- India Is Increasingly Ruled by a Single Party—Modi’s WSJ
- Narendra Modi’s party is on a roll in India The Economist
- Where Have Modi’s Rivals Gone? India Under One Party The New York Times
- The BJP’s Bengal victory exposes the erosion of Indian democracy Al Jazeera
- Modi’s Sweep in Key State Puts Spotlight on Voter Roll Purge Bloomberg.com
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US says Hezbollah is ‘trying to derail talks’ with Israel
US State Department spokesperson says Hezbollah is ‘trying to derail talks’ with Israel.
Australian director Phillip Noyce shoots feature film for Saudi Arabia celebrating ‘heroism of security men in combating drugs’
Exclusive: Regime, which executed 243 people last year for drug offences, accused of investing in entertainment to whitewash its human rights record
The acclaimed Australian film-maker Phillip Noyce is being paid by the Saudi regime to make a feature film portraying the repressive state’s narcotics officers as heroes.
The Watchful Eyes, based on a real Saudi ministry of interior narcotics case, is billed as a dramatic depiction of the “heroism of security men in combating drugs”.
Continue reading...Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US
Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in region
Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already returned to their home countries.
Argentina, where the cruise to Antarctica departed, is consistently ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having the highest incidence of the rare, rodent-borne disease in Latin America. Investigators there are working to contact trace the source of contamination.
Continue reading...Rutgers disinvites convocation speaker after ‘inflammatory’ posts about Israel, sparking anger – New Jersey Globe
- Rutgers disinvites convocation speaker after ‘inflammatory’ posts about Israel, sparking anger New Jersey Globe
- Rutgers graduation speaker canceled for pro-Palestinian posts says decision sends ‘dangerous’ message The Guardian
- Rutgers University withdraws invite to a graduation speaker over his criticism of Israel AP News
- Rutgers disinvites commencement speaker over tweet claiming Israelis 'train dogs to sexually assault prisoners' The Forward
- CEO Rami Elghandour speaks out after Rutgers cancels graduation speech Bergen Record
Rising Fuel costs overshadowing agenda for ASEAN summit in the Philippines
ASEAN leaders have begun meeting in the Philippines as residents say their main concern is living costs.
France moves aircraft carrier group toward Strait of Hormuz for possible defensive mission – AP News
Bari Weiss ‘Meddles’ With ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Story on Palestine – Zeteo
US says migration has made Europe an ‘incubator’ for terrorism in new counter-terrorism strategy
The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka, and places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism efforts
The Trump administration has accused Europe of being an “incubator” for terrorism fuelled by mass migration, in a new counter-terrorism strategy unveiled on Wednesday.
The strategy also focuses on rooting out “violent left-wing extremists” including “radically pro-transgender” groups, as Trump’s conservative administration steps up its political attacks on opponents.
Continue reading...North Korea says it is not bound by any treaty on nuclear non-proliferation
Pyongyang says its status as nuclear-armed state 'will not change based on external rhetorical claims'.
German tourist wins payout after losing sun lounger race
The man sued his tour operator for allowing people to reserve sun loungers with towels despite a hotel ban on the practice.
German tourist wins payout after losing sun lounger race
The man sued his tour operator for allowing people to reserve sun loungers with towels despite a hotel ban on the practice.
Federal authorities arrest 18 people in Los Angeles raid amid drug crackdown
Justice department targets MacArthur Park, which has long struggled with fentanyl use, overdoses and homelessness
Federal authorities arrested 18 people in Los Angeles in a crackdown on drugs in MacArthur Park, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.
The DoJ said it was targeting an “open-air drug market” in the park near downtown, which has long struggled with fentanyl use and overdoses and has at times had large encampments of unhoused people.
Continue reading...Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in United States – The New York Times
- Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in United States The New York Times
- Hantavirus Case in Switzerland Spurs Race to Trace Contacts WSJ
- Countries scramble to track passengers of virus-hit cruise ship Reuters
- Spanish passenger on the ‘Hondius’: ‘There are 23 people who got off on Saint Helena and have been wandering around’ EL PAÍS English
- What doctors know about how the Andes hantavirus spreads CNN
Police arrest protester after five-days atop Washington bridge
Police have arrested an anti-war protester after he ended a five-day sit-in atop Washington’s Frederick Douglass bridge.
Iran war live: Trump threatens to ‘start bombing’ as Tehran to respond
Tehran expected to convey a response to a 14-point US proposal to end the war today to Pakistani mediators.
The no-nonsense judge calling the shots in Musk v Altman trial
The feud has fuelled a costly showdown between two tech titans.
Key bridge linking North Korea and Russia almost finished, satellite images show
The road crossing is the latest sign of the deepening relationship between Pyongyang and Moscow.
Cook more at home to reduce ultra-processed food intake, say cardiologist groups
‘Clinical consensus statement’ also urges heart doctors to advise patients to not eat late at night, and chew slowly
Want to reduce your intake of ultra-processed food? If so, cook at home more often, don’t eat late at night and chew your food more slowly.
Those are among some of the tips doctors have offered to help people limit the amount of UPF they consume given the acute and growing danger it poses to human health worldwide.
Continue reading...Man charged in DC shooting was walking near JD Vance’s motorcade, agent says
Michael Marx was shot by authorities multiple times and then taken to a hospital after bystander was wounded
A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington monument this week was walking along the path of JD Vance’s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was shot multiple times during Monday’s confrontation and was in the back of an ambulance on his way to a hospital when he said: “‘F—k the White House’ and ‘Kill me, kill me, kill me’”, a Secret Service agent said in an affidavit.
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