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Thousands of people in Israel have gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service and resume fighting in Gaza. Netanyahu said this week that he had lost confidence in Ronen Bar, who has led Shin Bet since 2021, and intended to fire him effective April 10, prompting three days of protests. On Saturday, the Israeli leader said the country will remain democratic despite the security chief’s dismissal. In Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, protesters waved blue and white Israeli flags and called for…

Washington — The Trump administration is implementing a reduction in force for the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, effectively gutting the department’s civil rights and immigration liaison services. DHS said the offices “often function as internal adversaries that slow down operations.” Migrant Insider was first to report the decision. The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties advises the department on civil liberties and rights matters, while investigating and addressing complaints. The Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman helps filers…

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor appeared to repeatedly stumble over the cost of the Coalition’s flagship nuclear policy.

The Coast Guard on Saturday said it was still searching for three passengers, including an adult and two children, after a boat capsized on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, near Goat Island, leaving one person dead.Around 7 p.m. Friday, Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville received an alert of a capsized 18-foot vessel with four people atop the overturned boat and four others trapped underneath. The four people on top of the boat were rescued. None of the passengers were wearing life jackets, the Coast Guard said. US COAST GUARD RESCUES 3 AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES OFF FLORIDA COAST: VIDEO A Coast Guard…

In Singapore, Indah Yosevina and Raman Saravanan are among many migrant workers who find joy in spending their days off amid their busy schedules to organise or participate in community programmes.  Indah, a domestic worker from Indonesia who has worked in Singapore for over six years, spends her free time organising various initiatives aimed at supporting not only the migrant community but also contributing to the wider Singapore community. As the chairperson of the Indonesian Family Network (IFN) – an organisation made up of fellow Indonesian domestic workers – the 41-year-old has organised various exercise and educational classes to empower…

Protesters gathered by the tens of thousands on Saturday in Seoul, divided into two camps that reflected a nation divided over its embattled president.One crowd shouted for the country’s top court to remove Yoon Suk Yeol, calling him “a ringleader of insurrection.” Separated from them by walls of police buses, another crowd chanted for him to be restored to office, with speakers calling his parliamentary impeachment fraudulent and warning of civil war if he was ousted.Never have the jitters run so high in South Korea before a court ruling as the country waits impatiently for the Constitutional Court to decide…

The trade deadline is behind us and there are only 26 days until the end of the 2024-25 NHL regular season.With each team having 15 or fewer games left, attention has shifted to the final stretch of the season. Whether a team is vying for a division title, in a tight playoff chase or looking to finish the season with momentum, the stretch run has a lot to offer for all 32 clubs.This week, The Athletic asked its NHL staff to put teams into five playoff tiers — “not happening,” “long shot,” “bubble team,” “looks like a good bet” and…

What is the Department of Government Efficiency?It’s a question that has come up over and over again in the avalanche of court cases challenging the authority of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to conduct a full-throttle effort to gut and remake the federal government.Over two months of litigation playing out across more than 170 lawsuits, the government has offered limited answers but insisted on one thing: that Mr. Musk exercises no authority over the office and is not even an employee.But that assertion flies in the face of Mr. Musk’s own words and deeds as the ideological leader and…

Senegal have struggled without several key players, drawing 0-0 with Sudan, leaving their opponents top in a hotly contested World Cup qualifying group.Sudan lead Group B with 11 points from five matches, one more than second-placed Democratic Republic of Congo and two more than Senegal, who have drawn three of their five games.Senegal were without Premier League pair Nicolas Jackson and Iliman Ndiaye as well as Ligue 1 striker Habib Diarra, leaving Sadio Mane to struggle in attack as they searched for the victory that would have put them top of the group.Sudan had the best chance in the game,…

President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view, unfairly challenge his administration.The memorandum directs the heads of the Justice and Homeland Security Departments to “seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation against the United States” or in matters that come before federal agencies.Mr. Trump issued the order late Friday night, after a tumultuous week for the American legal community in which one of the country’s premier firms, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,…