Woman and child jumped off roof to escape deadly Louisiana shooting
Authorities say a father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in what appears to be a "domestic dispute".
Peru reviews disputed election ballots with final result likely stalled until May – Reuters
- Peru reviews disputed election ballots with final result likely stalled until May Reuters
- Pressure mounts on Peru’s election authorities amid presidential race delay Al Jazeera
- Peru to confirm Keiko Fujimori runoff rival by mid-May upi.com
- Peruvian court sets May 15 deadline for counting votes in presidential race The Washington Post
- Peru says presidential election results due by mid-May after delayed count Al Jazeera
U.S. and Iran Peace Talks Appear on Track to Resume – The New York Times
- U.S. and Iran Peace Talks Appear on Track to Resume The New York Times
- Iran-US talks turn to interim deal amid rifts over nuclear work, Iranian sources say Reuters
- Mediators push US-Iran ceasefire extension as deal hopes fade Middle East Eye
- Iran war: Everything you need to know about peace talks Sky News
- U.S.-Iran talks set for this week in Pakistan Foundation for Defense of Democracies
A new foothold for Moscow in Europe after Bulgaria election – The Washington Post
- A new foothold for Moscow in Europe after Bulgaria election The Washington Post
- Bulgarian Voters Back New Political Coalition Led by Radev The New York Times
- Bulgaria’s former President Radev wins election: All you need to know Al Jazeera
- Bulgarian Russia-Sympathizer Radev Is Heading for Election Win Bloomberg.com
- Bulgaria: Pro-Russia Rumen Radev wins election DW.com
What we know about the Iranian ship seized by the US
The US has intercepted an Iranian ship entering the Gulf as part of its naval blockade, US President Donald Trump has said.
Niall Ferguson: The Gap Between Truth (Social) and Reality on Iran – The Free Press
- Niall Ferguson: The Gap Between Truth (Social) and Reality on Iran The Free Press
- Even Trump’s most basic claims about the Iran war can’t be trusted CNN
- Trump Sabotages His Own Much-Exaggerated Iran Deal The American Prospect
- MS Now host warns of Trump’s ‘awkward’ and ‘crumbling’ mental state AOL.com
- CNN Plays Montage of Trump Repeatedly Saying Iran War Will End ‘Quickly’ — Starting in Early March Mediaite
Blue Origin rocket grounded after satellite ‘mishap’
The firm founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is investigating the failed launch.
Kremlin-friendly ex-president Rumen Radev scores big election win in Bulgaria – NBC News
- Kremlin-friendly ex-president Rumen Radev scores big election win in Bulgaria NBC News
- Bulgaria’s Kremlin-friendly ex-president wins election in landslide CNN
- The Russiagate Playbook Fails in Bulgaria compactmag.com
- Bulgarian Voters, Worn Down by Corruption, Back New Coalition The New York Times
- A new foothold for Moscow in Europe after Bulgaria election The Washington Post
Four candidates for UN secretary-general audition this week. That’s far fewer than in 2016 – AP News
- Four candidates for UN secretary-general audition this week. That’s far fewer than in 2016 AP News
- Back to Basics at the U.N. Foreign Policy
- Prioritising Peace: What the UN Should Ask of Its Next Secretary-General International Crisis Group
- Gender, geography and powerbroking in play in race for next UN chief UN News
- Race to lead the UN: Four candidates seek world's top diplomatic post The National
Police investigate whether London arson attacks were planned for weeks
Criminals paid on behalf of Iran are believed to be behind attacks against Jewish targets, say detectives
Detectives are investigating whether the series of arson attacks in London were planned for weeks with suspects carrying out reconnaissance on the Jewish targets to be firebombed.
The series of attacks against synagogues and other Jewish targets, as well as one premises linked to Iranian dissidents, are believed to be carried out by criminals paid on behalf of Iran, police said.
Continue reading...US singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder in death of missing teen girl
Prosecutors say the singer, real name David Anthony Burke, could face life in prison due to the nature of the case, if convicted.
Climate groups sue US government over approval of new BP project in Gulf of Mexico
Advocates expressed alarm as new project drills deeper into ocean bed, pointing to company’s failures at Deepwater Horizon spill
Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s huge new ultra-deep oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 years to the day since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster caused the worst oil spill in US history.
Continue reading...Singer D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old girl found in car
Musician has been charged after the dismembered and decomposing body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in abandoned Tesla
The singer D4vd has been charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teenage girl whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in the artist’s apparently abandoned Tesla in September.
The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said the 21-year-old, whose legal name is David Burke, was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Rivas Hernandez, who was reported missing by her family in 2024, when she was 13. Authorities say she was 14 when she died.
Continue reading...Viktor Orbán’s Defeat Showed Democrats How to End Trump’s Rule – Slate
- Viktor Orbán’s Defeat Showed Democrats How to End Trump’s Rule Slate
- Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth The Guardian
- The End of the Argument ad Orbánum The Atlantic
- What Orban's ouster in Hungary means for Europe Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Opinion | The Four Lessons Liberals Should Consider After Orban’s Defeat The New York Times
Outrage over Israeli soldier’s vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon – BBC
- Outrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon BBC
- Over 150 Jewish leaders sign letter decrying desecration of Jesus statue in Lebanon The Times of Israel
- Israeli Soldier in Lebanon Sledgehammered a Statue of Jesus The New York Times
- Outcry grows over Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon Sky News
Outrage over Israeli soldier’s vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon
The Israeli military says it views with "great severity" the actions of the soldier, as the US ambassador demands "swift" consequences.
Outrage over Israeli soldier’s vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon
The Israeli military says it views with "great severity" the actions of the soldier, as the US ambassador demands "swift" consequences.
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans
Government amendment to children’s wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory ban
A ban on mobile phones in schools in England is to be introduced by the government to ensure that “critical safeguarding legislation” is passed.
The government will table an amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill in the House of Lords after the bill was held up by peers on opposition benches.
Continue reading...Baby was sexually abused before being killed by man adopting him, court told
Boy died aged 13 months after ‘routine abuse’ by Jamie Varley and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, jury hears
A baby boy was “routinely ill-treated, sexually abused and physically assaulted” before he was killed by a secondary school teacher adopting him, a jury has heard.
Jamie Varley, the teacher, 37, and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were in the process of adopting Preston Davey.
Continue reading...EU eyes approval for €90B Ukraine loan on Wednesday – politico.eu
- EU eyes approval for €90B Ukraine loan on Wednesday politico.eu
- EU optimistic over approval of €90bn loan for Ukraine following Orbán defeat – Europe live The Guardian
- EU eyes Ukraine loan, Israeli settler sanctions, after Hungarian election Al Jazeera
- EU expects first loan tranche to Ukraine end-May/early June - Dombrovskis Reuters
- EU Poised to Clinch €90 Billion Loan for Ukraine Bloomberg