Does Israel need to be forced by the US to end the war in Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Does Israel need to be forced by the US to end the war in Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti and US professor Ian Lustick dissect Biden’s refusal to end the war in Gaza. All of Israel’s modern wars have ended with US intervention, but the current war in Gaza has gone on for half a year because “Biden is a slow learner”, argues University of…

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released: Government spokesman | Crime News

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released: Government spokesman | Crime News

The kidnapping in Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years and prompted a national outcry over security. More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials….

Austria’s Baumgartner scores fastest-ever international goal | Football News

Austria’s Baumgartner scores fastest-ever international goal | Football News

Baumgartner unleashed a 25-metre shot past the goalkeeper after six seconds to break the record for the fastest goal. Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner has broken the record for the fastest-ever international goal by slotting home against Slovakia inside seven seconds. Baumgartner, 24, went into the record books during a friendly match…

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP after Verstappen retires | Motorsports News

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP after Verstappen retires | Motorsports News

Sainz finished ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc after Red Bull’s Verstappen retired on the fourth lap with engine fire. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has ended Red Bull’s Formula 1 winning streak by winning the Australian Grand Prix in a triumphant return to the circuit two weeks after appendicitis surgery, which kept…

Senegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election | Elections News

Senegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election | Elections News

Popenguine-Ndayane is home to me. This small fishing village on the Atlantic coast some 100km (62 miles) from Senegal’s capital, Dakar, is a site of pilgrimage for the country’s Christian minority. For the past 135 years, pilgrims – including the pope – have travelled here to pray at a site where…

Watch: Famous landmarks around the world power down for Earth Hour.

Watch: Famous landmarks around the world power down for Earth Hour.

Famous landmarks around the world switched off their lights for an hour on Saturday night as part of an environmental awareness campaign, Earth Hour. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, Rome’s Colosseum and the Parthenon in Athens were all used in the switch-off. New Delhi’s Akshardham temple, the Sydney Opera House…

Moscow attack: Putin says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall

Moscow attack: Putin says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Mr Putin of seeking to “blame” Ukraine for the attack. “This worthless Putin, instead of dealing with his citizens of Russia, addressing them, remained silent for a day – thinking how to bring this to Ukraine,” he said in his nightly address. Check out our…

K-pop: How jealous ‘super fans’ try to dictate their idols’ private lives

K-pop: How jealous ‘super fans’ try to dictate their idols’ private lives

Agencies have also begun creating social apps for their artists which appear to offer fans a glimpse of their idols’ everyday lives. SM, the K-pop-producing powerhouse behind groups like aespa, introduced an app in 2020 designed to look like a one-on-one messenger app, but is in fact a group chat…