In pictures: Northern Lights dazzle around the world
The aurora borealis was visible around the world on Friday night, stunning photographers everywhere.
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
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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
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
Russia keeps bombing own people, struggles to hit Ukraine targets: UK intel – Business Insider
- Russia keeps bombing own people, struggles to hit Ukraine targets: UK intel Business Insider
- Five killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border regions, Donetsk, officials say Reuters
- Russia has accidentally bombed its own cities over 20 times in recent months New York Post
- Ukraine strikes Russian border regions, Donetsk Yahoo! Voices
- Russia reports powerful attack on Belgorod – photos, video Ukrainska Pravda
US special operations leaders are having to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine – The Associated Press
Russian attack on Kharkiv continues as Moscow says it has taken five villages
Ukraine says it is pushing back against assaults and battling for control of territory
Fierce fighting has continued for a second day on the fringes ofthe Kharkiv region in north-east Ukraine. Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was pushing back against the attacks and battling for control of the territory.
Russia launched the armoured incursion early on Friday, in an attack that may presage a broader push into the Kharkiv region, or aim to draw away overstretched Ukrainian forces in the east where Moscow’s offensive is focused.
Continue reading...South Africa building collapse: Man rescued after five days – BBC.com
- South Africa building collapse: Man rescued after five days BBC.com
- At least 5 dead, dozens missing after a building under construction collapses in South Africa NBC News
- George building collapse: Trapped South African man texting family BBC.com
- 'We Still Have Hope': Rescuers Race to Find Dozens Missing in South Africa Building Collapse The New York Times
- South Africa: Man rescued from collapsed building in George after five days Sky News
Sudan: Looming Darfur carnage likely to spur revenge – DW (English)
- Sudan: Looming Darfur carnage likely to spur revenge DW (English)
- Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur The Guardian
- “The Massalit Will Not Come Home”: Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan | HRW Human Rights Watch
- Sudan's paramilitary forces accused of ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity in Darfur PBS NewsHour
- Renewed clashes in North Darfur capital result in civilian casualties Sudan Tribune
Hundreds feared dead in Afghanistan flash flooding
More than 100 people are injured, according to officials, as torrents of water sweep through entire villages.
Djokovic dons a helmet after being hit by bottle
Djokovic greets fans with a helmet after being hit by bottle
Thousands flee Rafah after Israeli forces issue evacuation order
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are being displaced once more by the most recent evacuation order.
Man freed five days after South Africa building collapse
The worker pulled to safety is one of 42 people rescued from the building which collapsed on Monday.
Cartels targeting Mexican candidates in deadliest campaign season yet – The Washington Post
- Cartels targeting Mexican candidates in deadliest campaign season yet The Washington Post
- Mexico's presidential frontrunner Sheinbaum's lead narrows slightly, poll shows Reuters
- Mexico Election 2024 Polls: Sheinbaum Lead Widens to 30 Points as Time Runs Out for Gálvez Bloomberg
- Increasing Election Violence in Mexico : State of the World from NPR NPR
- Where Mexican presidential candidates stand on abortion, LGBT issues Catholic News Agency
Israeli army orders more evacuations from Rafah as it expands Gaza assault
Doctor pleads for protection as forced evacuation order is widened to include Rafah's Kuwaiti Hospital.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees latest test of new multiple rocket launcher – CBS News
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees latest test of new multiple rocket launcher CBS News
- North Korea leader Kim Jong Un inspects artillery weapon system, attends test firing, KCNA says Reuters
- N. Korea says to deploy new multiple rocket launcher starting this year Yonhap News Agency
- North Korea: Kim attends rocket launcher test DW (English)
- North Korea readies rocket launcher system targeting South Korean population centers New York Post
It is time to seek justice for environmental war crimes
Ukrainian efforts to document and prosecute atrocities linked to the environment can help with accountability elsewhere.
Far-right EU election gains could boost nationalist parties on home turf
Polls indicate a surge for the right across the continent in next month’s ballots but the centrists are still likely to hold sway in parliament
Far-right gains in next month’s European elections will be hard, if not impossible, to parlay into more power in parliament, experts say, but they could boost nationalist parties in EU capitals – with potentially greater consequences.
Polling suggests far-right and hardline conservative parties could finish first in nine EU states, including Austria, France and the Netherlands, in the polls between 6 and 9 June, and second or third in another nine, including Germany, Spain, Portugal and Sweden.
Continue reading...Mexico City is sinking, running out of water: How can it be saved?
The city faces 'Day Zero' as aquifers drain and pipes break. Meanwhile, costly workarounds don’t fix the real problem.