Haris Silajdzic: Bosnia’s crisis was planned in Belgrade
Bosnia’s wartime PM slams NATO’s Rutte for telling leaders to ‘take responsibility’ instead of naming the ‘perpetrator’.
‘All options are on the table’ when it comes to Iran, Mike Waltz says – POLITICO
Essex couple’s £1,500 fine for reporting Channel stowaway is cancelled
Adrian and Joanne Fenton hit with penalty after calling police when they found a boy hiding inside bike-rack cover
A couple who were fined £1,500 after reporting a boy who had stowed away on the back of their motorhome for their journey from France to Essex have had the penalty cancelled.
Adrian and Joanne Fenton from Heybridge were fined by the Home Office for “failing to check that no clandestine entrant was concealed” when they returned to their home across the Channel.
Continue reading...Wendy Williams’s tragic tale shines a light on court-ordered conservatorship
Former talkshow host takes public her battle to remove her guardian, ordered by a court due to dementia and aphasia
The note dropped from the upper floor window of an assisted living facility in New York on the morning of 10 March contained a simple message: “Help! Wendy!!” it read.
For any patient inside, it would have been tragic. But, astonishingly, the writer of this note was Wendy Williams, a trailblazing television talkshow host and once one of the most recognisble daytime TV faces in America.
Continue reading...Trump says the economy ‘went to hell’ under Biden. The opposite is true
By standard measures such as job and GDP growth and the stock market, the US economy was in excellent shape
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Donald Trump keeps saying he inherited a terrible economy from Joe Biden and many Americans believe him, even though that’s not true. During his White House marketing event for Tesla on Tuesday, Trump said the US and its economy “went to hell” under Biden. Last week, in his national address to Congress, Trump said: “We inherited from the last administration an economic catastrophe and an inflation nightmare.”
But the truth is that by standard economic measures, the US economy was in excellent shape when Biden turned over the White House keys to Trump, even though most Americans, upset about inflation, told pollsters the economy was in poor shape.
Continue reading...The cars eating Australia: should we be trying to reverse our attraction to SUVs and utes?
Australians are hooked on tax perks while road fatalities and emissions are surging and spending on petrol and insurance increasing
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It’s impossible not to have noticed it – cars have been getting bigger and bigger, and SUVs and four-door utes have become Australia’s new family car. Gone are the days of the Commodore or Corolla fighting it out as Australia’s most popular vehicle. We’re now well into the era of the Ranger, RAV4, HiLux and Outlander, as well as increasing flirtations with US-style pickup trucks, and it shows no sign of stopping.
It happened gradually, despite the mounting evidence about some of the problems posed by these vehicles.
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Continue reading...Trump moves to close down Voice of America
More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, "radical" and "leftist".
‘Great to see our friends arrive’: SpaceX capsule docks with ISS to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts
The arrival of four astronauts will allow Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth after nine months on the International Space Station
There were emotional scenes of smiling astronauts hugging and embracing in zero gravity on the International Space Station on Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost – a step towards the return home of two astronauts who have been stranded for more than nine months.
A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the ISS in a Nasa crew-swap mission that will allow the pair of stuck astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab.
Continue reading...Farage reportedly met Cummings for ‘friendly chat about the general scene’
Pair recently met to discuss Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other political matters, Sunday Times says
Nigel Farage has reportedly met Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s adviser turned nemesis, after the Vote Leave founder suggested voters should back Reform UK at the local elections.
Cummings, who was once a sworn enemy of Farage during the EU referendum as he battled to keep control of the leave campaign, is reported to have met the Reform leader to discuss Whitehall changes, which allies said was the strongest sign yet that Farage was taking seriously the idea of becoming prime minister.
Continue reading...Russia, Ukraine exchange attacks after Putin meeting with US on ceasefire deal – The Hill
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- Russia and Ukraine exchanged intense aerial strikes overnight into Saturday Euronews
Nightclub fire in North Macedonia kills 59 and leaves more than 100 injured
Interior minister says blaze at pop concert in eastern town of Kočani probably caused by pyrotechnics
Fifty-nine people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a fire that broke out in a nightclub in North Macedonia early on Sunday.
The blaze in the small eastern town of Kočani is thought to have erupted when special-effect pyrotechnics caused the roof of the Pulse nightclub to go up in flames.
Continue reading...Video: Israeli attacks kill Palestinians in Gaza as ceasefire talks stall
Aid workers and a journalist were among some of the latest victims of Israeli attacks in Gaza.
Roadside nets aim to thwart Russian drone attacks in Ukraine
AJ’s Charles Stratford reports on efforts to block Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian vehicles near the Kursk border.
‘Unimaginable loss’: North Macedonia reels from deadly nightclub fire
At least 59 killed and more than 100 injured after a huge fire rips through a nightclub in the eastern town of Kocani.
Pakistani security officers killed in blast claimed by Baloch separatists
Dozens of paramilitary troops wounded in explosion in Noshki district of Balochistan days after deadly train hijacking.
Deadly US air strikes on Yemen
The US launched air strikes in Yemen after the Houthis threatened Red Sea attacks unless Israel lifts the Gaza blockade.
The Arab plan for Gaza has two problems: Israel and the PA
The plan could fail in the face of Israel’s intransigence and the PA’s incompetence.
Pyrotechnics blamed as fire rips though North Macedonia nightclub, killing 51 people – CNN
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- More than 50 dead and 100 hurt in nightclub fire in North Macedonia Financial Times
- A look at some of the worst fires at nightclubs and music venues The Hill
- Dozens killed as huge fire breaks out at nightclub in North Macedonia Sky News
Peruvian fisher rescued after three months stranded at sea
Maximo Napa, 61, says he survived by eating cockroaches, birds and a turtle – and thinking about his mother
A Peruvian fisher was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days, a navy official said on Saturday, as he was discharged from hospital after his ordeal.
Maximo Napa, 61, was rescued in his small fishing boat on Tuesday after being spotted by an Ecuadorian vessel off the coast of Chimbote in northern Peru.
Continue reading...Deadly storm system hits US Midwest killing dozen
At least 32 people were killed in the US as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept through six states in the Midwest.