- US intelligence-gathering flights are surging off Cuba CNN
- The U.S. has conducted at least 25 military surveillance flights near Cuba in recent months, according to CNN CiberCuba
- US increases reconnaissance flights near Cuba amid rising tensions mezha.net
- U.S. Surveillance Drone Operates Near Cuba Amid Rising Tensions with Regime CubaHeadlines
- U.S. spy drone circles Cuba again amid tensions with the regime CiberCuba
Fifa World Cup matches face heightened terror risk in US amid Iran conflict
Experts warn of ‘soft target’ vulnerabilities and intelligence gaps as federal agencies prepare to secure 78 matches across 11 cities
Fifa World Cup matches set to be held across the United States face heightened terrorism risks, with experts warning that vulnerabilities are being amplified by the US-Israel conflict with Iran and a depletion of counter-terrorism expertise within federal law enforcement.
The biggest threat stems from homegrown violent extremists, often lone actors that may have become radicalized online by extreme political views or jihadists such as the Islamic State (Isis), said four counter-terror experts interviewed.
Continue reading...How the Trump White House works against itself in its efforts to prevent overdoses
Contradictory policies that gut harm reduction programs while supporting naloxone access are confusing experts
Within just a few weeks, the Trump administration has proposed multiple contradictory policies related to overdose prevention – some that could help save lives and others that experts say could further strain health resources and put people at risk for overdose.
These policies include a new prohibition on funding for fentanyl test strips, which help people avoid overdoses; proposed budget cuts that would gut the country’s overdose prevention efforts; and an ambitious drug control strategy that will be impossible to implement if the aforementioned cuts go through.
Continue reading...Advisers urge JP Morgan investors to vote to split chair and CEO positions
SS and Glass Lewis back shareholder resolution amid fears over power wielded by Jamie Dimon, who holds both roles
Investors in JP Morgan have been urged to vote in favour of splitting the role of chief executive and chair at America’s largest bank, amid concerns over the power wielded by its billionaire boss Jamie Dimon.
ISS and Glass Lewis, which issue advice to some of the world’s biggest fund managers on how to vote at annual investor meetings, have thrown their weight behind a shareholder resolution that would ensure two separate people hold the office of chair and chief executive “as soon as possible”. Investors are due to vote on the resolution at the bank’s annual general meeting on 19 May.
Continue reading...‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest
Vitória Régia imagines rightwing Bolsonaro plot succeeded with US help – and highlights threats facing Indigenous peoples
The year is 2025 and far-right coup plotters have annihilated Brazil’s democracy, assassinating the president, closing the national congress and surrendering the Amazon rainforest and its untold riches to the United States.
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Amazon of America,” a thick-accented North American soldier tells a group of journalists being taken on a propaganda tour of an oil refinery in the newly annexed jungle realm. Nearby, a replica of the Statue of Liberty has been carved out of the wilderness to celebrate Washington’s tutelage over more than half of Brazil.
Continue reading...Why is being a mother so expensive in the United States?
On Mother’s Day, Al Jazeera details the high cost of motherhood in the US compared with the rest of the world.
The genocide is still taking Gaza’s mothers
It now wants to take mine.
Bodies retrieved from Indonesian volcano after eruption kills 3 hikers – AP News
- Bodies retrieved from Indonesian volcano after eruption kills 3 hikers AP News
- Two Singaporeans confirmed dead in Indonesia volcano eruption, bodies retrieved Reuters
- Bodies of missing hikers found in each other's arms after volcano erupts in Indonesia Sky News
- Indonesian rescuers retrieve body from Mount Dukono as search continues The Guardian
- Mount Dukono: Multiple hikers killed, others rescued after volcano erupts in Indonesia CNN
How did Gaza’s sea become a wall?
For 18 years, Israel has enforced a naval blockade around the Gaza Strip.
Drone Hits Ship Near Qatar as US Awaits Iran Peace Plan Response – Bloomberg.com
- Drone Hits Ship Near Qatar as US Awaits Iran Peace Plan Response Bloomberg.com
- Iran ceasefire tested as cargo ship catches fire after being hit off Qatar's coast NPR
- Live: Iran responds to US peace plan after drones target Kuwait and the UAE France 24
- Tanker struck off Qatar as Iran warns of US sanction supporters The Jerusalem Post
- US-Iran ceasefire under strain as Gulf states report drone attacks Al Jazeera
Plaid Cymru leader says he hopes to be made first minister as early as Tuesday
Rhun ap Iowerth says he hopes his party’s programme for government will get backing from across the Senedd
The leader of Plaid Cymru is hoping to become Welsh first minister as early as Tuesday after his party won a historic victory in the Senedd elections, soundly beating Labour and holding off Reform UK.
Plaid fell short of winning a majority in the Welsh parliament but Rhun ap Iorwerth said on Sunday he hoped other parties would work with him and told UK Labour not to punish Wales over the result.
Continue reading...‘I was in a terrible state’: actor David Morrissey tells how social anxiety led him to alcoholism
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Liverpool-born actor says depression and anxiety followed death of his father when he was 15
The actor David Morrissey has spoken of how “terrible” social anxiety contributed to him becoming an alcoholic.
“I am a recovering alcoholic,” Morrissey, who has been sober for 21 years, told Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. “Drinking first was about anxiety. I’ve had this terrible social anxiety and that helped me get through it.”
Continue reading...El Clasico: Kylian Mbappe not in Real Madrid squad to face Barcelona
French forward to miss the crucial fixture despite training with teammates on Friday following his recovery from injury.
Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out
Property disputes, predatory developers and surging sea levels are putting the historic Black community at risk
On Arthur Champen’s half-acre property in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, a thicket of southern live oaks, palmettos and pine trees muffle the roar of cars on nearby highway 278. His haint blue house, lightened by the sun, sits on stilts to protect it from flooding that comes with the high tide. During the spring, it is common for the marshland adjacent to his land to turn into a muddy soup. “Other than the cars,” Champen, 81, said, “you hear how peaceful it is?”
About a decade ago, Champen’s family nearly lost the grassy marshland next door that their family bought several generations ago.
Continue reading...How TMZ is finding its footing on the political scene, even after some misfires
The salacious gossip website is hounding politicians and tracking vacationing members of Congress
TMZ has only been in Washington DC for a matter of weeks, but the salacious gossip website is already having an impact: hounding politicians, tracking vacationing members of Congress and reporting on a senator taking a trip to Disney World.
It’s been quite the start as the website and TV channel attempts to break into the political scene, with its first focus on members of Congress taking a two-week recess – typically meaning the politicians return to their home districts and states to meet constituents – during a record partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Continue reading...Why is Iran taking time to respond to the US proposal to end the war?
Iran continues to review the proposal as Tehran's nuclear programme and Strait of Hormuz remain main sticking points.
North Korea amends constitution, mandates nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated: Report – WION
- North Korea amends constitution, mandates nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated: Report WION
- North Korea updates constitution to require automatic nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated: report Fox News
- North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed by foreign power New York Post
- North Korea revises constitution to drop references to unification of Korean Peninsula NBC News
- North Korea drops reunification goal from constitution DW.com
Iran’s Supreme Leader briefs military chief on ‘new guiding measures’, Fars agency says – Reuters
- Iran's Supreme Leader briefs military chief on 'new guiding measures', Fars agency says Reuters
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Meets Military Commander, State Media Says WSJ
- Khamenei briefs army chief on 'guiding measures to pursue military operations' — Iranian media The Times of Israel
- US Iran war news LIVE: Iran sends response to US peace proposal via Pakistan, says negotiations to focus on ending war Hindustan Times
- ‘Confront the enemy’: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issues new directive after meeting military head WION
Iran military warns of ‘surprising’ methods of warfare if attacked again
Iran’s army spokesman says if the ‘enemy’ were to attack again, they would face new methods of warfare.