
#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms. PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade deal
#Politics #United Kingdom #Canada #USA #Europe #North America

#bbc.com. #Mar.29.2025 Taliban releases detained US citizen Faye Hall. The US's former envoy to Kabul said that Ms Hall is now in the care of Qatari officials and would "soon be heading home".
#USA #Asia #North America #Qatar #Afghanistan

#aljazeera.com. #Mar.29.2025 A Reel War: Israeli filmmaker’s search for stolen Palestinian films. An Israeli filmmaker uncovers seized PLO archives, raising questions about Palestinian heritage and identity.
#Palestine #Asia #Israel

#aljazeera.com. #Mar.29.2025 US woman released by Taliban in Afghanistan: Former US envoy. American citizen Faye Hall has been released by the Taliban after she was detained earlier this year.
#Politics #USA #Asia #North America #Americas #Afghanistan

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 Two leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern studies center to step down. Departures of Cemal Kafadar and Rosie Bsheer are seen by critics as ‘shameful attempt’ by school to appease Trump
#Education

#bbc.com. #Mar.29.2025 Turkey protests: Pro-democracy demonstrators return to Istanbul's streets for huge rally. Demonstrators gathered in support of opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu, who says his arrest was politically motivated.
#Turkey #Asia

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire. Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflict
#Palestine #Asia #Israel

#bbc.com. #Mar.29.2025 Japan food chain shuts restaurants after pests are found in dish. Sukiya announced the temporary closure after customers found an insect and a rat in their food.
#Health #Japan #Asia

#washingtonpost.com. #Mar.29.2025 Julio Simón, Argentine torturer convicted in landmark case, dies at 84. The 2006 trial for atrocities during Argentina’s military dictatorship began a wave of prosecutions more than a generation after the junta.
#South America #Argentina

#aljazeera.com. #Mar.29.2025 Month of giving: Syrians in Ethiopia keep Ramadan iftar tradition alive. Tiny Syrian community in Ethiopia embraces spirit of Ramadan, offering meals to those in need.
#Ethiopia #Africa #Asia #Syria
#washingtonpost.com. #Mar.29.2025 Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints. An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think t
#China #Asia #Taiwan

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 ‘Bile of racism’ and anti-migrant rhetoric spilling into political debate, race discrimination commissioner warns. Giridharan Sivaraman says politicians on all sides must not ‘dehumanise migrants’ in election lead-up
#Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 Brisbane city council blocks plans for fridge-sized community batteries due to loss of green space. Local councillor says federal Labor should not be ‘plonking giant batteries in public parks’ though no other council has refused development applications in the state
#Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake. Woman pulled to safety after 30 hours trapped in building a rare glimmer of hope in midst of devastation
#Asia #Myanmar

#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Mar.29.2025 Honeybee Deaths Surge In U.S.: 'Something Real Bad Is Going On'. Honeybees aren't native to the United States, but they play a big role in food production.
#Politics #USA #North America

#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Mar.29.2025 Honeybee Deaths Surge In U.S.: 'Something Real Bad Is Going On'. Honeybees aren't native to the United States, but they play a big role in food production.
#Politics #USA #North America

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 Le boycott: French customers shun McDonald’s, Coca Cola and Tesla to protest against Trump. France has been urged to shun Maga America as #BoycottUSA hashtag spreads, but teenagers say they can’t afford to join the action
#Politics #France #USA #Europe #North America #Americas

#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Mar.29.2025 Ayanna Pressley Calls Trump A 'Dictator' After Feds Grab Tufts Student Off The Street. “It is chilling that people could be disappeared, kidnapped, kidnapped in plain view, simply for dissenting opinion, and that's what a dictator does."
#Politics #USA #North America

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 ‘No one came’: Myanmar volunteers dig with bare hands to save earthquake victims. The military junta is calling for foreign aid but agencies and rescuers must navigate crumbling roads, an overwhelmed health system and ongoing fighting
#Health #Asia #Myanmar

#aljazeera.com. #Mar.29.2025 Huge Istanbul protests over Imamoglu’s arrest and imprisonment in Turkiye. CHP leader calls for former mayor’s release, denounces arrests of protesters in growing clashes over Turkish democracy.
#Turkey #Asia

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk. At least 20 officers forced their way into property and police said some present were planning direct action in London
#United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 ‘I like Rupert Lowe’s plain speaking’: suspended MP haunts Nigel Farage’s big rally. As Reform UK launched its English local elections campaign in Birmingham there were murmurs among activists about the fate of a ‘popular figure’
#Politics #United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Mar.29.2025 When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed | John Naughton. US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary
#Politics #Tech #United Kingdom #USA #Europe #North America #Americas

#aljazeera.com. #Mar.29.2025 Tufts University student can’t be deported to Turkiye without court order. Pro-Palestine student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested on Tuesday by US immigration authorities in Massachusetts.
#Education #Politics #Palestine #Turkey #Asia
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