All captives will be released from Gaza if Israel agrees to end war, Hamas says – Middle East Eye
- All captives will be released from Gaza if Israel agrees to end war, Hamas says Middle East Eye
- Hamas says it is ready to release all remaining hostages for an end to Gaza war Yahoo
- Hamas rejects ceasefire offer as far-right Israeli lawmakers call for escalation in Gaza CNN
- Germany halts sale of fighter jets to Turkey after Istanbul mayor jailed - report The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas rejects Israel’s ceasefire offer Vatican News
Five takeaways from Canada party leaders’ big TV debate
There were two ghosts in the room during Canada's federal election debate - Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump.
What a boob: Texas school district bans Virginia state flag and seal over naked breast
Students in Lamar can no longer learn about the state of Virginia on their online research database due to the ban
Virginia’s state flag and seal, depicting the Roman goddess Virtus standing over a slain tyrant, her drooping toga exposing her left breast, has been banned from younger students in a Texas school district.
The district, Lamar consolidated independent school district, near Houston, took action against the image late last year when it removed a section about Virginia from its online learning platform used by third through fifth graders, typically encompassing ages eight to 11, sparking a row, Axios reported on Thursday.
Continue reading...Allies say Ghannouchi ‘unjustly’ held, as he marks 2 years in Tunisian jail
International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha party head.
Trump ousts IRS chief days after appointment amid Musk-Bessent feud
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent reportedly complained that Gary Shapley had been chosen without his knowledge
Donald Trump is replacing the acting commissioner of the US Internal Revenue Service after treasury secretary Scott Bessent reportedly complained to the president that the agency head had been appointed without his knowledge and under the instruction of Doge leader Elon Musk.
According to a report from the New York Times published on Friday, Bessent believed that the Doge head “had done an end-run around him” to get Gary Shapley installed as the interim head of the IRS, despite the fact that the IRS reports to Bessent. The report cited five anonymous sources with knowledge of the situation.
Continue reading...British man, 27, killed by avalanche in French Alps – BBC
- British man, 27, killed by avalanche in French Alps BBC
- Briton dies in avalanche as heavy snow sweeps France, Switzerland and Italy The Guardian
- Deadly storm hits north Italy, Switzerland, French Alps DW
- Major road disruptions continue after heavy snowfall in parts of Switzerland SWI swissinfo.ch
- Switzerland Just Got 89 Inches of Snow in Two Days The Inertia
One dead after protests against KFC branches in Pakistan
Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have claimed KFC is a symbol of the United States and its ally Israel.
One dead after protests against KFC branches in Pakistan
Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have claimed KFC is a symbol of the United States and its ally Israel.
Trump’s ‘lone ranger’: How Steve Witkoff became the de facto point man on America’s foreign policy challenges – CNN
- Trump’s ‘lone ranger’: How Steve Witkoff became the de facto point man on America’s foreign policy challenges CNN
- Team Trump is slouching toward Armageddon The Hill
- Steve Witkoff is embarrassingly out of his depth dealing with Putin The Telegraph
- Trump Friend and ‘Envoy for Everything’ Steve Witkoff Embarks on High-Wire Diplomacy WSJ
- Top Trump aides rush to defend Witkoff after CNN profile on ‘lone ranger’ Mideast envoy The Times of Israel
Barcelona vs Celta Vigo – LaLiga preview: Team news, how to follow, stream
Barcelona's challenge for a quadruple this season could be hampered by the schedule as Celta Vigo provide latest test.
Trump says US may ‘pass’ on helping end war if Russia, Ukraine resist deal
Ukraine has agreed to a full temporary ceasefire and accused Russia of stalling on a truce agreement.
Why did ICE deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
What does Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case say about the future of immigration under Trump?
‘How do I live like this?’ asks Gaza boy who lost arms in Israeli attack
An image of Mahmoud Ajjour, 9, who was severely wounded in an Israeli strike, won World Press Photo of the Year award.
Crews restore power to nearly all after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico – AP News
- Crews restore power to nearly all after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico AP News
- Puerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening? USA Today
- A look at why an island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico and what caused it AP News
- Most Power Is Restored in Puerto Rico After Islandwide Blackout The New York Times
- Puerto Rico goes completely dark after another islandwide power outage NBC News
Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon Ukraine peace talks
Trump said he could stop war in 24 hours, but team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’
One key to a successful negotiation is always being willing to walk away from the table. But it isn’t clear whether the Trump administration has threatened to give up on a Russia-Ukraine peace deal as a negotiating tactic or simply because it lacks the concentration for a complicated negotiation – a shortcoming that has dogged the administration’s foreign policy through its first three months in office.
Standing on a tarmac in Paris, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, issued a threat that the US could simply “move on” from mediating the biggest military conflict in Europe since the second world war. That would be the latest about-face for an administration that has already taken a back seat on negotiating a peace in Gaza and retreated on implementing worldwide tariffs that shook financial markets around the globe earlier this month.
Continue reading...Russia jails 19-year old for condemning its war in Ukraine
Daria Kozyreva used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest Russia's war on Ukraine.
Detained Welsh tourist tells experience in US border – BBC
Trump’s second state visit to UK to be disrupted by ‘even bigger’ protests
Stop Trump coalition to dust off blimp, hoping demonstrations will surpass those during US president’s 2019 visit
Donald Trump’s second visit to the UK later this year will be disrupted by “even bigger” protests than those that coincided with his state visit in his first term, campaigners have vowed.
On Thursday Trump let slip that he expects to visit the UK in September, after Keir Starmer handed him a personal invitation from King Charles III during his visit to the White House in February.
Continue reading...Italian opposition file complaint over far-right party’s use of ‘racist’ AI images
Centre-left parties slam ‘racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic’ faked images posted on social media by League party
Opposition parties in Italy have complained to the communications watchdog about a series of AI-generated images published on social media by deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s far-right party, calling them “racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic”, the Guardian has learned.
The centre-left Democratic party (PD), with the Greens and Left Alliance, filed a complaint on Thursday with Agcom, the Italian communications regulatory authority, alleging the fake images used by the League contained “almost all categories of hate speech”.
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