- Russia’s reckless jamming of GPS systems Financial Times
- Russia Suspected of Jamming GPS for E.U. Leader’s Plane, Officials Say The New York Times
- What to know about Russia’s GPS jamming operation in Europe AP News
- NATO to fight Russian jamming after VDL's plane loses GPS in Bulgaria Euronews.com
- Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference Financial Times
Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles was illegal, judge rules
The ruling comes as Trump seeks to use National Guard troops in order to crack down on crime in other US cities.
Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing 1,000 – Reuters
- Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing 1,000 Reuters
- Landslide kills over 1,000 people and levels entire village in Sudan's Central Darfur Fox News
- As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide NPR
- Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, kills 1,000 Reuters
- Pope prays for 1,000 killed in floods in Sudan's Darfur region Vatican News
3 deported by U.S. held in African prison despite completing sentences, lawyers say – PBS
- 3 deported by U.S. held in African prison despite completing sentences, lawyers say PBS
- Trump Administration Deports Jamaican Man to African Prison Years After U.S. Sentence The New York Times
- Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally The Guardian
- DHS rages over what it calls a NYT 'sob story' about convicted Jamaican murderer deported by Trump Fox News
- The New York Times Peddles Sob Story of Criminal Illegal Alien Murderer Homeland Security (.gov)
Argentina couple under house arrest amid search for painting stolen by Nazis
Daughter of former Nazi official and her husband to be questioned after raid on home failed to find masterpiece
A federal court in Argentina has ordered house arrest for the daughter of a former Nazi official and her husband after a raid failed to locate a painting stolen from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam.
Authorities raided a home in the coastal city of Mar del Plata last week after a Dutch newspaper identified a painting seen in a real estate photo as an Italian masterpiece registered on a database of lost wartime art.
Continue reading...Peru pledges to investigate the ‘heinous’ killing of Indonesian diplomat
Police say diplomat Zetro Leonardo Purba was shot three times as he bicycled home to his apartment in Lima, Peru.
Putin hails ties with China as Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing on eve of parade
Russian president says relations at ‘unprecedentedly high level’ as dozens of leaders gather for Victory Day events
Vladimir Putin has hailed Russia’s “unprecedentedly” high level of ties with China, as dozens of leaders including the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing on the eve of a massive military parade intended to showcase a Chinese-led global order.
Putin called China’s leader, Xi Jinping, a “dear friend” after the two held talks at the Great Hall of the People and then at Xi’s personal residence. “Our close communication reflects the strategic nature of Russia-China relations, which are at an unprecedentedly high level,” Putin told Xi, according to a video on the Kremlin’s Telegram channel. “We were always together then, and we remain together now.”
Continue reading...Belgium to recognise Palestinian state, impose sanctions on Israel
Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot tells Al Jazeera his country will recognise Palestine as a state this month.
Outcry as Swedish ‘cultural canon’ snubs Abba and anything since 1975
Critics argue ‘shared map’ of Swedish culture is ‘very exclusionary’ and a ‘nationalist education project’
The Gustav Vasa 1541 bible, Pippi Longstocking, Ikea, the right to roam, paternity leave, Sámi joiks, the Nobel prize and works by Ingmar Bergman and August Strindberg all made it into Sweden’s long-awaited, much-criticised proposal for a “cultural canon”.
However, notable omissions from the list of 100 works and references that have formed Sweden’s culture and history – intended, its creators said in Uppsala on Tuesday, to establish a “shared map and compass” for Swedish citizens and new arrivals to Sweden – included Abba and anything from after 1975, a period that has seen Sweden transform into an international, multicultural society.
Continue reading...Margaret Atwood releases short story critiquing book bans in Canada
Author quipped she wrote ‘suitable’ piece after Alberta school ban included her novel The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood has released a new short story critiquing elected officials for a wide-ranging book ban in the Canadian province of Alberta. The controversial decision to remove books purportedly containing “explicit sexual content” has seen numerous works of literature swept up in the dragnet, including Atwood’s dystopian work The Handmaid’s Tale.
In a social media post, Atwood wrote that since her famed work was no longer permissible in Alberta schools, she had written a “suitable” short work for teens, adding the work was necessary because the province’s minister of education thought students were “stupid babies”.
Continue reading...Top genocide scholars say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The leading group of genocide scholars has agreed that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide.
Kraft Heinz to split into two companies as financial struggles mount
The spinoff comes a decade after the two companies merged in efforts to boost growth.
Putin says Trump admin ‘listening’ to Russia’s stance on Ukraine war
The Russian leader told the Slovak PM that Moscow and Washington had a 'mutual understanding' on how to end the war.
Strong aftershock hits Afghanistan after quake kills more than 1,400
Many remain trapped under rubble as rescuers use helicopters in remote areas hit by recent landslides.
Graham Linehan Arrested After X Posts – Deadline
- Graham Linehan Arrested After X Posts Deadline
- 'Fury' over Father Ted creator arrest and 'nervy bond markets' BBC
- UK comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested over social media posts criticizing trans activists Fox News
- Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested over posts on transgender issues The Guardian
- Comedian Graham Linehan arrested over trans tweets The Times
Modi’s warm meeting with Xi shows impact of Trump’s ‘tariff tantrum’
China seizes on opportunity for geopolitical realignment after India was hit with one of US’s harshest trade penalties
They stood together like old friends, heads thrown back in jovial laughter, clutching one another’s hands affectionately. Except this was no ordinary gathering of three men, but a meeting of three of the most powerful non-western leaders: Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi.
The overt displays of intimacy were widely regarded by observers as a telling message of defiance aimed at their western counterparts, in particular Donald Trump, who just a few days earlier had slapped India with 50% import tariffs, among the harshest of the US president’s trade penalties.
Continue reading...Xi Jinping’s anti-American party – The Economist
- Xi Jinping’s anti-American party The Economist
- India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That. The New York Times
- Trump's rebuke, Xi's handshake, Putin's oil: India's foreign policy test BBC
- Opinion | Trump’s white-knuckling with India could backfire The Washington Post
- Opinion: Opinion | To Survive Trump, India Needs More Than Just Handshakes With Xi And Putin NDTV
Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water
Latest attack comes as Israel’s military urges people to leave Gaza City with 60,000 more reservists to be called up
At least nine people, including five children, have been killed in an Israeli strike while fetching water in al-Mawasi, an area of southern Gaza which Israel has designated as a safe zone, health officials said.
A doctor from al-Nasser hospital shared a picture of the children’s bodies in the hospital, as well as a picture of water jugs left in a pool of blood at the site of the attack on Tuesday.
Continue reading...As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide – NPR
- As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide NPR
- Landslide Kills Hundreds in Sudan The New York Times
- Sudan landslide: A collapsing mountain and bodies still buried under rubble in Darfur BBC
- Pope Leo XIV appeals to international community to respond to crisis in Sudan Vatican News
- About 100 bodies recovered from landslide-hit village in Darfur as pope urges help AP News
‘Anonymity Online Is Going to Die’: What Age-Verification Laws Could Look Like in the U.S. – Rolling Stone
- ‘Anonymity Online Is Going to Die’: What Age-Verification Laws Could Look Like in the U.S. Rolling Stone
- Behind the Passwords Alternative: Passkeys - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts The Wall Street Journal
- Global movement to protect kids online fuels a wave of AI safety tech CNBC
- ‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences The Washington Post
- Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom AP News