How are Gen Z embracing minimalism?
Today on The Stream, we explore the rising Gen Z trend of embracing minimalism and reducing consumption.
Israel threatens a second Nakba, yet denies the first ever happened
Israel has long denied the 1948 Nakba ethnic cleansing, even as it calls for carrying out a second Nakba today.
IDF troops fire warning shots in southern Syria, protests break out near Damascus – Ynetnews
- IDF troops fire warning shots in southern Syria, protests break out near Damascus Ynetnews
- Israel Strikes Syria Hours After Country’s Leader Demands Withdrawal The New York Times
- Israel bombs ‘military targets’ in southern Syria, outside Damascus Al Jazeera English
- Katz confirms Israeli strikes in southern Syria: 'We will not allow it to become southern Lebanon' The Times of Israel
- Syrians emerging from dictatorship bristle at new threat from Israel The Washington Post
The Latest: Trump calls for ‘ceasefire now’ between Russia and Ukraine – Yahoo
- The Latest: Trump calls for ‘ceasefire now’ between Russia and Ukraine Yahoo
- Trump calls for ‘ceasefire now’ between Russia and Ukraine The Associated Press
- Zelensky says Trump relationship can be repaired after White House row Le Monde
- Trump says Putin would keep his word on a Ukraine peace deal The Guardian
- Russia rules out 'any options' for European peacekeepers in Ukraine Reuters
Five unknowns about any possible deal to end Ukraine-Russia war
As Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to Washington to meet Donald Trump, a number of questions remain unanswered
As Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to Washington to meet Donald Trump, questions remain over the future of Ukraine and the country’s war with Russia. Here are five things we don’t know about a possible deal to end the conflict.
Continue reading...Dozens arrested in global hit against AI-generated child abuse
At least 25 people were detained during a worldwide operation, Europol says.
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’ – The Guardian
- US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’ The Guardian
- US aid cuts send South Africa's HIV treatment 'off a cliff' BBC.com
- Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids The Guardian US
- Samkelo depended on USAID-backed drugs to stay alive. Then came Trump’s order Financial Times
- Africa HIV deaths to mount, as Trump stops funding. Here’s why Al Jazeera English
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns
Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in deaths as a result.
After the US announced a permanent end to funding for HIV projects, services across the board have been affected, say doctors and programme managers, from projects helping orphans and pregnant women to those reaching transgender individuals and sex workers.
Continue reading...Hundreds in US climate agency fired in latest cuts
Around 880 workers - including weather forecasters - are reported to have lost their jobs.
Hundreds of thousands protest across Greece over deadly train crash – CNN
- Hundreds of thousands protest across Greece over deadly train crash CNN
- Clashes erupt in Greece as hundreds of thousands protest deadly train crash Reuters
- Athens protests and Ramadan preparations: photos of the day – Friday The Guardian
- No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt The New York Times
- Violent protests in Greece on rail crash anniversary as frustration at system failures boils over The Associated Press
India, EU to strike trade deal by end of 2025 — Modi – DW (English)
- India, EU to strike trade deal by end of 2025 — Modi DW (English)
- As its rift with US widens, EU seeks no-limit ties with India The Times of India
- India and EU commit to year-end deadline for a free trade pact, amid Trump tariff threats Reuters India
- Ursula von der Leyen: EU Commission chief says free trade deal with India could come this year BBC.com
- In India-EU Talks, Free Trade Pact Gets Deadline, Europe Corridor Gets Push NDTV
Weather tracker: six cyclones swirl simultaneously in southern hemisphere
Bianca, Garance and Honde churn across Indian Ocean as Alfred, Rae and Seru spin through south-west Pacific
An uncommon meteorological event unfolded on Tuesday when six named tropical cyclones were active simultaneously in the southern hemisphere, several in close proximity to one another.
Three developed in the south-west Pacific. Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred formed on 20 February in the Coral Sea to the north-east of Australia, reaching an intensity equivalent to a category 4 hurricane on Thursday with sustained winds of 105mph (170km/h) and gusts at about 140mph.
Continue reading...Mark Ruffalo Lets A Donald Trump Troll Hang In The Air And ‘Fallon’ Audience Eats It Up – Yahoo Entertainment
Russian Divers Found Dead Near Popular Philippines Resort – The Moscow Times
- Russian Divers Found Dead Near Popular Philippines Resort The Moscow Times
- Philippines shark attack: 2 tourists killed at popular diving spot Fox News
- 2 Divers Dead After Getting Swept Away. One Was Found with 'Both Arms Missing' and Sharks Nearby: Coast Guard PEOPLE
- Tourist Killed by Shark in Scuba Diving Tragedy The Daily Beast
- Russian scuba divers die after getting swept away in Philippines UPI News
Federal workers might get email requiring response after Trump and Musk praise efforts to investigate workforce – live – The Guardian US
- Federal workers might get email requiring response after Trump and Musk praise efforts to investigate workforce – live The Guardian US
- Trump wants to shrink the State Department’s size, reach and focus POLITICO
- Trump planning sweeping cuts to State Department – Politico azərbaycan24
- Trump wants to shrink size, reach and focus of State Department: Politico Press TV
- Next on the chopping block: State POLITICO
25 arrested in major crackdown of AI-generated child abuse images network – POLITICO Europe
- 25 arrested in major crackdown of AI-generated child abuse images network POLITICO Europe
- 25 arrested in global hit against AI-generated child sexual abuse material Europol
- Dozens arrested in global operation over AI-generated child sexual abuse material CNN
- Police arrests suspects tied to AI-generated CSAM distribution ring BleepingComputer
- Two dozen arrested in international swoop for links to AI-made child sex abuse images Reuters
China’s defence ministry warns Taiwan ‘we will get you, sooner or later’
Threat after Taipei announces bigger military drills appears to mirror a line from children’s film Ne Zha 2
China’s defence ministry spokesperson has warned Taiwan “we will come and get you, sooner or later”, after Taipei announced an expansion of military exercises.
The threat was delivered in a press conference on Thursday, but grabbed attention inside China for its apparent mirroring of a line from the record-breaking children’s movie Ne Zha 2.
Continue reading...More rescuers join search for trapped workers in India’s tunnel collapse
Boring machines, high-grade shutters, and debris removal machinery were brought to the location to assist rescuers.
1 thing that upended years of U.S. foreign policy — and other big Trump developments – NPR
- 1 thing that upended years of U.S. foreign policy — and other big Trump developments NPR
- Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power The Economist
- Trump's new world order: Strongmen make the rules Axios
- Might Makes Right: Matt Duss on Trump’s Foreign Policy Doctrine, from Ukraine to Gaza Democracy Now!
- The World Trump Wants: American Power in the New Age of Nationalism Foreign Affairs Magazine
Netanyahu wants to “continue the war” in Gaza but “less intense”
Gaza ceasefire update