NATO ally endorses China’s Ukraine peace plan as Beijing applauds ‘model’ of European diplomacy – Fox News
- NATO ally endorses China's Ukraine peace plan as Beijing applauds 'model' of European diplomacy Fox News
- China makes Hungary a model for diplomatic ties in Europe Financial Times
- Xi attends farewell event held by Hungarian PM Orban Xinhua
- In Budapest, Xi Hails a 'Deep Friendship' With Hungary The New York Times
- Xi and Orban: Hungary Will Put Europeans in a $10,000 Electric Car Bloomberg
Israel orders more evacuations as Rafah fighting intensifies
Chaotic build-up to Eurovision as final approaches – BBC.com
- Chaotic build-up to Eurovision as final approaches BBC.com
- Joost Klein: Dutch contestant disqualified from Eurovision Song Contest BBC.com
- Eurovision: Switzerland Wins the Most Divisive Song Contest In Competition’s 68-Year History Hollywood Reporter
- Eurovision 2024: Switzerland’s Nemo wins with “The Code.” The Associated Press
- Eurovision 2024: The Grand Final running order Eurovision.tv
Jill Biden tells Arizona graduates ‘let the world feel your thunder’
First lady shares with Mesa Community College how her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn’t college material
Jill Biden on Saturday told Arizona community college graduates to tune out the people who like to tell them what they can’t do.
The first lady shared with graduates of Mesa Community College how her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn’t college material and shouldn’t waste her time going. She didn’t listen and got her college degree.
Continue reading...Teenager dies after being pulled from river in Northamptonshire
Police say 17-year-old Ronalds Abele got into difficulty while swimming at the Embankment in Wellingborough
A teenage boy has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in the River Nene, Northamptonshire police said.
Ronalds Abele, 17, was swimming at the Embankment in Wellingborough on Friday, and was pulled from the water by emergency services after he got into difficulty.
Continue reading...Girding Russia for war, Putin gives extra duties to two top officials – Yahoo! Voices
- Girding Russia for war, Putin gives extra duties to two top officials Yahoo! Voices
- Vladimir Putin reappoints Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister Financial Times
- Russian Lawmakers Approve Mishustin’s Return as PM The Moscow Times
- Russian Prime Minister Plans to Keep Alexander Novak as Deputy Bloomberg
- Putin reappoints Prime Minister Mishustin NBC News
UK set for hottest day of year on Sunday at 27C – followed by thunderstorms
Top temperatures expected, but heavy rain to follow with weather warnings in place for week ahead
Britain will experience its hottest temperatures of the year on Sunday – before thunderstorms and heavy rain bring an end to the sunny conditions that the country has enjoyed over the past few days.
The Met Office forecasts temperatures will peak at around 27C before the wet weather arrives. Western areas, including parts of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, will be the first to encounter the storms.
Continue reading...Crack in US-Israel alliance for first time in decades
Watch: Prince Harry plays sit-down volleyball
Solar storm produces stunning northern lights across US, UK, Russia
At least 200 people killed by flash floods in Afghanistan as humanitarian emergency looms – CNN
- At least 200 people killed by flash floods in Afghanistan as humanitarian emergency looms CNN
- Flooding Kills Dozens in Afghanistan The New York Times
- Afghanistan: Hundreds feared dead in Baghlan and Takhar flooding BBC.com
- Afghanistan floods kill at least 153, Taliban interior ministry says Reuters
- Flash Floods Kill More Than 300 People In Northern Afghanistan After Heavy Rains, UN Says HuffPost
‘Explosive’ secret list of abusers set to upstage women’s big week at Cannes film festival
Crisis management team reported to be in place as Meryl Streep heads roster of female stars and directors collecting accolades
For good and bad reasons, on and off the red carpet, the spotlight is trained on women in the run-up to the Cannes film festival this week. As the cream of female film talent, including Hollywood’s Meryl Streep and Britain’s Andrea Arnold, prepare to receive significant career awards, a dark cloud is threatening. It is expected that new allegations of the abuse of women in the European entertainment industry will be made public, which may overshadow the sparkle of a feminist Croisette.
Streep’s screen achievements will be celebrated with an honorary Palme d’Or at the opening ceremony, while a day later Arnold, the acclaimed British film director, will receive the prestigious Carosse d’Or from the French director’s guild. And on Sunday another influential British film personality will be saluted when diversity champion Dame Donna Langley, the chairman and chief content officer at NBCUniversal, is to be honoured with the Women in Motion Award at a lavish dinner. All this comes in a year that also sees the American director Greta Gerwig, best known for last summer’s Barbie, presiding over a jury that features the campaigning stars Eva Green and Lily Gladstone. But the story of the 77th festival will not be all positive for women.
Continue reading...Dutch contestant disqualified from Eurovision
In pictures: Northern Lights dazzle around the world
Latest Gaza evacuation warnings expose weak spots in Israel’s war strategy
Awareness of diplomatic fallout has led Israel to downplay offensive, while return to north shows difficulty of eliminating Hamas
• Middle East crisis – live updates
Two elements are particularly striking about the latest evacuation warnings issued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to residents and displaced people in central Rafah and a considerable part of northern Gaza.
The first is that the warnings for Rafah were put at the bottom of leaflets and social media posts, almost as if the IDF was trying to downplay the coming offensive. This may be because Israeli military officials have told the media for much of the week that they were carrying out “precise, limited and targeted” operations in the city with the sole objective of seizing the key border crossing with Egypt. This is now clearly not the case, if it ever was.
Continue reading...Hamas says a captive has died of wounds sustained in Israeli air strike – Al Jazeera English
- Hamas says a captive has died of wounds sustained in Israeli air strike Al Jazeera English
- Hamas says British-Israeli hostage has died from airstrike wounds The Guardian
- Hamas publishes video of hostage Nadav Popplewell, kidnapped October 7 The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas publishes propaganda video of hostage Nadav Popplewell The Times of Israel
- Israel-Gaza live updates: Delegations leave Cairo without cease-fire deal ABC News
Hamas says a captive has died of wounds sustained in Israeli air strike
Panama’s next president says he’ll try to shut down one of the world’s busiest migration routes – The Associated Press
- Panama's next president says he'll try to shut down one of the world's busiest migration routes The Associated Press
- Panama to deport US-bound migrants who cross Darien Gap jungle route FRANCE 24 English
- 'Will try to shut down world's busiest migration routes,' says Panama's next president The Times of India
- Panama Presidential Election: Mulino Wins With Martinelli's Blessing Foreign Policy
- Exclusive: Panama's president-elect vows to help fix canal water problems, build major train line Reuters
Ukraine attacks on Russian oil refineries may prove Biden Administration wrong – Business Insider
- Ukraine attacks on Russian oil refineries may prove Biden Administration wrong Business Insider
- A Ukrainian Sport Plane Drone Just Flew 800 Miles Into Russia To Blow Up An Oil Refinery Forbes
- Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Facilities, Including One Far Over the Border The New York Times
- In First, Drone Attacks Oil Refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan The Moscow Times
- Why Ukraine Should Keep Striking Russian Oil Refineries Foreign Affairs Magazine