- US Army sergeant arrested in Russia pleads guilty to theft BBC.com
- US soldier detained in Russia pleads guilty, official says ABC News
- Staff Sgt. Gordon Black Reportedly Pleads Guilty to Theft While Being Held by Russia Military.com
- U.S. soldier admits guilt in theft case, Russia says NBC News
- US soldier pleads guilty in theft case: Russian media The Hill
Putin thanks Xi for China’s initiatives on Ukraine – DW (English)
- Putin thanks Xi for China's initiatives on Ukraine DW (English)
- Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States Reuters
- China's Xi and Russia's Putin Vow to Cooperate Against US 'Containment' Bloomberg
- May 16, 2024 - Russia's war in Ukraine CNN
- Putin arrives in China for state visit Yahoo! Voices
Fury refuses to look Usyk in the eye in face-off
Heavyweight Tyson Fury refuses to face off with Oleksandr Usyk during a cordial news conference in Saudi Arabia.
Top NATO commander: Russia’s offensive won’t succeed – POLITICO Europe
- Top NATO commander: Russia's offensive won't succeed POLITICO Europe
- Top NATO commander says Russian troop numbers insufficient for Kharkiv breakthrough Yahoo! Voices
- Ukraine war briefing: Kharkiv campaign won’t deliver major Russian breakthrough – Nato general The Guardian
- NATO top commander says Russia has insufficient numbers for breakthrough in Kharkiv Oblast Kyiv Independent
- NATO Chiefs of Defence discuss the strengthening of NATO's defence plans NATO HQ
Gaza war: Israeli tank fire kills five soldiers in north Gaza, military says – BBC.com
- Gaza war: Israeli tank fire kills five soldiers in north Gaza, military says BBC.com
- IDF announces name of fallen solider The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli military says 5 soldiers killed by friendly fire in northern Gaza, more troops to join Rafah operation NBC News
- Israel Admits Killing Five of Its Own Young Soldiers by Mistake The Daily Beast
- Diverse backgrounds give way to shared fate as Gaza friendly-fire victims eulogized The Times of Israel
Israel-Gaza: What did the ICJ ruling really say? – BBC.com
Labour: What do voters make of Starmer’s six pledges? – Sky News
- Labour: What do voters make of Starmer's six pledges? Sky News
- Starmer: What the razzmatazz and promises tell you about Labour BBC.com
- Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer's 'first steps for change' – cartoon The Guardian
- The UK's opposition Labour Party unveils its pledges to voters in hopes of winning the next election The Associated Press
- Keir Starmer sets out six Labour pledges for general election The Times
All parents, working or not, should have access to childcare, say experts in England
Rescue and reform manifesto from Early Education and Childcare Coalition calls for overhaul of model
A manifesto calling for an overhaul of childcare provision in England, including making early education accessible to all children regardless of whether their parents work or not, has been backed by dozens of leading employers and unions.
Thirty-five national organisations have joined forces to call for the reform of the current childcare model, including the Federation of Small Businesses, the Early Years Alliance, the Fawcett Society, the Joseph Rowntree Trust, and National Children’s Bureau.
Continue reading...Post-Brexit deal on border between Gibraltar and Spain remains unresolved
European Commission vice president, Maroš Šefčovič, cites progress on trade and economy for territory but not border checks
Talks on a post-Brexit deal to govern the border between Gibraltar and Spain have broken up without an agreement, although both sides insisted a deal was “getting closer”.
David Cameron, the UK foreign secretary, met the European Commission vice president, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels to discuss the British overseas territory on the Iberian peninsula, which has been in limbo since Britain left the EU.
Continue reading...‘Realities of apartheid’: South African artist wins Deutsche Börse photography prize
Lebohang Kganye blends oral traditions, family photos and theatre in a ‘new and fresh way’ to trace personal history of apartheid era
The South African artist Lebohang Kganye has won the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize for her work that uses large-scale cutouts and elements of set design to trace and depict her family history during the apartheid era.
The Johannesburg-based artist took home the £30,000 prize for her winning exhibition, which is on display at the Photographers’ Gallery in central London and is called Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home.
Continue reading...Can US floating pier improve Gaza’s critical aid pipeline?
An ambitious US maritime corridor is due to start operating off Gaza's coast in the coming days.
Carer’s allowance report a vivid insight into failings of an unfit system
Little wonder welfare ministers were so reluctant the publish the study they commissioned five years ago
There are plenty of reasons why welfare ministers were reluctant to publish the study they commissioned into unpaid carers’ experiences of carer’s allowance five years ago, and which has finally emerged under duress.
In 2019 they had undoubtedly been chastened by criticism from MPs and auditors that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) did not understand how a relatively little known benefit was causing oceans of misery and hardship for carers.
Continue reading...Israeli tank fire kills five IDF soldiers in north Gaza
The reported friendly-fire incident in Jabalia is one of the deadliest since the war began.
Nigerian activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women
Petition launched to halt mass ceremony that organisers say is for 100 orphans whose parents were killed by gangs
Human rights activists in Nigeria have launched a petition to stop a plan to push 100 girls and young women into marriage in a mass ceremony, which has caused outrage in the west African country.
The plan, sponsored by Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, the speaker of the national assembly in the largely Muslim north-western state of Niger, were criticised by Nigeria’s women’s affairs minister, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye. She said she would seek a court injunction to stop the ceremony next week and establish if any of the girls were minors.
Continue reading...Cardi B Joins Celebrities Not Endorsing A Presidential Candidate – Forbes
- Cardi B Joins Celebrities Not Endorsing A Presidential Candidate Forbes
- Cardi B won't vote for Trump or Biden in the 2024 presidential election MSNBC
- Cardi B on Biden: ‘People got betrayed’ The Hill
- Cardi B says she won’t vote in the 2024 presidential election KTLA Los Angeles
- Cardi B Says She Isn't Voting in the Presidential Election The Cut
What did ICJ ruling mean in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?
The ICJ ruling has come under intense scrutiny, centring on the word "plausible". What did the court mean?
Kharkiv fighting difficult but under control – Zelensky
Ukraine is halting further Russian advances after suffering its largest territorial loss for 18 months.
Video shows crash that left truck hanging off bridge
The driver of the truck was rescued after ending up dangling 75ft above the Ohio river in Kentucky.
‘He was not radical’: Slovakia tries to make sense of Fico shooting
Friends in town of Levice say 71-year-old showed no signs of planning attack, while Slovakian president says climate of hate is collective work
Mile L’udovit, like other residents of the unassuming grey apartment block on the outskirts of the sleepy central Slovakian town of Levice, considered Juraj Cintula a reliable neighbour and friend.
Having lived side by side with him for more than 40 years, L’udovit could never have imagined the 71-year-old former security guard and amateur poet would be suspected of perpetrating the worst political attack in Slovakian modern history – shooting the prime minister multiple times at point-blank range.
Continue reading...South Africa seeks halt to Israel’s Gaza offensive
It says Israel must be forced to stop its operation in Rafah, in a fresh bid to the UN's top court.