Russia says troops enter border town near Kharkiv
Michael Cohen: Stormy Daniels payment needed Trump sign off and he told me to ‘figure this whole thing out’ – live
Former Trump lawyer tells trial that ex-president said, ‘Just do it. Go meet up with Allen Weisselberg and figure this whole thing out’
More people here this morning in support of Donald Trump, per poolers:
JD Vance, the Ohio senator who is being floated as a potential Republican running mate to Trump
Tommy Tuberville, the Republican senator of Alabama
Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump aide who was charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery in Arizona
Jason Miller, a Trump campaign adviser
Continue reading...Why protesters in Georgia are opposed to a ‘foreign agents’ law and why it matters – NPR
- Why protesters in Georgia are opposed to a 'foreign agents' law and why it matters NPR
- U.S. sounds alarm as thousands in Georgia's capital protest 'Kremlin-style' foreign influence bill CNBC
- What is Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill, and why is Europe so alarmed? CNN
- Threats against NGO leaders multiply as Georgia green lights 'Russian law' for final vote FRANCE 24 English
- Georgian Parliament set to adopt controversial foreign agent law Tuesday The Washington Post
How significant is Russia’s new military offensive in northeastern Ukraine?
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration – Reuters
- Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration Reuters
- Makeshift Shelter Saves Dogs From Brazil's Floods - Videos from The Weather Channel The Weather Channel
- Flooding in Southern Brazil: Images of Rio Grande do Sul Underwater The New York Times
- Tom Brady's Exes Bridget Moynahan & Gisele Bundchen Just Joined Forces for This Important Issue Yahoo Entertainment
- Dogs, Horses, Rabbits: More Than 10,000 Animals Rescued From Brazil Floods Barron's
Why has Putin removed key ally as defence minister?
Hezbollah says will keep fighting if Israel presses on with assault on Gaza
Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track debuts at number one in the US
Rapper’s scathing song Not Like Us, from his headline-grabbing rap beef with Drake, becomes his fourth Billboard chart-topper
Kendrick Lamar has won the culture-consuming rap beef with Drake, at least as far as Billboard hits are concerned, as his diss track Not Like Us debuted at No 1 on the US Hot 100.
The scathing track, which alleges that the Canadian hit-maker is a “certified pedophile”, is Lamar’s fourth No 1 song, after a feature on Future and Metro Boomin’s Like That earlier this year, 2017’s Humble and his verse on Taylor Swift’s 2015 track Bad Blood.
Continue reading...US students use graduation to stand with Palestine
South Dakota governor banned from tribal land
Four dead, several feared trapped as billboard falls over during Mumbai rainstorm – CNN
- Four dead, several feared trapped as billboard falls over during Mumbai rainstorm CNN
- Mumbai Weather Live Updates: Death toll rises to 12; Police registered case against accused Bhavesh Bhide The Times of India
- Mumbai hoarding collapse: 14 dead, 74 injured in Ghatkopar; FIR registered | Latest updates Hindustan Times
- 14 Dead, 60 Injured After Huge Billboard Falls During Mumbai Dust Storm NDTV
- Wind Collapses Billboard In India, Killing Several - Videos from The Weather Channel The Weather Channel
Former Kazakh minister gets 24 years in prison for murdering wife – Reuters
- Former Kazakh minister gets 24 years in prison for murdering wife Reuters
- A murder case in Kazakhstan led to domestic violence reforms. It ends with a prison sentence The Associated Press
- Former Kazakhstani economy minister sentenced to 24 years in prison for wife’s murder Meduza
- Kazakh Ex-Minister Insists In Court He Had No Intention To Kill Wife Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- Kazakhstan: Former minister found guilty in high-profile murder case Eurasianet
Hundreds of ‘emaciated’ and stranded pelicans turn up along California coast
State’s department of fish and wildlife says the brown pelicans are showing signs of malnutrition, but that the cause is still unclear
Hundreds of starving and stranded brown pelicans have turned up along the California coast in recent weeks in what wildlife advocates have described as a “crisis”.
In Newport Beach in southern California, lifeguards came upon two dozen sick pelicans on a pier last week. The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, the non-profit caring for the animals, said they had treated more than 100 other birds who were anemic, dehydrated and extremely underweight.
Continue reading...Ex-US military intelligence official says he quit over ‘moral injury’ of Gaza war
Harrison Mann, who resigned from Defense Intelligence Agency in November, said he kept quiet about motives out of fear
A former US military intelligence official released a letter on Monday that explained to his colleagues at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that his November resignation was in fact due to “moral injury” stemming from US support for Israel’s war in Gaza and the harm caused to Palestinians.
Harrison Mann, an army major, would be the first known DIA official to quit over US support to Israel. A US airman fatally set himself on fire in February outside Israel’s embassy in Washington and other military personnel have protested.
Continue reading...George Clooney to make Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck
The actor will play the lead in a stage adaptation of his Oscar-nominated journalism drama from 2005
George Clooney is set to make his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of his 2005 journalism drama Good Night, and Good Luck.
The actor’s sophomore feature as director will be transformed into a play set to premiere in spring 2025. Clooney, who played Fred W Friendly in the original, will now take on the role of Edward R Murrow.
Continue reading...UK birth-trauma inquiry delivered gritty truths, but change will be hard
With many NHS maternity services struggling and a shortage of midwives, MPs’ plan for overhaul is ambitious
That the findings of the UK’s first inquiry into birth trauma are far from surprising does not diminish the fact that they are shocking, devastating and difficult – indeed distressing – to read. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for birth trauma’s 80-page report should give ministers, NHS bosses and the midwives and obstetricians who deliver care serious pause for thought.
It highlights how “mistakes and failures” by maternity staff lead to stillbirths, premature births, babies being born with cerebral palsy because they were starved of oxygen at birth, and “life-changing injuries to women as the result of severe tearing”. How some mothers were mocked, shouted at, denied pain relief, not told what was going on during their labour, left alone in blood-stained sheets, with desperate bell calls for help going unanswered – all examples of “care that lacked compassion”. And how, in some cases, “these errors were covered up by hospitals who frustrated parents’ efforts to find answers”. It amounts to a shameful catalogue of negligence in the only area of NHS care where two lives – one still unborn – are on the line.
Continue reading...Gaza ministry revises down figures for women and children confirmed killed
Hamas-run ministry of health updates breakdown of civilian casualties but UN has not yet been able to verify data
Gaza’s Hamas-run ministry of health has revised down figures for the number of women and children confirmed killed in the conflict in the coastal strip.
The revised totals, which first appeared on the website of the UN’s office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (Ocha), were seized on as proof by pro-Israel media and commentators that the UN had quietly reassessed civilian casualty rates. However, Ocha told the Guardian that the revised figures had been produced by the Hamas ministry and had not been verified by the UN.
Continue reading...Human remains found on Florida beach identified as woman last seen in 1968
Mystery of Mary Alice Pultz finally resolved when remains of Maryland woman dug up four decades ago identified
Human remains dug up four decades ago on a Florida beach have finally been identified as those of a Maryland woman who went missing in 1968, supposedly disappearing with her then-boyfriend.
The mystery of Mary Alice Pultz was finally resolved last week when a Florida sheriff’s office said that it had identified the remains found in a shallow grave on Crescent Beach, 50 miles south of Jacksonville, in April 1985.
Continue reading...Migrant-smuggler known as Scorpion arrested after BBC investigation – BBC.com
- Migrant-smuggler known as Scorpion arrested after BBC investigation BBC.com
- One of Europe's most notorious human traffickers arrested in Iraq Sky News
- The week in audio: To Catch a Scorpion; Romesh Ranganathan; Uncanny Series 4 – review The Guardian
- Notorious people smuggler wanted in Europe arrested in northern Iraq WDIV ClickOnDetroit
- Intrigue: To Catch a Scorpion podcast review — on the trail of the people smugglers Financial Times