Ronaldo nets twice for Portugal in emotional World Cup qualifier in Armenia
Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice in a 5-0 World Cup qualifying win in Armenia as Portugal remember Diogo Jota.
Greek Premier Offers €1.6 Billion Tax Cuts to Spur Middle Class – Bloomberg.com
- Greek Premier Offers €1.6 Billion Tax Cuts to Spur Middle Class Bloomberg.com
- Greece announces €1.6bn relief package to tackle population decline The Guardian
- Greek prime minister unveils broad tax-cuts package in keynote policy speech AP News
- What is a fairer taxation scale? eKathimerini.com
- Greek PM unveils tax breaks amid cost of living crisis Reuters
Reshuffle of junior ministers raises fears over future of Labour’s workers’ rights bill
Some believe fight is looming over sweeping reforms after employment rights minister Justin Madders sacked and union allies sidelined
Keir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising questions over the future of Labour’s workers’ rights package.
The reshuffle has been used by Downing Street to signal a tougher stance on immigration in an apparent bid to take on Reform UK, with Shabana Mahmood – a self-described social conservative rising star – now in charge of the Home Office, supported by Sarah Jones who returns to her former policing brief.
Continue reading...Reshuffle of junior ministers raises fears over future of Labour’s workers’ rights bill
Some believe fight is looming over sweeping reforms after employment rights minister Justin Madders sacked and union allies sidelined
Keir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising questions over the future of Labour’s workers’ rights package.
The reshuffle has been used by Downing Street to signal a tougher stance on immigration in an apparent bid to take on Reform UK, with Shabana Mahmood – a self-described social conservative rising star – now in charge of the Home Office, supported by Sarah Jones who returns to her former policing brief.
Continue reading...Trump’s former surgeon general urges president to fire RFK Jr
Jerome Adams cites vaccine policy and chaos at CDC and joins other officials in saying Kennedy is risking US health
The surgeon general from the first Trump administration on Saturday said that the US president should “absolutely” fire health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr over his “dangerous” policies on vaccines and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Jerome Adams, who has become a pointed critic of the controversial public health decisions being swiftly rolled out in the second Trump administration, made his most fierce attack yet on what has been unfolding.
Continue reading...The Gaza flotilla is a fraud – JNS.org
- The Gaza flotilla is a fraud JNS.org
- A day on board the Global Sumud Flotilla heading for Gaza Al Jazeera
- Aid flotilla taking Greta Thunberg, other activists to Gaza turns around due to stormy weather, organizers say CBS News
- Flotilla with Greta Thunberg leaves Barcelona in biggest attempt yet to break Israel's Gaza blockade AP News
- Mandela's grandson says Palestinians' plight is worse than apartheid Reuters
Gaza’s Nasser Hospital: Camera IDF Thought Used by Hamas Belonged to Reuters Reporter – Haaretz
- Gaza's Nasser Hospital: Camera IDF Thought Used by Hamas Belonged to Reuters Reporter Haaretz
- London plastic surgeon's life-saving Gaza mission BBC
- Analysis of footage from Nasser Hospital strike calls Israel’s account into question The Times of Israel
- Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza hospital kills 19, hospital says Daily Sitka Sentinel
- HRF and PCHR File ICC Complaint on the Nasser Hospital Massacre: Exposing the Command Chain Behind the Killing of 22 Civilians Hind Rajab Foundation
Police make mass arrests at Palestine Action rally outside UK Parliament
Violence breaks out as police move in on 1,500 people protesting against government’s ban on anti-genocide group.
First image in 700 days: Family of hostage Alon Ohel issues still from Hamas video – The Times of Israel
- First image in 700 days: Family of hostage Alon Ohel issues still from Hamas video The Times of Israel
- Hamas releases video of hostages in Gaza City as Israeli military advances CNN
- First Photo of Israeli Hostage Alon Ohel Since Oct. 7 Hamas Abduction Released Haaretz
- Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza BBC
- 'Serbia is working to bring Ohel and all hostages home,' assures ambassador to the US The Jerusalem Post
Pilot who tried to cut off engine midair after taking mushrooms pleads guilty
The off-duty pilot was sitting in the cockpit of the Alaska Airlines flight when he tried to crash the jet.
Pilot who tried to cut off engine midair after taking mushrooms pleads guilty
The off-duty pilot was sitting in the cockpit of the Alaska Airlines flight when he tried to crash the jet.
A World War II Dispute Between Ukraine and Poland Is Put to Rest – The New York Times
- A World War II Dispute Between Ukraine and Poland Is Put to Rest The New York Times
- Poland buries wartime remains in western Ukraine as part of reconciliation Reuters
- Funeral for Volhynian crime victims exhumed in Puzniki Euronews.com
- Mass burial of, previously exhumated, Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II, in the former village of Puzhnyky Reuters Connect
- Polish victims of WWII massacres by Ukrainian nationalists reburied in Ukraine Notes From Poland
Reuters withdraws Putin-Xi immortality video after Chinese legal objections – The Kyiv Independent
- Reuters withdraws Putin-Xi immortality video after Chinese legal objections The Kyiv Independent
- Reuters withdraws Xi, Putin longevity video after China state TV pulls legal permission to use it Reuters
- Organ transplants and immortality: Might Xi and Putin be onto something? BBC
- ‘People can get younger, perhaps even immortal’: Putin’s pursuit of longevity The Guardian
- Xi, Putin video on ‘living to 150’ dropped as Chinese TV pulls permission Al Jazeera
Afghan survivors struggle in the wake of deadly earthquake
More than 2,200 deaths as southeast Afghanistan grapples with aftermath of a powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake.
Boko Haram kills dozens in ‘house to house’ attack in Nigeria’s northeast, residents say – Reuters
- Boko Haram kills dozens in 'house to house' attack in Nigeria's northeast, residents say Reuters
- Borno State: Boko Haram kills at least 60 in overnight attack BBC
- Jihadis kill dozens in Nigeria's northeast, residents say DW
- Dozens of people killed in assault on village in Nigeria’s Borno State Al Jazeera
- Boko Haram militants kill 60 in attack in Nigeria’s northeast AP News
Mourners pay tribute at public viewing of Giorgio Armani’s coffin
Mourners queue in Milan to say goodbye to the Italian designer who died on Thursday, aged 91.
Unidentified object crashes in eastern Poland – breakingthenews.net
- Unidentified object crashes in eastern Poland breakingthenews.net
- Poland says two drones enter airspace, cause no damage Reuters
- Poland Scrambles Fighter Jets As Russia Launches Long-Range Strikes Newsweek
- World News Highlights Updates: Unidentified object likely to be a drone falls in Eastern Poland The Economic Times
- Unidentified object falls in eastern Poland TVP World
Trump to punish countries that unjustly detain US citizens – BBC
- Trump to punish countries that unjustly detain US citizens BBC
- Trump signs executive order creating 'state sponsor of wrongful detention' designation ABC News
- STRENGTHENING EFFORTS TO PROTECT U.S. NATIONALS FROM WRONGFUL DETENTION ABROAD The White House (.gov)
- New Executive Order Intends To Punish Countries, Actors Wrongfully Detaining Americans i24NEWS
- Trump signs executive order creating ‘state sponsor of wrongful detention’ designation CNN
Home Office clearout as Starmer reshuffles top team – BBC
- Home Office clearout as Starmer reshuffles top team BBC
- The Starmer government’s moment of jeopardy Financial Times
- After a tax scandal, Britain’s government gets a shake-up The Economist
- Keir Starmer’s Miserable Moment in the U.K. Has Nigel Farage Gloating The New York Times
- UK's Cooper appointed foreign minister, Lammy named deputy PM Reuters
Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine
Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’
A controversial doctor given top billing at the Reform party conference has used his main-stage speech to air a claim the Covid vaccine caused cancer in the royal family.
The speech by Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who was appointed as a senior adviser to the US health secretary and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy, drew sharp intakes of breath in the Birmingham auditorium where he was handed a prime speaking slot.
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