may lead to surge in mutual fund SIPs The Times of India
Revealed: What life on Earth will look like in 2100 – with entire cities plunged underwater and millions of pe – Daily Mail
- Revealed: What life on Earth will look like in 2100 - with entire cities plunged underwater and millions of pe Daily Mail
- Major coastal cities around the world could disappear under rising seas by 2100 Earth.com
- Major Coastal Cities Could Vanish Under Rising Seas by This Year — And It’s Sooner than You Think Indian Defence Review
- Global Sea Level Very Likely To Rise Between 0.5 And 1.9 Meters By 2100 Under High-Emissions Scenario Eurasia Review
- Map reveals parts of US 'underwater by 2100' due to sea level rise MSN
How MAGA fell out with ‘Indian Tech-Bros’
It is no surprise the fragile alignment between Indian professionals and the “America First” movement is unravelling.
The PA and Israel are allies in silencing the truth
I witnessed firsthand the PA’s brutality against journalists in Gaza. Its possible return does not bode well for us.
The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925
One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.
Air ambulance carrying child, 5 others crashes in US city of Philadelphia
A young Mexican girl who had been in the US for medical care, her mother, and flight and medical crews were on board.
Middle East crisis live: Hamas releases two hostages with third expected
Two hostages freed on Saturday, with another expected to be released from different location
Here are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.
The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases.
Continue reading...Watch: Israeli joy as three more hostages return
Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon and Keith Siegel were freed as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Hamas releases more Gaza hostages under ceasefire deal with Israel
Two men handed over to Red Cross in southern Gaza Strip with a third due to be freed in Gaza City in exchange for jailed Palestinians
Middle East crisis live: Hamas release of more hostages under way
Three more Israelis – all male civilian hostages – were being released to Israel on Saturday as part of the continuing ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza.
Hamas handed the first two hostages over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning before they were received by the Israeli military a short while later.
Continue reading...Ukrainian Drone Surge Highlights Russian Oil Refining Risk – Yahoo Finance
Hamas releases three Israeli captives in exchange for 183 Palestinians
Bus with released Palestinians reaches Ramallah after Hamas hands over three Israeli captives at two Gaza locations.
‘Are we dating the same guy?’: Women turn to Facebook to uncover cheating and violence
Experts say use of groups to warn others about dangerous men is indictment on governments’ failure to keep women safe
“Any info on Chris* please? Thanks.” The words in a Facebook post, above three pictures of a man. In the comments, a woman replies: “He was also posted a few days ago by someone.”
Further down, a second woman replies: “I’m shaking, I’m his fiancee.”
Continue reading...Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’
New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to comply
Small businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December while they work out how to comply with new EU product safety regulations that caught many of them unawares.
Skye Weavers, a small family business on the Isle of Skye, says it has missed out on sales of its scarves, shawls and blankets to customers in both markets after halting internet orders from those locations because of the rule change.
Continue reading...Israel Gaza ceasefire: Hamas prepares to release more Israeli hostages – BBC.com
- Israel Gaza ceasefire: Hamas prepares to release more Israeli hostages BBC.com
- Hamas to release 3 male hostages, Israel to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners under ceasefire The Associated Press
- 2 hostages return to Israel after handover in southern Gaza KSTP
- LIVE: Israel to free 183 Palestinians as 3 captives due for release in Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Hamas Turns Hostage Releases Into a Humiliating Spectacle for Israel The Wall Street Journal
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,073
Here are the key developments on the 1,073rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Campaigners hail ‘important victory’ in protection of England’s national parks
Minister says there was error when Manningtree station car park extension was approved under last government
Campaigners have celebrated an “important victory” in a closely watched case that will determine whether the government will enforce new legislation aimed at protecting national parks and landscapes in England.
Dedham Vale is a designated “national landscape” on the border of Essex and Suffolk, home to increasingly rare species including hazel dormice and hedgehogs. Within it is Manningtree station, where the train operator Greater Anglia built an extension to the car park to cope with increased traffic.
Continue reading...Russian spy ship fire exposes poor state of Mediterranean fleet, say experts
Incident reveals Russia’s maritime presence in the area is in a state of disrepair and disarray, argue western sources
A fire onboard a Russian spy ship off the coast of Syria has underlined the poor state of the Russian navy as its toehold in the Mediterranean hangs in the balance, analysts and western security services say.
The 55-year-old Kildin got into trouble off the Syrian coast last Thursday, when flames and thick black smoke could be seen billowing from its funnel and it hoisted two black balls up its mast, signifying that the crew no longer had control of the vessel.
Continue reading...‘This is sacred land’: an off-grid Wales community battles to keep their home
Legal action has begun to remove the tenants after the 80-acre site was sold to be turned into a healing retreat
Lunch around the huge sycamore and oak table in the farmhouse kitchen of the off-grid Brithdir Mawr community in the Preseli mountains of west Wales is a warm, gentle affair.
Members of the housing co-operative share soup made from leeks and potatoes grown in the gardens, served with crumbly goat’s cheese from its own herd, all washed down with mugs of mountain spring water.
Continue reading...Trans people flood Pelosi’s office with passport issues as Trump order causes travel chaos – The San Francisco Standard
- Trans people flood Pelosi’s office with passport issues as Trump order causes travel chaos The San Francisco Standard
- 'I feel like I’m stuck here': Trans, nonbinary Americans' passports remain in limbo USA TODAY
- DHS suspends approval of applications with ‘X’ gender marker Fox News
- Monroe County Clerk responds to federal passport changes, applications seeking sex-marker changes to be rejected RochesterFirst
- The U.S. State Department Suspends Passport Applications With This Marker — Here's What Every Traveler Needs to Know Travel + Leisure
‘The next 24 hours will be critical’: flooding to second-storey level possible as torrential rain soaks Queensland
Townsville warned of ‘very serious and dangerous event’, with flooding likely to continue into middle of next week for state’s north
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Cyclonic rainfall totals have lashed the regions of north Queensland as prepare-to-leave warnings were issued for six suburbs across Townsville.
The state’s north has been hit by torrential rain for days, resulting in road closures, flash flooding and multiple rescues due to tropical lows off the coast.
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