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Breaking News Fri, 29 Mar 2024
A Palestinian woman stands with her family after fleeing from the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, as they wait outside Sidon municipality to be moved to an UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)  school, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. UNRWA said hundreds of families displaced from Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp have taken shelter in nearby mosques, schools and the Sidon municipality building after the fighting that broke out last Thursday in the camp between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group and militant Islamist groups which left several people dead and dozens wounded. Japan to resume funding to UNRWA, following Sweden, Finland and Canada Fri 29 Mar 2024
Japan is planning to resume funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees after suspending assistance over Israeli claims that some of its staff parti... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari) Al Jazeera
Japan   Palestinians   Photos   UNRWA  
A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. The ship rammed into the major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to collapse in a matter of seconds and creating a terrifying scene as several vehicles plunged into the chilly river below. The true face of immigration Thu 28 Mar 2024
Baltimore was sleeping when the fully laden cargo ship, adrift and without power, slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, bringing it down in seconds. Had the disaster... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke) CNN
Baltimore   Bridge Collapse   Photos   US Immigration   Wikipedia: Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse  
People look for salvageable pieces from burned cars at a mechanic shop that was set on fire during violence by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 25, 2024. Hundreds of rights groups urge US to stop deporting Haitians fleeing gang war Thu 28 Mar 2024
Nearly 500 immigration and human rights organisations signed a letter urging the US government to halt deportations of Haitians and expand migration protections as a deva... (photo: AP / Odelyn Joseph) GDN Online
Gang Violence   Haiti Crime   Immigration   Photos   Wikipedia: Gang war in Haiti  
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday Jan. 7, 2024 Israel seeks new date for cancelled US meeting on Rafah offensive plans Thu 28 Mar 2024
Israel has asked the United States to reschedule a meeting to discuss its military operation in Gaza’s Rafah days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly cance... (photo: AP / Ronen Zvulun) Al Jazeera
Gaza   Israel   Photos   US States  
File - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at a camera while speaking via a video link from a prison during a court session in Petushki, Vladimir region, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny appears in the Petushinsky court via video link at a hearing on his lawsuit against his prison colony classifying him as posing a potential extremist or terrorist threat. US journalist marks a year in a Russian prison as courts keep extending his time ... Thu 28 Mar 2024
For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern. | Guards take the American journalist from the notoriou... (photo: AP / Evgeny Feldman/Meduza via AP) Newsday
Evan Gershkovich   Moscow's   Photos   Russian prison   Wikipedia: Prisons in Russia  
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2023 US journalist marks a year in Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars Thu 28 Mar 2024
For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern. | Guards take the American journalist from the notorious Lef... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) NBC Bay Area
Photos   Russia   US States   Ukraine  
NASA Data Shows How Drought Changes Wildfire Recovery in the West Satellite data shows how drought changes wildfire recovery in the West Wed 27 Mar 2024
A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for con... (photo: USDA Forest Service/ Stuart Palley) Phys Dot Org
Climate change   NASA   Photos   US States  
President-elect Joe Biden, joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, answers a reporter's question at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Biden inexplicably urges Ukraine not to be so effective fighting against Russia Wed 27 Mar 2024
It was another week of bad decisions in Washington, and Ukraine continues to pay the price.  | According to the Financial Times, the Biden administration, in response ... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) The Hill
Photos   Russia   Ukraine   Wikipedia: Joe Biden   joe biden  
File - Vice President Joe Biden listens to President Barack Obama during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Feb. 2, 2015. Obama jumps in to help Biden defeat Trump again Wed 27 Mar 2024
Barack Obama spent several hours last Friday in the family dining room of the White House, visiting his former vice president, Joe Biden. The occasion was hardly just two... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) CNN
Elections   Photos   Politics   US States  
TikTok 3d Icon Concept US TikTok Ban Aims to Weaken China & Protect Big Tech Monopolies Wed 27 Mar 2024
By Ben Norton / Geopolitical Economy Report | The US government has for years threatened to ban TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the country. | It’s... (photo: Creative Commons) Scheerpost
Ben Norton   China   Photos   TikTok   Wikipedia: TikTok  
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the 26th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Starlink network expands to Yemen, Sudan by black market terminal sales Wed 27 Mar 2024
ALBAWABA – Despite Elon Musk’s repeated remarks on SpaceX’s Starlink service being worldwide, the company declared that it disables terminals when they are utilized... (photo: AP / John Raoux) Al Bawaba
Elon Musk   Photos   Starlink   Trading   Wikipedia: Starlink  
Schedonorus pratensis (meadow fescue) differs from Schedonorus arundinaceus (tall fescue) by lemmas uniformly lacking a terminal awn, USA This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading Wed 27 Mar 2024
This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit news organization. | America’s “fescue belt,” named for an exoti... (photo: Creative Commons) Grist
Agriculture   Environment   Photos   US States  
Israeli soldiers are seen in Balata, a Palestinian refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 Majority in U.S. Now Disapprove of Israeli Action in Gaza Wed 27 Mar 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After narrowly backing Israel’s military action in Gaza in November, Americans now oppose the campaign by a solid margin. Fifty-five percent cur... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) Gallup
Gaza   Israel   Photos   US States  
A cargo ship is stuck under the part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge Tuesday March 26, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. Why did the Baltimore bridge collapse and what do we know about the ship? Wed 27 Mar 2024
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early on Tuesday after a container ship smashed into a pylon, with the six people missing presumed deadafter falling ... (photo: AP / Steve Helber) Philenews
Baltimore   Photos   Shipping   US States  
In this Sunday, May 9, 2021, photograph, an unsold S 70 sedan sits at a Tesla dealership in Littleton First drive in Tesla’s new Cybertruck: it’s like a visit from outer space Wed 27 Mar 2024
This stainless steel tank with its flat panels and almost sharp edges looks like a space cowboy has taken the wrong exit on the Milky Way | Elon Musk’s latest model is ... (photo: AP / David Zalubowski) The Irish Times
Elon Musk   Photos   Tesla   United States   Wikipedia: Elon Musk  
A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as night falls on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Sparrows Point, Md. The ship rammed into the major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to collapse in a matter of seconds and creating a terrifying scene as several vehicles plunged into the chilly river below. Recovery efforts continue for 6 presumed dead after Baltimore bridge collapse as investigation gets underway Tue 26 Mar 2024
The US Coast Guard has suspended search and rescue efforts for six people who were on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed early Tuesday following a major cargo... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke) CNN
Baltimore   Bridge Collapse   Maritime   Photos   Wikipedia: Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse  
Demonstrators hold placards after Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Two High Court judges said they would grant Assange a new appeal unless U.S. authorities give further assurances about what will happen to him. The case has been adjourned until May 20. UK court says Assange can't be extradited on espionage charges until US rules out death penalty Tue 26 Mar 2024
A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won't... (photo: AP / Alberto Pezzali) The Malta Independent
Julian Assange   Photos   Press Freedom   WikiLeaks   Wikipedia: Julian Assange  
A Chevron gas station at 25635 Crucero Road in Ludlow, California, near I-40 and Route 66. Permian Basin: Chevron and Exxon compete for top oil producer in US Tue 26 Mar 2024
Oil and gas mergers, largely in the Permian Basin spiked last year as companies sought to consolidate assets in the booming region, according to a government report issue... (photo: Creative Commons / Tony Webster) Alamogordo Daily News
Gas   Global Trading   Oil   Photos  
Sean "Diddy" Combs, left, sits beside Cassie as they watch a giant video screen during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Miami and Los Angeles homes raided in sex trafficking investigation Tue 26 Mar 2024
Warning: This article contains details and accusations of sexual and physical abuse | Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and the Miami area were raided on Mon... (photo: AP / Kathy Willens) NME
Entertainment   Los Angeles   Photos   US States  
European Council Roundtable with EEA leaders Viktor Orban isn't a role model for democratic leaders Tue 26 Mar 2024
The March 8 edition of the "PBS News Hour" included a segment about the visit of the prime minister of Hungary with presidential candidate Donald Trump. | Viktor Orban i... (photo: European Union) Madison
Democracy   Hungary   Photos   Viktor Orban