- US fighter jet shot down over Iran as locals hunt for pilot who ejected, officials say Yahoo News UK
- Live updates: Search continues for missing US F-15 crew member CNN
- Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Forces Search for Missing Airman After Iran Downs F-15E Fighter Jet The New York Times
- Search For Missing American Pilot Continues—U.S. And Iranian Forces Race To Find Crew Member (Live Updates) Forbes
- Iran war updates: Search continues for missing fighter jet crew member USA Today
AeroSentinel production facility severely damaged after Iranian ballistic missile strike – The Jerusalem Post
- AeroSentinel production facility severely damaged after Iranian ballistic missile strike The Jerusalem Post
- Iranian cluster bomb hits Tel Aviv, central Israel; strikes reported in Tehran Haaretz
- The Latest: Iran launches missiles at Israel and Gulf states as explosions hit Tehran KIRO 7 News Seattle
- No sign of war winding down in Mideast as Friday dawns with attacks across region Yahoo
- Iranian Cluster Munitions Causes Impacts In 17 Locations Across Central Israel | LIVE BLOG i24news.tv
Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it. – Politico
- Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it. Politico
- Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iran Al Jazeera
- Trump: ‘With a little more time’ the US ‘can easily’ reopen Strait of Hormuz The Times of Israel
- These 4 charts show why reopening the Strait of Hormuz is vital for the U.S. economy MS NOW
- Europe didn’t want an Iran war, yet Trump is saddling it with the consequences CNN
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
Proposal, a win for RFK Jr’s Maha movement, is a ‘first step’ toward tackling plastic pollution, advocates say
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.
Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, said the agency was responding to Americans who have worried about plastics and pharmaceuticals in their drinking water. The gesture also aims to hand a win to health secretary Robert FKennedy Jr’s Maha movement, which for months has pressured Zeldin to further crack down on environmental contaminants.
Continue reading...Extend fully paid maternity leave for UK teachers to stem exodus, union says
NASUWT says full entitlement should be increased to 26 weeks and paternity pay also improved
Full maternity pay for teachers across the UK should be increased to 26 weeks to help stem the exodus of women in their 30s from classrooms, a union leader has said.
Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, said it was a “national scandal” that so many teachers who quit said inadequate maternity support was one of the reasons.
Continue reading...US jobs surge unexpectedly in March despite Iran war
Employers added 178,000 jobs, far more than had expected, the Labor Department says.
Three teenagers arrested after 14-year-old boy shot dead in south-east London
Boys aged 14 and 16 and 18-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting in Woolwich
Police have launched a murder investigation after a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in Woolwich, south-east London. Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Officers received reports of a shooting on Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich, at about 3.40pm on Thursday, the Metropolitan police said.
Continue reading...Experts dispute US account of deadly Iran sports hall strike in Lamerd
Six weapons experts have contested the US claim that video evidence suggests an Iranian missile could have hit the hall.
Artemis II astronauts share image of Earth as they pass halfway to the moon
Moon-bound astronauts said a view of the entire Earth, complete with northern lights, was ‘the most spectacular moment’
The four Artemis astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the moon on the way to their planned lunar flyby, Nasa said on Friday evening.
“We’re halfway there,” Nasa posted on social media.
Continue reading...Watch: Artemis II’s journey so far as it leaves Earth’s orbit … in 85 seconds
The crew will not land on the Moon on this current mission, though Nasa is preparing for a potential lunar landing by 2028.
UK’s leading AI research institute told to make ‘significant’ changes
Alan Turing Institute told by funder to offer better strategy and more value for money after board was reminded of legal duties by watchdog
The UK’s leading AI research institute has been told to make “significant” changes by its main source of taxpayer funding.
The Guardian revealed last week that the board of the Alan Turing Institute was reminded of its legal duties by the charity watchdog after a whistleblower complaint.
Continue reading...World food price rise set to continue if Iran war lasts, FAO says – Reuters
- World food price rise set to continue if Iran war lasts, FAO says Reuters
- ‘Food security timebomb’: a visual guide to the Gulf fertiliser blockade | Strait of Hormuz theguardian.com
- These Foods Are Already More Expensive Thanks To Iran War Forbes
- Middle East Conflict Weighs on Global Food Prices, FAO Says Bloomberg.com
- Grocery shock on the horizon for approaching U.S. elections as Iran war drags on CNBC
Fast food consumption is soaring in the cradle of haute cuisine. Quelle horreur! – CNN
Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’
Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises
Young people in the UK are more likely to leave their job for health reasons and become economically inactive when they work in insecure, low-paid sectors, a study has found.
Research carried out for the Trades Union Congress by the consultancy Timewise charts a connection between the jobs young people are most likely to do – in hospitality, retail and care, for example – and the proportion of people leaving because of ill health.
Continue reading...China Edges Past U.S. in Global Approval Ratings – news.gallup.com
- China Edges Past U.S. in Global Approval Ratings news.gallup.com
- Humiliating Poll Reveals the Full Scale of Trump’s Global Reputation Disaster The Daily Beast
- China beats the U.S. in global approval ratings by the biggest margin ever. U.S. News & World Report
- Gallup report: Kosovo, the biggest supporter of the US – the fiercest opponent of China Gazeta Express
- World views China better than US, poll finds semafor.com
France’s Muslim gathering ban overturned by courts
The Paris police department had argued that the four-day gathering was a security threat because it could be a target of terrorism.
Exclusive: Orbán challenger Magyar says election is a ‘referendum’ on Hungary’s place in the world – AP News
- Exclusive: Orbán challenger Magyar says election is a 'referendum' on Hungary's place in the world AP News
- After 16 years in power, can Viktor Orban finally be unseated? BBC
- Hungary elections: what is at stake and who is likely to win? The Guardian
- A youth-led push for change threatens Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary’s elections AP News
- Hungary's government accused of spying on opposition DW.com
Mount Everest Guides Accused Of Poisoning Climbers In $20 Million Rescue Scam [Roundup] – View from the Wing
- Mount Everest Guides Accused Of Poisoning Climbers In $20 Million Rescue Scam [Roundup] View from the Wing
- Mount Everest guides accused of targeting climbers in alleged $20M fake rescue scheme Global News
- Mount Everest climbers targeted in alleged $20M rescue insurance scam NBC News
- Everest guides accused of poisoning foreign climbers to force fake rescues in $20m scam The Independent
- What the Heck Is Going On with the Mount Everest Poisoning Scandal? Outside Magazine
International law experts allege violations in Iran war
The White House says it is making the entire region safer by eliminating short and long-term threats.
Who is Christopher LaNeve, set to lead the US Army?
He will replace Randy George, who was asked to step down from his post by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.