- Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, including Shani Louk The Associated Press
- IDF recovers three hostages’ bodies from Gaza CNN
- Israel recovers bodies of hostage Shani Louk and 2 others NPR
- Israel recovers bodies of 3 killed by Hamas during music festival MSNBC
- Israel Recovered the Bodies of 3 Hostages The New York Times
Four US daycare workers charged with spiking children’s food with melatonin
New Hampshire employees of day care arrested after six-month investigation and each face 10 charges of endangering children
Four New Hampshire daycare employees allegedly spiked children’s food with the sleep supplement melatonin and were arrested on Thursday.
The arrests stem from a November 2023 investigation at a daycare in Manchester, New Hampshire, about 30 minutes outside the state capital of Concord.
Continue reading...Blow to UAW as Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against unionization
Workers in Tuscaloosa vote against bid to unionize, as UAW president Shawn Fain hails impact of campaign despite defeat
The United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s plans to build its membership in the southern states.
The loss on Friday comes amid the UAW’s ambitious union-organizing campaign to organize 150,000 non-union auto workers around the US.
Continue reading...Supplies arrive in Gaza via new pier but land routes essential, says US aid chief
Samantha Power says barely 100 trucks of aid a day enter Gaza, far less than 600 needed to address threat of famine
Humanitarian assistance has begun to arrive in Gaza along a US-made pier, but the US aid chief said the new sea corridor could not be a substitute for land crossings, and warned that deliveries of food and fuel entering Gaza had slowed to “dangerously low levels”.
The White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, confirmed on Friday that truckloads of humanitarian aid, including food from the United Arab Emirates, sent by ship from Cyprus, had been unloaded on the Gaza coast and handed over to the control of the UN.
Continue reading...Head of Canada’s intelligence agency says Chinese government can access TikTok user data – The Verge
- Head of Canada’s intelligence agency says Chinese government can access TikTok user data The Verge
- Canada security intelligence chief warns China can use TikTok to spy on users, CBC reports Reuters.com
- Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them CBC News
- Canadians should listen to CSIS head on TikTok warning, Trudeau says Global News
- Justin Trudeau warns Canadians about TikTok Toronto Star
Putin and Xi embrace defying U.S.-led pressure against China helping Russia – NPR
- Putin and Xi embrace defying U.S.-led pressure against China helping Russia NPR
- Opinion | It’s Not Just Putin. Russia Needs China, Too. The New York Times
- In Beijing, Xi and Putin left no question of their close alignment in a divided world CNN
- Russia's Putin expresses gratitude to China's Xi for Ukraine peace plan The Associated Press
- Putin Showcases His Ambitions in a Chinese City Built by Czarist Russia The Wall Street Journal
Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan shot dead in Afghanistan attack
Four suspects arrested at the scene of attack in Bamiyan, with four more foreigners and three Afghans reported wounded
Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan civilian have been killed in a shooting attack in Bamiyan province, central Afghanistan.
The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, wrote on social messaging platform X that he was “shocked by the news of the murder of Spanish tourists in Afghanistan”.
Continue reading...International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests
Murders of 2 girls and 2 young women in Canada in the 1970s linked to American serial rapist – CBS News
- Murders of 2 girls and 2 young women in Canada in the 1970s linked to American serial rapist CBS News
- DNA helps link killings of 4 young women to an American man who lived in Canada illegally Yahoo! Voices
- A Serial Killer From the U.S. Preyed on Young Women in Canada The New York Times
- Man convicted of rape in Coeur d'Alene now linked to deaths of 4 women in Canada KREM.com
- Serial killer linked to four Calgary slayings in 1970s, more victims sought across Canada and U.S. Calgary Herald
US confirms first aid trucks arrive via Gaza pier
Gunmen kill four, including three Spanish tourists, in central Afghanistan
Messi’s napkin contract promise sells for £762,400
Is Putin’s visit to China a defining step toward shaping a new world order?
Israel pounds Gaza as UN urges opening of land crossings for aid deliveries
IDF strike kills Hamas-linked senior operative near Lebanon’s border with Syria – The Times of Israel
- IDF strike kills Hamas-linked senior operative near Lebanon’s border with Syria The Times of Israel
- Hamas says commander killed in Israel strike in Lebanon Yahoo! Voices
- Senior Islamic Group commander killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
- Islamic Group Terror Chief Eliminated In Israeli Strike In Southern Lebanon | LIVE UPDATES - I24NEWS i24NEWS
- IDF eliminates senior Hamas-linked terrorist in Lebanon Ynetnews
Lawmakers clash after ‘fake eyelashes’ comment
French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp
‘Bakery scent’ added via microcapsules to postage stamp celebrating ‘jewel of French culture’
The French Post Office has released a scratch-and-sniff postage stamp to celebrate the baguette, once described by President Emmanuel Macron as “250 grams of magic and perfection”.
The stamp, which costs €1.96, depicts a baguette decorated with a red, white and blue ribbon. It has a print run of 594,000 copies.
Continue reading...Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband sentenced to 30 years in prison
David DePape, who bludgeoned Nancy Pelosi’s husband, sentenced to 30 years
DePape, a rightwing conspiracy theorist, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home in 2022 and hit Paul Pelosi with a hammer
David DePape, a rightwing conspiracy theorist who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s northern California home in 2022 and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
A federal jury convicted him of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official in November 2023, just over a year after the attack in the former House speaker’s San Francisco home.
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