Should Israel be banned from international competitions?
Calls for Israel to be banned from the World Cup and Eurovision are growing due to the genocide in Gaza.
Watch: Trump and Netanyahu outline peace plan to end war in Gaza
The deal proposes an end to military operations, a release of Israeli hostages by Hamas and the immediate delivery of aid to Gaza.
What we know about Michigan church shooting and arson attack
Officials have not yet named a motive for the shooter or the names of the four people killed.
Lawyer for suspect in Kirk killing wants more time to review evidence
Amount of evidence in Charlie Kirk murder case is 'voluminous', both prosecutors and defence agree.
Tony Blair Emerges as Potential Figure in Postwar Gaza – The New York Times
- Tony Blair Emerges as Potential Figure in Postwar Gaza The New York Times
- Tony Blair set to serve on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza Financial Times
- Trump to run Gaza with Blair The Telegraph
- Postwar Gaza authority potentially led by Tony Blair ‘would sideline Palestinians’ The Guardian
- Tony Blair has never quit the Middle East. Now, he could run Gaza. The Washington Post
Trump renews threat to impose 100% tariffs on non-US made movies
The president believes the American film-making industry has been "stolen" by other countries.
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups – AP News
- Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups AP News
- Moldova's pro-EU party wins pivotal election in setback for Russia Reuters
- Moldova's pro-EU party wins vote mired in claims of Russian interference BBC
- Moldova Moves Toward Europe, but Russian Tug of War Persists The New York Times
- Moldova defies Russia by re-electing its pro-European government The Economist
North Korea says denuclearisation would mean surrendering its sovereignty
North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong staunchly defended the country’s nuclear programme.
Here’s the full text of Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza
The White House says its proposal would end the war on Gaza immediately if both sides accept.
Madagascar’s president dissolves government after ‘Gen Z’ protests
The UN says 22 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured since protests broke out on Thursday.
ChatGPT Rolls Out Major Changes After Teen’s Suicide – The Daily Beast
- ChatGPT Rolls Out Major Changes After Teen’s Suicide The Daily Beast
- Video shows the world's largest bridge open in China. See the 'engineering feat.' USA Today
- Huajiang grand canyon bridge: Engineering marvel meets tourism news.cgtn.com
- Faster than making Maggi: China cuts travel of 2 hours to 2 mins with highest bridge India Today
- Watch: World's highest bridge opens in China BBC
Madagascar’s president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests – AP News
- Madagascar’s president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests AP News
- Madagascar's president dissolves government amid 'Gen Z' protests BBC
- Madagascar protesters return to streets despite move to dissolve government Reuters
- Madagascar president dissolves government after youth-led deadly protests Al Jazeera
- ‘Violent response’ to youth-led protests in Madagascar leave at least 22 dead, U.N. says PBS
Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables – BBC
- Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables BBC
- Taliban shuts down internet across Afghanistan in latest crackdown CBS News
- ‘It kept our spirits alive’: Taliban’s internet blackout leaves girls in despair The Guardian
- Afghanistan faces communications blackout after Taliban shut down internet France 24
- Afghanistan’s internet goes down amid fears of a Taliban crackdown The Washington Post
Flights in Afghanistan grounded after internet shutdown
The Taliban have yet to give an official reason for the shutdown, but said it would last indefinitely.
Frigate, Radars, Troops Rushed To Copenhagen To Defend Against Mystery Drones – The War Zone
- Frigate, Radars, Troops Rushed To Copenhagen To Defend Against Mystery Drones The War Zone
- The eye in the sky: what Denmark’s drone sightings tell us about power and fear down the years The Conversation
- Denmark, rattled by mysterious UAV sightings, bans drone flights ahead of European Union summit CNN
- Hybrid attacks such as drones ‘part of new reality’, Danish minister warns, as Russia embarks on huge army call-up – as it happened The Guardian
- France, Sweden send anti-drone units to Denmark to secure EU summit Defense News
Nine people dead and scores injured over weekend of mass US shootings
Six separate mass shootings bring tally to 324 this year, underscoring continuing US crisis of gun violence
Sunday’s mass murder at a Mormon church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, which left at least four worshippers dead and eight wounded, was just one of six mass shootings that erupted across the US over a weekend of gun horror.
The Gun Violence Archive, an online non-profit database which records mass shootings in America, added six fresh incidents over Saturday and Sunday. The concentrated bloodletting, spread out across four states, took the lives of nine people, including the suspect in Sunday’s shooting at Grand Blanc’s Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church, as well as injuring at least 33.
Continue reading...Cannabis stocks soar after Trump shares video promoting drug’s use for seniors
Video posted on Truth Social touts CBD as a ‘gamechanger’ and promotes Medicaid coverage of CBD products
Cannabis stocks are on a high after Donald Trump shared a video on Sunday promoting cannabis use for seniors and Medicaid coverage of CBD products.
The nearly three-minute-long video, posted on the president’s Truth Social platform, touts the usage of hemp-derived CBD as a “gamechanger” that is a pain and stress reliever for seniors.
Continue reading...Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry
White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years
The White House will open 13.1m acres (5.3m hectares) of public land to coal mining while providing $625m for coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration has announced.
The efforts came as part of a suite of initiatives from the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency, aimed at reviving the flagging coal sector. Coal, the most polluting and costly fossil fuel, has been on a rapid decline over the past 30 years, with the US halving its production between 2008 and 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Continue reading...Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’
Inquiry hears of children exposed to pornography and suffering ‘grievous’ harm without protection of schools
The Covid pandemic disrupted the “very fabric of childhood”, the UK inquiry has heard, on the first day of a four-week session devoted to its impact on children and young people.
Clair Dobbin KC, counsel to the inquiry, said in her opening submission on Monday that some of the evidence drawn from the 18,000 stories and 400 targeted interviews would be “hard to listen to”.
Continue reading...Scottish government says schools must have separate toilets for boys and girls
Schools encouraged to also offer gender-neutral facilities for trans pupils or access to disabled and staff toilets
Schools must provide separate toilets and changing rooms for boys and girls to be used on the basis of a pupil’s biological sex, the Scottish government has said in updated guidance.
Transgender pupils can no longer use “the facilities they feel most comfortable with”, as was previously the case, but schools were encouraged to offer gender-neutral facilities or access to disabled and staff toilets for the relatively small number of children affected.
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