- The Academy Apologizes for Not Publicly Supporting ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director After Attack and Arrest Hollywood Reporter
- Academy apologizes for not adequately supporting Oscar-winning Palestinian director NPR
- Joaquin Phoenix, Sandra Oh, Emma Thompson and More Sign Letter Condemning Academy for Lack of Support for Hamdan Ballal Yahoo Entertainment
- A Palestinian Oscar-winner's arrest shocked the world. For these Jewish activists, it was terrifyingly normal Forward
- Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army The Associated Press
How the ‘war on terror’ paved the way for student deportations in the US
Experts say there are parallels between attempts to expel pro-Palestinian student protesters and Bush-era deportations.
Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Gere, More Denounce Oscars’ Response to ‘No Other Land’ Director Attack – Rolling Stone
- Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Gere, More Denounce Oscars' Response to 'No Other Land' Director Attack Rolling Stone
- How ‘No Other Land’ Became an Unlikely Box Office Success The New York Times
- Joaquin Phoenix, Sandra Oh, Emma Thompson and More Sign Letter Condemning Academy for Lack of Support for Hamdan Ballal Yahoo Entertainment
- Sandra Oh, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay among 600 Oscar voters criticizing lack of Academy support for Hamdan Ballal NBC News
- Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him The Associated Press
With Messi watching at Miami Open, Djokovic reaches 100th final
The six-time winner beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 to reach his first Miami Open final since 2019.
A rediscovered painting that just made Indian art history
The 14-foot-wide mural by MF Husain sold for an unprecedented $13.8m (£10.6m) in New York last week.
Real Madrid vs Leganes – LaLiga: Team news, kickoff, how to follow, stream
A turbulent week off the field sees Real Madrid return to LaLiga action against Leganes after the international break.
Brazil fire coach Dorival after Argentina hammering in World Cup qualifier
Dorival was only appointed 14 months ago, but a 4-1 defeat against rivals Argentina proved to be his last game.
Three dead as Texas-Mexico border hit by severe flooding
Harlingen receives more than 21in of rain this week, with 200 people still waiting to be rescued from their homes
At least three people have died after severe storms along the Texas-Mexico border, officials said on Friday.
Meanwhile, crews were rescuing residents trapped in their homes by drenching rains a day earlier, which also forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport.
Continue reading...Labour ads use NHS to attack Farage’s views before major Reform rally
Billboards in Birmingham cite party leader’s remarks about a new funding model as local elections campaigning begins
Labour has begun an all-out assault on Nigel Farage over his views on the NHS in the run-up to key elections in May, as the Reform UK leader prepared to host what is billed as his party’s biggest ever rally in Birmingham.
In a coordinated campaign before Farage spoke at a 10,000-person event in the city on Friday evening, Labour paid for nearly a dozen billboard posters around the city with messages about his talk about replacing the NHS with an insurance-based healthcare system.
Continue reading...Is South Sudan heading to another civil war?
Tension is rising in South Sudan after the vice president is put under house arrest.
What caused the powerful Myanmar and Thailand earthquake?
Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates - the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of quakes.
Oil tanker involved in North Sea collision to be towed to Port of Tyne
About 200,00 barrels of jet fuel to be transferred before Stena Immaculate is taken to north-east coast for inspection
A US oil tanker that was hit by a container ship in the North Sea is to be towed to the north-east of England after more than 200,000 barrels of jet fuel are removed over the weekend, a maritime company has said.
The Solong collided with the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate about 12 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire on 10 March, leaving one man missing, presumed dead. Crowley, which manages the Stena Immaculate, said salvage and recovery operations are moving into the next phase.
Continue reading...Trump administration notifies Congress of planned USAID reorganisation
The US State Department has also announced staff cuts as it seeks to dismantle the aid agency and absorb its functions.
FCC to investigate Disney and ABC over potential violation in diversity practices
Federal Communications Commission says its DEI efforts may breach equal employment opportunity regulations
The US’s top media regulator on Friday said it was opening an investigation into the diversity practices of Walt Disney and its ABC unit, saying they may violate equal employment opportunity regulations.
Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair, wrote to the Disney CEO, Robert Iger, in a letter dated on Thursday that the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts may not have complied with FCC regulations and that changes by the company may not go far enough.
Continue reading...Entire Crew Escaped Submarine During Sinking That Killed Multiple Children – Futurism
‘People are screaming help me’: Myanmar earthquake survivors describe horror
A rescuer in Mandalay said he was digging through rubble with bare hands after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar.
‘Denmark hasn’t done a good job’ says US VP during Greenland trip
US Vice President JD Vance addressed US troops after he landed in Greenland, accusing Denmark for not doing a ‘good job’
JD Vance says US needs control of Greenland to fend off China and Russia
Vice-president criticises Denmark’s treatment of Arctic island and says it should come under US ‘security umbrella’
JD Vance told troops in Greenland that the US has to gain control of the Arctic island to stop the threat of China and Russia as he doubled down on criticising Denmark, which he said has “not done a good job”.
Under increasingly strained relations between the White House and Greenland and Denmark, the US vice-president said during a visit to Pituffik space base on Friday: “Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland. You have underinvested in the people of Greenland and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass.”
Continue reading...White House asks supreme court to allow deportations under wartime law
Appeals court had upheld block on flights using Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members
The Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to intervene to allow the government to continue to deport immigrants using the obscure Alien Enemies Act.
The request came one day after a federal appeals court upheld a Washington DC federal judge’s temporary block on immigrant expulsions via a wartime act that allows the administration to bypass normal due process, for example by allowing people a court hearing before shipping them out of the US.
Continue reading...Ukraine’s Zelenskyy cautious on new US minerals deal proposal
Kyiv to assess US proposal on rare earths, noting major differences from earlier framework shared in bilateral talks.