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- The Daily Beast
Israeli Envoy’s Paper Shredder Stunt Falls Flat at U.N. Vote
AFP via Getty ImagesIsraeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan pulled out a paper shredder at the podium of the General Assembly on Friday and shredded a copy of the U.N. Charter to protest a resolution in support of Palestinian membership. “Today I will hold up a mirror for you,” he said, shortly before the general assembly overwhelmingly voted to back Palestinian membership. “This is your mirror. So that you can see exactly what you are inflicting upon the U.N. Charter with this dest
- The Daily Beast
Stormy Daniels Trolls Trump With ‘Real Men’ Jibe After His Lawyers’ Complaints
Mike Blake/ReutersStormy Daniels couldn’t resist taking another swipe at Donald Trump after her bombshell testimony in his hush-money trial after his defense team sought a change in his gag order to allow him to speak publicly about the porn star.After Judge Juan Merchan on Thursday rejected the request to amend the order—which was imposed to prevent Trump from intimidating witnesses, jurors, and others connected to the trial—Daniels offered up some free, unsolicited advice about how Trump could
- France 24
Zelensky fires bodyguard chief over foiled assassination plot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. Zelensky published a decree to "dismiss Sergiy Leonidovich Rud from the post of head of the State Protection Department of Ukraine".It did not state a reason for Rud's removal or name a replacement to the highly sensitive position.The announcement came after Ukraine's SBU security service
- HuffPost
Trump Attorney Tries Slut-Shaming Stormy Daniels, Gets Zingers In Return
Daniels met the onslaught with polite and unyielding confidence.
- HuffPost
OOF: Trump Gets 1 Basic Detail About Barron Totally Wrong
The former president botched a key fact about his youngest son.
- INSIDER
Russia's jamming of American weapons in Ukraine is showing the US what it needs to be ready for in a future fight
Russia keeps jamming US precision weapons in Ukraine, showing the US a problem it needs to solve before its next big fight.
- Associated Press
Top Philippine security official demands Chinese diplomats' expulsion as territorial row escalates
A top Philippine security official demanded Friday the immediate expulsion of Chinese diplomats allegedly behind a reported leak of a phone conversation between one of the diplomats and a Filipino admiral about South China Sea disputes that have strained diplomatic ties. National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano said he was backing a call by the Philippine defense chief for Manila's foreign office to take actions against Chinese embassy individuals in Manila "who claim to have recorded an alleged phone conversation between a Chinese diplomat and a military official" in violation of Philippine laws and international diplomatic protocols.
- HuffPost
Social Media Mocks Steve Bannon After Contempt Conviction Is Upheld
Social media critics found a federal appeals court ruling upholding a contempt conviction against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon very appealing.
- The Guardian
‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms
Israeli prime minister says country can ‘stand alone’ but later says he hopes US and Israel can overcome differences
- CNN
Strong reactions in U.S. after President Biden says he won’t supply weapons to Israel for a Rafah offensive
Biden’s announcement to withhold weapons for an all-out Israeli offensive in Rafah is drawing harsh criticism, and some praise, from U.S politicians, as Becky Anderson explains.
- The Telegraph
Russia launches first cross-border attack in Ukraine
Russia has attacked a town near Kharkiv in one of its only cross-border attacks since its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- HuffPost
Critics Facepalm With Both Hands At Trump's 'Ambidextrous' Talk
President Joe Biden's reelection campaign mocked his "confused" predecessor after Trump boasted about his skills.
- The Independent
Trump lashes out at Paul Ryan after ex-House speaker declares he ‘lacks character’ for being president
Donald Trump branded Paul Ryan as the ‘weakest’ speaker of the US House of Representatives in its history
- The Telegraph
Watching Russia’s “sad” victory day parade - Ukraine: The Latest
Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss Russia’s Victory Day Parade in Moscow and we analyse Russia’s wartime influence inside Ukraine.
- Reuters
Explainer-How dependent is China on US artificial intelligence technology?
The Biden administration plans to put guardrails on U.S.-developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that power popular chatbots like ChatGPT to safeguard the technology from countries such as China and Russia, Reuters has reported. But China in the past year has built its own domestic generative AI industry and has been urging its companies to avoid foreign technology. OpenAI’s key AI services such as ChatGPT and the DALL-E image generator have not been officially rolled out in mainland China.
- CNN
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center
At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel’s Negev desert, an Israeli working at the facility snapped two photographs of a scene that he says continues to haunt him.
- The Telegraph
Ukraine strikes refinery 746 miles inside Russia
Ukraine broke records with a long-distance strike on Russia on Thursday, hitting a target 746 miles from the border.
- Reuters
Maduro's lawmaker son says Venezuela is open to paying debts to China
CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela is open to paying its debt to China - which according to independent data amounts to some $10 billion - lawmaker Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of President Nicolas Maduro, told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. Venezuela's relationship with China is "foolproof and weatherproof," Maduro Guerra said, adding that Chinese companies are keen to invest in the South American country. China is a major player in Venezuela's oil and gas sector, as well as being the OPEC country's largest creditor.
- People
Barron Trump ‘Regretfully’ Declines to Serve as Florida RNC Delegate, Melania Says, Citing Prior Commitments
The former first lady said that although Barron is turning down the offer to represent Florida at the GOP convention, he was “honored to have been chosen”
- The Telegraph
No, Israel isn’t committing genocide
The battle to destroy Israel is not just fought with weapons. In the wider world, Hamas’s fellow travellers have been fighting to eradicate the Jewish state for many decades, and their chosen weapon is words.