Over 13,000 children killed in Gaza, others severely malnourished: UNICEF
The UN agency says surviving children do not ‘even have the energy to cry’ as famine looms in the besieged enclave being bombarded for months. Israel has killed more than 13,000 children in Gaza since October 7 while others are suffering from severe malnutrition and do not “even have the energy to cry”, says the Read More
Putin poised to win Russian presidential election by a landslide
Early results show Putin winning some 87 percent of the vote, the highest-ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history. President Vladimir Putin is set to win a record post-Soviet landslide victory in Russia’s election, cementing his grip on power, despite a large number of opponents staging a noon protest at polling stations. Shortly after the last Read More
Schrödinger’s genocide
Bosnians have experience with genocide. Not just the signs of it coming. Not just the fact of it happening. But also this strange phenomenon we call “Schrödinger’s genocide”: the simultaneous glorification and denial of genocide. There is a cruel dance between the systematic relativisation of the legal qualification of genocide and the continuous pursuit of Read More
Netanyahu repeats Rafah assault threat, says civilians won’t be ‘locked in’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not leave civilians trapped in Rafah when its forces begin a long-feared assault on the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians have taken shelter. “Our goal in eliminating the remaining terrorist battalions in Rafah goes hand in hand with enabling the civilian population to Read More
EU announces $8bn package for Egypt as part of deal to check migrant flows
The agreement, which lifts the EU’s relationship with Egypt to a ‘strategic partnership’, has drawn criticism from rights groups. The European Union has announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8.06bn) aid package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt, part of a new deal to stem migrant flows to Europe that has been criticised by rights groups. The Read More
Speaker Johnson tells Republicans campaigning against each other in primaries to ‘cool it’: report
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is telling Republicans who are going after sitting GOP lawmakers in contentious primaries to “knock it off,” in order to tamp down on divisions within the party, according to a report. Johnson, R-La., attended the House Republicans’ annual member retreat at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Read More
‘The soul of the King in the EVM’: Rahul Gandhi’s sharp attack on PM Modi
Rahul Gandhi concludes Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra at Shivaji Park alongside prominent leaders of the INDIA bloc, taking a dig at PM Modi in the process.
President Biden’s mysterious new shoes provide ‘maximum stability’: report
President Biden’s newest shoes have opened up renewed debate about his health and physical condition, with some speculating they were designed to prevent the president from falling. “Biden’s handlers are forcing him to wear a new pair of ‘lifestyle sneakers’ because he trips so much,” read a tweet from RNC Research Saturday, referring to Biden’s Read More
Kirby dodges answering point-blank if Biden believes Netanyahu impedes peace: ‘Known each other a long time’
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby brushed off questioning Sunday regarding whether President Biden believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an “impediment to peace,” saying the two world leaders have “known each other a long time” and have an open line of communication. “Does the president think that Benjamin Netanyahu is a Read More
Gujarat University: Two arrested, 25 booked for attack on foreign students
Two students – one from Sri Lanka and another from Tajikistan – were hospitalised after the incident which took place in the A-block hostel on Saturday night.