Have the wheels come off for Tesla?
As the electric carmaker sees sales fall and cuts jobs, we take a closer look at its problems.
What’s behind the US generational divide on Israel’s war on Gaza?
Polls suggest an increasing number of young Americans are siding with Palestinians and growing critical of Israel.
Measles outbreak kills at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria
The deaths were recorded out of nearly 200 suspected measles cases in the state of Adamawa, official says.
Palestinian doctor dies in Israeli prison
Israeli authorities said they were investigating the death of orthopaedic surgeon Dr Adnan Al-Bursh.
Children, infants missing after Tunis police clear makeshift refugee camps
Police cleared two of the Tunisian capital's irregular Black migrant camps, busing residents to an unknown location.
Hope Hicks: Trump was worried about WSJ article’s effect on Melania – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, read our coverage here.
Judge Juan Merchan was referring to a claim Donald Trump made while addressing the media yesterday outside of court.
Speaking to reporters after court adjourned for the day on Thursday, the former president said:
I’m not allowed to testify. I’m under a gag order. I guess, right?
I’m not allowed to testify, because this judge, who’s totally conflicted, has me under an unconstitutional gag order.
I want to stress Mr Trump that you have an absolute right to testify at trial.
That is a constitutional right that will not be denied or abnegated in any way ... It is a fundamental right that cannot be infringed upon ... the order prohibiting extra-judicial statements does not prevent you from testifying in any way.
Continue reading...Ex-Trump aide gets emotional at hush-money trial
Hope Hicks testifies she was "a little stunned" to hear his graphic remarks about women in a 2005 tape.
US congressman Cuellar indicted for alleged Azerbaijan influence scheme
Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, accused of accepting bribes in exchange for advancing interests of Azerbaijan in Congress.
Three arrested over Sikh activist’s killing in Canada
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead last June, sparking a diplomatic row between India and Canada.
Hope Hicks tells hush-money jury of Trump’s control over 2016 campaign
Ex-president’s former communications director says Access Hollywood tape ‘was a crisis’ for his campaign
Hope Hicks, Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign press secretary, broke into tears on Friday while testifying in the ex-president’s New York criminal hush-money trial, hours after she described his complete control over the campaign.
Hicks, who cut a skittish figure in Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom, is a key prosecution witness. She described Trump campaign staffers’ panic when a recording emerged in which Trump bragged about groping women. “This was a crisis” for his presidential bid, she said, describing the sentiment among the campaign staff.
Continue reading...Police fired gun while clearing Columbia University protest
There were no injuries or students nearby, and the bullet lodged in a wall. The matter is now under investigation.
‘Promising signs’: Greens dominate in Bristol election
As party narrowly misses out on overall majority, co-leader says it has won spread of urban and rural seats
The Greens are celebrating a spectacular win in Bristol, where it became by far the largest party, as it headed for a record number of councillors in local elections across England.
Party officials said they believed they were on track to finish with more than 800 members on more than 170 councils.
Continue reading...UK activists prevent arrest of migrants slated for deportation
UK activists and human rights groups are taking action over the detention of migrants slated for deportation to Rwanda.
Congressman Henry Cuellar in court accused of receiving $600,000 in bribes
Texas Democrat says he and his also accused wife are innocent amid claims they took money from Azerbaijan and Mexican bank
The US justice department on Friday accused the Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, of accepting about $600,000 in bribes in exchange for influencing policy in favor of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank.
The Cuellars had made their first appearance before a federal magistrate judge in Houston by the afternoon, but it was not clear how they pleaded. Earlier, the congressman, who has represented a swath of Texas’s border with Mexico in the US House since 2005, issued a statement denying unspecified “allegations” against him.
Continue reading...Berlin wants to give away Joseph Goebbels’ countryside villa
Berlin’s finance minister says property owned by Hitler’s propaganda minister will be demolished if taker not found
Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, hoping to end a decades-long debate on whether to repurpose or bulldoze a sprawling disused site in the countryside north of the German capital.
“I offer to anyone who would like to take over the site, to take it over as a gift from the state of Berlin,” Berlin’s finance minister, Stefan Evers, told the state parliament, the German Press Agency reported.
Continue reading...Campus Gaza solidarity protests go global
Anger and frustration with the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza have sparked university protests worldwide.
Homes demolished after Kenya flood evacuation order
Residents of a slum say the destruction of their homes caught them by surprise and they have nowhere to stay.
Homes demolished after Kenya flood evacuation order
Residents of a slum say the destruction of their homes caught them by surprise and they have nowhere to stay.
Brazil: 37 killed and dozens missing in worst floods in 80 years
More than 23,000 people forced to leave homes after heavy rains in southern Rio Grande do Sul prompt record-breaking floods
Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 37 people, with another 74 still missing, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes.
It was the fourth such environmental disaster in a year, following floods in July, September and November that killed 75 people in total.
Continue reading...Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study
Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected
Using a gas stove increases nitrogen dioxide exposure to levels that exceed public health recommendations, a new study shows. The report, published Friday in Science Advances, found that people of color and low-income residents in the US were disproportionately affected.
Indoor gas and propane appliances raise average concentrations of the harmful pollutant, also known as NO2, to 75% of the World Health Organization’s standard for indoor and outdoor exposure.
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