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A report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed that 84 percent of the planet's coral reefs have been hit. The Smithsonian's Melanie McField says the bleaching is triggered by prolonged exposure to elevated ocean temperature due to human caused climate change.

The draft U.K.-EU agreement is one of several being drawn up ahead of a May 19 summit.

UN and Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accused Israel of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into Gaza, on the first day of hearings about Israel's obligations to facilitate aid deliveries.

Spain and Portugal were hit by a widespread power outage on Monday that paralysed public transport, caused large traffic jams and delayed flights.

There is Phan Oem, 53, who says she clocked up to 76 hours a week producing clothing for Nike and other American brands, sometimes forced to work seven days a week. She says she feared being fired if she didn’t work through lunch breaks, on holidays and occasionally overnight. After 12 years spent packaging clothes, her base pay was the minimum wage: $204 a month.

Alleged attack on facility holding African detainees raises fresh questions over US military operations in region

Local health officials say Israeli strikes on the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians early Monday

Soldiers expect Moscow to launch summer offensive and dismiss US efforts to bring peace as ‘pretty disappointing’

"The real barrier is the soaring cost of marriage and child-rearing. Many young people simply can't afford to get married. To truly raise marriage rates, the government needs to lower these economic burdens."

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I'll note that for those who do have the lights on, the power is coming from renewables:

Prosecutors say more charges are possible against Kai-Ji Adam Lo, who was arrested at the scene

"No date has yet been set for the conclave, but it must start by May 10."

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, during his first visit to Denmark since taking office in March, rejected Donald Trump’s push to annex Greenland, stating the island "will never be a piece of property that can be bought."

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Consuming large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) increases the risk of an early death, according to a international study that has reignited calls for a crackdown on UPF.

“We’re still devastated by it,” said Catherine Cape, who runs a small guest cabin nearby. “I can’t drive past it. ... I just don’t like looking at the space there.”

Israelis bringing their genocidal racism here, as if we didnt have enough racism problems already.

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Trump ordered more US strikes in Yemen in March, aiming to deter Houthi rebels, but rights groups and some Democrats have raised concerns over civilian deaths.

Front-runner Marine Le Pen may be banned from running in 2027 after being found guilty of embezzlement.

The French government will propose combining or eliminating a third of government agencies by the end of the year in a bid to save money, the public accounts minister said on Sunday.

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Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza Sun 27 Apr 2025 12.00 EDT

Israel has struck Beirut’s southern suburbs after issuing an evacuation warning, the third Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire took effect in late November.

The Russian military had lost 62,400 soldiers in Kursk Oblast since the start of the Ukrainian army's operation there last year, Ukraine's General Staff said on April 26.

A driver plowed a car into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing at least nine people and injuring others.

Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed

The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 28, with more than 700 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire.

India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan after blaming Pakistani militants for a deadly Kashmir attack that killed 26.

Foreign manufacturers in China are paying duties of 125 per cent to import components and then 145 per cent to export to the US...“They are hit twice.”

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Streaky Bay is at the forefront of a national crisis: inadequate government funding is exacerbating a shortage of critical healthcare workers like Dr Bradley; wait times are ballooning; doctors are beginning to write their own rules on fees, and costs to patients are skyrocketing.

Developing situation.

Taiwan has launched a crackdown on holders of illegal Chinese identity documents, revoking the Taiwanese status of more than 20 people and putting tens of thousands of Chinese-born residents under scrutiny.

At least 14 people have been killed and 750 injured in a huge explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas in southwestern Iran, according to official Iranian media citing the country’s interior ministry.

Two German-Russian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of espionage, one of them accused of agreeing to carry out attacks on potential targets including U.S. military facilities in hopes of sabotaging aid for Ukraine, prosecutors said Thursday.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that “a burn injury is more than just a wound – it is a prolonged sentence of suffering, and this is even more so in Gaza, Palestine,” following over 19 months of attacks by the Israeli forces, causing the destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system.

Holocaust survivors gathering on Holocaust Memorial Day speak out against Palestinian starvation and suffering

By Simon Hooper Published date: 25 April 2025 15:17 BST

The Israeli military is using so-called suicide drones—highly precise attack drones—in strikes on displacement camps in Gaza that have killed at least 30 Palestinians, including 14 children, according to photos, videos, and eyewitness testimony obtained by Drop Site News.

Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tel Aviv Fri 25 Apr 2025 09.43 EDT

Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channel

The US has been bombing Yemen using two aircraft carriers in the region and B-2 bombers stationed at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The Pentagon has shared virtually no details about its war, which has not been authorized by Congress, but it's likely the bombing campaign has already cost billions in just over one month.

Data indicates the Cosmos 2553 – which US officials claim is aiding Moscow’s development of nuclear anti-satellite weapon – may no longer be functional

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Civil rights activists in Germany have demanded an independent inquiry into alleged police racism after an officer shot a 21-year-old black man from behind, killing him after an altercation outside a nightclub.

The secretive Russian satellite in space that U.S. officials believe is connected to a nuclear anti-satellite weapon program has appeared to be spinning uncontrollably, suggesting it may no longer be functioning in what could be a setback for Moscow's space weapon efforts, according to U.S. analysts.

Donald Trump has denied his previous statement about having a deadline to reach a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia.

By MEE staff Published date: 25 April 2025 12:59 BST

By JULIA FRANKEL, PHIL HOLM and JOSEF FEDERMAN Published 1:02 AM EDT, April 25, 2025

Witless Witkoff. What an embarrassment this picture is to the USA.

By Simon Hooper Published date: 25 April 2025 15:17 BST

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement, Director Kash Patel said.

One of the officials added that Japan has conveyed to China on multiple occasions that it does not fully align with the US on chip-related exports and semiconductor restrictions.

Michael Gloss, 21, was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss, and Iraq war veteran Larry Gloss.

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Thousands of police officers will be deployed for the funeral, with reinforcements arriving from several Italian regions. That's before considering the security services being brought along by the 130 foreign delegations.

Exclusive: EU Transparency Register shows law firms also among lobbyists working for fossil fuel companies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel offered condolences Thursday on the passing of Pope Francis, more than three days after the death of the Roman Catholic world’s leader.

For consumers such as 24-year-old Lily Zeng, who says sex was rarely discussed at home when she was growing up in northern China – and the topic of masturbation was absolutely taboo – the days of discomfiting modesty are over.

China has exempted some U.S. imports from its 125% tariffs and is asking firms to identify critical goods they need levy-free, according to businesses notified, in the clearest sign yet of Beijing's concerns about the trade war's economic fallout.

When a Spanish fancier released his eight-month-old pigeon for its very first race, the plan was for it to fly to Majorca from Ibiza, approximately 120 kilometres over the Mediterranean Sea.

Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico. The singer had spent the past 10 years visiting women incarcerated after defending themselves and, in doing so, killing their abusers.

Myanmar authorities have arrested an astrologer for causing panic by predicting a new earthquake in a viral TikTok video.

US President Donald Trump says Russia has made a "pretty big concession" to end the war in Ukraine by stopping short of taking the "whole country."

Israel has completely wiped out Rafah, turning a fifth of Gaza's territory into a giant buffer zone. This is part of Israel's plan to permanently remain in Gaza and facilitate the ethnic cleansing of its people.

Satellite imagery captured Thursday shows extensive damage at one of Russia's largest ammunition depots after it caught fire and exploded earlier in the week.

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Someone toss his ass in prison already!