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Western feminist movements have mobilised for women’s rights around the world—except when it comes to Palestine.⁣

As it moves to transform U.S. relations with Russia, the Trump administration is talking with Moscow about readmitting potentially scores of Russian diplomats into the United States after years of expulsions.But the good-will gesture, which would be reciprocated by Moscow, could be a kind of Trojan horse, experts and diplomats warn, as the Kremlin is likely to dispatch spies posing as diplomats to restore its diminished espionage capabilities within the United States.U.S. and Russian officials met in Istanbul last month to discuss returning more diplomats to each other’s countries after years of tit-for-tat expulsions and the shuttering of diplomatic facilities.…

The Secret Service shot a man during an armed confrontation near the White House Sunday, the agency announced. The incident took place just after midnight, about a block west of the White House near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.In a statement, the Secret Service said that earlier on Saturday police shared information about a suicidal individual who may have been traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana. The Secret Service shot a man during an armed confrontation near the White House Sunday, the agency announced.  (AP)SOUTH CAROLINA MAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO ASSASSINATE TRUMPAt around midnight, members of the Secret…

The US Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it says.US President Donald Trump was not in the residence at the time, as he is spending the weekend at his Florida residence.Secret Service officials received a tip on Saturday from local authorities that a suicidal person may be travelling to Washington DC from Indiana and the person’s car was found a block from the White House, it said in a statement.The man brandished a firearm as officers approached him and shots were fired shortly…

The railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work. Each morning, the men — day laborers, almost all from Latin America and undocumented — would be scooped up by local contractors in pickup trucks for jobs painting, landscaping, removing debris.In recent weeks, the tracks have been desolate. On a gray February morning, a laborer named Mario, who came from Mexico two decades ago, said it was the quietest he could remember.“Because of the president, we have a fear,” said Mario, 55, who agreed to be interviewed on the condition…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.More than half of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 can be linked to just 36 fossil fuel and cement producers, according to a report from the Carbon Majors database.  The climate watchdog found that emissions from the world’s largest oil, gas, coal and cement producers increased in 2023, with state-owned companies making up 16 of the top 20 emitters. The top five state-owned emitters — Saudi Aramco, Coal India, CHN Energy, National Iranian Oil Company and Jinneng Group — accounted…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Fintech myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.City veteran Martin Gilbert has vowed he will “never” sell his shares in fintech Revolut as he invests in a new fund aimed at buying stock from employees of fast-growing technology firms globally.Gilbert, who is chair of London-based Revolut, is backing the LTC Invest fund V with two other entrepreneurs, contributing a combined $20mn, according to people familiar with the situation.The fund will snap up stock in established tech companies from existing shareholders — such as fintech staff who took shares in their…

PEOPLE LIVING LONGER Lei Haichao, Minister of the National Health Commission, said China’s public health improvements are evident.  Average life expectancy hit 79 years in 2024 – an increase of 0.4 years from 2023, and a rise of 1.7 years compared to 2019. Hailing the marked improvement, Lei noted that in most countries and regions where life expectancy exceeds 75 years, the annual increase “typically ranges from only 0.1 to 0.2 years”. Data compiled from 53 middle- and high-income countries shows China ranking fourth in terms of life expectancy, according to Lei. He added that China ranks 10th among the…

The airport in Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city, said it had canceled all flights on Sunday because of a one-day strike over pay by ground staff called by a labor union that started its action earlier than expected without warning.The airport had been expected to carry more than 40,000 passengers on Sunday, with 144 arrival flights and 139 departures, but only 10 flights took place before the strike took hold at 6.30 a.m. local time, Hamburg Airport said in a statement, which directed stranded passengers to contact their airlines. The airport said the strike, called by the labor union Verdi,…

With airline safety being top-of-mind after several deadly or near-death incidents on America’s tarmacs and in its skies, maintenance experts and lawmakers alike are calling for more support for specialized training in jet maintenance.President Donald Trump has also called for reforming the education system and increasing overall government efficiency, which experts Fox News Digital spoke with said falls in line with their goals as well. Delays and gate changes at airports are also often attributed to urgent maintenance of aircraft.In the last congressional session, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., unsuccessfully introduced the Aviation Workforce Development Act to expand the “529” qualified-tuition…