World
WordPress is a favorite blogging tool of mine and I share tips and tricks for using WordPress here.
-
They Thought They Knew Death, but That Didn’t Prepare Them for Oct. 7
[ad_1] At 76, David Weissenstern has collected the remains of the dead for most of his adult life. But after the Oct. 7 attacks, in which Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people along Israel’s border with Gaza, he can no longer stand the smell of grilled meat. The odor, he says, reminds him too much of burned human flesh. His…
Read More » -
Months After Cyberattack, British Library Crawls Back Online
[ad_1] The British Library on Monday began restoring its online catalog, which holds details of books, journals and music scores, the first step in its recovery from a brazen cyberattack in October, the library said. “For the first time since the attack, the majority of physical books, archives, maps and manuscripts held in the basements at our St. Pancras site…
Read More » -
Iran Hits Iraq and Syria With Missiles, Citing Terrorist Attack
[ad_1] Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a missile attack against what they called “anti-Iranian terrorist groups” in a northern Iraqi city, setting off large explosions and sirens, including at the American Consulate, around midnight on Tuesday. The strike in the city of Erbil killed at least four civilians, according to the Kurdistan Regional Security Council in Iraq, and air traffic was…
Read More » -
Houthis Attack More Ships in Red Sea After U.S.-Led Strikes in Yemen
[ad_1] Hamas led the Oct. 7 assaults on southern Israel that, the Israelis say, killed around 1,200 people. The Israeli military response has killed more than 23,000 Palestinians, a majority of them women and children, according to Gazan health officials. On Monday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said it had resumed emergency and rescue services in Gaza City, in the…
Read More » -
Police Respond to Deadly Car-Ramming Attack Near Tel Aviv
[ad_1] Damage from a reported ramming attack in Ra’anana, a suburb of Tel Aviv. [ad_2] Source link
Read More » -
Iran Adds Prison Time for Narges Mohammadi and Frees 2 Journalists
[ad_1] The Iranian regime sentenced Narges Mohammadi, the jailed human rights activist who received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, to 15 more months in prison, her family said on Monday. The news came a day after Iran released the journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi on bail while they appeal their sentences, according to state media. They had been jailed…
Read More » -
Tuesday Briefing: Houthis Attack a U.S. Ship
[ad_1] Houthis hit a U.S.-owned ship Houthi fighters fired a missile yesterday that caused limited damage to a U.S.-owned cargo vessel off the coast of Yemen, the U.S. military said. The missile attack came a day after the Iranian-backed Houthis tried to hit a U.S. Navy ship in the Red Sea. The Houthis, who say they are acting in solidarity…
Read More » -
New U.S. Solar and Electric Car Factories Face Familiar Challenge: China
[ad_1] The Biden administration has begun pumping more than $2 trillion into U.S. factories and infrastructure, investing huge sums to try to strengthen American industry and fight climate change. But the effort is facing a familiar threat: a surge of low-priced products from China. That is drawing the attention of President Biden and his aides, who are considering new protectionist…
Read More » -
UK Moves to Ban the Islamist Group Hizb ut-Tahrir
[ad_1] The British government plans to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international Islamist political group, by designating it a terrorist organization, the government announced on Monday, citing what it said was the group’s praise for the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Britain’s Home Office announced the plan in a statement saying that the new designation would mean that “belonging to,…
Read More » -
‘Threats to Shipping Must Cease,’ British Prime Minister Says
[ad_1] new video loaded: ‘Threats to Shipping Must Cease,’ British Prime Minister Says transcript Back transcript ‘Threats to Shipping Must Cease,’ British Prime Minister Says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen showed that Britain would back its “words with actions.” Alongside the United States with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the…
Read More »