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Israel says it has cut off electricity to Gaza in what seems like another attempt to force Hamas to accept changes it wants to impose upon the ceasefire terms agreed in January. Israel imposed a blockade of humanitarian aid entering Gaza early in March in an attempt to force Hamas into extending the ceasefire’s first phase and releasing more captives. It wants to do that to avoid moving to the second phase, which would entail a permanent end to the war. Aid agencies, human rights organisations and countries, including some of Israel’s allies, have denounced the decision, citing its humanitarian…

Local government crews in Washington began on Monday morning to remove the Black Lives Matter mural that was painted near the White House nearly five years ago.The mural, spelling “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in bright yellow letters, covered two blocks of 16th Street NW. It was painted in June 2020, turning the pavement into a pedestrian zone called Black Lives Matter Plaza.But its fate has been in question since President Trump returned to the White House in January, and last week the mayor, Muriel E. Bowser, said that the mural would be removed. Her announcement came shortly after Representative Andrew Clyde,…

South Carolina authorities have arrested and charged a 40-year-old Myrtle Beach woman in connection with a fire that burned more than 2,000 acres around March 1.Alexandra Bialousow is charged with one count of arson/negligently allowing fire to spread to lands of another and one count of regulation of fires on certain lands, according to Horry County records.South Carolina Forestry Commission (SCFC) law enforcement officials determined that a fire pit on Bialousow’s property allegedly ignited the 2,000-acre Covington Drive Fire.”Bialousow is accused of not taking the proper precautions to prevent her debris burn from escaping and negligently allowing fire to spread…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Following comments made about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s attire during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance on Feb. 28 in the Oval Office, members of the Ukrainian Club of Moncton, N.B., are rallying in support of the leader. Natalia Haidash, a volunteer with the club, expressed frustration over the attention given to Zelenskyy’s clothing.“Whenever I see that events in Ukraine take a turn in the wrong direction, I know the best cure for that is to take some action,” she said. Get daily National news Get the…

Wall Street’s main indexes have fallen as US President Donald Trump’s comments over the weekend stoked fears that a trade war could spark an economic slowdown, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the benchmark S&P 500 near five-month lows.In early trading on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 307.75 points, or 0.72 per cent, to 42,492.47, the S&P 500 lost 74.89 points, or 1.30 per cent, to 5,695.31, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 371.78 points, or 2.03 per cent, to 17,826.75.Mega-cap growth stocks felt the heat.Nvidia fell 2.2 per cent while Meta and Amazon.com were down more than 3.0 per…

Vietnam has a population of 100 million people, a third of whom live in tightly-packed urban areas. To meet the demands for accommodation, Vietnam in 2014 legalised small apartment blocks – known locally as “mini apartments” – which are mostly owned and built by private individuals, and sometimes later resold or rented to low-income and migrant workers. According to the indictment cited by VNExpress, 45-year-old Nghiem Quang Minh, the owner of the block that went up in flames, illegally changed the design of the building to make it three floors higher and with 12 extra rooms. While under construction, the…

An oil tanker and a container ship collided off the northeastern coast of England, according to emergency responders, who scrambled to the scene on Monday morning. Initial images shared by the BBC showed fire and thick black smoke rising from the ships.The British coast guard said it was “coordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off the coast of East Yorkshire,” and that an alarm was first raised at 9:48 a.m. local time.Rescue helicopters were in the area, and lifeboats were deployed from a number of stations along the coast, as well…

More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys become available each year. Twelve Americans on the kidney list die every day on average.Scientists first transplanted genetically engineered pig organs into other animals and then to brain-dead human patients. In 2022, researchers received permission to transplant the organs into a few critically ill patients, and then, last year, into healthier people.Now, for the first time, a formal clinical study of the procedure is being initiated.“Just imagine, you have kidney disease and know your kidneys are going to fail, and…

The archives of The New Yorker, housed at the New York Public Library, consist of more than 2,500 boxes of manuscripts, letters, page proofs, cartoons, art, photographs and memos. They are studded with the celebrated names — E.B. White, J.D. Salinger, John Updike, Rachel Carson — that filled this most mythologized of magazines, and helped transform American literary life.And then there are the “Distasteful Ads.”A folder with that label holds examples like one for “wonderfully expensive children’s knits from Italy,” or another for men’s socks, with a mildly racy illustration and the tagline “Go to Any Length.”That one struck William…

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