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Blinken says he challenged China's Xi on Russia war support
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
America's top diplomat and the Chinese president have held talks in Beijing as both sides seek to stabilise relations.
China warns US not to step on its 'red lines'
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had raised a number of US concerns with the Chinese leader.
MeToo founder defiant after Weinstein wins rape appeal
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Tarana Burke says the overturning of Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction in New York is not a blow to MeToo.
Baby saved from dead mother's womb in Gaza dies
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Sabreen was born by emergency C-section after Israel bombed a house in Rafah, killing her family.
NewJeans: The controversy shaking the K-pop world
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The infighting between K-pop powerhouse Hybe and its label Ador has put fans on edge.
Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced
Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2023
Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
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Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
Posted on Monday April 17, 2023
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies
Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case'
Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2023
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.
'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement
Posted on Tuesday April 18, 2023
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said.
Alabama sets July execution date for man convicted of killing delivery driver
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Alabama has set a July 18 execution date for a man convicted in the 1998 shooting death of a delivery driver who had stopped at an ATM
Utah Republicans to select nominee for Mitt Romney's open US Senate seat
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The Utah Republican Party is set to select a nominee in the race to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate at its annual convention
Ex-official told investigators Trump had 'no standing declassification order'
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
A former administration official told investigators that President Trump had "no standing declassification order" regarding documents in his possession, a filing says.
Russian journalist detained for posts criticizing the military, his lawyer says
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
A journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has been detained on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military
Trading Trump: Truth Social's first month of trading has sent investors on a ride
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
With Donald Trump facing dozens of federal criminal charges and hundreds of millions in legal expenses, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. went public on the Nasdaq exchange March 26
UK parliamentary researcher and alleged accomplice granted bail in espionage case linked to China
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
A former U.K. Parliament researcher and his alleged accomplice have been granted bail after being charged with espionage for China, according to officials.
Rangers' Max Scherzer pushes for umpire relegation system: 'Rank the umpires'
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Max Scherzer is an eight-time MLB All-Star and is working his way back to the Rangers. After his first rehab start, he chimed in on the league's ongoing umpire woes.
Bears' NFL Draft picks Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze already best friends after hilarious interaction in Detroit
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The Bears do not have to worry about Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze, their No. 1 and No. 9 overall picks, respectively, being friends after seeing their reaction together Thursday.
Head of Vietnam's parliament resigns amid intense anti-corruption campaign
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Vuong Dinh Hue, the head of Vietnam’s parliament, has resigned as the country faces an ongoing anti-corruption campaign, according to state media reports.
Navratilova, Gaines warn protection for female athletes 'at a precipice' as NCAA governing board meets
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Former professional tennis player Martina Navratilova and women’s rights advocate Riley Gaines spoke about protections for female athletes on an X Spaces event.
Xi and Blinken Trade Small Nods Over a Large Gap
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The U.S. secretary of state and the Chinese leader struck conciliatory notes in Beijing. But there was no budging on, or hiding, their governments’ core differences.
When U.S. Officials Visit China, Their Food Choices Are Closely Watched
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Visits to China by American officials like Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken can bring fame to local restaurants, as well as scrutiny to the dignitaries.
Blinken meets Xi, and Supreme Court Considers Presidential Immunity
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Plus, Haiti gets a new government.
Israel’s Military Campaign Has Left Gaza’s Medical System Near Collapse
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The Israeli military’s bombardment and invasion of Gaza have decimated its health care system in a way that aid groups and international bodies are increasingly calling “systematic.”
A Baby Born in Gaza After Her Mother Was Killed Has Died
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The birth of the girl, captured on video, brought a glimmer of hope to war-torn Gaza, but she died of respiratory problems after five days, her uncle said.
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Trump trial moves to cross-examination of first witness
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will field questions from former President Donald Trump's defense team.
Authorities crack down on protests over war in Gaza at U.S. college campuses
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Police have in some cases used teargas and torn down tents as protesters at a growing number of universities across the U.S. demonstrate against the war in Gaza.
Mother of Israeli-American hostage speaks about hope amid her son’s captivity by Hamas
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Rachel Goldberg-Polin told her son Hersh to stay strong in recorded messages after Hamas released a propaganda video of the Israeli-American hostage in captivity. She also shared a message to the leaders of Israel and Hamas, urging them to reach a deal for the hostages' release.
Trump lawyers get first chance to question witness in New York criminal trial
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers will have their first opportunity in his New York criminal trial to cross-examine a witness Friday. David Pecker, the former publisher of National Enquirer, has testified for several days in the trial.
Newly released police bodycam video shows the death of a Black man in Ohio after arrest
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Police bodycam video shows the police encounter that ended in the death of Frank Tyson, a Black man in Canton, Ohio. The officers arrested him after a car crash and restrained him facedown. Warning, the video is disturbing.
Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi kills at least 90 people and damages farmland and infrastructure
Eastern Africa has experienced heavy rain in recent weeks, with flooding in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. About 100,000 people have been displaced or otherwise affected in each country, with 32 reported deaths in Kenya and 58 in Tanzania, alongside damage to farmland and infrastructure.
There are also fears that large areas of standing water could give rise to outbreaks of waterborne diseases.
Continue reading...UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Micheál Martin says UK asylum seekers fearful of being removed to Rwanda are seeking sanctuary in Ireland
The UK government’s Rwanda policy has been described as a “kneejerk reaction” to migration by Ireland’s deputy prime minister, who said an influx of asylum seekers could arrive in Ireland as a result.
Micheál Martin, Ireland’s Tánaiste, reportedly said asylum seekers fearful of being removed from the UK to Rwanda were seeking sanctuary in Ireland.
Continue reading...Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says Wanjira Mathai
Africa must take greater control in the industries it supplies with raw materials to lift its people from poverty and seize its own destiny in a low-carbon world, one of the continent’s leading environmentalists has urged.
Wanjira Mathai, the managing director for Africa and global partnerships at the World Resources Institute thinktank, said much more of what the continent produced must be processed and made use of close to where it is produced, if the world is to shift to a low-carbon footing.
Continue reading...Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly in, amid intensifying conflict
Burkina Faso’s military summarily executed 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in a single day in late February, according to an investigation into one of the worst abuses by the country’s armed forces for years.
The mass killings have been linked to a widening military campaign to tackle jihadist violence and happened weeks after Russian troops landed in the west African country to help improve security.
Continue reading...Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly
Posted on Wednesday April 24, 2024
Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030
Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda “indefinitely”, the home secretary has said, as he argued that the £1.8m a person cost of the scheme was justified.
James Cleverly, in his first interview since the government’s plan was approved by parliament on Monday, said he had booked a succession of initial flights and was preparing to order the detention of people seeking refuge in the UK so they could be sent to east Africa.
Continue reading...Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban took effect.
Campus protests over Gaza could affect graduation; Steve Inkseep interviews Blinken
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Hundreds of students have been arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at colleges nationwide. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Antony Blinken in an exclusive interview about U.S.-China relations.
Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.
What to know about a possible Israeli military offensive in Rafah
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
In Gaza's southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.
More than 500 people have been arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at colleges
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Students and others are protesting Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and, in some cases, their school's investments in Israel. Presidents at several schools face calls to resign amid the protests.
Key prosecution witness in Trump trial to face grilling from former president's lawyers
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will continue to be cross-examined by attorney Emil Bove, who's been trying to call his memory into question.
As USC cancels commencement, Columbia students worry theirs could be disrupted
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
After the University of Southern California canceled its main commencement, students at other campuses with protests wonder if theirs will be next.
Orphaned by an airstrike and saved from her dead mother’s womb, baby Sabreen has died
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
Sabreen Alrouh Jouda was born an orphan in Gaza after her mother died in an Israeli airstrike. A posthumous c-section rescued her from her mother’s body.
For Americans detained in China, a return home could depend on better ties
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
As Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China this week, the most important issue for hundreds of families in the U.S. was when their loved ones imprisoned in the country are coming home.
Bears take QB Caleb Williams No. 1 in NFL draft; Falcons shock with pick of QB Michael Penix Jr.
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
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What to know about a possible Israeli military offensive in Rafah - NPR
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
- What to know about a possible Israeli military offensive in Rafah NPR
- Worries remain of a Palestinian exodus into Egypt after Rafah invasion The Washington Post
- Early Edition: April 26, 2024 Just Security
- Satellite images show new Israeli military outposts near Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Israel’s Invasion of Rafah Is All but Inevitable, Experts Say The New York Times
US-China talks start with warnings about misunderstandings and miscalculations - The Associated Press
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
- US-China talks start with warnings about misunderstandings and miscalculations The Associated Press
- Blinken-Xi meeting aimed at keeping U.S.-China relations from getting worse NPR
- Blinken raises Chinese trade practices in meetings with officials in the financial hub of Shanghai The Associated Press
- Blinken meets Xi, and Supreme Court Considers Presidential Immunity The New York Times
- Blinken meets with China’s Xi as differences grow The Hill
Indian voters battle extreme temperatures as intense heat wave hits region - CNN
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
- Indian voters battle extreme temperatures as intense heat wave hits region CNN
- India's Election is the World's Biggest and Also Its Hottest - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
- Voters Grapple With Severe Heat As IMD Issues Red, Orange Heatwave Alerts For 5 States Outlook India
- Is Hot Weather A Risk Ahead Of Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2? Check What IMD Says MSN
- Lok Sabha Election 2024: 'Everyone from persecuted minorities to get citizenship through CAA', says Amit Shah The Times of India
U.S. Army Starts Building Pier for Gaza Aid: Israel-Hamas War Latest News - The New York Times
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
- U.S. Army Starts Building Pier for Gaza Aid: Israel-Hamas War Latest News The New York Times
- Gaza pier: US begins building floating base to boost aid BBC.com
- Video US military starts building pier off of Gaza to deliver aid ABC News
- US military begins construction of pier off Gaza for complex and dangerous aid delivery mission CNN
- Gaza-based militants attack Israeli forces preparing for US pier POLITICO
Power of Holyrood 'effectively in Alba MSP's hands' - BBC.com
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
- Power of Holyrood 'effectively in Alba MSP's hands' BBC.com
- A Holyrood Hail Mary: The SNP Leader's Fate Hangs in the Balance Bloomberg
- Scottish leader faces battle for survival after ending power-sharing deal over climate change clash The Associated Press
- Humza Yousaf says he won’t resign as Scotland’s first minister and will be ‘fighting vote of no confidence’ – UK politics live The Guardian
- Scotland's leader faces knife-edge no-confidence vote after collapsing coalition Reuters UK
Two teenagers appear in court charged with murder of Josip Strok in west Dublin attack
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Two Clondalkin teenagers have appeared in court charged with the murder of a Croatian national in west Dublin.
Spanish banking giant to enter market in huge boost for competition
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The Spanish bank that owns Leitrim-based mortgage lender Avant Money has confirmed it is entering the Irish banking market.
A day working at Karen’s Diner: ‘Everyone at the table looks at me with a mixture of disgust and abject pity'
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
As I arrive at Karen’s Diner, a man is being marched out the front door. A woman shouts through a megaphone while pointing to a list of rules taped to the door. This man has broken one of the statutes of Karen’s Diner and so must stand outside until he learns the error of his ways. “Do you understand that, you p**ck?” the waiter barks before returning inside.
Ruaidhri O’Connor: Croke Park is looming large over Irish rugby – can the IRFU resist its lure?
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
How will the IRFU big-wigs feel as they cross the threshold of Croke Park next Saturday, surrounded by 82,300 paying fans?
Kylie Minogue, Wolfe Tones and Calvin Harris to perform at Electric Picnic as line up announced and extra tickets
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Calvin Harris, Noah Kahan and Kylie Minogue will headline Electric Picnic this year, alongside Kodaline, Raye and Gerry Cinnamon.
‘As it went up, people came from all around to look’ – why this triangular home in the Carlow hills piqued locals’ interest
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Springhill, Killeshin, Co Carlow
Modern Morals: My wife wants to split the housework 50/50 but I work harder and earn more so I don’t think it’s fair
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Question: My wife and I both work full-time but I earn almost twice as much as her. The work I do is more mentally taxing and often involves me working later into the evening. It took me eight years of study to get into this line of work. My wife didn’t go to university. We’re now parents to young children and housework has become a big bone of contention. My wife wants to draw up a spreadsheet to split chores, general tasks and childcare 50/50.
Career criminal killed in hit-and-run may have been struck by his own associates’ car
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Gardaí are investigating if a 35-year-old career criminal who was killed in an apparent hit-and-run had been travelling with other criminals when the fatal traffic incident happened.
Garda Commissioner visits scene of ‘attack on gardaí’ at Wicklow asylum seeker housing site: ‘Very unacceptable scenes’
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said “unacceptable” scenes at a site slated to house 160 asylum seekers “turned to violence” last night and gardaí were “disgracefully” attacked by protestors.
Would you pay a €2 tax to stay in Galway? Here are some of the destinations charging tourist taxes
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
This week, Venice began charging daytrippers a €5 entry fee. It’s the first city in the world to do so.
Ukraine forced to withdraw US tanks as Russia destroys five Abrams in bloody battle
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The battlefield has changed substantially since the US agreed to deploy the tanks - notably by the ubiquitous use of Russian surveillance drones and hunter-killer drones.
Hamas's ex-hostage shares her terrorist captor's chilling obsession
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The Hamas abductor wanted to bring his mother to the imprisoned girl to seek her approval for their marriage all while she was a hostage in the Gaza Strip.
Macron and Scholz scramble to create new 'EU defence club' as Putin's war looms
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
With the urgency created by geopolitical uncertainties and Russia's war in Ukraine, Macron and Scholz are pushing for more effective EU defence cooperation.
'I'm 73 married to toyboy, 39 - we have sex 6 times a week and he does all the chores'
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Christine Haycox met her husband Hamza Dridi online before flying out to Tunisia six years ago and never coming back.
Tensions spike after 'drone strike' on Russian ally - but 'attackers' dismiss claim
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Belarus claims it stopped drone attacks from Lithuania, but Lithuania calls the claim "nonsense".
Putin in terrifying warning to 'hotheads in Warsaw' after nuclear weapons moved to Belarus
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Russia has reportedly moved some of its tactical nuclear weapons closer to the NATO border, prompting Poland to offer to host some of NATO's warheads on its territory for deterrence.
Watch dramatic moment Royal Navy shoots down missile in combat for first time in 32 years
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
A Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Diamond, shot down a missile from Houthi rebels in Yemen, protecting a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
Huge new tourism protest as furious locals in another Spanish city slam ‘s*** salaries’
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
On April 20, tens of thousands took their frustration at overtourism to the street in the Canary Islands. Now, another city has urged locals to follow the archipelago's example.
Iran official warns Tehran needs just 'half a day' to build nuclear weapon
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Iran has been fuelling fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East with its hostile behaviour and its support for multiple terrorist groups in the region.
Ireland's Micheal Martin takes swipe at Rishi Sunak over Rwanda Bill
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
Tension has been building over immigration, and protesters clashed with police in County Wicklow last night.
The tide has turned decisively against Ukraine, can US help keep it in the fight?
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
US President Joe Biden signed off another billion-dollar assistance package just as the tide was turning against the Ukrainians on the battlefield.
Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction quashed
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein 's 2020 rape conviction.
It turns out, money does grow on trees in Nepal
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The Japanese love their beautiful yen bills, with their elegant, understated designs printed on tough, off-white plant fibre.
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York top court
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The ruling is the second major #MeToo setback in the last two years and reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
Coachella is hot, expensive and plagued with tech issues. And that’s not the worst part
Posted on Friday April 26, 2024
The problem for the festival is that it is synonymous not with iconic music but with A-listers and overpriced beer.
War of worlds between the Albanese government and social media platform X escalates
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
Elon Musk's social media platform X challenges Australian federal court order over violent material.
Australian journalist named as co-conspirator in Trump hush money trial
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
The bombshell revelations were made during Trump’s historic hush money trial, in which the ex-president has been accused of falsifying records to stop an alleged affair from becoming public.
AI-generated clip used to frame high school principal with racist remarks, police say
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
The recording triggered a wave of hate-filled messages on social media and an inundation of phone calls to the high school’s front office.
UK politics so much funnier than fiction, comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
The Tories are in a spot of bother as the UK heads to an election. A possible catastrophic defeat would be both self-inflicted and richly deserved.
Moulin Rouge windmill falls off
Posted on Thursday April 25, 2024
The iconic windmill on the front of the Moulin Rouge has fallen off.