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WATER TREATY SUSPENDED Since India and Pakistan gained independence from British rule in 1947, Kashmir has been divided between the two, with both claiming the territory in full but governing separate portions of it. Rebel groups have waged an insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 1989, demanding independence or a merger with Pakistan. India’s air force and navy both carried out military exercises on Thursday. Indian police say the three gunmen are members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group, a UN-designated terrorist organisation. They offered a two million rupee (US$23,500) bounty for information leading to each man’s arrest. A day after the…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. The New York Times A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The temblor happened at 6:44 a.m. Ecuador time about 12 miles northeast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, data from the agency shows.As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Source:…

A federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking the Trump administration from pulling funds from so-called “sanctuary cities” following a lawsuit brought by San Francisco and other local governments across the U.S.”The Cities and Counties have also demonstrated a likelihood of irreparable harm,” Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California wrote in the order. “The threat to withhold funding causes them irreparable injury in the form of budgetary uncertainty, deprivation of constitutional rights, and undermining trust between the Cities and Counties and the communities they serve.”Orrick heard arguments at a hearing that took place in…

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A cardinal from Guelph is among the 135 cardinals who will choose Pope Francis’s successor. Cardinal Thomas Collins arrived in Rome on Tuesday, where he’ll be part of a conclave for just the second time in his life.He said he’s been participating in daily meetings with other cardinals ahead of Francis’s funeral on Saturday. Collins said the dean of the College of Cardinals runs the meetings, which begin at 9 a.m. and discuss issues relating to the church.A conclave will begin following a period of mourning, which lasts nine days.“We’re isolated from the world then, so we can have the…

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir hopes his team can use its strong response to their loss to Melbourne as a launching pad for the rest of the season after beating Adelaide by 18 points on Friday night.The Dockers had a tough week under the spotlight after losing to the previously winless Demons but they attacked their Anzac Day game with enormous intensity, led by 42 points at three quarter time and won 12.13 (85) to 9.13 (67).Andrew Brayshaw led the way to win the Arthur Leggett Medal but Longmuir said the desperation from the entire team had been at the level…

SRINAGAR, India: India’s army chief will review security arrangements on Friday (Apr 25) and visit the site of a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir earlier this week, with fears of fresh tensions with long-time rival and neighbour Pakistan spooking markets. India has said there were Pakistani elements in Tuesday’s attack, when militants shot 26 men in a meadow in the Pahalgam area, and Islamabad has denied any involvement. The nuclear-armed nations have unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India keeping a critical river water-sharing treaty in abeyance and Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airlines,…

At the upper levels of capital-S society, or what remains of it, the name Vladimir Kanevsky is quietly dropped in conversation as a tell for arrival, a foolproof marker of taste. “People who know, know,” said the interior designer and philanthropist Charlotte Moss, referring to Mr. Kanevsky, an artist who works in porcelain.The fashion designer Tory Burch once commissioned a 30-person dinner service from him. Not to be outdone, the interior designer Alberto Pinto ordered up a set of Mr. Kanevsky’s floral dishes comprising more than 250 individual works.The society swan Deeda Blair curated a show of his flower sculptures…

The Juilliard School, one of the world’s most prestigious conservatories, plans to go tuition free for all of its students, the school announced on Thursday, and has begun a $550 million fund-raising drive to finance the effort.The tuition-free policy is meant to make Juilliard accessible to a broader range of students and to ease the burden on graduates hoping to pursue careers in the arts, where salaries can be meager. The fund-raising campaign will be one of the largest in Juilliard’s 120-year history.“If a student can get into Juilliard — and it’s hard to get into Juilliard — it can’t…

In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. 7 massacres. But Israeli intelligence could not find Mr. Biari, who they believed was hidden in the network of tunnels underneath Gaza.So Israeli officers turned to a new military technology infused with artificial intelligence, three Israeli and American officials briefed on the events said. The technology was developed a decade earlier but had not been used in battle. Finding Mr. Biari provided new incentive to improve the tool, so engineers in Israel’s Unit 8200, the…