Thousands hit the streets for South Korea’s impeached ex-president Yoon
Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to remove President Yoon Suk-yeol over his bungled martial law declaration.
U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says – Reuters
- U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says Reuters
- Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar The New York Times
- In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence AP News
- Rubio dismisses criticism over US response to Myanmar quake BBC
- Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,300 as UN calls for help Al Jazeera
Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,300 as UN calls for help
UN aid chief says the world 'must rally behind the people of Myanmar' after a magnitude 7.7 quake flattened buildings.
The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny
The victims were considered disposable – not only by the perpetrators but also by those who were supposed to help them.
India’s Modi visits Sri Lanka to shore up defence and energy ties
Indian PM is first foreign dignitary to visit island since leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept elections last year.
‘Eat, sleep and party’: a taste of La Dolce Vita aboard Italy’s Orient Express
Replica of world-famous train aimed at reviving glamour of the classic version makes debut journey from Rome
A replica of the world-famous Orient Express made its debut journey from Rome on Friday, transporting well-heeled passengers into the heart of Tuscany’s wine region.
La Dolce Vita Orient Express, the first Italian-made luxury train, is aimed at reviving the glamour of the classic version as well as the romanticised notion of Italy’s dolce vita, or “sweet life”, all the while promoting slow tourism.
Continue reading...Trump’s 10 percent tariff takes effect, raising fears of global trade war
Initial 'baseline' tariff comes into effect at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses as stock markets plummet.
Sex toys and exploding cosmetics: Anatomy of a ‘hybrid war’ on the West – Reuters
- Sex toys and exploding cosmetics: Anatomy of a 'hybrid war' on the West Reuters
- Reuters: Russia arranged for parcels of sex toys to be blown up, Ukrainians involved Українська правда
- Russia used sex toys and cosmetics to plant bombs in warehouses across Europe The New Voice of Ukraine
- Reuters: Russians involved Ukrainian in sabotage in Europe — he blew up packages with cosmetics and sex toys Бабель
- Exploding Cosmetics, Sex Toys: Inside Suspected Russian Sabotage Plot Across Europe StratNews Global
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,136
These are the key events on day 1,136 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Sierra Leone declared an emergency over a powerful synthetic drug but women were left behind – AP News
Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event
Reports say AI models from Microsoft were used as part of Israeli military programme to select bombing targets in Gaza.
‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics
Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers
Gaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over.
The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March.
Continue reading...‘Coalition of the Willing’ Nations to Meet Weekly to Discuss Troops to Ukraine – Zelensky – Kyiv Post
- ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Nations to Meet Weekly to Discuss Troops to Ukraine – Zelensky Kyiv Post
- Zelenskyy meets European military leaders to plan for a peacekeeping force AP News
- Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih kills 19 people, including 9 children, injures 74. The Kyiv Independent
- Zelenskiy says details of foreign troop contingent in Ukraine could be ready in a month Reuters
- Zelensky: Coalition of the willing has made ‘tangible progress’ The Telegraph
Port of Darwin operator says Albanese and Dutton are treating it like ‘a political football’ in election
Labor and Coalition would both end Chinese company Landbridge’s long-term lease of strategically important asset
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The Chinese company that controls the Port of Darwin has accused Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton of treating it like “a political football” in the middle of a federal election campaign.
Federal Labor and the Coalition have both announced that if elected on 3 May they would end Landbridge’s long-term lease of the Port of Darwin, arguing it is strategically important and should be controlled by an Australian entity.
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Poll points to risks in key seats for Labor
We’ve made it to a week into the election campaign. So who’s winning?
At the end of week one, it was clear that Albanese won more days than Dutton and therefore won the week. But there are still four more to go, and anything can happen in an election.
Continue reading...Rubio dismisses criticism over US response to Myanmar quake
The US has been accused of not doing enough to help Myanmar due to the shuttering of its humanitarian aid agency.
Rubio dismisses criticism over US response to Myanmar quake
The US has been accused of not doing enough to help Myanmar due to the shuttering of its humanitarian aid agency.
Former Washington archbishop Theodore McCarrick, defrocked over abuse allegations, dies aged 94
Most senior American prelate in Catholic church to face accusations of sexual abuse died in state of Missouri
The first cardinal to be defrocked by the Pope over allegations of sexual abuse has died in the United States, a senior US churchman said on Friday.
Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and the most senior American prelate in the Catholic church to face claims of abuse, died in the state of Missouri aged 94, the New York Times reported, citing a Vatican statement.
Continue reading...Tariffs get warm welcome in Ohio’s industrial Trump country
As economic uncertainty swirls and the markets take a hit, many in this deeply Republican area back the president's plan.
‘So resonant’: the 19th-century Russian opera being revived across Europe
Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina – set in the troubled 1680s – can almost describe current events, say directors
A Russian political leader sings about war with Ukrainians and the need for a “durable peace”. The fractured political elite argues over whether they should pursue closer ties with Europe or embrace Russian traditions.
The plot of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera Khovanshchina was written in the 1870s and is set in the 1680s. But, as the characters lament the fact that their homeland is mired in an endless cycle of violence and unhappiness, the dark and brooding work can feel alarmingly contemporary.
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