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64 percent of Jewish voters disapprove of Trump efforts to fight antisemitism: Poll

More than half of Jewish American voters disapprove of President Trumpโ€™s efforts to combat antisemitism, according to a new poll. In the Jewish Voters Resource Center poll, 64 percent of respondents said they either โ€œstrongly disapproveโ€ or โ€œsomewhat disapproveโ€ when it comes to โ€œthe job Donald Trump is doing combatting antisemitism.โ€ And 36 percent said...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Nicaragua Celebrates Return of Girl Maikelys Espinoza Bernal from Venezuela

Nicaragua welcomes back Maikelys Espinoza Bernal thanks to Venezuelan President Maduroโ€™s efforts. The government condemns her forced separation as an act of โ€œbarbarism.โ€ Related: The Rescue of Maikelys Makes It All Worthwhile: President Maduro This Wednesday, the Nicaraguan government expressed its satisfaction over the return of Maikelys Espinoza Bernal, made possible through the efforts of [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Trump tax cuts clear hurdle

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story House GOP moves Trump tax cuts through committee The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a slew of President Trumpโ€™s top tax priorities Wednesday, setting the stage for a high-stakes sprint to get the provisions through...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Why Gulf countries are fertile ground for Chinese EV makersโ€™ growth

The region could serve as a staging ground for Chinese carmakers seeking to bypass tariff-related disruptions and access Western markets.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

'Tears blur my vision': Detained Yang thanks Australia as health declines

The Australian government continues to lobby for Dr Yang, who is imprisoned in China and has a cyst on one of his kidneys.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Environmental Defenders Office funding completely cut in Queensland

The office provides legal aid to those dealing with environmental and planning disputes and has received about $500,000 per year over the past five years from the Queensland government.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Israel is sending 'signal' it not interested in negotiating a ceasefire, Qatar says

Israel is sending 'signal' it not interested in negotiating a ceasefire, Qatar says Israel's attacks inGazathis week send the signal they are not interested in negotiating a ceasefire, Qatar's prime minister told CNN in an interview on Wednesday. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said a US-backed Israeli plan for humanitarian aid distribution was unnecessary, stressing the United Nations...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Dem drops effort to force impeachment vote โ€” for now

The House will not vote this week on resolutions related to impeaching President Trump, lending a victory to Democratic leaders who have been cold to the idea. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) has introduced seven articles of impeachment, and this week he launched the process of forcing his resolution to the House floor for a vote....

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Low-intensity alternatives to run clubs gain popularity

Outdoor exercise groups surge in popularity as people look for low-intensity alternatives to keeping fit while staying social.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Harvard president takes 25 percent pay cut amid funding battle with Trump

Harvard President Alan Garber has decided to take a 25 percent pay cut as the university faces multiple financial hits in its battle with the Trump administration. A spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that Garber will take the voluntary pay cut for the next financial year from July 2025 to June 2026. His financial package was...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

NOAA seeks to reassign employees to fill 'critically understaffed' weather service officesย 

The Trump administration is seeking to reassign other employees to โ€œcritically understaffedโ€ offices in the National Weather Service (NWS), according to an internal document. The move to reassign these other employees comes after the administration fired hundreds of people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including some staff at the NWS. The service...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Antisocial behaviour sparks plea to help social housing tenants

Social service advocates are pleading for support for public housing tenants as residents express their fears after a spate of violent attacks and antisocial behaviour in the Perth suburb of Inglewood.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Beginning of the end? Ukraine's front-line soldiers eye Russia talks with hope

There is cautious optimism in eastern Ukraine as talks are set to take place in Istanbul.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Tensions flare as immigration battle runs hot

{beacon} THE FIGHT OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S immigration policies is growing in intensity, with emotions running hot on both sides of the aisle. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused three Democratic lawmakers of committing โ€œfeloniesโ€ during a scuffle with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials at a detention facility in New Jersey last week. Newark...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Celsius, compression socks and Cava: How lawmakers survived an all-nighter

The House Energy and Commerce Committee burned the midnight oil. The panel โ€”which has jurisdiction over one of the largest parts of the GOPโ€™s โ€œbig, beautiful billโ€ โ€”held an around-the-clock markup this week, kicking off the action at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and continuing through the night before finally wrapping up at roughly 4:30 p.m....

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Spanish foreign ministry declares Botswana safest country in Africa

The Spanish foreign ministry has declared Botswana the least risky country for travel in Africa, while Sudan, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, and Somalia are considered the most dangerous.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

The US Should Protect Exiled Cuban Dissidents

Click to expand Image Rapper Eliecer Marquez Duany, also known as "El Funky" listens to a congressional roundtable on human right abuses in Cuba, July 10, 2023, in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, US. 2023 Marta Lavandier/AP Photo Last week, a group of 14 exiled Cuban dissidents living in the United States senta letter to the US government and several members of Congress, urging officials to help them obtain legal status in...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Putin is not going to Istanbul to meet Zelenskyy, so who will represent Russia?

Vladimir Putin will not travel to Turkey and is instead sending the deputy foreign affairs and defence ministers, the head of his military intelligence, and the presidential aide, who will lead the delegation, the Kremlin announced late on Wednesday.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

How one concussion led to a saga forcing the AFL into a stunning backflip

The AFL is embroiled in a firestorm following the serious concussion sustained by Collingwood's Lachie Schultz, and the miscommunication that has followed.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Milei tightens Argentinaโ€™s immigration rules in nod to Trump

Libertarian administration overhauls policy with call to โ€˜make Argentina great againโ€™

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The India-Pakistan Clashes Took an Economic Toll on Afghanistan

The India-Pakistan border closures were yet another reminder of the importance of Chabahar port as an alternative for Afghanistan's trade.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Victorians urged to see all drivers as family after 11 deaths in week

First responders and trauma experts urge Victorians to drive with extra care after a devastating series of fatal crashes.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

French PM digs in heels during hearing on child abuse scandal

Franรงois Bayrou survived the five-hour grilling without any major slip-ups, but the affair isn't going away.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Over 90 Killed in Gaza Airstrikes Since Early Wednesday this Week

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens as Israeli airstrikes claim over 52,928 lives and 119,846 injuries since October 2023. Civilians face relentless attacks, famine, and displacement. Read the latest updates. Related: Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 52,900 as Israeli Attacks Intensify The situation in the Gaza Strip grows increasingly dire following recent Israeli bombings, which have [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Morning Mail: tears of Yang Hengjun, Greens to pick new leader, how labels fool shoppers

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. A Chinese Australian academic jailed for life in China and whose health is failing has written an emotional letter to Anthony Albanese thanking him for his efforts to obtain his freedom.Plus: the Greensโ€™ parliamentary caucus meets today to elect a new leader,...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

New foreign minister says Israel using lack of food as 'political tool' in Gaza

Newly named Foreign Minister Anita Anand accused Israel on Wednesday of using a lack of food as a political tool in its Gaza operation and urged further work on a ceasefire with Hamas, the militant group that controls the Palestinian enclave.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Bukele Intensifies Repression and Restricts NGOs with Controversial Foreign Agents Law in El Salvador

President Nayib Bukele pushes a law imposing a 30% tax on NGO donations amid escalating human rights violations and repression against peasant communities and social defenders in El Salvador. Related: Matt Gaetz Documentary Exposes Inhumane Conditions for Venezuelan Detainees in El Salvadorโ€™s CECOT Megaprison President Nayib Bukele has announced a Foreign Agents Law project that [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to be released from detention in Texas

Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to be released from detention in Texas Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 21:00 Suri is now the third pro-Palestinian advocate to be released from detention within a short span of time A demonstrator protesting against the detention of advocates for Palestine holds a sign in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on 19 April 2025 (Aashish Kiphayet via Reuters...

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Trump arrives at Lusail Palace for Qatari state dinner

President Donald Trump was welcomed at Lusail Palace for a dinner hosted by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With โ€˜Sledgehammer Approachโ€™

Congress began tearing down the most consequential climate policy it had ever passed as torrents from a 1,000-mile-long atmospheric river lashed Washington, D.C. The worst impacts of Tuesdayโ€™s storm were far up the Potomac River. Any concerns about how the United States would grapple with the increasingly intense weather of a warming world receded to [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Warren Buffett tells WSJ he stepped aside as CEO after finally feeling old

"I didn't really start getting old โ€ฆ until I was about 90," Buffett said. "But when you start getting old, it does become โ€” it's irreversible."

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump administration's next wave of China AI chip export rules are yet another obstacle for Nvidia

President Donald Trump has continued to voice his desire for the U.S. to remain an AI leader while trying to keep top tech out of the hands of China.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Fire at Spanish chemical warehouse forces evacuation and lockdown

The blaze has forced 80,000 people to be confined by toxic fumes near the southern Spanish city of Seville.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Nvidia turns positive for 2025, third 'Magnificent 7' member to do so as favored group regains groove

The AI stock's recent rally has pulled shares above flat on the year.

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trading platform eToro surges on New York debut after upsized offering

Easing tariff concerns spur optimism about outlook for IPO market

Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World