- 19 Big Cats Rescued in Spain as Police Raid Animal Smuggling Ring The New York Times
- Police arrest couple for breeding and selling exotic cats in Spain CNN
- Spanish police arrest two people linked to cat smuggling ring based in Mallorca ABC News
- Couple arrested for breeding exotic cats in Spain BBC
- Couple arrested for selling exotic cats including protected species like white tigers and pumas CBS News
Jordan thwarts plot that threatened national security, 16 arrested
Jordan says it has arrested 16 people accused of plotting to threaten national security.
Scientists captured the first-ever footage of a colossal squid in the deep sea after a 100-year search. It’s a baby. – Business Insider
- Scientists captured the first-ever footage of a colossal squid in the deep sea after a 100-year search. It's a baby. Business Insider
- A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time NPR
- Colossal squid filmed by scientists for first time in ocean BBC
- Deep sea craft filmed unprecedented footage of a colossal squid Mashable
- The First Ever Sighting of a Colossal Squid The New York Times
Former Brazil President Bolsonaro in recovery after 12-hour surgery
The right-wing leader faces legal proceedings over his alleged involvement in a 2023 effort to oust President Lula.
Hamas said to reject Israeli proposal that it disarm as part of 6-week ceasefire – The Times of Israel
- Hamas said to reject Israeli proposal that it disarm as part of 6-week ceasefire The Times of Israel
- Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire disarmament proposal, Palestinian official says BBC
- Israel proposes Gaza ceasefire deal to release 10 hostages for hundreds of Palestinians, Hamas says CNN
- Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire, hostage return deal over disarmament demands Fox News
- Hamas says it’s sending a delegation to Qatar to continue Gaza ceasefire talks AP News
Canadian universities report jump in US applicants amid Trump crackdown
UBC and others report spike in interest from US citizens as Trump withholds funds and revokes foreign student visas
More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.
Officials at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of 1 March from US citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared with all of 2024.
Continue reading...Trump envoy demands Iran eliminate nuclear programme in apparent U-turn – The Guardian
- Trump envoy demands Iran eliminate nuclear programme in apparent U-turn The Guardian
- Witkoff in Apparent Reversal Says Iran Must Halt Nuclear Enrichment WSJ
- Iran’s Negotiating Position Gets Worse and Worse The Atlantic
- Khamenei downplays US talks prospects as some Iranians' hopes stir, currency gains Reuters
- Scoop: Trump holds situation room meeting on Iran nuclear deal negotiations Axios
Netanyahu visits Gaza, Hamas claims it lost contact with group that took Israeli-American hostage – The Jerusalem Post
- Netanyahu visits Gaza, Hamas claims it lost contact with group that took Israeli-American hostage The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas claims it lost contact with captors of Edan Alexander after Israeli strike The Times of Israel
- Hamas releases video of Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza Reuters
- Hamas Warns Israeli Strikes Will 'Execute' More Hostages in New Video Newsweek
- Hamas armed wing says it lost contact with group holding Israeli-US hostage Alexander Reuters
World wants more trade with Europe since Trump-driven uncertainty, von der Leyen says – politico.eu
- World wants more trade with Europe since Trump-driven uncertainty, von der Leyen says politico.eu
- ‘West as we knew it no longer exists,’ warns von der Leyen – Europe live The Guardian
- "We have no bros and no oligarchs" Zeit Online
- 'The West as we knew it no longer exists,' von der Leyen says amid Trump tensions Euronews.com
- Von der Leyen: ‘The West as We Knew It No Longer Exists’ – Europe Must Stand on Its Own EU Today
Russia jails four journalists for links to Alexei Navalny anti-corruption group
Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.
Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists.
Continue reading...Ex-Peru president Ollanta Humala given 15-year sentence for money laundering
Sentenced with wife Nadine Heredia, Humala is third president of Peru imprisoned for corruption in past 20 years
A Peruvian court has sentenced former president Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to finance Humala’s 2006 and 2011 campaigns.
The judges of the national superior court found that Humala and Heredia received several million dollars in illegal contributions for these campaigns from Odebrecht and the government of the then Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez.
Continue reading...Celebrities criticize all-female rocket launch: ‘This is beyond parody’
Amy Schumer, Olivia Wilde and Olivia Munn are among the famous names calling out the much-publicised space trip
The all-female Blue Origin rocket launch may have received plenty of glowing media coverage – but not everyone is impressed.
The stunt has drawn criticism from a number of female celebrities who were not keen on the Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin NS-31 mission, which included Katy Perry, Bezos’s fiancee Lauren Sanchez, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn and, in a twist straight out of Apple TV’s The Morning Show, CBS Mornings host Gayle King.
Continue reading...Autopsies of Slain Gaza Medics Show Some Were Shot in the Head – The New York Times
- Autopsies of Slain Gaza Medics Show Some Were Shot in the Head The New York Times
- Report: Autopsies show some Gaza medics killed by IDF in March were shot in the head The Times of Israel
- Autopsies of Gaza medics killed by Israeli troops show some shot in the head The Seattle Times
- Gaza medic missing since deadly attack being detained by Israel, Red Cross says BBC
- ‘Forgive me, Mama’: A Gaza mother’s agony for a son Israel killed Al Jazeera
Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding
Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.
Obama backs Harvard as Yale faculty members support standing up to Trump
Harvard faces funding freeze as Yale faculty asks leadership ‘to resist and legally challenge any unlawful demands’
Barack Obama has come out in support of Harvard after the Trump administration elected to cut $2bn of its federal grants after the Ivy League school in Massachusetts rejected what it said was an attempt at “government regulation” of the university.
Meanwhile, faculty at Yale University – another prominent Ivy League institution – has asked its leadership “to resist and legally challenge any unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom and … self-governance”.
Continue reading...Attorney general dodges question on Trump proposal to jail US citizens in El Salvador
Trump proposed that ‘homegrown criminals’ should be deported, an idea that experts say is clearly illegal
The US attorney general declined on Tuesday to say whether Donald Trump’s suggestion of removing US citizens to El Salvador was legal, in alarming remarks about what experts think is an obviously illegal idea.
Trump proposed the idea on Monday in the Oval Office during a visit with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, who has been accepting people deported from the US and imprisoning them in a gigantic facility notorious for human rights abuses.
Continue reading...France expels 12 Algerian officials as tensions escalate
Move comes after Algeria expelled French diplomats, following France's arrest of an Algerian official linked to kidnap.
UK conference on Sudan fails to set up contact group for ceasefire talks
Major setback for diplomatic efforts to end two years of civil war as Arab states refuse to sign joint communique
A British-led attempt to establish a contact group to facilitate ceasefire talks in Sudan fell apart on Tuesday when Arab states refused to sign a joint communique after a conference in London.
The daylong argument between Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over the communique represents a big diplomatic setback for efforts to end two years of civil war in Sudan.
Continue reading...Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire disarmament proposal, Palestinian official says
The plan also gives no commitment to end the war in return for hostages, a Palestinian official says.
Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire disarmament proposal, Palestinian official says
The plan also gives no commitment to end the war in return for hostages, a Palestinian official says.