US Supreme Court hits deadlock in case of publicly funded religious school
The high court's decision avoids setting precedent but allows a lower court's ruling barring the school to stand.
Words won’t save Gaza – The West must stop enabling Israel’s war
After a year of bloodshed, the UK and allies are speaking. Now they must act.
US Supreme Court blocks public funding for religious charter school
A split Supreme Court ruling upholds a lower court decision that prohibited Oklahoma from establishing the nation's first Christian charter school.
Iran would view US as ‘participant’ in any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites
Warning issued after US intelligence reportedly understood Israel might attack if Iran-US talks broke down
Iran has said it will hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites in remarks that set a fraught backdrop for the fifth and probably most important round of talks between Iran and the US on the future of Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, issued the warning on Thursday after reports appeared in the American media claiming US intelligence understood Israel was planning an attack on Iranian nuclear sites – with or without American support – if the talks broke down.
Continue reading...Children and elderly are dying from starvation in Gaza, says health minister
UN spokesperson says about 90 aid trucks have entered Gaza, but Palestinian Red Crescent says deliveries have not arrived
Twenty-nine children and elderly people have died from starvation in Gaza in the last two days, the Palestinian Authority health minister has said , as Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people since dawn amid a renewed military offensive across the territory.
The warning came as food aid is expected to start reaching Palestinians in Gaza this week after Israel began allowing limited goods through after nearly three months after global pressure to lift the blockade and halt a newly expanded offensive.
Continue reading...No new direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks are scheduled, Kremlin says – AP News
- No new direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks are scheduled, Kremlin says AP News
- Editorial: Russia just said it doesn’t want peace. This is what you need to do The Kyiv Independent
- Kremlin Denies Report of Upcoming Peace Talks With Ukraine at Vatican The Moscow Times
- Kremlin questions Zelenskyy’s mandate to dodge peace deal The New Voice of Ukraine
- Russia denies stalling peace talks, says no decision yet on venue Reuters
‘It was so unreal’: Norwegian man wakes to cargo ship in his garden
A 135-metre container vessel ran aground in Byneset, near Trondheim, narrowly missing a house
A Norwegian man has spoken of the “unreal” moment he woke up to discover that a 135-metre container ship had crashed into his front garden.
The cargo vessel, the NCL Salten, had run aground just before 5am on Thursday after entering the Trondheim fjord on its way to the western town of Orkanger.
Continue reading...Ukraine Fires Hundreds of Drones at Russia, Moscow Says – The New York Times
- Ukraine Fires Hundreds of Drones at Russia, Moscow Says The New York Times
- Ukrainian drones target Russia in large-scale attack, Moscow claims 159 drones shot down in under a day The Kyiv Independent
- Ukrainian Drone Attacks Halt Flights at Moscow Airports Kyiv Post
- Ukraine, Russia say drone strikes continue after Trump-Putin call CNN
- Russia Forced to Close Airspace, Shut Down Internet Amid Drone Raids Newsweek
‘World’s greatest designer’ Jony Ive joins OpenAI to ‘reimagine’ computers
The man who designed the iPad, iMac and iPhone will try to come up with a new generation of products for the AI era.
Multiple deaths after small plane crashes in California neighbourhood
Authorities in the city of San Diego say that heavy fog had created low-visibility conditions at time of crash.
Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil challenges arrest in US immigration court
Khalil's lawyer say 'egregious government misconduct' means Trump administration deportation case should be thrown out.
Murdered live on TikTok – Mexico’s femicide crisis
Mexico’s femicide crisis is back in the headlines after beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was murdered on a live stream.
Gaza girl tells Al Jazeera she’s stopped thinking of the future
‘We cannot think of our future, because somebody else is controlling it’.
Why are the number of flights reduced at Newark airport in the US?
The Department of Transportation has asked the airport to reduce operations to 56 departures and arrivals per hour.
Chinese astronauts add debris shields to Tiangong space station during 8-hour spacewalk (video) – Space
- Chinese astronauts add debris shields to Tiangong space station during 8-hour spacewalk (video) Space
- Shenzhou-20 crew starts a series of experiments within month on orbit Global Times
- Crew floats for 8 hours in its first spacewalk China Daily
- CMSA: Shenzhou-20 crew set for maiden extravehicular activities news.cgtn.com
- Shenzhou-20 astronauts complete first spacewalk China's Ministry of National Defense
Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts
The warning comes as cuts to American research raise fears over the ability to track and prepare for them.
Investigating Israel’s strike on Gaza’s European Hospital
BBC Verify analysed footage, gathered witness testimony and spoke to munitions and legal experts to examine how one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals came under Israeli attack.
Investigating Israel’s strike on Gaza’s European Hospital
BBC Verify analysed footage, gathered witness testimony and spoke to munitions and legal experts to examine how one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals came under Israeli attack.
Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza
Majed Abu Ramadan says 29 Palestinian children, elderly people killed as hunger grips bombarded enclave.
Inside a Harrowing, Hail-Damaged Flight: ‘We Thought It Was Our Last’ – The New York Times
- Inside a Harrowing, Hail-Damaged Flight: ‘We Thought It Was Our Last’ The New York Times
- Passengers scream for their lives after plane struck by one natural disaster after another: ‘I am still in shock’ Yahoo
- Storm, Screams, Hailstones: IndiGo's 8,500 Ft/Min Drop After Pak Refusal NDTV
- IAF assisted IndiGo flight after Pak denied airspace amid turbulence: Report Hindustan Times
- Horrified Passengers Can Be Heard Screaming on Plane That Flies Through a Violent Hail and Lightning Storm: Video People.com