Cheers stars pay tribute to ‘Norm’ actor George Wendt
Kelsey Grammer and Ted Danson pay their respects to their "beloved" co-star from the hit US sitcom.
‘Heart bleeds’: Kashmiris grieve children killed on India-Pakistan frontier
An only child; a 5-year-old daughter; 12-year-old twins: To many Kashmiri families, India-Pakistan truce means little.
International Tea Day: Spilling the tea on unusual brews around the world
Tea is the most popular drink in the world with billions of cups drank every day.
At least six killed in school bus blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan
At least six killed and dozens wounded in a blast targeting a school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan, officials say.
Will EU deal make food cheaper, add $12bn to the UK economy?
PM Keir Starmer has heralded a 'landmark deal' seeking to reset ties between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Japan’s agriculture minister resigns after his remark about not having to buy rice – NPR
- Japan's agriculture minister resigns after his remark about not having to buy rice NPR
- Japanese Farm Minister Resigns After Saying He’d Never Bought Rice The New York Times
- Japan's farm minister said he has never had to buy rice. That cost him his job CNBC
- Japan’s Farm Minister Quits Over Rice Gaffe in Blow to Ishiba Bloomberg.com
- Japan PM Ishiba to sack farm minister Eto over rice remarks, Kyodo says Reuters
US chip export controls are a ‘failure’ because they spur Chinese development, Nvidia boss says
Comments from Jensen Huang come as Beijing accuses the US of ‘bullying and protectionism’
US chip exports controls have been a “failure”, the head of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, told a tech forum on Wednesday, as the Chinese government separately slammed US warnings to other countries against using Chinese tech.
Successive US administrations have imposed restrictions on the sale of hi-tech AI chips to China, in an effort to curb China’s military advancement and protect US dominance of the AI industry. But Huang told the Computex tech forum in Taipei that the controls had instead spurred on Chinese developers.
Continue reading...How the mask slipped during US fugitive Nicholas Rossi’s court saga
Unravelling the case of a US fugitive who claimed to be the victim of mistaken identity after being traced in Glasgow.
EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn
Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience
Climate breakdown and wildlife loss are deepening the EU’s “chocolate crisis”, a report has argued, with cocoa one of six key commodities to come mostly from countries vulnerable to environmental threats.
More than two-thirds of the cocoa, coffee, soy, rice, wheat and maize brought into the EU in 2023 came from countries that are not well prepared for climate change, according to the UK consultants Foresight Transitions.
Continue reading...U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions – NPR
- U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions NPR
- U.S. Ambassador Huckabee is 'outraged' at European leaders for condemning Israel NPR
- Israeli allies unleash strong rhetoric over Gaza, but actions so far are limited The Hill
- Britain, France and Canada Condemn Israel’s Expansion of Gaza War The New York Times
- 'This must end now' and 'Rayner's secret plan' BBC
Watch: Man tries to scale cruise ship in Sydney
A 29-year-old was arrested after he was seen climbing up the mooring lines of the Carnival Adventure cruise ship docked at Sydney Harbour.
Former DR Congo PM sentenced to hard labour on corruption charge
Augustin Ponyo Matata is found guilty of his part in embezzling about $245m.
Mexico City mayor’s personal secretary, adviser shot dead in morning ambush
Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada pledges 'no impunity' after killings of Ximena Guzman and Jose Munoz.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,182
These are the key events on day 1,182 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year
Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
Fires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threat – BBC
- Fires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threat BBC
- This chart of the planet’s forests should frighten you vox.com
- Wildfires devastated the Amazon basin in 2024 The Economist
- Global forest loss hits record — with CO2 in tow Axios
- Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows The Guardian
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year
Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
Romania’s Postponed Reckoning – Foreign Affairs
- Romania’s Postponed Reckoning Foreign Affairs
- Romania's new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain AP News
- Musk and Sacks question Romanian election, at odds with U.S. diplomat NBC News
- Mass Ukrainian drone strike targets Moscow, Russia claims, multiple airports closed The Kyiv Independent
- White House officials have the wrong reactions to the results of Romania’s election MSNBC News
18 hours in the making of a president: Inside Nicușor Dan’s election win – politico.eu
- 18 hours in the making of a president: Inside Nicușor Dan’s election win politico.eu
- Romania's new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain AP News
- Romania’s Postponed Reckoning Foreign Affairs
- Musk and Sacks question Romanian election, at odds with U.S. diplomat NBC News
- Romanian ministries accuse Russia of interference in Sunday's presidential runoff Euronews.com
Japanese minister resigns after saying he doesn’t buy rice because he gets it free
Taku Etō’s remarks drew fury as cost of rice has nearly doubled in a year amid soaring food prices
Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned after saying he never buys rice because he gets it free, a remark that drew public fury in a country facing soaring food prices.
Taku Etō’s resignation has added to pressure on the prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, whose failure to rein in soaring rice prices and address a wider cost of living crisis has angered voters ahead of upper house elections in July.
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