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.
Continue reading...UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave
Measures hailed as lifeline for parents will allow people with sick babies to take up to 12 weeks’ leave
Parents with children in neonatal care will gain a day-one right to paid leave and pay in a move hailed as “a lifeline for parents” with sick babies.
From Sunday, the measures will allow eligible parents to take up to 12 weeks of leave and pay, on top of maternity and paternity leave.
Continue reading...North Korea’s Kim tests new sniper rifle on visit to special forces – France 24
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- North Korea: Kim Jong Un test-fires 'new sniper rifle' while visiting special forces Sky News
- Kim Jong-un test fires sniper rifle in visit to special forces troops The Telegraph
How might tariffs change the price of Nike’s iconic trainers?
What impact will the introduction of hefty tariffs on countries in Asia have on Nike's iconic US shoe?
Israeli said to bombard 3 airbases in Syria where Turkey intended to deploy forces – The Times of Israel
- Israeli said to bombard 3 airbases in Syria where Turkey intended to deploy forces The Times of Israel
- Israel Hits Syria With New Strikes and Ground Raid as Tensions Soar The New York Times
- WATCH: IDF raids Syrian outpost, dismantles Assad-era military supplies The Jerusalem Post
- In warning to Turkey, Israel hits strategic targets in Syria amid rising tensions Fox News
- Israeli strikes in Syria a challenge to Turkey BBC
US tourist arrested for entering forbidden Indian island – DW
- US tourist arrested for entering forbidden Indian island DW
- YouTuber Is Arrested After Leaving Diet Coke on Isolated Tribe’s Island The New York Times
- Attempted contact with the Sentinelese tribe Survival International
- US tourist arrested after visit to restricted North Sentinel island BBC
- YouTube daredevil arrested by Indian authorities after visiting remote island where US missionary was killed Fox News
Trump extends deadline to keep TikTok running in US
The president has granted the app a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires it to either sell its US assets or face a ban.
Reading the tree leaves: Why a no-show by China’s No.2 general has speculation running wild – CNN
More than 500 firms sign brief in support of Trump-targeted law office
The law firm Perkins Coie is fighting an executive order from Donald Trump limiting its access to federal buildings.
George Santos prosecutors seek seven-year prison term for campaign fraud
Disgraced Republican congressman ‘made a mockery’ of election system and merits long sentence, US officials say
Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.
The US attorney for the eastern district of New York argued in a court filing on Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system.
Continue reading...‘You made me a scapegoat!’: Feldstein yells at Urich during joint probe of PM’s aides – The Times of Israel
- ‘You made me a scapegoat!’: Feldstein yells at Urich during joint probe of PM’s aides The Times of Israel
- What Is ‘Qatargate,’ the Latest Furor Embroiling Israel? The New York Times
- PM doesn’t know what’s going on in his office, says JPost editor questioned over Qatargate The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu is rocked by a new scandal linking his close advisers to Qatar AP News
- 'I received nothing': 'Post' editor Zvika Klein breaks silence after release from arrest - comment The Jerusalem Post