World
WordPress is a favorite blogging tool of mine and I share tips and tricks for using WordPress here.
-
Three Myths Around the U.K.’s Rwanda Plan for Asylum Seekers
[ad_1] The debate about Britain’s asylum system has been cloaked in layers of misunderstanding, misinformation and even propaganda as the issue has become increasingly politicized. At times, some of the confusion about the system has been amplified by lawmakers from the Conservative government, as they try to push through a controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing…
Read More » -
Palestinian Ambassador to U.K.: Gaza Is ‘Being Starved’
[ad_1] new video loaded: Palestinian Ambassador to U.K.: Gaza Is ‘Being Starved’ transcript Back transcript Palestinian Ambassador to U.K.: Gaza Is ‘Being Starved’ Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the U.K., said in a briefing in London on Tuesday that without an immediate ceasefire there is no hope to end what he described as an apocalyptic situation in Gaza. Gaza’s…
Read More » -
Planes Collide at Japan’s Hokkaido Airport, Weeks After Tokyo Runway Episode
[ad_1] Two planes collided at an airport on Japan’s snowy northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, according to the airlines involved, just weeks after a deadly runway blaze in Tokyo. Nobody was injured in the collision on Tuesday, which involved planes belonging to Korean Air and Cathay Pacific. It happened at around 5:30 p.m. local time at New Chitose Airport,…
Read More » -
2 Missing Navy SEALs Were Stopping Weapons Going to Yemen From Iran
[ad_1] Two members of the Navy SEALs who were reported missing last week off the coast of Somalia were part of a nighttime commando operation that seized a small boat carrying lethal aid from Iran to the Houthi militia in Yemen, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Navy commandos, backed by helicopters and drones hovering overhead, boarded the small boat,…
Read More » -
Zelensky Lands in Davos to Pitch a Peace Plan Russia Already Rejected
[ad_1] With fighting still raging in Ukraine, and a front line that has barely shifted in more than a year, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, headed on Tuesday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, amid a swirl of diplomatic discussions about possible peace talks. At the forum, a gathering of business and financial elites, Mr. Zelensky is promoting…
Read More » -
Israel-Hamas War: Latest Updates – The New York Times
[ad_1] Hila Rotem Shoshani had invited her friend Emily Hand over for a sleepover in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel. The girls, then 12 and 8, woke early the next morning, Oct. 7, to the sound of thundering booms — the start of the deadliest attack in the history of their country. For about six hours, Hila and Emily hid in the…
Read More » -
Israel Unearths More of a Subterranean Fortress Under Gaza
[ad_1] One tunnel in Gaza was wide enough for a top Hamas official to drive a car inside. Another stretched nearly three football fields long and was hidden beneath a hospital. Under the house of a senior Hamas commander, the Israeli military found a spiral staircase leading to a tunnel approximately seven stories deep. These details and new information about…
Read More » -
Senate to Vote on Potential Freeze to Israel Aid as Democrats Question Conduct of War
[ad_1] When Hamas unleashed a bloody attack against Israel in October, there was a swift and strong bipartisan clamor of support in Congress for the United States to spare no expense in backing a robust military response by the Jewish state. One hundred days later, that consensus on Capitol Hill shows signs of fraying, as left-wing Democrats alarmed by the…
Read More » -
As Development Alters Greek Islands’ Nature and Culture, Locals Push Back
[ad_1] With a deluge of foreign visitors fueling seemingly nonstop development on once pristine Greek islands, local residents and officials are beginning to fight back, moving to curb a wave of construction that has started to cause water shortages and is altering the islands’ unique cultural identity. Tourism is crucial in Greece, accounting for a fifth of the country’s economic…
Read More » -
Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] A Houthi missile hit a U.S.-owned ship An anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Houthi fighters struck the Gibraltar Eagle, a U.S.-owned cargo vessel, off the coast of Yemen yesterday. The ship and its crew, which had been headed toward the Suez Canal, were not seriously harmed, according to the U.S. military’s Central Command. The ship turned around to leave…
Read More »