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Once proud of her long, silky brown hair, Rahaf Ayyad now dreads combing it. “Each time I use the comb, more of my hair falls out,” the Palestinian girl says. The hair loss is just one of several changes in her body in recent months by what her mother suspects are the result of the ongoing Israeli blockade and destruction of the Gaza Strip. The 12-year-old has become severely underweight, and her growth has visibly stalled since she was forced to live in a makeshift tent in Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip. “Rahaf was a completely normal girl. I…
Published 3 hours ago By Glenn PriceLiverpool’s Olivia Smith has been shortlisted for two prizes at the inaugural Women’s Professional Game Awards.Smith’s excellent debut campaign in the Barclays Women’s Super League has been recognised with nominations for WSL Player of the Season and WSL Rising Star.The 20-year-old forward will find out whether she has won either of those honours on Sunday evening. The winners will be determined via a variety of voting methods – including input from the WPLL board, the Football Writers’ Association and Football Supporters’ Association.But supporters have a say in the Player of the Season award and…
London CNN — India and Britain struck a “landmark” trade deal Tuesday, the UK government said, marking progress on lowering and removing tariffs just as President Donald Trump is busy raising US import taxes to historic levels. For weeks, Trump has said that at least one trade deal is imminent with one of the dozens of countries in active negotiations with the United States to avoid his punishing tariffs – with India among the most likely to reach such an agreement first. The prospect of an agreement with any one major trading partner has boosted confidence in US financial markets…
The terms generally in use today about the situation in Palestine, and Gaza in particular, don’t come close to describing what is actually happening on the ground. Terms like “settler-colonialism”, “apartheid”, “ethnic cleansing” and even “genocide” all seem woefully inadequate to convey the litany of unprecedented cruelties that Israel, as the tip of the US imperial spear, continues to carry out with impunity on a daily basis. If we don’t even have adequate terms to describe the reality in Gaza, how can we hope to engage in any meaningful struggle for change – particularly in the US, with its mind-numbing…
Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India CNN — India launched military strikes on Pakistan on Wednesday and Pakistan claimed it shot down five Indian Air Force jets, in an escalation that has pushed the two nations to the brink of a wider conflict. The escalation puts India and Pakistan, two neighbors with a long history of conflict, in dangerous territory, with Islamabad vowing to retaliate against India’s strikes and the international community calling for restraint. New Delhi said the strikes are in response to the massacre of 26 people – mostly Indian tourists – who died in April when gunmen…
CNN — The 2025 NBA playoffs have been full of excitement already and Tuesday’s action was no different with a game-winning three-pointer and an upset road victory taking place. First, the Indiana Pacers took a shock 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers thanks to a dagger shot from Tyrese Haliburton to snatch a 120-119 road victory. And afterwards, the Golden State Warriors won Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the Minnesota Timberwolves 99-88, despite losing star point guard Steph Curry to a hamstring injury midway through the second quarter.…
CNN — US President Donald Trump’s top trade officials will meet with their Chinese counterparts this week to discuss a de-escalation of their increasingly ugly and damaging trade war. The future of the global economy is riding on their success. The trade talks, the first in-person meeting between Chinese and American officials since the tit-for-tat tariff escalation kicked off in earnest in March, are unlikely to result in a trade deal, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. But tariffs have reached such a high level that trade between the two countries has dropped off dramatically. Any thaw in the trade…
TOKYO – US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent should be careful what he wishes for when he demands that the International Monetary Fund be a “brutal truth teller” on China.At a business conference on Monday (May 5), Bessent urged IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to “call out countries” that “have pursued globally distortive policies and opaque currency practices for many decades.”Though Bessent was referring to China, hypocrisy abounds as his boss, Donald Trump, pursues the most “globally distortive policies” Asia has ever seen from Washington.And as Bessent’s Treasury team mulls, on Trump’s behalf, how to execute “opaque currency practices” that have…
Before voting begins, the College of Cardinals will gather for a special mass at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) in St. Peter’s Basilica. The service, known as “Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice,” will be led by Cardinal Giovanni Re, the Dean of the College of Cardinals. During the service, Cardinal Re will deliver a homily — the result of conversations with the cardinals gathered in Rome since Pope Francis’ death — expounding the church’s priorities for the next papacy. At around midday, the cardinals will break for a long lunch and a final period of reflection. At 4:30 p.m.…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, will serve as executive director of the presidential task force for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.During Trump’s first term, Andrew Giuliani served as a special assistant to the president and associate director of the Office of Public Liaison. Trump described him as a highly competitive golfer and person.In a post on Truth Social, Trump also said Carlos Cordeiro, a FIFA senior adviser, will serve as a task force senior adviser.Editor’s Picks1 Related”Together this…