- A Glowing Metal Ring Crashed to Earth. No One Knows Where It Came From WIRED
- Debris falling from the sky: More often, more risk Phys.org
- Harvard Expert Weighs In on Mystery of Makueni Debris Kenyans.co.ke
- Rail workers' union leader Mick Lynch announces retirement MSN
- 1,100 Pound Space Object Falls from the Sky in Kenya, Fueling Misinformation The Debrief
Real Madrid vs Barcelona preview: Supercopa final, El Clasico, team news
Before the final, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti warns against mistakes from 4-0 El Clasico thrashing by Barca.
Syria’s new ruler pledges long-term strategic ties with Lebanon – UPI News
Lebanon’s PM meets Syria’s de facto leader in Damascus
Lebanon's Mikati and Syria’s al-Sharaa discuss relations, including smuggling between countries and border challenges.
Sudan’s army recaptures Wad Madani from rebel Rapid Support Forces
Strategic city fell into control of RSF, which has been accused of genocide by the US, in December 2023
Sudan’s military and its allies have taken back a strategic city from the rebel Rapid Support Forces, officials said.
The recapture of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira province, took place more than a year after it fell to the RSF. Wad Madani had previously been a haven for displaced families in the early months of the war.
Continue reading...Ukraine says it captured two injured North Korean soldiers in Russia
President Zelensky says the two men are receiving "necessary medical assistance".
Ukraine says it captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk
Wounded soldiers taken to Kyiv for questioning by Ukrainian investigators in cooperation with South Korean intelligence.
LA fires: evacuation orders expand as Santa Ana winds are expected to pick up
Neighborhoods now under evacuation orders include Encino and tony Brentwood in west Los Angeles
Evacuations have been ordered for areas of Los Angeles east of the uncontained Palisades fire – as the Santa Ana winds that initially fueled the four-day inferno are expected to moderately pick up.
The Los Angeles fire department issued a new immediate evacuation order at 7pm local time on Friday to areas that cover Sunset Boulevard north to the Encino reservoir and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon.
Continue reading...Ahead of Trump’s return to office, Ukraine and Russia battle for Kursk – The Washington Post
- Ahead of Trump’s return to office, Ukraine and Russia battle for Kursk The Washington Post
- Two Offensives, Two Bloody Massacres—In Kursk, Drones Smash Attacks By Both Sides Forbes
- Ukraine takes another bite out of Russia as Moscow grinds on in Donetsk Al Jazeera English
- Ukraine war latest: Ukraine's 47th Brigade releases video of 'massive' Russian attack repelled in Kursk Oblast Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine gambled big in its daring assault into Russia's Kursk. Was it worth the risk? Yahoo! Voices
‘I’ll never call him dad again:’ Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse – CNN
- ‘I’ll never call him dad again:’ Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse CNN
- ‘I can’t keep the unthinkable at bay – did he abuse me?’: an exclusive extract from the memoir of Dominique Pelicot’s daughter The Guardian
- I'm sure I was drugged and raped too, says the daughter of the Monster of Avignon - as she says there is 'no w Daily Mail
- ‘My father should die in prison,’ says daughter of Dominique Pelicot The Telegraph
- "He Should Die In Prison": French Rapist Dominique Pelicot's Daughter NDTV
‘White people shouldn’t mess with it’: Native American church laments psychedelic cactus shortage
Western ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is partly to blame for dwindling supplies of peyote, which produces mescaline
Aldous Huxley wrote about the spiritual visions he had while taking the drug mescaline in The Doors of Perception, while Hunter S Thompson wrote of driving at 100mph while under the influence of it in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
But now a growing number of western spiritual seekers dabbling in psychedelics are accused of causing a shortage of the plant that produces mescaline.
Continue reading...Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes, officials say – ABC News
- Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes, officials say ABC News
- Jeju Air Flight Recorder Stopped Working 4 Minutes Before Plane Crash The New York Times
- South Korea air crash recorders missing final four minutes BBC.com
- Key Data Missing From Crashed South Korean Plane’s Black Boxes Bloomberg
- Key Data Missing From Jeju Air FDR, CVR Aviation Week
The Anti-Communism That Fueled Jean-Marie Le Pen – Jacobin magazine
- The Anti-Communism That Fueled Jean-Marie Le Pen Jacobin magazine
- As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France The Associated Press
- How extremist politics became mainstream in France The Economist
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96 The New York Times
- Jean-Marie Le Pen’s death brings rivalry between Marine and niece into focus The Guardian
Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia – The New York Times
- Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia The New York Times
- Ukraine captured two injured North Korean soldiers, Zelenskyy says NBC News
- Ukraine captures two North Korean soldiers in Kursk, Zelenskiy says Reuters
- Ukraine president says 2 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia were captured CBS News
- Ukraine says it has captured two North Korean soldiers on the battlefield in Russia Sky News
Venezuelan opposition candidate accuses Nicolás Maduro of coup
Edmundo González, widely believed to have won July election, gives address after autocrat sworn in for third term
The man widely believed to be the real victor of last year’s presidential election in Venezuela has accused Nicolás Maduro of staging a coup and “crowning himself dictator” after the South American autocrat claimed another six years in power.
Maduro, a former union leader who has governed since 2013, in increasingly authoritarian fashion, was sworn in for a third term on Friday, despite claims that he stole the election from the actual winner, the retired diplomat Edmundo González.
Continue reading...Syrian intelligence says it thwarted ISIL attempt to blow up Shia shrine
The Sayyida Zeinab shrine in Damascus has previously been targeted by ISIL and other armed groups in Syria.
Israel’s image crisis and the limits of propaganda
Deepening cracks in Israel's narrative: critiques and questions are getting harder to ignore.
Monfils becomes the oldest player to win an ATP Tour singles title
At 38, Gael Monfis becomes the oldest winner of an ATP title by beating Zizou Bergs in New Zealand.
Protesters in Calais condemn UK policies to stop Channel crossings
Alliance of groups from across France call for measures to make crossings safer after 77 deaths recorded in 2024
More than 70 organisations from across France willcome together on Saturday to protest in Calais about UK policies to try to stop people crossing the Channel.
At least 77 people died trying to cross the Channel in 2024, the highest number since crossings began in 2018. Non-governmental organisations that monitor these deaths believe the total figure last year was even higher, with 89 deaths at the UK-French border of people attempting to reach the UK.
Continue reading...Protests turn violent in China after student falls to his death – Yahoo! Voices
- Protests turn violent in China after student falls to his death Yahoo! Voices
- VOA Mandarin: Mass protest erupts in China's Shaanxi over student’s death VOA Asia
- Police clash with protesters in China after student falls to his death The Independent
- People clash with police in rare protest in China's northwest Nikkei Asia
- China: Violent protests erupt in Shaanxi over teenager’s death amid alleged cover-up ThePrint