Anti-Trump demonstrations sweep across the US
Protesters have rallied across the US against the administration of President Donald Trump.
Theresa May on modern slavery and the crisis of global leadership
The former UK prime minister on why modern slavery persists and what today’s leaders are getting wrong.
Israeli police clash with Christian worshippers on Easter
Israeli police threatened Christians trying to celebrate Easter as they corralled worshippers in occupied East Jerusalem
Pope calls for peace, warns against ‘logic of fear’ in Easter message ‘urbi et orbi’ – Catholic News Agency
- Pope calls for peace, warns against ‘logic of fear’ in Easter message ‘urbi et orbi’ Catholic News Agency
- Pope Meets With JD Vance After Criticism of Trump Administration The New York Times
- Pope wishes ‘Happy Easter’ to delighted crowds at Vatican after briefly meeting Vance CNN
- Pope Francis appears for Easter Sunday blessing after meeting JD Vance at Vatican ABC News
- Pope Francis skips Easter Mass, but greets worshippers from St. Peter's Basilica NBC News
‘Little guest’: How a rescued baby brought two Gaza families together
Tareq found his wife dead after Israel bombed their shelter in December 2023. But their baby had disappeared.
Trump & US judiciary now face a “very serious situation”
Leon Fresco on the growing rift between Trump and the courts – and what’s really at stake for the US judicial system.
‘Their pursuits are the cigar and the siesta’: how two centuries of British writers helped forge our view of Spain
Laurie Lee and Robert Graves among ‘English-speaking Quixotes’ in new book celebrating literary love for all things Spanish
Almost 200 years ago, the pioneering British travel writer Richard Ford offered an observation that has been happily ignored by the legions of authors who have traipsed in his dusty footsteps across Spain, toting notebooks, the odd violin or Bible, and, of course, their own particular prejudices.
“Nothing causes more pain to Spaniards”, Ford noted in his 1845 Handbook for Travellers in Spain, “than to see volume after volume written by foreigners about their country.”
Continue reading...Jim Ratcliffe’s chemicals business under pressure from Trump tariffs, Moody’s warns
Rating agency downgrades Ineos Quattro as it says ‘trade barriers’ could affect it for next two years
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s loss-making chemicals business could take longer than expected to recover its financial health because of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, analysts have said.
The billionaire industrialist has faced growing concerns over the state of his chemicals group amid problems with his business interests in Manchester United and All Blacks rugby.
Continue reading...All US immigrants are entitled to “due process”
Allen Orr on Trump’s attacks on judges – politics as usual, or signs of a deeper constitutional crisis?
No “military victory from either side” in Sudan war
Mohy Omer on Sudan’s war two years in – no clear victory in sight, but is there still a chance for negotiations?
King Charles Extends Olive Branch To Disgraced Brother Prince Andrew At Easter Church Service – Deadline
- King Charles Extends Olive Branch To Disgraced Brother Prince Andrew At Easter Church Service Deadline
- King Charles and Queen Camilla joined by other royals for Easter service BBC
- Prince Andrew joins Charles and Camilla for Easter Sunday service The Guardian
- Prince William, Kate Middleton and kids absent from royals' Easter service for 2nd year Yahoo News
- Kate Middleton, Prince William and Kids to Skip Royal Easter Outing Again in Surprise Move People.com
Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare – AP News
Moscow may gain key role in Iran nuclear deal as US talks progress
Russia touted as possible destination for Iran’s uranium stockpile and could also act as arbiter of deal breaches
Russia could play a key role in a deal on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, with Moscow being touted not only as a possible destination for Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, but also as a possible arbiter of deal breaches.
Donald Trump, who abandoned a 2015 nuclear pact between Tehran and world powers in 2018 during his first term, has threatened to attack Iran unless it reaches a new deal swiftly that would prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.
Continue reading...Sri Lankan police investigate photo of Buddha’s tooth relic
Worshippers are frisked on entering temple in Kandy where relic is held and photography is strictly prohibited
Sri Lankan police have launched an investigation into a photo circulated on social media claiming to show a Buddha tooth relic, which has gone on display under tight security.
The Criminal Investigation Department was ordered to determine whether the widely shared image was taken during the rare display of the relic, police said.
Continue reading...The Hawaii of Israel: How Trump legitimised a longstanding Israeli vision
Israel has long envisoned the transfer of Gaza's Palestinians. Now this dangerous idea has gained legitimacy.
The Trump-Harvard showdown is the latest front in a long conservative war against academia
President’s attack on universities echoes efforts by Reagan and McCarthy – but experts say ‘we’re seeing much worse’
The showdown between Donald Trump and Harvard University may have exploded into life this week, but the battle represents just the latest step in what has been a decades-long war waged by the right wing on American academia.
It’s a fight by conservatives that dates back to Ronald Reagan, the hitherto spiritual leader of the Republican party, all the way to McCarthyism and beyond, experts say, as the rightwing scraps to seize more control in a manner that is “part of a standard playbook of authoritarianism”.
Pope wishes worshippers Happy Easter after serious illness
Pope Francis, who has been recovering after his release from hospital, appeared in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday.
Pope wishes worshippers Happy Easter after serious illness
Pope Francis, who has been recovering after his release from hospital, appeared in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday.
‘Bridgerton’ Nicola Coughlan Slams HBO ‘Harry Potter’ Project: “Wouldn’t Touch It With A Pole” – Deadline
- ‘Bridgerton’ Nicola Coughlan Slams HBO ‘Harry Potter’ Project: “Wouldn’t Touch It With A Pole” Deadline
- How J.K. Rowling helped fund the U.K.'s war on trans people MSNBC News
- Nicola Coughlan Says She ‘Wouldn’t Touch’ New ‘Harry Potter’ Series ‘With a 10 Foot Pole’ After J.K. Rowling Celebrates U.K. Ruling on Trans Women Variety
- Britain Rules on What a Woman Is The Atlantic
- ‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling The Guardian
Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Hostage Offer to End War in Gaza – The Daily Beast
- Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Hostage Offer to End War in Gaza The Daily Beast
- Netanyahu says Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza AP News
- Netanyahu: Won’t surrender to Hamas by ending war to get back hostages; can’t trick Hamas either The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu's Spokesperson Says It's Impossible to Return All Hostages in One Stage Haaretz
- Netanyahu vows to continue war in Gaza despite growing opposition at home CNN