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- Netanyahu fires defense minister who called for halt to judicial overhaulby Steve Hendrix on 03/27/2023 at 2:03 AM
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant publicly said on Saturday night that plans to overhaul Israel’s judiciary were a threat to the country’s security.
- Netanyahu fires defense minister who called for halt to judicial overhaulby Steve Hendrix on 03/27/2023 at 2:03 AM
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant publicly said on Saturday night that plans to overhaul Israel’s judiciary were a threat to the country’s security.
- UK report: Black kids 6 times likelier to be strip-searchedby Associated Press on 03/27/2023 at 1:31 AM
A new report from England’s children’s commissioner has found that Black children in England and Wales were six times more likely to be strip searched by police
- Eyes on abstention as Cubans vote for National Assemblyby Andrea RodrÍguez | AP on 03/26/2023 at 11:35 PM
Cubans are voting in National Assembly elections with attention focused on voter turnout amid a deep economic and migratory crisis
- West warns Putin against ‘dangerous’ nuclear rhetoric but downplays threatby Francesca Ebel on 03/26/2023 at 11:25 PM
U.S. and NATO officials said there was no indication Russia changed its nuclear posture after President Vladimir Putin said he planned to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
- West warns Putin against ‘dangerous’ nuclear rhetoric but downplays threatby Francesca Ebel on 03/26/2023 at 11:25 PM
U.S. and NATO officials said there was no indication Russia changed its nuclear posture after President Vladimir Putin said he planned to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
- Ukraine live briefing: NATO slams Russia’s nuclear rhetoric; E.U. threatens Belarus with sanctionsby Bryan Pietsch on 03/26/2023 at 10:37 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which shares a border with Ukraine.
- Ukraine live briefing: NATO slams Russia’s nuclear rhetoric; E.U. threatens Belarus with sanctionsby Bryan Pietsch on 03/26/2023 at 10:37 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which shares a border with Ukraine.
- Is the David porn? Come see, Italians tell Florida parentsby Nicole Winfield and Terry Spencer | AP on 03/26/2023 at 10:23 PM
A Florence museum and the city’s mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s sculpture of David
- Tunisia says dozens killed as three ships sink in Mediterraneanby Miriam Berger on 03/26/2023 at 9:05 PM
The Tunisian Coast Guard said Sunday that 29 people were dead after three boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Italy capsized along the Tunisian coast.
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- North Korea Test-fires 2 More Missiles As US Sends Carrieron 03/27/2023 at 1:58 AM
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as the United States moves an aircraft carrier to neighboring waters for exercises with South Korea.
- Italians Invite Florida Parents To See ‘David’ Statue After ‘Porn’ Complaintson 03/26/2023 at 9:26 PM
Florence’s mayor also invited a school principal who was ousted after students were shown the nude statue to visit the Italian city so he can personally honor her.
- Netanyahu Sparks Mass Protests After Firing Defense Ministeron 03/26/2023 at 7:16 PM
Yoav Gallant called for a halt to the Israeli prime minister’s planned overhaul of the judiciary that has fiercely divided the country.
- Honduras Establishes Ties With China After Taiwan Breakon 03/26/2023 at 6:01 PM
Beijing’s diplomatic victory comes as tensions rise with the U.S., including over China’s increasing assertiveness toward self-ruled Taiwan.
- Israeli Group Asks Court To Punish Netanyahu Over Legal Planon 03/26/2023 at 5:51 PM
The request intensifies a brewing showdown between the prime minister’s government and the judiciary it’s trying to overhaul in a widely-opposed plan.
- Ukraine Demands Emergency U.N. Meeting Over Putin Nuclear Planon 03/26/2023 at 4:02 PM
Ukraine says the Security Council must “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russia revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.
- 1,500 Evacuated Amid Early Start To Spain Wildfire Seasonon 03/25/2023 at 11:40 AM
Ximo Puig, the president of the Valencia region, said the effects of climate change “are undeniable, so the perspective of firefighting must be considered on an annual basis.”
- India Expels Rahul Gandhi, Modi Critic, From Parliamenton 03/25/2023 at 2:28 AM
India’s top opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expelled from Parliament Friday.
- King Charles’ State Visit To France Postponed Amid Mass Protestson 03/24/2023 at 12:38 PM
The prospect of the monarch being confronted by protesters and piles of garbage in the streets of Paris forced officials to rethink their plans.
- Drone Strike Kills US Contractor In Syria; US Retaliateson 03/24/2023 at 3:44 AM
The Pentagon says a U.S. contractor was killed when a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday.
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- Israel Boils as Netanyahu Ousts Minister Who Bucked Court Overhaulby Patrick Kingsley on 03/26/2023 at 11:30 PM
Protests broke out shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the defense minister, who had called for a halt to efforts to weaken the judiciary.
- Your Monday Briefing: Arms Race in Asiaby Mariah Kreutter on 03/26/2023 at 8:33 PM
Also, Putin’s nuclear brinkmanship and a rift in the Israeli government.
- Illegal Mining Fuels Crisis for Indigenous Tribe in Brazil’s Amazonby Jack Nicas and Victor Moriyama on 03/26/2023 at 6:20 PM
Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.
- Who Will Take Care of Italy’s Older People? Robots, Maybe.by Jason Horowitz on 03/26/2023 at 5:29 PM
The Western world’s oldest population is facing a crisis of caregivers. Some are looking for a little helping, plastic, hand.
- Paul Rusesabagina, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero, Freed From Prisonby Abdi Latif Dahir on 03/26/2023 at 5:19 PM
Paul Rusesabagina, a critic of Rwanda’s president, was tricked into entering the country, then sentenced to 25 years after what his supporters called a show trial.
- In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Upby Nicole Hong and Zixu Wang on 03/26/2023 at 5:08 PM
China’s one-child policy has led to too few women. Grooms are now paying more money for wives, in a tradition that has faced growing resistance.
- Putin Says He Could Put Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus by Summerby Anton Troianovski, Vivek Shankar and Andrew Higgins on 03/26/2023 at 5:08 PM
The proposal from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, talked of since last year, would be provocative without changing the West’s battlefield calculus in Ukraine.
- An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to Preventby Damien Cave and Chang W. Lee on 03/26/2023 at 4:48 PM
Doubts about both China and the United States are driving an arms race in the Indo-Pacific with echoes of World War II and new levels of risk.
- Wagner Fighters Left as Convicts. Will Russia Bury Them as Heroes?by Neil MacFarquhar on 03/26/2023 at 4:18 PM
As thousands of ex-prisoners fight and die in Ukraine, honoring their memory is becoming a patriotic imperative in Russia. But some committed crimes their old neighbors cannot forget.
- Honduras Switches Relations to China, a Blow to Taiwanby Amy Chang Chien and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega on 03/26/2023 at 4:16 PM
The decision by Honduras is also a setback in Washington’s efforts to use its influence in Central America to help prevent China from isolating Taiwan.