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Draper advances in Madrid as matches resume
Jack Draper reaches the round of 16 at the Madrid Open after opponent Matteo Berrettini retires injured as play resumes following a power cut.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:
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Palestinians cancel Nakba march in Israel after police crackdown
Palestinians cancel Nakba march in Israel after police crackdown Organisers of a march to commemorate the Nakba on 15 May cancelled the annual event due to restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities. Former Knesset member Mohammed Barakeh, who is head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens, said police reduced the number of participants to 700 from thousands in previous years. He also said it banned the...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Did Houthi missiles threaten to sink the carrier USS Truman?
The US lost an F-18E Super Hornet jet fighter on April 28th when the aircraft, under tow in the hangar deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), fell into the sea, along with the tractor that towed it. There was only one minor injury to a crew member who apparently was injured when […] The post Did Houthi missiles threaten to sink the carrier USS Truman? appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Israel releases Gaza paramedic who survived deadly attack
Palestinian ambulance driver Assaad al-Nassasra, who survived an Israeli attack that killed 15 medics, has been freed.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Hegseth boasted about ending a ‘woke’ program on women and security. Trump signed it into law in 2017
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a post on X called the “Women, Peace & Security” program at the Department of Defense "a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it.” It is actually a celebrated program signed into law by his boss, President Donald Trump.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Azerbaijan Uses Old Criminal Case to Ramp Up Repression
Click to expand Image Police outside the building of Toplum TV, independent online media outlet, where law enforcement searched the offices and detained journalists, in Baku, Azerbaijan, March 6, 2024. 2024 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images In an effort to annihilate independent activism, Azerbaijani authorities have reopened a 2014 criminal investigation that led to the country’s most sweeping crackdown on human rights...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Another ‘Bridge Man’ in China Forcibly Disappeared
On April 15, 27-year-old Mei Shilin (梅世林) put up threebanners on an overpass outside Chengdu’s Chadianzi Metro Station in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The banners stated: “There can be no national rejuvenation without political system reform”; “The people do not need a political party with unrestrained power”; and “China does not need anyone to show the way, democracy is the direction.” The authorities...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Willis warns of a ‘tight’ budget to come, but NZ should be going for productivity, not austerity
Austerity has become the global default response to tough economic times. But New Zealand should be prioritising investment over cuts to foster long-term growth.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Documentary on Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank triggers online firestorm
Documentary on Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank triggers online firestorm Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 04/29/2025 - 18:47 Louis Theroux's ‘The Settlers’ has garnered widespread praise and the condemnation of Israeli settlers Filmmaker Louis Theroux, right, with an Israeli settler, from the documentary 'The Settlers' (Screengrab/BBC2) Off A new BBC documentary examiningIsraeli settlers and their treatment of...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Amazon says displaying tariff cost 'not going to happen' after White House blowback
Amazon said Tuesday it considered displaying import charges on items sold via its site for ultradiscount items, but that the plan "was never approved and not going to happen."
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:What will Mark Carney’s victory mean for Canada-US ties?
Liberal leader overcomes a 25-point polling deficit to keep the party in power for its fourth consecutive term.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:White House lashes out at ‘hostile and political act by Amazon’
Spat comes after report alleged tech giant was planning to display price increases caused by Trump’s tariffs
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Meeting in Brazil, Brics foreign ministers fail to issue joint statement
Objections to expansion of UN Security Council by new, African members overshadowed consensus on ‘protectionist’ trade measures.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Dozens of tourist resorts in Indian-controlled Kashmir closed following deadly attack
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily closed more than half of the resorts in the scenic Himalayan region following a deadly attack on tourists.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:How secure is Germany's critical infrastructure?
Spain and Portugal experienced a devastating blackout. Could this happen in Germany, too? What will the next German government do to better protect critical infrastructure?
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:How does Europe want Russia's war on Ukraine to end?
Europe is watching anxiously as Washington warns of a "critical week" for Ukraine. Leaked documents show the US and Europe diverge on how to end the war.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:How does Europe want the Ukraine war to end?
Europe is watching anxiously as Washington warns of a "critical week" for Ukraine. Leaked documents show the US and Europe diverge on how to end the war.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:How secure is the critical infrastructure in Germany?
Spain and Portugal experienced a devastating blackout. Could this happen in Germany, too? What will the next German government do to better protect critical infrastructure?
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:At Least 26 Killed by Roadside Bomb in Northeastern Nigeria
At least 26 people were killed on Monday in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State after the vehicle they were traveling in struck an improvised explosive device (IED), authorities said. The bomb was allegedly planted by Boko Haram militants. The explosion occurred around noon along the road connecting Kala-Balge and Gamboru-Ngala, near the village of Furunduma, police […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Disgraced Cardinal Becciu will not participate conclave to elect pope
After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said he would not participate in any future conclave. But in recent days he had asserted he had a right to enter the Sistine Chapel with other cardinals on May 7.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Yemen: US Strike Reportedly Kills, Injures Dozens of Migrants
(Beirut) –US forces struck a migrant detention center in Saada,Yemen, on April 28, 2025, reportedly killing over 68 civilians and injuring dozens more. Human Rights Watch verified avideo posted by the Houthi-run news channel, Al-Masirah, alsoverified by the newswire service Reuters, that showed migrants and asylum seekers dead and injured in the aftermath of the strike. Those killed and injured were reportedly all of...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Man rescued twice from Japan's Mount Fuji had returned to search for his cellphone
A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope to search for his cellphone and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said Monday.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Five civilians killed in air strike in Khan Younis
Five civilians killed in air strike in Khan Younis Two children were among five civilians killed during an Israeli air strike on tents of displaced people on the al-Mawasi areawest of Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, Wafa news agency reported on Tuesday. Several others were injured in the attack on Tuesday evening.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:The Rule of Law Must Be Restored in El Salvador: OUDH
President Bukele’s ‘State of Exception’ has resulted in over 390 deaths of citizens in the custody of state agents. On Tuesday, the the Central American University’s Human Rights Observatory (OUDH) recommended the restoration of the rule of law in El Salvador, which, according to its director Gabriela Santos, “has been lost due to the suspension […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:First of three accusers testifies at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial
The first of three accusers expected to testify at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial has taken the witness stand in a reprise of her testimony in his first #MeToo trial five years ago.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Three people killed after shooting in Sweden
The incident took place at a hair salon in the town of Uppsala, Swedish media report.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Denmark’s King Frederik X arrives in Greenland, as Trump eyes strategic Arctic island
The monarch is expected to meet the new Greenlandic government and attend a ‘kaffemik’, or coffee break, to meet local residents.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Uber raises in-office requirement to 3 days, claws back remote workers
Uber is the latest tech company to inform employees previously approved for remote work that they will need to start coming into the office.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:What Ukrainians think about Trump's peace plan
US President Donald Trump is urging Ukraine to make major concessions to end the war with Russia. Many Ukrainians reject his proposal. What do analysts have to say about the US peace plan?
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:UK took control of British Steel before assessing cost to taxpayers, letters show
‘Ministerial direction’ raises questions over the price of saving country’s last two blast furnaces
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Manfred Weber secures second term atop Europe’s most powerful party
German wins European People's Party vote, but with some opposition.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Germany: Former AfD aide arrested on suspicion of espionage
Two people, including a former aide to a far-right AfD politician, have been accused of passing on sensitive information to Chinese intelligence agencies. Three more people have been arrested on similar charges.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:UN Secretary-General: Two-state solution ‘near a point of no return’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a two-state solution is “at risk of dwindling to the point of disappearance."
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Ukraine updates: Germany doubtful of Putin's 3-day ceasefire
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius voiced skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin's unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine said a Russian drone strike killed a young girl.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:WATCH: White House calls reports that Amazon might display tariff prices a ‘hostile and political’ act
Amazon later clarified that listing tariff costs “was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented.”
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