- 'Reborn mothers' love their scary-realistic baby dolls and slam critics of bizarre craze: 'I want the right to go out with them' New York Post
- Brazil’s lifelike doll craze goes from shopping malls to state legislatures AP News
- Brazil breaks out in a rash over life-like doll craze France 24
- Lifelike dolls spark debate in Brazil over therapy value and legal risks Straight Arrow News
- Brazil's life-like doll craze goes viral as online videos spark political reaction MSN
Israel attacks western Syria despite recent indirect talks to calm tensions
The Israeli military said it planned to 'continue to operate to maintain freedom of action in the region'.
Trump praises Elon Musk for ‘colossal change’ as Doge adviser says farewell
US president presents top ally with golden key as Musk says Doge unit ‘will only grow stronger over time’
Donald Trump saw Elon Musk off from the White House on Friday, as the Tesla chief concluded his more than four months leading the so-called department of government efficiency’s disruptive foray into federal departments that achieved far fewer cost savings than expected.
Standing alongside Trump in the Oval Office, Musk, who faced a 130-day limit in his tenure as a special government employee that had ended two days prior, vowed that his departure “is not the end” of Doge.
Continue reading...Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN – The Guardian
- Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN The Guardian
- In Gaza’s Emaciated Children, a Hunger Crisis Is Laid Bare The New York Times
- Updates: UN says all of Gaza facing famine as Israel attacks aid seekers Al Jazeera
- A family digs through trash for bits of food, showing Gaza’s growing desperation AP News
- Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC BBC
Third arrest made in drugging death of Telemundo reporter near New Orleans
Police announce allegations against Christian Anderson, 33, after body of Adan Manzano, 27, found on 5 February
Authorities investigating the apparent drugging death and robbery of a Telemundo reporter who was covering February’s Super Bowl have arrested a third suspect in the case.
On Friday, the Kenner police department in Louisiana announced the arrest of 33-year-old Christian Anderson on allegations that he had a role in the death of Adan Manzano, 27, whose body was found on 5 February in his hotel room in the city just west of New Orleans.
Continue reading...Food for Gaza decays in Jordan warehouses as Israel restricts aid – NPR
M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87
Swit won awards for her role as "Hot Lips" Houlihan, a nurse based at hospital during the Korean War.
Trump’s week shows the risks of his full-speed-ahead approach – The Washington Post
- Trump’s week shows the risks of his full-speed-ahead approach The Washington Post
- Week in politics: Supreme Court allows humanitarian program pause, Musk leaves DOGE KOSU
- A look at what happened in the US government this week KCRA
- ELAM: Chaos continues Odessa American
- Trump Clings to Good News While Risks Pile Up Fast Bloomberg
Live updates: Hamas considers Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli strikes kill at least 27 – AP News
- Live updates: Hamas considers Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli strikes kill at least 27 AP News
- Unable to Justify Their Army Killing Children in Gaza, Israelis Retreat Into Deep Denial Haaretz
- Israeli Airstrike Kills at Least 7 of a Doctor’s Children, Gaza Officials Say The New York Times
- Tiny girl who emerged from flames of Israeli strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter says "fire filled the sky" CBS News
- Israeli attacks kill at least 70 in Gaza as hunger crisis deepens Al Jazeera
French scientist behind abortion pill dies aged 98
Etienne-Emile Baulieu created the pill to give women a safe alternative to surgical abortion.
French scientist behind abortion pill dies aged 98
Etienne-Emile Baulieu created the pill to give women a safe alternative to surgical abortion.
In Oval Office farewell, Trump says Elon Musk is ‘not really leaving’
Musk's time in government ended with a colourful Oval Office meeting at Trump's side.
Watch: A black eye and a gold key – Musk’s last day at Doge
The tech mogul, whose time as a special government employee has ended, attributed the bruise to rough-housing with his five-year-old son.
Anthony Weiner says female politicians ‘judged much more harshly than men’
Weiner makes comment as he campaigns for New York City council seat years after sexting scandal
Anthony Weiner says politicians such as him and Donald Trump can survive scandals while qualified candidates including Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton lose elections because “women get judged much more harshly than men do”.
“I do believe that,” Weiner said Friday on ABC’s The View amid his run for a New York City council seat years after he crashed out of Congress in the wake of a sexting scandal that some argue aided Trump in clinching his first presidency in 2016.
Continue reading...‘Disturbing’: Expert breaks down ‘sheer garishness’ of Trump’s Oval Office makeover – AlterNet
- 'Disturbing': Expert breaks down 'sheer garishness' of Trump's Oval Office makeover AlterNet
- Opinion | Trump’s Oval Office Is a Gilded Rococo Nightmare. Help. The New York Times
- Trump’s Midas touch transforms the Oval Office into a glittering gilded palace News24
- From gravitas to glitter: the White House reality show - Opinion Daily Kos
- Don’t blame staff for Trump’s missteps | READER COMMENTARY Baltimore Sun
Russia throws down ceasefire conditions – Istanbul awaits Ukraine’s reply – Euromaidan Press
- Russia throws down ceasefire conditions – Istanbul awaits Ukraine’s reply Euromaidan Press
- U.N. Security Council Holds Meeting on Russia-Ukraine War C-SPAN
- Senate to 'start moving' Russia sanctions bill next week, Graham says The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine's foreign minister calls for sanctions after Russia's UN threats Українська правда
- Russia tells UN West must stop arming Ukraine during any ceasefire Reuters
Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order
Al-Awda, the last functioning hospital in the North Gaza governorate, is out of service after the Israeli military ordered its evacuation.
Macron warns the West could lose credibility over Ukraine and Gaza wars
The French president spoke at the Shangri-la Dialogue, a high-level Asia defence summit in Singapore.
Free Speech Warrior: I’m Victim of ‘Criminal’ Sex Tapes Leak – The Daily Beast
- Free Speech Warrior: I’m Victim of ‘Criminal’ Sex Tapes Leak The Daily Beast
- Glenn Greenwald Sex Tape Leak: Journalist Cites “Maliciously Political” Motives The Hollywood Reporter
- Queer Scribe Glenn Greenwald Responds to Damaging Video, Says it was Leaked by Political Enemies EDGE Media Network
- FACT CHECK: Glenn Greenwald 'Has Never Bowed' and 'Does Not Bend' freebeacon.com
- Glenn Greenwald Confirms Leaked Videos, Calls It A 'Malicious' Political Attack Times Now
Supreme court allows White House to revoke temporary protected status of many migrants
Ruling reverses hold on Trump administration’s ending humanitarian parole of Venezuelan migrants and others
The US supreme court on Friday announced it would allow the Trump administration to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president’s drive to step up deportations.
The court put on hold Boston-based US district judge Indira Talwani’s order halting the administration’s move to end the immigration humanitarian “parole” protections granted to 532,000 people by Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, potentially exposing many of them to rapid removal from the country, while the detailed case plays out in lower courts.
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