- 215 rockets fired at north after IDF killing of ‘most senior’ Hezbollah officer yet The Times of Israel
- Hezbollah rains rockets on Israel after strike kills commander Yahoo! Voices
- Hamas proposed unworkable changes to cease-fire plan, Blinken says NBC News
- Israel-Hamas War Day 250: What's happening in Gaza, Middle East? The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas Hardens Stance on U.S.-Backed Cease-Fire Proposal The Wall Street Journal
Ancient Maya Genomes Sequenced for First Time – The New York Times
- Ancient Maya Genomes Sequenced for First Time The New York Times
- Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá Nature.com
- Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals an unexpected finding CNN
- Child sacrifices at famed Maya site were all boys, many closely related Science News Magazine
- DNA reveals ritual of sacrificing boys, including twins, in ancient Mayan city, scientists say CBS News
‘I’ve been stabbed’: US teacher recounts China attack
David Zabner describes the moments he was stabbed in an attack at a busy park in China.
Switzerland’s parliament defies ECHR and female climate activists – BBC.com
- Switzerland's parliament defies ECHR and female climate activists BBC.com
- Swiss lawmakers reject climate ruling in favour of female climate elders The Guardian
- Swiss parliament snubs European court climate ruling Reuters
- Swiss parliament spurns European climate ruling – POLITICO POLITICO Europe
- Switzerland Considers Defying Climate Court Order OilPrice.com
British archaeologists make deathly discovery at 800-year-old shipwreck – New York Post
- British archaeologists make deathly discovery at 800-year-old shipwreck New York Post
- Huge Christian Grave Slabs Recovered From 13th-Century Shipwreck Newsweek
- Archaeologists recover two medieval grave slabs from submerged shipwreck HeritageDaily
- Grave Slabs, Mortars, & Other Invaluable Artefacts Recovered from England's Oldest Shipwreck Marine Insight
- Archaeologists make eerie discovery while exploring 800-year-old shipwreck GB News
More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage – The Associated Press
- More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage The Associated Press
- Hajj 2024: Saudi Arabia braces for extreme heat – DW – 06/11/2024 DW (English)
- When are Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2024? Al Jazeera English
- Pilgrims flock to Makkah for Haj under shadow of Gaza conflict DAWN.com
- 'The power of humanity': CT Muslims embark on Hajj, a transformative holy pilgrimage Connecticut Public
Spain publishes list of art seized during civil war
Culture ministry hopes to help people reclaim family property plundered by Franco regime
Spain’s culture ministry has published a list of more than 5,000 items plundered by the Franco regime – including paintings, sculptures, jewellery, furniture and religious ornaments – to help people reclaim their family property almost a century after it was taken for safekeeping following the outbreak of the civil war.
The inventory, which is part of the government’s efforts to bring “justice, reparation and dignity” to the victims of the conflict and the subsequent dictatorship, was posted online on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Acropolis closed during hottest hours as earliest-ever heatwave of year hits Greece
Temperatures expected to reach 43C in Athens and across country, prompting school closures and health warnings
The Acropolis, Greece’s most visited tourist site, was closed to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as the season’s earliest-ever heatwave swept the country, prompting school closures and health warnings.
The culture ministry had said the Unesco-listed archaeological site in Athens would close from midday to 5pm (09.00 to 14.00 GMT), with temperatures expected to reach 43C (109F) on Wednesday and Thursday.
Continue reading...General election live: Green party defends ‘ambitious’ spending plans at manifesto launch
The Greens’ spending commitments include £50bn for the NHS and £29bn to insulate homes
In an interview with ITV due to be broadcast on Wednesday evening, Rishi Sunak says he went without “lots of things” as a child, including Sky TV.
Sunak was pressed in the interview by the ITV journalist Paul Brand to give examples of things he didn’t have a child to which he replied: “There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
Continue reading...Peso Gets Crushed as Sheinbaum Struggles to Reassure Investors – Yahoo Finance
- Peso Gets Crushed as Sheinbaum Struggles to Reassure Investors Yahoo Finance
- Mexico’s Sheinbaum to push forward with judicial reform, peso slumps NBC News
- Mexico's Leftists Won Big. Investors Are Worried. The New York Times
- Mexican peso, stocks tumble on fears of ruling coalition super-majority in Congress Reuters
- Mexico's president-elect vows to press ahead with controversial judicial overhaul Financial Times
Hamas has proposed ‘unworkable’ changes to ceasefire plan, Blinken says – as it happened
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Israel’s military has issued a statement saying that it continues to operate in the central Gaza Strip and in the Rafah area. It claims it is carrying out “intelligence-based, targeted operations” and to have “eliminated a number of armed terrorist cells in close-quarters encounters.”
It says that “Over the past day, the Israeli air force struck and dismantled over 30 terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including military structures.”
Continue reading...EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms
Move, to be applied provisionally from July, would trigger duties of more than €2bn a year
The EU has notified Beijing that it intends to impose tariffs of up to 38% on imports of Chinese electric vehicles, triggering duties of more than €2bn (£1.7bn) a year and a likely trade war with China.
The tariffs will be applied provisionally from next month in line with World Trade Organization rules, which give China four weeks to challenge any evidence the EU provides to justify the levies on imported EVs.
Continue reading...Rare white buffalo born at Yellowstone prompts Lakota Sioux celebration
The birth, not yet confirmed by park officials, holds special significance to tribe as ‘both a blessing and warning’
A rare white buffalo has been born in Yellowstone national park, with the arrival prompting local Lakota Sioux leaders to plan a special celebration, with the calf representing a sign of hope and the need to look after the planet.
The white calf was reportedly spotted shortly after its birth, on Tuesday last week, by park visitor Erin Braaten, a photographer. She took several shots of the wobbly baby after spotting it amongst a herd of buffalo in the north-eastern corner of the large park, located in Wyoming and a small slice of Montana.
Continue reading...Emmanuel Macron defends snap election and calls for moderate parties to unite against far right – as it happened
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Macron is now speaking about economic goals.
Speaking at a press conference, Emmanuel Macron said that in Sunday’s vote in the European election citizens have expressed their concerns and difficulties. We must bring a democratic response, he said.
Returning to the sovereign people is, in my opinion, the only republican decision in this context.
Do we think that (Republicans party leader) Mr. Ciotti - and The Republicans who follow him - who up until now explained that the ruling majority was too lax and that we needed to rein in our public spending faster, would govern effectively with the (far-right) National Rally, whose program has been independently costed at about 100 billion euros a year for our taxpayers?
We must, first and foremost, continue relentlessly to act for greater security and (state) firmness, and implement the laws that have been passed, like our European texts, to reduce illegal immigration.
Continue reading...Indonesian police arrest 6 suspected poachers over the killing of 26 endangered Javan rhinos – ABC News
- Indonesian police arrest 6 suspected poachers over the killing of 26 endangered Javan rhinos ABC News
- Javan rhino poacher gets 12 years in record sentence for wildlife crime in Indonesia Mongabay.com
- Indonesia gangs poached 26 rare Javan rhinos since 2018: police MSN
- Gangs claim to have killed one third of Javan rhinos | News Save the Rhino International
- Ministry to investigate claims of 26 Javan rhinos killed by poachers asianews.network
Remaining British judges urged to resign from Hong Kong’s top court
The three British judges still on territory’s top bench under pressure to quit after two others stepped down last week
Pressure is increasing on the last remaining British judges who sit in Hong Kong’s top court to resign, after two senior justices stepped down last week because of the “political situation” in the former British colony.
Jonathan Sumption and Lawrence Collins resigned as non-permanent overseas judges from Hong Kong’s court of final appeal on Thursday. Collins cited the “political situation in Hong Kong” in a brief statement about his departure.
Continue reading...Macron urges French parties to unite against far-right National Rally
President warns against ‘spirit of defeatism’ as country prepares for snap vote to clarify far-right surge in support
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has urged all parties to form an alliance against Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and resist the “spirit of defeatism” after he announced a surprise snap election in response to the far-right’s large gains in European elections.
With the far right at a historic high and the French political class plunged into uncertainty with less than three weeks until the first round of the legislative vote, Macron said he had dissolved parliament and called the election in order to hold back “extremes”.
Continue reading...‘A lot of people won’t vote’: Chingford voters unenthusiastic as Labour does battle with Faiza Shaheen
Labour is fighting its former candidate in Iain Duncan Smith’s long-held seat, but local residents don’t appear bowled over by their election options
“The Tories really don’t deserve to be in but I’ll struggle to support Labour. I will have to vote. But it will be a struggle to vote.” David Cherry is out walking his dog, Bella, in the spring sunshine in Chingford Green park.
“It’s quite a depressing state, to be honest,” Cherry continues. “Neither of them give you a clear indication. They all talk, we all know nothing’s going to happen.”
Continue reading...Newly deciphered manuscript is oldest written record of Jesus Christ’s childhood, experts say – CBS News
- Newly deciphered manuscript is oldest written record of Jesus Christ's childhood, experts say CBS News
- German researchers decode earliest known written record of Jesus' childhood Fox News
- Earliest manuscript of gospel about Jesus’ childhood identified NewsNation Now
- A New Discovery Could Offer Some Clues About Jesus' Childhood Popular Mechanics
- Experts discover earliest record of Jesus' childhood after deciphering 2,000-year-old Egyptian manuscript Daily Mail
G7 leaders head to Italy for summit as Ukraine and Russia top the agenda
US wants show of strength with planned sanctions for helping Russia, but group will also discuss migration, Middle East and AI
A dramatic expansion of entities exposed to US sanctions for helping the Russian economy and an EU-led $50bn loan to ease the financial burden on Ukraine will be at the centre of discussions at a summit of the leaders of wealthy G7 nations in Puglia, Italy, starting on Thursday.
The leaders, facing unprecedented challenges from discontented electorates, will be under heightened pressure to provide concrete results as their three days of discussion range across an interlinked agenda encompassing the war in Ukraine, migration, Africa, the Middle East, the climate crisis and harnessing artificial intelligence (AI).
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