UP Board Exams 2024: Class 10, 12 results today, know how to check
The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Parishad (UPMSP) in Prayagraj will announce the results of the UP Board Class 10 and 12 examinations today, April 20.
India highlights need for stable oil prices in talks with OPEC
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri emphasised the importance of market stability and affordability in the oil market during a telephonic conversation [] The post India highlights need for stable oil prices in talks with OPEC appeared first on Sarkaritel.com .
Emphasises importance of balancing market stability, affordability, with pragmatism India is committed to support efforts to achieve balance in global energy markets- Puri New Delhi, April [] The post Petroleum Minister Hardeep S Puri talks to OPEC Secretary General about recent trends and volatility in global oil markets appeared first on Sarkaritel.com .
The Papers: 'World waits on Iran' and Sunak gets tough on benefits
The newspapers join the world in watching and wondering how Israel and Iran will respond to each other's attacks.
Bombing at Iraq military base, one dead and several wounded
Baghdad military base bombing causes casualties and material losses. No responsible party identified. Hashed al-Shaabi confirms losses. Ongoing search for injured with fire still raging.
Pakistan: Two lawmakers suspend for using 'abusive language' during President Zardari's address
The Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly (NA), suspended the membership of two lawmakers backed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), Jamshed Ahmad Khan Dasti and Muhammad Iqbal Khan, for the current session. This action was taken due to their use of abusive language during Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's address in a joint session of parliament.
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Israels Strike on Iran: A Limited Attack but a Potentially Big Signal
Israel hit a strategic city with carefully measured force, but made the point that it could strike at a center of Irans nuclear program.
Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher
Nick Bostroms Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was death by bureaucracy Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musks favorite philosophers. The Future of Humanity Institute, dedicated to the long-termism movement and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism, closed this week after 19 years of operation. Musk had donated 1m to the FIH in 2015 through a sister organization to research the threat of artificial intelligence. He had also boosted the ideas of its leader for nearly a decade on X, formerly Twitter. The center was run by Nick Bostrom, a Swedish-born philosopher whose writings about the long-term threat of AI replacing humanity turned him into a celebrity figure among the tech elite and routinely landed him on lists of top global thinkers. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Tesla chief Musk all wrote blurbs for his 2014 bestselling book Superintelligence. Continue reading...
Chris Pratt draws ire for razing historic 1950 LA home for sprawling mansion
Actor and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger dismantle 1950 Zimmerman house designed by architect Craig Ellwood Chris Pratt has drawn ire from architecture aficionados after news broke that the actor and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, razed a historic, mid-century modern home to make way for a sprawling 15,000-sq-ft mansion. Last year, the couple purchased the 1950 Zimmerman house, designed by the architect Craig Ellwood, in Los Angeless Brentwood neighborhood for $12.5m. The residence, with landscaping by Garrett Eckbo who has been described as the pioneer of modern landscaping had previously been featured in Progressive Architecture magazine. Continue reading...
North Korea Conducts Cruise Missile Warhead Test
North Korea conducted a cruise missile warhead test and test launch of its new anti-aircraft missile in the West Sea of Korea on Friday, the North's KCNA news agency said on Saturday.
Scottish Greens to vote on future of Bute House Agreement
The Scottish Greens have called an EGM after the Scottish government ditched key climate change targets.
Protester sets himself on fire outside Trump trial
The motive in the incident, which was witnessed by reporters at the scene, remains unclear.
Israel's apparent strike 'split' war cabinet: Report
5 Japan nationals escape unhurt as latest Pak attack targets foreigners
Washington vetoes Palestinian bid for recognition as full UN member state
US House advances Ukraine-Israel package after rare bipartisan show, far-right fumes
Echoes of calm reverberate amid fears of a broader war
Billionaire Republican donors firm brands Trumps social media CEO loser
Ken Griffins Citadel Securities claimed Devin Nunes would be fired on the Apprentice amid stock trading row The CEO of Donald Trumps social media empire was branded a proverbial loser whom the former president would have fired on the Apprentice by a trading firm owned by the billionaire Republican donor Ken Griffin on Friday. In an extraordinary statement, Citadel Securities accused Devin Nunes, chief executive of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), of trying to deflect blame for the companys recent stock market woes . TMTG hit back claiming Citadel was world famous for screwing over small investors. Continue reading...
Tributes paid to former Wales, Burnley and Swansea winger Leighton James
Popular winger has died at the age of 71 James scored 10 goals in 54 appearances for Wales Former Wales winger Leighton James has died at the age of 71. James former clubs Burnley and Swansea where he spent 13 years of a colourful 19-year senior career were among those to pay tribute to a gifted player who won 54 caps for his country. Continue reading...
Wigan brush aside Castleford in Super League
Liam Marshall and Ryan Hampshire score two tries each as Wigan sweep past Castleford to keep pace at the top of Super League.
Decisive player of the season: Guardiola and City wary of Palmer
Manager says midfielder asked to leave City two seasons before Pochettino confirms Enzo Fernndez is playing with a hernia Pep Guardiola has described Cole Palmer as the decisive player of the season and said Manchester City must find a way of negating him in Saturdays FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea. Guardiola also revealed that Palmer asked to leave City for two seasons before making his 42m move to west London in September . Palmer joined City at under-eight level and made 19 appearances for the club across three years before leaving for Chelsea, and having scored for City in their Community Shield defeat to Arsenal in August, as well as in their European Super Cup victory over Sevilla that followed 10 days later. He will line up against last seasons treble winners as the Premier League joint-top scorer with 20 goals, alongside Erling Haaland, who is a doubt forthe semi-final. Continue reading...
Appeals court refuses last-minute bid to halt Donald Trump's hush money trial
X owner Elon Musk says opposed to US ban of competitor TikTok
On Friday, Elon Musk voiced his opposition to banning TikTok in the United States, despite the possibility of reduced competition for his social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. This stance comes as bipartisan momentum grows in Congress for the initiative. The US House of Representatives is poised to vote on Saturday.
More than half of the US Air Force's B-2 stealth bombers just staged a mass fly-off
US distances itself from attack on Iran, says de-escalation top focus
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken refrained from confirming a reported Israeli attack on Iran on Friday, stating that Washington has not been engaged in any offensive operations. He emphasized the commitment to de-escalating tensions in the region. I'm not going to speak to that except to say that the US has not been involved in any offensive operations, Blinken said.
Rishi Sunak vows to end 'sick leave culture': 2.8 million Britons inactive
MoD accused of go-slow with half of 900m Ukraine fund unused
Delays mean just 404m of the money donated by nine countries has been committed or spent More than half of a 900m military fund for Ukraine run by the British Ministry of Defence has not been used because of bureaucratic delays in handing out contracts. The UK-led International Fund for Ukraine counts nine countries among its donors. Critics claim its provision of weapons to the frontline has been slow. Continue reading...
Screamboat: Everything we know about Mickey Mouse horror films release window, production and more
Screamboat, a horror-comedy film featuring a twisted version of Mickey Mouse, is set to hit theaters in 2025. The film, centered around Mickey terrorizing a ferry in New York City, promises a blend of terror and humor, with old-school practical effects and a talented team bringing the story to life.
Yale students continue hunger strike in protest over Israels war on Gaza
Protesters into seventh day of hunger strike in support of Palestinians and in effort to demand university divestment A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day of a hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in a protest to pressure the university to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies potentially supplying the Israeli military. The group titles itself Yale Hunger Strikers for Palestine and one protester, the graduate student Miguel Monteiro, described losing weight and feeling dizzy, while attempting to put the groups efforts into a wider perspective. Continue reading...
BBC presenter reports racist abuse on London train
Mary Mandefield said a group of men were racist and misogynistic to passengers in south London.
At G7 Meeting in Capri, Blinken Tackles Rough Seas and Global Crises
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his counterparts, who met on the Italian island of Capri, welcomed signs that tensions between Iran and Israel might not worsen.
Rise in pregnant women turned away from US emergency rooms, papers show
Cases listed in federal documents raise alarms around emergency pregnancy care, especially in states with strict abortion laws One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her to the hospital. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldnt offer an ultrasound, and the baby later died. Continue reading...
US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine reported dead
Russell Bentley, 64, reported killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk by Russian state media and confirmed by his battalion A US citizen known to have fought with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine between 2014 and 2017 has been killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk, according to Russian media reports. Russia-installed authorities in eastern Ukraine had earlier this month reported the American 64-year-old Russell Bentley as missing. Continue reading...
Nato pledges more advanced air defences to Ukraine
Kyiv has long been pressing for hi-tech Patriot systems to defend against deadly Russian attacks.
Thai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran sanctions violations
A Bangkok based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 egregious violations of Iran sanctions, the U.S. Treasury announced on Friday.
Israel Launched Missiles as Well as Drones at Iran, Officials Say
Though it was not immediately clear if the missiles struck targets inside Iran, their use would mean more sophisticated firepower was involved in the attack than first reported.
Raducanu shows promise despite straight sets loss to world No 1 Swiatek
Polish champion beats Raducanu 7-6 (2), 6-3 at Stuttgart Open Swiatek will face Elena Rybakina in semi-final Emma Raducanus progress in the Stuttgart Open was halted in straight sets by the world No 1, Iga Swiatek. The Polish four-time grand slam champion, in her 100th week on top of the world rankings, prevailed 7-6 (2), 6-3 to set up a semi-final with Kazakhstans Elena Rybakina. It was, however, an encouraging quarter-final performance from Raducanu, who has slipped to 303 in the rankings after a torrid 2023. Continue reading...
Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom
The decision by a Massachusetts solar company to abandon plans to build a $1.4 billion U.S. factory highlights the risks amid a flood of Chinese clean energy exports.
Battle of the Beaches: Greece Has New Plan to Keep Its Coasts Pristine
The government has pledged to crack down on rapid development, and on seaside businesses seeking to take advantage of a tourist boom. But some residents and conservationists are unimpressed.
Met apologises for calling antisemitism campaigner openly Jewish
Police officer had stopped Gideon Falter from walking near pro-Palestinian march while wearing kippah skull cap The Metropolitan police has apologised after an officer used the term openly Jewish to an antisemitism campaigner who was threatened with arrest near a pro-Palestine march. Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, was wearing a kippah skull cap when he was stopped from crossing the road near the demonstration in the Aldwych area of London last Saturday afternoon. Continue reading...
Ex-Wales, Burnley and Swansea winger James dies aged 71
Leighton James, the former Burnley Swansea, Derby County and Wales winger, dies at the age of 71.
The week around the world in 20 pictures
War in Gaza, floods in Dubai, the knife attack in Sydney and the Grand National at Aintree: the last seven days as captured by the worlds leading photojournalists Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing Continue reading...
Dhaka urges Thimphu to rekindle BBIN MVA framework to promote prosperity
Bangladesh has urged Bhutan to take necessary measures to rejoin the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) framework to promote regional prosperity through people to people contact
Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran
World leaders appealed for calm Friday after reported Israeli retaliation against Iran added to months of tense spillover from the war in Gaza, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in a central province
Man sets himself on fire outside New York court where Trump is on trial
Man sets himself on fire outside New York court where Trump is on trial
Someone screamed 'don't do it' before man set himself on fire - BBC reporter
The BBC's Nada Tawfik was outside the New York court where Donald Trump's trial is taking place.
Create right conditions for Rohingya repatriation: G7
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have stressed the need to create conditions for the voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return of all Rohingya refugees and displaced persons to Myanmar
Scotland Made Big Climate Pledges. Now Theyre Out of Reach.
Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said.
Man City's Haaland a doubt for FA Cup semi-final
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is a doubt for his side's FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea on Saturday.
Spat over airport name takes San Francisco-Oakland feud to new heights
California city sues neighbor after Oakland votes to rename airport to include San Francisco Bay, arguing consumers will be confused San Francisco and neighboring Oakland have long maintained a friendly rivalry, whether over sports or tacos . But a spat over a airport name is taking the feud to new heights. San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland over that citys decision to change the name of its airport to the San Francisco Bay Oakland international airport. Continue reading...
Fizz, Pathirana help CSK evade 10-wicket loss against Lucknow
Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana picked up a wicket each to help Chennai Super Kings evade a 10-wicket loss against Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League in Lucknow on Friday.
California officers charged in killing of man they held face-down for five minutes
Three police officers charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of Mario Gonzalez, whom they held down on the ground Three California officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 killing of a man they restrained in a prone position for five minutes until he lost consciousness. Pamela Price, Alameda county district attorney, announced the charges on Thursday, three years after the asphyxia death of Mario Gonzalez, 26. The officers, Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy, face up to four years in prison. Continue reading...
Bill that could ban TikTok has been attached to the House foreign aid package. What next?
The House is intensifying its efforts to pass legislation that would force TikTok's parent company, based in Beijing, to divest from the popular social media platform. The TikTok legislation, which was included in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel, could become law as soon as next week if Congress moves quickly.
Gulf states response to Iran-Israel conflict may decide outcome of crisis
Tit-for-tat attacks present Sunni monarchies with complicated choices over regions future Irans missile and drone attack on Israel had, by the end of this week, become one of the most interpreted events in recent modern history. Then, in the early hours of Friday, came reports of Israels riposte . As in June 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in a moment that ultimately led to the first world war, these shots were heard around the world, even if few can agree conclusively on what they portend. By one de minimis account, Tehran was merely sending a performative warning shot with its attack last Saturday, almost taking its ballistic missiles out for a weekend test drive. The maximalist version is that this was a state-on-state assault designed to change the rules of the Middle East. By swarming Israel with so many projectiles, such an assessment goes, Iran was prepared to risk turning Israel into a mini-Dresden of 1945 and was only thwarted by Israeli strategic defences and, crucially, extraordinary cooperation between the US, Israel and Sunni Gulf allies. Continue reading...
Trump trial updates: Jury selection finished, man sets himself on fire outside courthouse
Tripura West Registers High Voter Turnout with 81.52% and Ramnagar 71.21%
Agartala, April 19, 2024: The Tripura West parliamentary constituency recorded a substantial 81.52 percent voter participation during the election day on Friday. Concurrently, the by-election for the 7-Ramnagar Assembly Constituency witnessed a 71.21 percent voting rate. The highest polling was reported in the 35-Belonia Assembly Constituency in South Tripura district within the Tripura West Parliamentary... The post Tripura West Registers High Voter Turnout with 81.52% and Ramnagar 71.21% appeared first on Northeast Today .
3 killed as truck hits 2 bikes in Rajshahi
Three people were on two motorcyclists were killed after being hit by a sand-laden truck in the Muraripur area of Rajshahi's Paba upazila last evening
Train driver who upskirted female passenger avoids jail sentence
Paolo Barone found guilty of voyeurism after taking photos of sleeping woman on train to St Albans in 2022 A Thameslink train driver who took photos up a womans skirt while she was asleep on a train has avoided jail, despite being found guilty of voyeurism. The driver, Paolo Barone, was on his way home from a shift in September 2022 when he saw that the woman, 51, had fallen asleep on a train travelling from London Blackfriars to St Albans in Hertfordshire. Continue reading...
Vitesse Arnhem relegated from Eredivisie after 18-point deduction
Dutch club relegated in wake of Guardian and TBIJ investigation Documents appeared to show financial ties to Abramovich The Dutch football association has deducted 18 points from Vitesse Arnhem, officially confirming the clubs relegation, in the wake of an investigation by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) that uncovered apparent financial ties between the club and the Russian oligarch and former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich . The KNVB, the governing body of Dutch football, said it had imposed the record sanction because the club, formally known as SBV Vitesse, failed to meet the requirements of its licensing regulations. Continue reading...
Raducanu falls to Swiatek in Stuttgart quarter-finals
Britain's Emma Raducanu falls to world number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open.
Iran plays down Israeli attacks
Explosions echoed over an Iranian city yesterday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
Shib Narayan, first designer of national flag, no more
Freedom fighter Shib Narayan Das, who designed the first flag of Bangladesh, died at a city hospital yesterday. He was 78.
Dinajpur farmers reel from drought-like conditions
Unusually high temperatures and a lack of rain have created drought-like conditions in Dinajpur.
24 more BGP members take shelter in Bangladesh
Twenty-four more members of Myanmar Border Guard Police took shelter in Bangladesh in the last two days amid the ongoing fighting between the military junta and the Arakan Army in Rakhine state.
TICFA Meeting: Dhaka to seek trade privileges, funds from US
Dhaka will seek funds from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and trade privileges, while Washington would want labour reforms and personal data protection during the intercessional meeting of the US-Bangladesh Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) Council on April 22.
US veto sinks Palestines UN membership bid
The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body.
Diagnose dengue with ease at home
People who suspect that they have dengue may soon breathe a little easier as they will not have to take on the hassle of a hospital visit to confirm or dispel the fear.
Labour Migration To Malaysia: UN experts decry appalling state of Bangladeshis
UN experts yesterday expressed dismay about the situation of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia despite going there through the official labour migration process for a better future.
Over 60 percent voter turnout in first phase
The first of Indias almost one billion voters cast ballots yesterday in the countrys multi-day election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism.
Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York
BBC Verify examines video from Israel's attack on Iran
Footage showing explosions in the sky over Iran has been analysed by BBC Verify.
World leaders urge calm after Israeli drone strike on Iran ratchets up tension
Tit-for-tat attacks have breached taboo of direct strikes on each others territory but Tehran has no immediate plans to retaliate Middle East crisis live updates World leaders urged calm on Friday after Israel conducted a pre-dawn drone sortie over Iran following a cycle of tit-for-tat attacks that crossed an important red line that has for decades held the Middle East back from a major regional conflict. There were tentative hopes late on Friday that the apparent strike attempt against an airbase near the city of Isfahan was sufficiently limited to fend off the threat of a bigger Iranian response and an uncontrolled spiral of violence between a nuclear power and a state with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons quickly. Continue reading...
Sunak accused of making mental illness another front in the culture wars
Charities say high rates of people signed off work are caused by crumbling public services after years of underinvestment Rishi Sunak has been accused of making mental ill health another front in the culture wars, as critics warned his plan to curb benefits for some with anxiety and depression was an assault on disabled people. In a speech on welfare , the prime minister said he wanted to explore withdrawing a major cash benefit claimed by people living with mental health problems and replacing it with treatment. Shifting responsibility for issuing fit notes, formerly known as sicknotes, away from GPs to other work and health professionals in order to encourage more people to return to work. Confirming plans to legislate in the next parliament to close benefit claims for anyone who has been claiming for 12 months but is not complying with conditions on accepting available work. Asking more people on universal credit working part-time to look for more work by increasing the earnings threshold from 743 a month to 892 a month, so people paid below this amount have to seek extra hours. Confirming plans to tighten the work capability assessment to require more people with less severe conditions to seek some form of employment. Continue reading...
Paris Olympics 2024: When and where to watch the opening ceremony | Latest updates
According to reports, The 2024 Paris Olympics, scheduled for July this year, will see an opening ceremony that may last nearly four hours.
Some Welsh roads to revert to 30mph after backlash
Transport Minister Ken Skates says the current speed limit guidance has to be corrected.
Both Iran and Israel are calibrating their responses. That does not mean the region should breathe easy The danger facing the Middle East is not from wild or impulsive action, but from the considered decisions ofmen who believe they know what they are doing andhow their opponents will respond. Their confidence is not reassuring when their judgment haspreviously fallen short. On Friday, Iran was quick to play down the overnight strike by Israel, suggesting that it was unclear who was responsible and indicating that there would not be immediate retaliation. Israel had chosen to launch a limited attack on Isfahan , the home of a major nuclear site, without targeting the facility itself. The aim was apparently to send a message about what it could do, not to cause significant damage now. If this is the extent of its response to Irans weekend attack, it is far from the worst that many had predicted. The optimistic view is that both sides feel, or at least feel they can claim, that they have restored deterrence to some degree. A moment of respite is welcome. But relief would be premature. Continue reading...
Chelseas 76.5m hotel deals raise questions over PSR compliance
Clubs losses reduced by property deal with sister company Chelsea would have lost 166.4m without hotel sales Premier League clubs reacted with exasperation after seeing that Chelsea eased their financial position with the76.5m sale of two hotels to a sister company in a deal that appearsto have helped the club avoid a breach of profitability and sustainability regulations. Chelseas accounts, published last weekend, revealed the club made a loss of 89.9m in the last financial year. That figure would have been 166.4m without the hotels sale from Chelsea FC Holdings Ltd to Blueco 22 Properties Ltd. Both companies are subsidiaries of Chelseas holding company, Blueco 22 Ltd. Continue reading...
Professionals know that mental health is complex and that MDMA wont help | Letters
The suggestion that the drug may be more helpful than regulated care for mental ill health is dangerous, writes Dr Rachel McNulty Rose Cartwrights article ( I was the poster girl for OCD. Then I began to question everything Id been told about mental illness, 13 April ) claims to expose the fallacy at the heart of mental healthcare, arguing that the sector including but not limited to psychiatrists, occupational therapists, social workers, employment advisers, psychologists, dementia nurses, experts by experience, care home staff, art therapists, carers and support workers fails to grasp the multifaceted nature of mental health and, instead, reduces it to an illness/treatment model. I was part of a recent multi-disciplinary team meeting. A psychiatrist shared their concern about patients facing homelessness and asked what might be done. To which a support worker replied that funding for the local homelessness organisation a key resource for such patients had just been cut. Everyone, including the psychiatrist, slumped in their chair, knowing that homelessness is a potent risk factor for addiction, mental health crises and suicide. Without such organisations, these risks often become a reality. Continue reading...
Arteta backs scrapping of FA Cup replays as Accrington posit boycott
Arsenal manager says change needed to protect our players Accrington chairman open to boycott if enough clubs want it Mikel Arteta insisted that the scrapping of FA Cup replays was necessary to protect our players as Accrington Stanleys chairman said he would support a boycott of the tournament if there was widespread backing. As the backlash against the abandonment of replays continued, the EFL said clubs lower down the pyramid were being marginalised. Accringtons Andy Holt tweeted that it was important to fight the change with all our might and said: I would support a boycott if enough clubs feel the same. Continue reading...
The Guardian view on the Royal Academy: reframing a bloody past | Editorial
The Royal Academy is examining the part it has played in Britains history of slavery and empire and the usual carping suspects will not be pleased Very recent visitors from Mars may not know of the regular attacks on the National Trust for being woke , but the rest of us have heard plenty. The trusts latest onslaught on British values has something to do with the lack of butter in the scones . Never mind that they have been made like this for years; Tory MPs and othercritics perceive the keen threat to British valuesposed by margarine . Such stories never stop coming. This week, Kemi Badenoch , the trade secretary, opined that the UK did not grow rich through colonialism or imperialism or white privilege or whatever, but owed its success to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. This is the kind of half-digested, badly regurgitated history that leads to a forlorn Tony Hancock asking if Magna Carta died in vain. Continue reading...
The Tortured Poets Department depicts a spell of post-breakup mania against the perfect backdrop of the Eras tour a thrillingly immature reality undermined by safe music As The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD) finally sees its official release, the intention behind the title remains as enigmatic as it was when Taylor Swift announced it two months ago. The title track seems to mock one such tortured poet who carts a typewriter around and likens the budding couple to Patti Smith and Dylan Thomas. Were modern idiots, Swift laughs. The albums aesthetic wallows in anguish and Swifts liner notes and social media captions are littered with self-consciously poetic proclamations. And the erratic period captured in the lyrics couldnt be further from a life of cloistered studiousness. TTPD depicts a manic phase in Swifts life last year, the reality behind the perfect stagecraft of the Eras tour. Wild-eyed from what sounds like the slow dissolution of a six-year relationship, she lunged at a once-forbidden paramour with a taste for dissolution, a foul mouth and a well-founded bad reputation. The latter, she makes clear as she sings repeatedly about flouting paternalistic and public censure, was a central part of the attraction: He was chaos, he was revelry, Swift sings on But Daddy (evidently about the 1975s Matty Healy). Continue reading...
Hoopla around Truss and Rayner shows Michael Ashcroft still steering the debate
Former Tory chair turned political biographer and publisher is behind books that have put former PM and Labours deputy in the spotlights If this weeks tetchy exchanges between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak at prime ministers questions proved one thing, it was the ability of the veteran businessman, donor and publisher Michael Ashcroft to set the political agenda. While Starmer revelled in the publication of 10 Years to Save the West, which was written by the former prime minister Liz Truss and published this week by Ashcrofts Biteback Publishing, Sunak wanted to focus on another Biteback book Ashcrofts own Red Queen?, a biography of Labours deputy leader, Angela Rayner. Continue reading...
How Israel uses facial recognition systems in Gaza and beyond
Amnesty International researcher Matt Mahmoudi discusses the IDFs use of the techonology as a tool of mass surveillance Governments around the world have increasingly turned to facial recognition systems in recent years to target suspected criminals and crack down on dissent. The recent boom in artificial intelligence has accelerated the technologys capabilities and proliferation, much to the concern of human rights groups and privacy advocates who see it as a tool with immense potential for harm. Few countries have experimented with the technology as extensively as Israel, which the New York Times recently reported has developed new facial recognition systems and expanded its surveillance of Palestinians since the start of the Gaza war. Israeli authorities deploy the system at checkpoints in Gaza, scanning the faces of Palestinians passing through and detaining anyone with suspected ties to Hamas. The technology has also falsely tagged civilians as militants, one Israeli officer told the Times. The countrys use of facial recognition is one of the new ways that artificial intelligence is being deployed in conflict, with rights groups warning this marks an escalation in Israels already pervasive targeting of Palestinians via technology. Continue reading...
We don't recognise an entity like Israel to be a country, says Iranian diplomat
Highlighting the ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel, Rezaei Eskandari claimed that after Iran's victory in Iraq, they proposed a solution for the Palestinian cause. Further, he said that the Palestinian people, including Muslims, Jews and Christians, should have an election and whatever they decide, it should be it.
How France Is Fighting Shrinkflation
Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut.
Iranian air defence systems activated as Israel launches strikes visual guide
Israel launched a limited attack on Iranian soil on Friday morning, in the latest tit-for-tat between the two countries All our coverage of the Israel-Gaza war Israel launched an attack on Iranian soil on Friday , in a tit-for-tat battle between the two foes, days after Iran launched an unprecedented strike on Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles, most of which were shot down. The Iranian strike was a response to an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus on 1 April. The strikes have brought a long shadow war between the two sides into the open and also come against the backdrop of Irans support for the Palestinian militant group Hamas, whose assault on Israel on 7 October triggered the invasion of Gaza. Continue reading...
Cad mle filte: the literary love affair between Germany and a western Irish island
Central European tourists have been descending on Achill ever since Heinrich Bll wrote effusively about its inhabitants customs and idiosyncrasies In 1954, the German writer Heinrich Bll landed in Ireland for the first time, headed west and kept going till he reached the Atlantic Ocean. He was seeking a refuge from the brash materialism of postwar Germany, and found it on Achill Island, where waves crashed against cliffs, sheep foraged in fields and villagers went about their business of fishing, farming and storytelling. The following year he returned with his family and began to observe and chronicle the customs, idiosyncrasies, sorrows and joys of its inhabitants. So began a literary love affair between Germany and a windswept corner of County Mayo that endures 70 years after the Nobel laureates first visit. Continue reading...
Russia, TajikIstan Troops Stage Counter-Terrorist Drills, Deploy Tanks Against Mock Enemy
Troops from Russia and Tajikistan on April 18 completed several days of joint exercises in the Central Asian country to rehearse scenarios for cross-border incursions by militants or illegal armed groups.Tajikistan shares a long border with Afghanistan, which is home to a branch of Islamic State. The militant group claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 144 people at a concert hall just outside Moscow last month.The Russian Defence Ministry released a video of the drills, in which attack helicopters, drones, multiple launch rocket systems, howitzers and tanks were deployed in desert and mountain terrain against the mock enemy.It said the objectives included destroying terrorist gangs, and the exercises incorporated lessons learned by Russia's military from the war in Ukraine.Russia and Tajikistan are both members of a security alliance of former Soviet states, and Russia maintains a military base in the country.The exercises demonstrated the importance both sides attach to joint military cooperation, even as last month's concert attack - the deadliest in Russia for 20 years - has threatened to strain their relations.Nearly all the suspects so far arrested by Russia are nationals of Tajikistan, although Moscow, without providing evidence, has said it believes Ukrainian special forces were ultimately behind the massacre. Kyiv has strongly denied that.President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia, which has several million workers from Central Asian countries including Tajikistan, needs to review its handling of immigration.Tajikistan has rejected a claim by a top Russian security official that Ukraine's embassy in the Tajik capital was recruiting mercenaries to fight against Russia.
