Senior Hamas leader among 23 killed in Israeli strikes in southern Gaza
Hamas says the death of Salah al-Bardawil will fuel the 'battle of liberation and independence' in Gaza.
Ukraine’s Jammers Are Confusing Russia’s Glide Bombs. Watch One Stray Off Course. – Forbes
Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu arrives at jail, pending trial in Turkiye
Court orders Imamoglu, a key rival to President Erdogan, jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.
As children, we dreamed of our futures. Then an Israeli bullet took Malak’s
My best friend blushed easily, loved our Gaza neighbourhood, and hoped to become a nurse to look after sick children.
Houthis fire ballistic missile at Israel, triggering sirens across center of country – The Times of Israel
- Houthis fire ballistic missile at Israel, triggering sirens across center of country The Times of Israel
- Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen; Houthis claim responsibility Reuters.com
- A look at Israel’s multilayered air defense as military says it shot down missile from Yemen The Associated Press
- It will take time for the US and Israel to defeat Iranian-backed Houthis - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- Houthis Falsely Claim To Successfully Hit Ben Gurion, US Aircraft Carrier i24NEWS
The Scammer’s Manual: How to Launder Money and Get Away With It – The New York Times
The Scammer’s Manual: How to Launder Money and Get Away With It The New York Times
Stressed? Sick? Swiss town lets doctors prescribe free museum visits as art therapy for patients – The Associated Press
‘We will fight’: Activists are unbowed after Hungary bans Pride events as part of wider LGBTQ+ crackdown – CNN
- ‘We will fight’: Activists are unbowed after Hungary bans Pride events as part of wider LGBTQ+ crackdown CNN
- Autocrats roll back rights and rule of law — and cite Trump’s example The Washington Post
- Hungary bans LGBT Pride marches sparking protests BBC.com
- Orbán’s ally bans liberal lawmakers from parliament after protest against Pride ban POLITICO Europe
- Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attenders The Guardian
Labor vows to support working from home as Coalition touts public servants cuts – as it happened
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Angus Taylor calls Labor’s energy bill rebate ‘Band-Aid on a bullet wound’
The shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, also says the Coalition will not “get in the way” of the government’s $150 energy rebate, announced last night.
We’re not going to get in the way of it. The starting point here though is very clear which is Labor’s failed on delivering its promise of a $275 power price reduction.
We’re not going to stand in the way of Labor cleaning up their own mess. This is putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. The solution here is to get a structural outcome which is a reduction in underlying electricity prices, which has not been achieved, of course. It’s gone the other way.
They are both supplied by the US with little to no sovereign input, are expensive and outdated. Like Aukus, this equipment is much more about signalling our loyalty to the US than defending Australia.
Continue reading...Keir Starmer Talks Trump, Russia-Ukraine War and the Fragile Europe-US Alliance – The New York Times
- Keir Starmer Talks Trump, Russia-Ukraine War and the Fragile Europe-US Alliance The New York Times
- One Trident sub could ‘incinerate 40 Russian cities’: Why Putin should fear Britain’s nuclear arsenal The Telegraph
- Starmer Touts Nuclear Deterrent Amid Concerns Over US Backing Bloomberg
- Barrow port granted Royal status for submarine building BBC.com
- UK Laid the Keel of Its Largest Submarine-to-Be, the HMS Dreadnought Defense Express
One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation. – NPR
Mark Carney to announce Canadian election and will run in Ottawa’s Nepean riding
Recently installed prime minister expected to confirm 28 April ballot as he seeks to keep Liberal party in government
Mark Carney will run for election in the Ottawa riding of Nepean as the new Canadian prime minister seeks to join parliament for the first time, his Liberal party has announced.
Carney on Sunday is predicted to trigger an early general election on 28 April. The Liberals said on Saturday that Carney would run to represent the suburban riding, or district, of Nepean, noting in a social media post that Ottawa is where he raised his family and devoted his career to public service. He previously served as the head of Canada’s central bank and before that as deputy.
Continue reading...US tourism sector to lose $64 billion due to Trump administration’s trade wars: Report – The Times of India
- US tourism sector to lose $64 billion due to Trump administration's trade wars: Report The Times of India
- Some Europeans reconsider trips to US in protest against Trump Reuters
- US tourism industry faces drop-off as immigration agenda deters travellers The Guardian US
- The New American Travel Anxiety: ‘Will They Hate Us?’ The New York Times
- Travels in Trumpland: Why it could be a great – or awful – time to visit America The Telegraph
Are Nigerians abroad widening the class divide back home?
Some locals find they cannot compete with those holidaying from the diaspora who are nicknamed I Just Got Back.
Fear and anger mount as ‘battle for the soul of Romanian democracy’ looms
Their last vote was cancelled due to alleged Russian meddling. Now Romanians fear what might happen in May.
‘Wonderful teenagers helped my son on Halloween’: Readers recall kindness of strangers
BBC News told of kind acts following UN report that found strangers' helpfulness was underestimated.
‘Wonderful teenagers helped my son on Halloween’: Readers recall kindness of strangers
BBC News told of kind acts following UN report that found strangers' helpfulness was underestimated.
Over 100,000 nationwide protest renewed Gaza fighting, Shin Bet chief’s ouster – The Times of Israel
- Over 100,000 nationwide protest renewed Gaza fighting, Shin Bet chief’s ouster The Times of Israel
- Thousands of Israelis protest Shin Bet chief’s dismissal, for captives Al Jazeera English
- Israeli Cabinet Approves Ouster of Shin Bet Chief, Who Calls the Move Illegal The New York Times
- Jon Polin thanks Bar for pushing to expand negotiators’ mandate when gov’t refused The Times of Israel
- Israel anti-government protests flare after dismissal of top security agency chief Reuters
‘My husband is a fighter pilot in Ukraine. Here’s how I really feel about a ceasefire’
Maria, whose husband Ivan has been risking his life since the first day of the war, is cautiously hoping for a truce.
Israel strikes southern Lebanon and Gaza amid calls for halt to ‘endless war’
One killed and seven wounded in attack as freed hostages and families of those still held in Gaza urge end to fighting
Israel carried out a strike in Tyre, south Lebanon, on Saturday, killing one and wounding seven people and endangering the shaky truce that ended a year-long conflict against Hezbollah, as 40 survivors of Hamas captivity called on the Israeli government to halt the “endless war”.
The strike on a building came after Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday, its most intense aerial assault on the country in four months. In total, six people were killed, including a child, and 28 injured, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
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