Attorney General Gali Bahrav Mayara told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that he could not take part in his government’s efforts to radically reform the legal and judicial system because he has a conflict of interest due to his ongoing corruption trial. In a file submitted to the High Court of Justice hours later, … Read more
The Philippines and the United States have agreed to add four sites under EDCA The agreement comes amid tensions in the South China Sea, over Taiwan EDCA allows the United States access to Philippine military bases MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has given the United States expanded access to its military bases, Philippine defense chiefs … Read more
Comment on this story Suspension In a 2,600-year-old embalming workshop, scientists have discovered the ingredients for making a mummy: the tars, fats, tree resins, and oils that ancient Egyptians used to preserve bodies and prepare them for the afterlife. The results, published Wednesday in the journal nature, we suggest that the materials used in the … Read more
Brisbane, Australia CNN – Authorities examining a remote Australian highway have found a small missing radioactive capsule at the side of the road, after a difficult search that feels like trying to find a needle in a haystack. And state emergency authorities announced the discovery of the capsule on Wednesday afternoon, six days after the … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Jamie Scherizer zips through Haiti’s capital on the back of a motorbike, flanked by young men in black masks and automatic weapons. While the collection of bicycles was flitted by graffiti that read “mafia boss” in Creole, street vendors selling vegetables, meat and vintage clothes on the sidewalk cast their eyes … Read more
Sign up for the free IndyArts newsletter for the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up for our free IndyArts newsletter Putin against the West The latest in a series from the legendary Norma Percy, the three-part film has everything you’d expect from a veteran documentary filmmaker–the right mix of revelation, anecdote, history, drama, forensic … Read more
Advocates say the Biden administration’s proposal to add a “Middle Eastern or North African” identifier, or MENA, to official documents like the census is the latest advance in a decades-long battle to secure representation for a historically statistically invisible community. in Federal Register Notice The federal Interagency Technical Working Group on Criteria for Race and … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Friends and volunteers gathered Sunday at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv to say goodbye to Andrew Bagshaw.New Zealand scientist killed in Ukraine With another volunteer as they try to evacuate people from a frontline town. Bagshaw, 48, a British New Zealander, and British volunteer Christopher BarryThe 28-year-old went missing this month … Read more
Drones target a factory near Isfahan, and there were no casualties Iran: “cowardly” attack will not slow down nuclear activity Israel refuses to comment DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A US official said on Sunday that Israel appeared to be behind a drone attack on a military factory in Iran. Iran claimed that it had intercepted drones … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP) – Bomb-laden drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan, causing some damage to the plant, authorities said early Sunday, amid escalating regional and international tensions gripping the Islamic Republic. . Iran’s defense ministry gave no information on who was suspected of carrying out the attack, … Read more
