Afghan quake victims buried on mountain top as aftershocks continue
The BBC's Yama Bariz travelled to a region devastated by the 6.0 magnitude earthquake.
Why is Bangladesh saying it can no longer host Rohingya?
Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh is the world’s largest refugee camp. What future awaits the Rohingya refugees stuck there?
Suntory CEO resigns after purchase of potentially illegal supplements
The supplements allegedly contained THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis, which is illegal in Japan.
Katz: Top Houthis ‘escaping Sanaa’ after IDF killed Yemeni terror group’s PM, ministers – The Times of Israel
- Katz: Top Houthis ‘escaping Sanaa’ after IDF killed Yemeni terror group’s PM, ministers The Times of Israel
- Yemenis mourn killed Houthi prime minister as rebel group targets ship in Red Sea AP News
- Houthis Vow Revenge After Israeli Attack Kills Senior Officials The New York Times
- Israel Hit Yemen Target Just Hours After Discovering an Imminent Houthi Meeting The Wall Street Journal
- Israel’s Killing of Yemen’s Houthi PM May Expand Regional War: Rami Khouri Democracy Now!
Thousands of Israeli reservists report for duty ahead of Gaza City offensive
Ground forces are already pushing into the city, where hospitals say more than 50 people were killed by Israeli strikes on Tuesday.
Vogue’s Wintour taps successor to lead editorial at the iconic magazine
Chloe Malle, who has been with the magazine for more than a decade, will take the top job even as Wintour stays on.
What do we know about Kim Jong Un’s daughter – and potential successor?
Kim Ju Ae's visit to China with her father is likely to further fuel speculation she may succeed him.
Russia’s reckless jamming of GPS systems – Financial Times
- Russia’s reckless jamming of GPS systems Financial Times
- Russia Suspected of Jamming GPS for E.U. Leader’s Plane, Officials Say The New York Times
- What to know about Russia’s GPS jamming operation in Europe AP News
- NATO to fight Russian jamming after VDL's plane loses GPS in Bulgaria Euronews.com
- Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference Financial Times
Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles was illegal, judge rules
The ruling comes as Trump seeks to use National Guard troops in order to crack down on crime in other US cities.
Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing 1,000 – Reuters
- Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing 1,000 Reuters
- Landslide kills over 1,000 people and levels entire village in Sudan's Central Darfur Fox News
- As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide NPR
- Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, kills 1,000 Reuters
- Pope prays for 1,000 killed in floods in Sudan's Darfur region Vatican News
3 deported by U.S. held in African prison despite completing sentences, lawyers say – PBS
- 3 deported by U.S. held in African prison despite completing sentences, lawyers say PBS
- Trump Administration Deports Jamaican Man to African Prison Years After U.S. Sentence The New York Times
- Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally The Guardian
- DHS rages over what it calls a NYT 'sob story' about convicted Jamaican murderer deported by Trump Fox News
- The New York Times Peddles Sob Story of Criminal Illegal Alien Murderer Homeland Security (.gov)
Argentina couple under house arrest amid search for painting stolen by Nazis
Daughter of former Nazi official and her husband to be questioned after raid on home failed to find masterpiece
A federal court in Argentina has ordered house arrest for the daughter of a former Nazi official and her husband after a raid failed to locate a painting stolen from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam.
Authorities raided a home in the coastal city of Mar del Plata last week after a Dutch newspaper identified a painting seen in a real estate photo as an Italian masterpiece registered on a database of lost wartime art.
Continue reading...Peru pledges to investigate the ‘heinous’ killing of Indonesian diplomat
Police say diplomat Zetro Leonardo Purba was shot three times as he bicycled home to his apartment in Lima, Peru.
Putin hails ties with China as Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing on eve of parade
Russian president says relations at ‘unprecedentedly high level’ as dozens of leaders gather for Victory Day events
Vladimir Putin has hailed Russia’s “unprecedentedly” high level of ties with China, as dozens of leaders including the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing on the eve of a massive military parade intended to showcase a Chinese-led global order.
Putin called China’s leader, Xi Jinping, a “dear friend” after the two held talks at the Great Hall of the People and then at Xi’s personal residence. “Our close communication reflects the strategic nature of Russia-China relations, which are at an unprecedentedly high level,” Putin told Xi, according to a video on the Kremlin’s Telegram channel. “We were always together then, and we remain together now.”
Continue reading...Belgium to recognise Palestinian state, impose sanctions on Israel
Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot tells Al Jazeera his country will recognise Palestine as a state this month.
Outcry as Swedish ‘cultural canon’ snubs Abba and anything since 1975
Critics argue ‘shared map’ of Swedish culture is ‘very exclusionary’ and a ‘nationalist education project’
The Gustav Vasa 1541 bible, Pippi Longstocking, Ikea, the right to roam, paternity leave, Sámi joiks, the Nobel prize and works by Ingmar Bergman and August Strindberg all made it into Sweden’s long-awaited, much-criticised proposal for a “cultural canon”.
However, notable omissions from the list of 100 works and references that have formed Sweden’s culture and history – intended, its creators said in Uppsala on Tuesday, to establish a “shared map and compass” for Swedish citizens and new arrivals to Sweden – included Abba and anything from after 1975, a period that has seen Sweden transform into an international, multicultural society.
Continue reading...Margaret Atwood releases short story critiquing book bans in Canada
Author quipped she wrote ‘suitable’ piece after Alberta school ban included her novel The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood has released a new short story critiquing elected officials for a wide-ranging book ban in the Canadian province of Alberta. The controversial decision to remove books purportedly containing “explicit sexual content” has seen numerous works of literature swept up in the dragnet, including Atwood’s dystopian work The Handmaid’s Tale.
In a social media post, Atwood wrote that since her famed work was no longer permissible in Alberta schools, she had written a “suitable” short work for teens, adding the work was necessary because the province’s minister of education thought students were “stupid babies”.
Continue reading...Top genocide scholars say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The leading group of genocide scholars has agreed that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide.
Kraft Heinz to split into two companies as financial struggles mount
The spinoff comes a decade after the two companies merged in efforts to boost growth.
Putin says Trump admin ‘listening’ to Russia’s stance on Ukraine war
The Russian leader told the Slovak PM that Moscow and Washington had a 'mutual understanding' on how to end the war.