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UN says international community only has two choices with regards to Gaza
UN says international community only has two choices with regards to Gaza The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the international community was faced with two choices when it came to Gaza β either to act or remain voyeurs. During a press briefing, OCHA spokesperson Olga Cherevko, who has spent nearly five years working in Gaza said: βThe decision makers have watched in silence the...
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More Americans see overreach from Trump than from judges, AP-NORC poll finds
As President Donald Trumpfaces significant pushbackfrom federal judges, a new poll shows U.S. adults are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power rather than the courts β although Republicans largely think the opposite.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:About half of Americans say the economy is Trumpβs responsibility: Survey
Nearly half of Americans said the current condition of the U.S. economy is President Trumpβs responsibility rather than his predecessor former President Biden, according to a survey published Friday. The Gallup poll found 46 percent of adults said Trump is responsible for the current state of the nationβs economy, while another 27 percent of respondents...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:The Tasmanian seats which could deliver, or deny, electoral victory
Will the anti-salmon farming vote play a part? Will the concern over job losses in the salmon industry trump that? Will the major parties keep the independents at bay? Let's take a look at Tasmania's seats and what the experts are predicting.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence
The AfD came second in Germany's February elections and has a record number of seats in the new parliament.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:He's dressed Cate Blanchett and Lady Gaga, and is still making fashion waves
From designing his first clothes as a teenager in Melbourne to the runways of Paris with celebrities, Martin Grant has had a full career β and it's not over yet.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Will his bromance with Roger Cook help Anthony Albanese win today?
The prime minister is hoping Roger Cook β fresh from his resounding WA election win β can help him win votes in the West, while the premier is counting on his popularity buying him influence in Canberra, writes Keane Bourke.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:India at a crossroads: new Gandhi or new JinnahΒ
βThe only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.β Georg hegel The tragedy is not that history fails to speak, but that we fail to listen β especially when the message is uncomfortable. On April 22, the peaceful hills of Pahalgam in Kashmir turned crimson with violence as terrorists opened [β¦] The post India at a crossroads: new Gandhi or new Jinnah appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Heβs been bitten by snakes hundreds of times. Now scientists are studying his blood
Tim Friedeβs exposure to venom from black mambas, cobras and other snakes could hold the key to better treatment for bite victims.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump is tanking with Ohio independents β a new poll shows why
President Trump is underwater among Ohio independents in a new poll.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump administration asks Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security systems
Social Security holds personal records on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, bank details, salary information and medical and mental health records for disability recipients, according to court documents.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:These are the NSW seats to watch this election night
From a tussle over historically blue ribbon bastions to traditionally Labor-voting seats balanced on a knife edge, these are the seats to watch as results pour in over the coming days.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Higher prices await US buyers of small China shipments as Trump trade war tariffs bite
Online retailers like Shein and Temu are targeted by closing of de minimis loophole with βimmediately apparentβ impact, analysts say.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Venezuela Receives New Group of Deported Migrants Amid Family Separation Concerns
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello condemned the absence of children on the latest flight, accusing the U.S. of continuing its imperialist policy of family separations. Venezuela welcomed another flight of citizens deported from the United States on Friday as part of President NicolΓ‘s Maduroβs Return to the Homeland Plan. This marks the 18th repatriation flight, arriving [β¦]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:US lawmakers urge SEC to delist Alibaba and Chinese companies
Heads of congressional panels say Baidu, JD.com and others have military links that pose βunacceptable riskβ to investors
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:As Trump wreaks global havoc, the dollar cost of uncertainty rises
Companies and countries alike are seeing hedging costs hit the roof amid a loss of trust and certainty in the US, the dollar and Treasuries.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Why Trump’s pick for top prosecutor in DC isn’t sailing through Senate approval
Ed Martin Jr., a conservative activist with modest legal experience who has defended rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is testing Republican party loyalties as a deadline approaches for the Senate to decide whether to extend or end his brief but tumultuous tenure as leader of the countryβs largest U.S. Attorneyβs office.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Biden HHS secretary slams Trump NIH cuts: 'It's a demolition plan'
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra decried the Trump administration's "skinny budget" request unveiled Friday, lambasting it as not a budget proposal but a "demolition plan." In the proposal, President Trump called for cutting $33.3 billion or 26.2 percent of the HHS's discretionary funding. These requested cuts included a $3.6 billion reduction...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump's gas claims don't add up: Experts
Presented by Clean Fuels Alliance America {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump's pump claims fall flat President Trump says gas prices have fallen below $2 a gallon as he marked his 100th day in office, but experts and evidence say his numbers arenβt adding up. AP Gas Buddy, a...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Germanyβs AfD Labeled βFar-Right Extremistβ: What the Intelligence Ruling Means for Democracy
Germanyβs Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has officially classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a far-right extremist organization, citing its anti-immigrant rhetoric and threat to democratic order. The move comes after the AfDβs rise as the second-largest force in parliament and raises urgent questions about the future of German democracy. [β¦]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Wall Street sees 9th straight day of gains, reclaiming losses since Trump’s tariff escalation
The rally was spurred by a better-than-expectedreport on the U.S. job marketand resurgent hope for a ratcheting down in the U.S. trade showdown with China.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:A young man and child killed during air strikes on Gaza city
A young man and child killed during air strikes on Gaza city A child and a young man were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on Friday evening, Wafa news agency reported. During a strike on Al-Sikka Street in the Shujaiyya neighbourhood, a child was killed and his grandfather was injured. In the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, a young man was killed and several others were wounded during strikes.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump administration designates two Haitian gangs as βterrorist groupsβ
The US has taken hard line against gangs in Haiti while reducing involvement in efforts to address violence there.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:US may close State Department office for science and technology pacts
If Office of Science and Technology Cooperation is shut, analysts say, White House could take a more direct role in science diplomacy.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Why US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman have stalled
Why US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman have stalled Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Fri, 05/02/2025 - 18:00 It's not necessarily a breakdown, but Washington has significantly escalated its threats against Tehran Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, arrives ahead of negotiations with the US in Muscat, Oman, on 25 April 2025 (Iranian foreign ministry/West Asia News Agency/Handout via Reuters) Off For the last...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:US to stage military parade on June 14, Trumpβs birthday
The US president floated the idea of such an event during his first term, but there were concerns about damage from tanks in the streets.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:These towns were drowned to make way for human progress
A wave of dam building during the mid-20th century displaced dozens of towns, villages and First Nations communities. A public history project hopes to recover them.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Were Erin Patterson's deadly beef Wellingtons a terrible accident or murder?
Reduced to its simplest form, the jury in Erin Patterson's trial will have to decide whether a beef Wellington cooked in her kitchen represents a terrible accident, or the ultimate act of betrayal.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump budget exposes GOP divisions
{beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP SENT the first budget request of his second term to Republican appropriators in Congress on Friday, exposing new GOP divisions on spending. Office of Management Budget director Russell Vought outlined the steep cuts Trump seeks for non-defense spending in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine). "This...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security data
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access millions of Americansβ personal data stored by the Social Security Administration (SSA) while it appeals an order that iced the advisory group out. Theemergency applicationasks the justices to lift a Maryland federal judgeβs injunction blocking DOGE from...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Hawaii Sues Big Oil for Alleged Climate Deception After Trump Administration Tried to Block the Litigation
The state of Hawaii has joined an intensifying legal battle by states and communities across the country to try to hold large fossil fuel firms accountable for the damaging climate impacts of their products. Hawaii is the 10th state so far to take the fossil fuel industry to court over alleged climate deception. The stateβs [β¦]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Walking the Geopolitical Tightrope: South Koreaβs High Stakes Bet on AI
South Korea wants to transition from a βfast followerβ to an AI leader, but that could come with geopolitical costs amid the growing China-U.S. competition.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:US man jailed for 53 years over Islamophobic killing of six-year-old boy
Illinois man Joseph Czuba stabbed and killed Wadee Alfayoumi and knifed his mother Hanan Shaheen days after Israel began its war on Gaza in October 2023.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Temu halts shipping direct from China as de minimis tariff loophole is cut off
Earlier this week, Temu increased prices and added "import charges" ranging from 130% to 150% on products shipped direct from China.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Lawyers lament treatment of detained Indian academic Badar Khan Suri
Lawyers lament treatment of detained Indian academic Badar Khan Suri Submitted by Azad Essa on Fri, 05/02/2025 - 18:33 Suri was forced to wear used underwear and sleep on the floor while a television set blared at full volume for 21 hours Badar Khan Suri joins a list of scholars facing deportation from the US for their views or associations with Palestine (screengrab) Off On 17 March, Badar Khan Suri, the Indian...
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