- South Sudan tensions: Fears grow of return to civil war between Riek Machar and Salva Kiir BBC
- World’s Newest Country Teeters on Edge of Civil War WSJ
- “We all deserve to live in peace, prosperity”: Christian Youths amid Rising Tension in South Sudan aciafrica.org
- UN intensifies patrols at displacement camps amid rising violence in South Sudan Africanews
- South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
Gabon holds its breath as coup mastermind eyes presidency
Saturday's election marks a major test for a coup leader who wants the democratic stamp of approval.
‘Science nerd’ who ordered radioactive materials to his parents’ Sydney home spared conviction
Emmanuel Lidden pleaded guilty to two charges after buying uranium and plutonium from US-based science website
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A “science nerd” who ordered uranium and plutonium to his parents’ apartment has escaped conviction and been given a two-year good behaviour bond.
Emmanuel Lidden, 24, admitted breaching nuclear non-proliferation laws by ordering various radioactive samples through the internet.
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Continue reading...‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing
Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’
Arriving at the Kidbrooke Village housing development in Greenwich on a morning in early spring, the first thing you notice is the sound of birdsong and the scent of blossom. Geese are gently honking in the distance.
This was once the Ferrier estate, a postwar housing estate that was demolished in 2009 to regenerate the area.
Continue reading...UN slams Myanmar’s ruling military for breaching truce amid quake recovery
Army carried out some 120 attacks after earthquake, with more than half of them after declaration of ceasefire, UN says.
Israeli prisons for juvenile Palestinians are “far from fair”
Lawyer Khaled Quzmar says the Israeli military system is far below international standards.
Polish woman, 80, can stay in UK after Home Office U-turn
Elzbieta Olszewska had previously been told she faced deportation after mistakenly filling in form online
A Polish woman who had her application to remain in the UK rejected because she mistakenly filled in a form online instead of on paper has been granted permission to stay in Britain after a change of mind by the Home Office.
Elzbieta Olszewska, 80, had been living alone in her flat in Warsaw before arriving in the UK last September. Her only child, Michal Olszewski, 52, an aeronautical engineer and dual British-Polish citizen, who lives in Lincoln with his wife, had been travelling regularly to the Polish capital to support his mother.
Continue reading...Rose storms into Masters golf lead, McIlroy stumbles late
United Kingdom's Justin Rose tops the opening days at golf's US Masters but Rory McIlroy falters at the start.
Spanish PM offers condolences after family of five killed in New York helicopter crash
Spanish family including three children age 11, five and four killed in crash along with pilot, who has not yet been named
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has offered his condolences to friends and relatives of a Spanish family who died in New York on Thursday after their sightseeing helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, killing all onboard including the pilot.
It emerged on Friday that the victims were Agustín Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí, and their three children, who were 11, five and four. The identity of the pilot has not yet been made public.
Continue reading...Euphoria star Eric Dane diagnosed with ALS
The US actor, who was also in Grey's Anatomy, has the most common form of motor neurone disease.
Euphoria star Eric Dane diagnosed with ALS
The US actor, who was also in Grey's Anatomy, has the most common form of motor neurone disease.
Millions told to stay indoors as China braces for strong winds – BBC
- Millions told to stay indoors as China braces for strong winds BBC
- Beijing Tells City Residents to Stay Home as Strong Winds Hit China The New York Times
- Chaos in China as cold vortex from Mongolia brings strongest April winds in decades The Guardian
- Beijing to experience rare extreme gales from Friday to Sunday, raises first level-Ⅱ wind warning in 10 years Global Times
- Millions of Beijingers told to stay at home as strong winds hit northern China South China Morning Post
China braces for strong winds, with lighter people warned they may blow away
State media is warning that people weighing less than 50kg (110lbs) may be "easily blown away".
Senate confirms Dan Caine as top US general
Trump's nominee becomes chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff with 60 votes against 25.
‘We collected his body instead of celebrating Eid,’ says mother of Gaza medic killed by Israel
The mother of a Palestinian killed in an IDF attack on emergency vehicles tells the BBC of her loss.
‘We collected his body instead of celebrating Eid,’ says mother of Gaza medic killed by Israel
The mother of a Palestinian killed in an IDF attack on emergency vehicles tells the BBC of her loss.
Defence secretary pledges £450m military ‘surge’ to Ukraine – BBC
- Defence secretary pledges £450m military 'surge' to Ukraine BBC
- Ukraine war briefing: Europe unveils new military support for Kyiv ahead of defence summit The Guardian
- Ukraine 'coalition of the willing' presses ahead with force planning amid doubts about US support AP News
- Ukraine to receive $580 million of UK-led military support Reuters
- British troops could be deployed in Ukraine for five years The Telegraph
‘Toxic cocktail’: study finds almost 200 pesticides in European homes
More than 40% of pesticides discovered in dust linked to toxic effects including cancer and hormone disruption
Almost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need to take “toxic cocktails” of chemicals into account when banning or restricting the use of pesticides.
Scientists say their research supports the idea that regulators should assess the risks posed by pesticides when they react with other chemicals, as well as individually. They say this should apply to substances already in use, as well as those yet to be approved.
Continue reading...China raises US tariffs to 125% as Xi invites EU to team up against Trump ‘bullying’
Chinese leader canvasses Spain and other trading partners on how to tackle economic fallout as market turmoil continues
China has raised its tariffs on US products to 125% in the latest salvo of the trade dispute with Washington, just hours after Xi Jinping said there were “no winners in a tariff war”.
Xi made the comments during a meeting with the Spanish prime minister in which he invited the EU to work with China to resist “bullying”, part of an apparent campaign to shore up other trading partners.
Continue reading...Column | Trump tries to fix the Iran nuclear deal he broke – The Washington Post
- Column | Trump tries to fix the Iran nuclear deal he broke The Washington Post
- The Case for a “Trump to Tehran” Strategy Foreign Affairs
- Iran's 'master negotiator' tasked with averting war Reuters
- Scoop: Iran wants to explore interim nuclear deal in talks with U.S., sources say Axios
- Iran to give US a 'genuine chance' for talks, Iranian FM spokesperson says on X The Jerusalem Post