- Hundreds of former Mossad operatives criticise Israel’s return to war in Gaza The Guardian
- Thousands of Israeli reservists condemn leadership for return to war The Washington Post
- Israeli reservists fired after calling for hostage release even if it requires immediate truce CNN
- Thousands of educators call to return hostages even at cost of ending war The Times of Israel
- Hundreds of Leading Israeli Literary Figures Sign Petition Calling for End to Gaza War Haaretz
UK confident of keeping British Steel going, China urges fairness – Reuters
- UK confident of keeping British Steel going, China urges fairness Reuters
- Supplies to be sent to Scunthorpe to keep blast furnaces going BBC
- The scramble to save British Steel – podcast The Guardian
- China warns UK government to treat Chinese owners of British Steel fairly AP News
- expert reaction to the Scunthorpe British Steel factory situation Science Media Centre
Antoni Gaudí, known as “God’s architect,” declared Venerable – Vatican News
- Antoni Gaudí, known as “God’s architect,” declared Venerable Vatican News
- Vatican puts ‘God’s architect’ Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood The Guardian
- Pope puts Sagrada Familia architect Gaudi on path to sainthood Reuters
- Pope Francis declares Sagrada Familia basilica architect Antoni Gaudí ‘venerable’ Catholic News Agency
- Pope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to Sainthood The New York Times
President Trump tees off on ‘60 Minutes’ again, threatens CBS broadcast licenses – Los Angeles Times
- President Trump tees off on ‘60 Minutes’ again, threatens CBS broadcast licenses Los Angeles Times
- Trump urges the FCC to punish ‘60 Minutes’ over reports on Greenland and Ukraine CNN
- President Trump says CBS and ’60 Minutes’ should ‘pay a big price’ for going after him AP News
- Trump and Paramount Agree on Mediator in ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit The New York Times
- Donald Trump Again Lashes Out At CBS And ‘60 Minutes’ And Urges FCC Chair To “Impose The Maximum Fines And Punishment” Yahoo
Ancient tax cheats got fed to leopards, new scroll reveals – Boing Boing
Ukraine says Russia has targeted Sumy again day after 35 killed in the city
EU leaders and the UK condemned the Palm Sunday attack on Sumy, while US President Trump called it a 'mistake'.
Mayor Adams is in the Dominican Republic, so his controversial deputy is running NYC – Gothamist
- Mayor Adams is in the Dominican Republic, so his controversial deputy is running NYC Gothamist
- Death toll from Dominican club roof collapse rises to 225 after 4 die overnight NBC News
- Family seeks homicide charges against owners of collapsed Dominican nightclub Yahoo
- Pedro Martinez: Family missing after roof collapse ESPN
- A Small City That Lost Big in the Dominican Nightclub Tragedy The New York Times
Thousands of Israeli reservists, veterans back letter urging to end ‘political’ Gaza war – Haaretz
- Thousands of Israeli reservists, veterans back letter urging to end 'political' Gaza war Haaretz
- Thousands of Israeli reservists condemn leadership for return to war The Washington Post
- Over 200 Ex-senior Israel Police Officials Join Call to End Gaza War to Secure Hostage Return Haaretz
- Ex-Israeli military and spy agency leaders say Netanyahu should end 'political' war in Gaza NBC News
- Dissent against war grows in Israel’s military as reservists from elite unit join protest movement CNN
Did Trump really ‘exempt’ Chinese phones, chips from tariffs?
Trump only rolled back tariffs imposed since April 2. Laptops, phones and semiconductors still face hefty levies.
Watch from launch to landing: All-female crew travels into space
The flight, carrying celebrities like Katy Perry and Gayle King, reached a height of about 60 miles (96.6km) above Earth.
Another UK government is doing contradictory things when it comes to China
Approach to expanding trade has been castigated for allowing Beijing to invest heavily in vital UK infrastructure
As even Donald Trump was forced to accept in scaling back his latest tariffs, China is just too big to ignore. And so it is, on a much smaller scale, that yet another UK government is doing several contradictory things at once when it comes to Beijing.
This weekend brought a particularly resonant example. On the one hand, the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, was hinting that British Steel’s Chinese owner, Jingye, was to blame for neglect – if not worse – over the fate of the threatened blast furnaces at Scunthorpe.
Continue reading...Brazil’s Bolsonaro recovering after 12-hour surgery – Reuters
- Brazil's Bolsonaro recovering after 12-hour surgery Reuters
- Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro recovering in intensive care after 12-hour surgery CNN
- Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro transferred to Brasilia after hospitalization NBC News
- Doctors warn of slow recovery for Bolsonaro after gut surgery Reuters
- Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro undergoes new surgery for bowel obstruction AP News
The Politics, Theology, And Hype Behind The First Gamer Saint – aftermath.site
- The Politics, Theology, And Hype Behind The First Gamer Saint aftermath.site
- Italian teen set to be first millennial saint was 'ordinary child', says mother Reuters
- In historic Assisi, pilgrims seek modern witness of holiness usccb
- Teen set to be first millennial saint was 'ordinary', says mother MSN
- Italian teen set to become first millennial saint this month Yahoo
Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas’
Exclusive: Brad Battin says he had a conversation with the federal opposition leader about the ‘language’ he would use about plans to build a nuclear reactor in eastern Victoria
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The Victorian opposition leader says he discussed the language he would use to distance the state party from the federal Coalition’s campaign to build a nuclear reactor in the Latrobe Valley, telling Peter Dutton “it’s your campaign”.
The Loy Yang coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley east of Melbourne is one of seven proposed sites for the federal Coalition’s proposal to build nuclear reactors, the centrepiece energy policy the federal Liberal leader will be taking to the 3 May poll.
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Continue reading...Australia does not have enough tradies to fulfill Labor’s housing promise, experts say
Construction industry already faces shortfall of 80,000 workers as government vows to build 250,000 homes a year for four years
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Australia does not have enough construction workers and other tradies to meet election pitches to boost housing supply, experts say, casting doubt over the major parties’ pledges to address housing affordability.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton announced their competing housing plans this week, with both major parties seeking to increase the number of new home builds above the current annual rate of about 170,000.
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Continue reading...Guardian Essential poll: Labor pulls further ahead of Coalition as voters back Albanese on cost of living
The survey is in line with other recent major polls which have all showed movements toward the ALP
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Labor has pulled further ahead of the Coalition as the election campaign continues, opening up a larger lead in the latest Essential poll after two weeks of policy confusion and backdowns from Peter Dutton’s Liberals.
Dutton’s approval rating has also dipped, while more voters rate Anthony Albanese as the better leader on addressing cost of living, providing stable leadership, emissions reduction and keeping Australians safe.
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Continue reading...Finance minister vows to slash more consultants and accuses Coalition of importing Trump’s Doge agenda
Exclusive: Katy Gallagher says focus will be ‘on driving cultural change’ within public service if Labor wins the election
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The finance minister has vowed to continue slashing the government’s use of consultants and rebuilding the public service if re-elected, while accusing the Coalition of importing a Doge-style agenda from the US.
In an effort to highlight the public service as a key campaign issue, Katy Gallagher said Labor had inherited an agriculture department that was “going broke”, a “bin fire” at home affairs, a social services department with no internal policy unit and “total disasters” in aged care and veterans’ affairs agencies.
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Continue reading...Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation
Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%
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One of Australia’s largest conservation organisations has awarded the federal Coalition just 1 out of 100 for its environment and climate change policies – the lowest score it has given the Liberal and National parties in more than 20 years of compiling pre-election scorecards.
Labor scraped through with a pass – on 54% – while the Greens achieved 98%, according to the scorecard, which ranked the major parties and key independents on their policies for protecting nature, championing renewable energy, and rejecting nuclear and fossil fuels.
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Continue reading...Tulip Siddiq decries Bangladesh arrest warrant as ‘politically motivated smear’
Former City minister denies allegations she received land illegally from her aunt, the ousted PM Sheikh Hasina
The former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said an arrest warrant issued against her in Bangladesh over allegations she illegally received a plot of land from her aunt, the country’s ousted former prime minister, is a “politically motivated smear campaign”.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Hampstead and Highgate MP said: “No one from the Bangladeshi authorities has contacted me. The entire time they’ve done trial by media. My lawyers proactively wrote to the Bangladeshi authorities, they never responded.
Continue reading...South Africa appoints special envoy to ease US relations
Relations are at an all-time low - South Africa's ambassador to the US was expelled last month.