Irish prime minister concedes defeat in vote over constitutional amendments about family and women (apnews.com)
Five killed and 10 injured in Gaza aid airdrop when parachute fails to open (www.theguardian.com)
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations....
Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories amount to ‘war crime’: UN (www.scmp.com)
Taylor Swift is related to famed poet Emily Dickinson (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
It appears that Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has an interesting connection to her distant relative, the famed poet Emily Dickinson. Ancestry, a genealogy company, has revealed that Swift and Dickinson are 6th cousins, three times removed. Ancestry made the announcement on its Instagram...
Trudeau says some Pro-Palestinian protests cross the line into hate, harassment (www.cbc.ca)
Western Australian Man Charged with Aggravated Assault for Using Cable Ties to Restrain Children (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A man from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated assault after reportedly using cable ties to restrain three children. According to police, the man detained a six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after discovering them swimming on an empty property....
Rains Are Scarce in the Amazon. Instead, Megafires Are Raging. (www.nytimes.com)
The fires in the Amazon, which reaches across nine South American nations, are the result of an extreme drought fueled by climate change, experts said....
UNRWA report says Israel coerced some agency employees to falsely admit Hamas links (www.timesofisrael.com)
Ceasefire deal in Gaza before Ramadan 'looking tough', Biden says - after US denies causing airdrop deaths (news.sky.com)
US President Joe Biden has said reaching a six-week ceasefire deal in Gaza before the start of Ramadan is “looking tough”....
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
US plan for temporary pier in Gaza a "glaring distraction" (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)
UK: Muslim student accused of anti-Semitism wins case against politician (www.aljazeera.com)
A Muslim woman who received death threats after appearing on a popular British quiz show has won “substantial damages” and received a public apology from a Conservative politician who wrongly accused her of anti-Semitism, her lawyers said on Wednesday....
Canada Sanctions Iranian Officials Over Women’s Repression (www.iranintl.com)
Argentina inflation seen cooling as Milei austerity tempers food prices (www.reuters.com)
5 children killed in humanitarian aid airdrop, Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health says (abc13.com)
Canada, Sweden Restore UNRWA Funds as Report Accuses Israel of Torturing Agency Staff (www.commondreams.org)
The governments of Canada and Sweden have announced they will resume funding for the United Nation’s agency that provides humanitarian aide and protection to Palestinians living in Gaza and elsewhere—a move that other powerful nations, including Israel’s most powerful ally the United States, continue to refuse....
Macron Ready to Send Troops to Ukraine if Russia Approaches Kyiv or Odesa (www.kyivpost.com)
French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant....
'Kyoto is not a theme park': Tourists to be banned from city's famous geisha district (news.sky.com)
Up to 60 days for US to establish Gaza port, Pentagon says (www.al-monitor.com)
Canada, Sweden Restore UNRWA Funds as Israel Accused of Torturing Agency Staff (truthout.org)
BLOOD BORDERS: THE FUTURE MAP OF ASIA POST US CHINA COLD WAR - WHY CHINA WILL BE THE WINNER? (a.co)
There is a serious cold war going on between the U.S. and the China and its getting intense day by day. However, there are many unanswered questions regarding this war which needs discussion such as : How and when U.S. China cold war started since both the countries used to be strong allies against the Soviet Union during the...
Pornhub and other adult sites sue EU over landmark digital content law (www.aljazeera.com)
Pornhub and two other adult sites are suing the European Union over a landmark digital content law, the Digital Services Act, which imposes age verification and other obligations on large platforms. The European Commission last year named Pornhub, Xvideos and Stripchat as a category of “very large online platform” under the...
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial was a pop culture obsession. Saudi trolls may have had a hand in that (www.cbc.ca)
As far as celebrity court battles go, the six-week legal row in 2022 between Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, was a pop culture juggernaut reminiscent of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the 1990s....