Tunisia jails ex-prime minister on terrorism charges
Ali Laarayedh is the latest high-profile critic of the president to be jailed as campaigners slam "sham trials".
Malta, Greece, Turkey said threatening to seize Gaza activists’ drone-hit ship if it docks – The Times of Israel
- Malta, Greece, Turkey said threatening to seize Gaza activists’ drone-hit ship if it docks The Times of Israel
- Explosions Cripple Ship Carrying Aid to Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea The New York Times
- Aid ship bound for Gaza catches fire after alleged Israeli drone attack off Malta CNN
- Gaza humanitarian aid ship ‘bombed by drones’ in waters off Malta | Israel-Gaza war The Guardian
- Activists say ship aiming to sail to Gaza was attacked by drones BBC
Captive-bred axolotls thrive in Mexican wetlands, researchers find – NPR
- Captive-bred axolotls thrive in Mexican wetlands, researchers find NPR
- Captive-bred axolotl thrives in restored wetlands in Mexico City BBC
- The axolotl is endangered in the wild. A discovery offers hope Science News
- Can Mexico bring back the endangered axolotl? Al Jazeera
- Endangered axolotls bred in captivity can survive in wild, study finds The Washington Post
Trump’s Truth Social posts make no sense – what do they say about his mentality?
The president’s little used social media platform offers him a forum for his nonstop haranguing and score-settling
No political leader has used social media quite like Donald Trump. But his recent posts on Truth Social, the social media platform he founded in 2021, have become increasingly bizarre: the president using the lack of scrutiny afforded by the platform’s small user base to truly let loose.
In the hundreds of “Truths” since he took office, Trump has variously used Truth Social to reimagine himself as a king and to urge Americans to “BE COOL!” as the stock market tanked in the wake of his trade war, the president’s seemingly random use of capital letters, punctuation and inaccurate spelling consistent across the messages.
Continue reading...Dying Syrian grandmother allowed to come to UK in Home Office U-turn
Soaad Al Shawa had been barred from spending final days with her family, who fled Damascus to settle in Glasgow
A Syrian grandmother who is dying of cancer has been given permission to come to the UK to spend her final days with the grandchildren she has never met, after a Home Office U-turn.
The government had wanted to bar Soaad Al Shawa, who has liver cancer and has been given just weeks to live by doctors, from travelling to spend her last days with her daughter Ola Al Hamwi, son-in-law Mostafa Amonajid and their three children aged seven, five and one. Al Shawa has only been able to communicate with her grandchildren on video calls.
Continue reading...Two dead after Peruvian navy ship hits oil platform in Amazon River
Thirty crew members were rescued from the vessel, while one person remains missing, Peru's defence ministry says.
South Korea’s conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate – The Guardian
- South Korea’s conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate The Guardian
- S Korea’s conservative party picks Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate Al Jazeera
- South Korea's conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate Reuters
- S.Korea’s Ruling Party Picks Ex-Minister as Presidential Nominee Bloomberg.com
- PPP presidential candidate pays respects to late presidents The Korea Times
South Korea’s conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
People Power party trail in polls in election called after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed for trying to impose martial law
South Korea’s conservative People Power party has picked former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its candidate for the 3 June presidential election, which was called after the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.
Kim will face the liberal Democratic party’s candidate, Lee Jae-myung, who has led each of the declared conservative candidates by large double-digit margins in polls.
Continue reading...Romania election 2025: Results, who’s standing and what’s at stake?
It's the country's second poll in less than a year after a previous election was anulled.
S Korea’s conservative party picks Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
Snap election was triggered by removal of Yoon Suk-yeol from the presidency for declaring martial law on December 3.
Five people survive 36 hours in swamp ‘surrounded by alligators’ after plane crash
The small plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a swamp in the Bolivian Amazon after an engine failure.
Five people survive 36 hours in swamp ‘surrounded by alligators’ after plane crash
The small plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a swamp in the Bolivian Amazon after an engine failure.
Groups fear Israeli proposal for controlling aid in Gaza will forcibly displace people – AP News
- Groups fear Israeli proposal for controlling aid in Gaza will forcibly displace people AP News
- LIVE: Israel’s attacks kill 30 in Gaza as baby dies of starvation Al Jazeera
- “The Situation Now Is So Beyond Imagination” The New Yorker
- Gaza kitchens warn food will run out in days after two months of Israeli blockade BBC
- Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation UN News
Rockets, VanVleet beat Warriors in Game 6, force playoff decider
Fred VanVleet scored 29 points as the Houston Rockets produce stunning 115-107 victory over the Golden State Warriors.
The Ethiopian bookbinder connecting a city’s people with its forgotten past
For three decades, Abdallah Ali Sherif has been on a mission to explore Harar's once-repressed cultural identity.
Crowd crush at temple in India’s Goa kills 6, injures dozens
Tens of thousands of devotees throng narrow lanes leading to Hindu temple in the coastal state, causing a deadly crush.
In 4th attack in a day, IDF says Houthi missile intercepted, triggering Jerusalem sirens – The Times of Israel
- In 4th attack in a day, IDF says Houthi missile intercepted, triggering Jerusalem sirens The Times of Israel
- Houthis maintain pressure on Israel as US launches more strikes on Yemen Al Jazeera
- Israel says it intercepted missile fired from Yemen; Houthis claim responsibility Reuters
- Houthis claim responsibility for morning missile attack The Times of Israel
- Sirens sound in Jerusalem, southern West Bank areas as IDF intercepts Houthi missile The Jerusalem Post
‘Unparalleled’ snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times
Scientists hope to make a universal antivenom from the extraordinary blood of a man exposed to snake venom for decades.
Australians sizzle on election day with ‘democracy sausage’ and ‘budgy smugglers’ – Reuters
- Australians sizzle on election day with 'democracy sausage' and 'budgy smugglers' Reuters
- Democracy Sausage, Voting In Swimsuits: Bizarre Polling Trends In Australia NDTV
- Uber Eats offers delivery democracy sausages – but is it ‘unAustralian’? The Guardian
- Australia Election Sausage chronicleonline.com
- AP Strange SummaryBrief at 9:31 p.m. EDT couriernews.com
‘Don’t see a major war with India, but have to be ready’: Pakistan ex-NSA
Pakistan’s ex-NSA says lack of crisis mechanisms could spark conflict with India after deadly Kashmir attack.