The new cycle of atrocities in Darfur must be stopped
As the RSF closes in on el-Fasher, there must be urgent international action to prevent atrocities.
Malaysian PM: Can’t deny US complicity in Gaza genocide
Anwar Ibrahim urges the US to halt arms supply to Israel, cites Gaza genocide concerns in exclusive interview.
Google remains focused on its long quest for your eyeballs
AI Overviews, announced this week, are the culmination of a long line of products dedicated to keeping you on Google.com
Google announced this week that it would begin the international rollout of its new artificial intelligence-powered search feature, called AI Overviews. When billions of people search a range of topics from news to recipes to general knowledge questions, what they see first will now be an AI-generated summary.
Google touted AI Overviews at its annual I/O developer conference as a way of delivering customers quick answers and simplifying the online search experience, but it also has another effect on the way that people engage with the internet: keeping users, and advertisers, on Google.com. It’s a new era in Google’s years-long quest for your attention.
Continue reading...Two dead and five missing after boat collision near Budapest
Hungarian police called to scene of accident on shore of the River Danube near Veroce
Hungarian police say two people have died and five are missing following a boat collision on the Danube.
Hungarian police received a report late on Saturday night that a man had been found bleeding from his head on the shore of the river near the town of Veroce, about 30 miles (50km) north of the capital, Budapest.
Continue reading...Biden delivers address at Morehouse College amid anger over Gaza war
The historically Black college is one of several US universities to hold protests demanding end to the killings in Gaza.
Zarah Sultana: the Labour MP taking on the Tories, and her own party, over Gaza
Coventry MP, whose antipathy for David Cameron sparked her interest in politics, has largest TikTok following in parliament
When the UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, sat in the BBC TV studio last Sunday morning, he clearly had no idea of the identity of the woman sitting on the panel opposite him, simply referring to her as “the Labour MP”.
By contrast, Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, knows everything about Lord Cameron, telling the Guardian that it was her hatred of him as prime minister that first brought her into politics as a young, leftwing, Muslim woman. Her whole political outlook has been shaped by Cameron: the trebling of tuition fees and austerity.
Continue reading...Slovakia PM attacker ‘may not have been lone wolf’
Investigators are probing whether the suspect was part of a group who "incited and supported each other”, a minister says.
‘One hell of a storm is coming’: Canadian graphic novel about Indigenous identity sparks outrage
Book prompts conflict over claims of Métis identity in eastern part of country where group doesn’t have a homeland or deep historic ties
A graphic novel investigating Indigenous identity in Canada has prompted outrage from Métis groups, who say the book undermines their history and represents an attack on their sovereignty.
The work is the result of a third-year history seminar at Dalhousie University, where students collaborated on a book examining thorny questions over ancestry and identity.
Continue reading...Watch: Blue fireball lights up skies over Spain
The suspected meteorite was also seen in Portugal, with many sharing their videos on social media.
Have Trump prosecutors made their case at hush-money trial?
As their final witness testifies, legal experts assess the evidence so far and chances of a conviction.
Israeli Who Lost His Family on October 7 Assaulted by Right-wing Protesters – Israel News – Haaretz
- Israeli Who Lost His Family on October 7 Assaulted by Right-wing Protesters - Israel News Haaretz
- Tel Aviv rally urges global backing for hostages; clashes at nearby anti-gov’t protest The Times of Israel
- Water cannon used to disperse anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv The Associated Press
- Protesters clash with police at Azrieli, hostage families rally - Israel News The Jerusalem Post
- Protesters and Israeli police clash in Tel Aviv Yahoo! Voices
Three reported killed as DR Congo military averts ‘attempted coup’
Military says coup was 'nipped in the bud' by the forces and the perpetrators were arrested, including foreigners.
Wes Streeting praises archbishop over call for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap
Shadow minister says it is Justin Welby’s job to speak out but Labour could not commit to scrapping policy
The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has praised the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, for calling on Labour to scrap the two-child benefit cap, saying it was “literally his job” to speak out on such matters.
Streeting said he did not like the cap, which campaigners say has pushed hundreds of thousands of families into poverty, but that the party could not commit to ending it until it knew how this would be financed.
Continue reading...Slovakian Prime Minister Fico no longer in immediate danger but condition still serious, deputy says – CNN
- Slovakian Prime Minister Fico no longer in immediate danger but condition still serious, deputy says CNN
- The Slovak assassination attempt photo that nearly got away Reuters
- Slovakian Charged in Shooting 'Was Against Everything' The New York Times
- Slovakia: PM Fico’s life no longer in danger after shooting, minister says Al Jazeera English
- Slovak prime minister's condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid The Associated Press
Slovak PM Robert Fico out of immediate danger four days after shooting, says deputy
Fico remains in intensive care but has ‘emerged from immediate threat to his life’, Robert Kaliňák tells reporters
Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, is out of immediate danger but remains in intensive care four days after he was shot by a gunman, the country’s deputy prime minister has said.
“He has emerged from the immediate threat to his life, but his condition remains serious and he requires intensive care,” Robert Kaliňák, Fico’s closest political ally, told reporters.
Continue reading...Philippines plans vaccination drive as whooping cough outbreak claims lives
UNICEF says the Philippines is among countries with the highest number of unvaccinated children, who are most at risk.
Viagogo ‘mistakenly’ listed resale of England football match tickets
Website blames human error for the advert, now removed, for about 100 seats when practice is illegal in UK
The ticket trading website Viagogo has apologised for “mistakenly” advertising tickets to an upcoming England football match, despite the fact that the resale of football tickets is illegal in the UK.
Cris Miller, the managing director of Viagogo,has previously said the company does not resell football tickets. But Viagogo was advertising about 100 seats at Wembley for England’s 7 June friendly against Iceland, a warm-up for this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament in Germany.
Continue reading...Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon
Death toll in southern state of Rio Grande do Sul increasing daily as authorities plan four ‘tent cities’ for 77,000 displaced people
Three weeks after one of Brazil’s worst-ever floods hit its southernmost state, killing 155 people and forcing 540,000 from their homes, experts have warned that water levels will take at least another two weeks to drop.
The death toll across Rio Grande do Sul is still increasing daily, and more than 77,000 displaced people remain in public shelters, prompting the state government to announce plans to build four temporary “tent cities” to accommodate them.
Continue reading...Desperate scenes as Gaza aid trucks arrive from US floating pier
Desperate Palestinians were filmed clambering onto aid trucks carrying supplies for Gaza that were delivered.
France launches crackdown in New Caledonia as deadly riots rage – POLITICO Europe
- France launches crackdown in New Caledonia as deadly riots rage POLITICO Europe
- France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road Reuters
- French forces clear New Caledonia roadblocks as official vows to end unrest Al Jazeera English
- Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory The Associated Press
- Deadly Clashes in a French Pacific Territory Raise Fears of Civil War The New York Times