- In first papal trip, Leo will encounter ‘the now-adult Church in Africa’ The Pillar
- Bishops of Equatorial Guinea: Pope Leo's visit is 'a hug from God' Vatican News
- Pope’s Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges AP News
- Pope Leo heads to Africa on ambitious tour to urge help for continent Reuters
- Pope Leo’s visit to Africa: theology scholar outlines 3 realities the Catholic church must face The Conversation
Popular Tanzanian musician Matonya charged with rape in Kenya
The 43-year-old denies the charge and has been released on bail and had to surrender his passport.
Russia and Ukraine agree to Orthodox Easter truce
Vladimir Putin announced the truce, which will last from Saturday afternoon through Easter Sunday.
Ireland gridlocked by fuel protests as Iran war drives prices higher – CNBC
- Ireland gridlocked by fuel protests as Iran war drives prices higher CNBC
- Fuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway The Guardian
- Ireland fuel protests: 500 Irish petrol stations could have 'no fuel by end of day' BBC
- Live: Package of measures will be 'substantial' - Harris RTE.ie
- Fuel Protests Cause Transport Chaos in Ireland as Iran War Spikes Prices The New York Times
U.S. Ally Says He’s Completely ‘Fed Up’ With Trump and Putin’s Chaos – The Daily Beast
- U.S. Ally Says He’s Completely ‘Fed Up’ With Trump and Putin’s Chaos The Daily Beast
- Starmer Says He's 'Fed Up' With Trump as Europe Splinters From U.S. Over Iran War Time Magazine
- The Iran war is a warning: Britain must build resilience – at home and with our allies in Europe | Keir Starmer The Guardian
- ‘I’m Fed Up.’ Frustrated With Trump, Starmer Embraces Other Allies. The New York Times
- Iran conflict will define us for a generation, says PM BBC
War has given Iran new leverage for nuclear programme, say US former envoys
Negotiators of 2015 deal say Tehran has seen how cutting off Hormuz strait can help it counter asymmetry of power
Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have given Iran new tools and resolve to resist pressure to shutter its nuclear programme.
Two senior negotiators for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama-era agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief, said the Trump administration’s war had handed Iran a coveted weapon by demonstrating its ability to cut off the strait of Hormuz, an economic chokehold that one negotiator said would help Iran “balance the asymmetry of power” with the US.
Continue reading...With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically – The New York Times
- With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically The New York Times
- Overlooked IRGC body holds key to Iran's Hormuz approach, expert says Euronews.com
- Iran’s Hormuz Gambit: The Strait as a Weapon of Jihadist Endurance Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
- Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran’s Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military Force Alone Fails Just Security
- A new regional order for the Strait of Hormuz Al Jazeera
German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic
German media reports say Marla-Svenja Liebich used to be a member of a neo-Nazi group called Blood and Honour.
Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water? – The Guardian
- Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water? The Guardian
- Argentina passes bill loosening protection of its glaciers BBC
- Argentina passes reform to ease mining activity in glacier regions Reuters
- Argentina approves Milei's bill that eases protections for glaciers despite environmental backlash AP News
- Argentina MPs approve bill allowing mining in glaciers Al Jazeera
Trump ‘reaping bitter fruit’ of thinking Iran intervention as easy as Venezuela, says former diplomat
John Feeley says US president was ‘flush with victory’ of Maduro capture and could make same mistake in Cuba
Donald Trump is “reaping the bitter fruit” of erroneously thinking that the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, offered a blueprint for toppling the Iranian regime, according to one of the US state department’s most respected former Latin America experts.
John Feeley, a Marine helicopter pilot who later served as the US ambassador to Panama, believed Trump had been “flush with the victory from Venezuela” when he made the ill-fated decision to attack Iran in February, leaving a trail of destruction across the Middle East and dealing a hammer blow to the global economy.
Continue reading...’He’s mentally unstable’: Iranian American in Congress condemns Trump’s war and pushes for his removal
Democratic representative Yassamin Ansari says the war has only more deeply entrenched the Iranian regime
Donald Trump is an “evil human being” who “wants to be an emperor” and should be removed from office over the war in Iran, Yassamin Ansari, an Iranian American member of the US Congress, has told the Guardian.
Ansari, the daughter of Iranian immigrants who decades ago fled the regime, spoke out after the president threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilisation before backing down and announcing an uncertain two-week ceasefire.
Continue reading...Commentary: Pope Leo’s brave stance against Trump – Los Angeles Times
- Commentary: Pope Leo's brave stance against Trump Los Angeles Times
- At Easter vigil, Pope Leo urges world not to grow numb to war Reuters
- Pope Leo urges those who ‘unleash wars’ to choose peace in his first Easter message CNN
- On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to lay down weapons and 'choose peace' National Catholic Reporter
- Pope Leo XIV urges peace in first Easter Mass, skips naming conflicts in Urbi et Orbi CNBC
Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern – NBC News
- Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern NBC News
- South Korea deploys thermal imaging cameras in search for escaped zoo wolf BBC
- Hundreds search for wolf that escaped from zoo in South Korea The Guardian
- Wolf still at large in Daejeon, as search enters second day The Korea Herald
- A wolf that escaped from a zoo walks on a road in Daejeon themercury.com
Victim of ‘disgusting paedophile’ serving Australia’s longest sentence for child sex abuse tells of ‘lost decades’
Woman tells court ‘I lost my teenage self’ from abuse by teacher William ‘Rob’ Gilfillan, already in prison for offences against daughter
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A woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted in the 1980s by her high school PE teacher has told a court how the man’s actions resulted in her life being changed “negatively for decades”.
In December, William “Rob” Gilfillan was found guilty of indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual penetration of a child under 16. The five counts against two victims took place at Traralgon high school in Gippsland.
Continue reading...Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern – Reuters
- Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern Reuters
- South Korea deploys thermal imaging cameras in search for escaped zoo wolf BBC
- Wolf escapes Daejeon zoo, opening halted as authorities launch search The Korea Times
- Escaped Korean Wolf Is Now Something of a Celebrity Newser
- Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea Lebanon Democrat
Lebanon: Images of a Nation Uprooted by War – The New York Times
- Lebanon: Images of a Nation Uprooted by War The New York Times
- In Lebanon’s shelters, not everyone is welcome The Washington Post
- Forced from their homes by Israeli bombing, displaced Lebanese face uncertainty and sectarian tensions NBC News
- Up to 1.2 million people forced to flee as Israel pummels Lebanon Al Jazeera
- In Lebanon, sectarian tensions rise: 'We must stand united or we are heading for civil war' Le Monde.fr
Desperate for fuel, US allies in Asia are turning to its adversaries instead – CNN
- Desperate for fuel, US allies in Asia are turning to its adversaries instead CNN
- Allies turn to rivals as key oil route disruption alters global dynamics, reports say bdnews24.com
- Will US sanctions waivers force Asia to choose between short-term Iranian oil and long-term energy independence? Mitrade
- Asian allies diversify energy supplies after Hormuz disruption mezha.net
- Iranian Oil Waivers: Temporary Relief or a Step Toward Greater Energy Autonomy in Asia? Bitget
There’s growing disquiet in the military. The Iran war made it worse – NPR
How governments have tried to hide information about the Iran war online – NPR
- How governments have tried to hide information about the Iran war online NPR
- In the Room With Iran’s Social Media Savants New York Magazine
- How Iran’s Information War Machine Operates Online The New York Times
- Iran’s "Missile Messages": Media on a Steel Body WANA News Agency
- How Iran Fought The Online Information War Against US, And Why Some Say It Won | Explainers News News18
Djibouti votes as long-time leader seeks sixth presidential term
Politicians scrapped the presidential age limit last year, allowing Ismail Omar Guelleh to run yet again.