Author: Chris Kodo

  • Four charged with organising attack on Russian concert theatre that claimed over 130 lives

    Four charged with organising attack on Russian concert theatre that claimed over 130 lives

    Four men blamed for organizing the Russia show lobby assault that killed in excess of 130 individuals showed up under the steady gaze of a Moscow court Sunday giving indications of extreme beatings as they had to deal with formal psychological warfare penalties. One seemed, by all accounts, to be scarcely cognizant during the conference.

    Although the men’s condition raised questions about whether they were speaking freely, a court statement stated that two of the suspects accepted their guilt in the assault after being charged during the preliminary hearing. There had been before clashing reports in Russian news sources that said three or each of the four men conceded culpability.

    Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, was formally charged by the Basmanny District Court in Moscow; 30-year-old Saidakrami Rachabalizoda Shamsidin Fariduni, 25; furthermore, Mukhammadsobir Faizov, 19, with committing a gathering psychological oppressor assault bringing about the demise of others. The offense conveys a most extreme sentence of life detainment.

    The court requested that the men, every one of whom are residents of Tajikistan, be held in pre-preliminary authority until May 22.

    According to Russian media, the men were subjected to torture during the security services’ interrogation. Mirzoyev, Rachabalizoda, and Fariduni all displayed severe bruising, including swollen faces; Rachabalizoda also had a heavily bandaged ear. Russian media said Saturday that one of the suspects had his ear cut off during cross examination. The Related Press couldn’t confirm the report or the recordings indicating to show this.

    The fourth suspect, Faizov, was brought to court from a clinic in a wheelchair and sat with his eyes shut all through the procedures. He was gone to by surgeons while in court, where he wore a medical clinic outfit and pants and was seen with numerous cuts.

    After being charged, court officials said that Mirzoyev and Rachabalizoda admitted being responsible for the attack.

    The conference came as Russia noticed a public day of grieving for the assault Friday on the rural Crocus City Lobby show scene that killed no less than 137 individuals.

    The assault, which has been guaranteed by a partner of the Islamic State bunch, is the deadliest on Russian soil in years.

    In an address to the nation on Saturday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the four suspected attackers had been detained by Russian authorities on Saturday, and seven additional individuals had been detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack. Kyiv vigorously refuted his claim that they were taken while fleeing to Ukraine.

    Occasions at social establishments were dropped, banners were brought down to half-staff and TV diversion and publicizing were suspended, as per state news office RIA Novosti. A constant flow of individuals added to a stopgap remembrance close to the wore out show corridor, making an enormous hill of blossoms.

    “Some people came to relax with their families, others came to a concert, and any one of us could have been in that situation. Also, I need to communicate my sympathies to every one of the families that were impacted here and I need to honor these individuals,” Andrey Kondakov, one of the grievers who came to lay blossoms at the remembrance, told The Related Press.

    “It is a tragedy that has affected our entire country,” Marina Korshunova, a kindergarten employee, stated. It is beyond comprehension that this event affected young children. Three kids were among the dead.

    Heros keep on looking through the harmed constructing and the loss of life ascends as additional bodies are found, a few families actually couldn’t say whether family members who went to the occasion designated by shooters on Friday are alive. Moscow’s Branch of Wellbeing said Sunday it has started recognizing the assemblages of those killed by means of DNA testing, which will require something like fourteen days.

    Igor Pogadaev was frantically looking for any insights concerning his better half, Yana Pogadaeva, who attended the assault show. The last he heard from her was the point at which she sent him two photographs from the Crocus City Corridor music scene.

    After Pogadaev saw the reports of shooters starting to shoot at concert attendees, he hurried to the site, yet couldn’t track down her in the various ambulances or among the many individuals who had advanced out of the scene.

    “I looked everywhere, asked everyone questions, and showed pictures. In a video message, Pogadaev told the Associated Press that no one saw anything or could say anything.

    He watched flares blasting out of the structure as he settled on berserk decisions to a hotline for family members of the people in question, yet got no data.

    As the loss of life mounted on Saturday, Pogodaev scoured emergency clinics in the Russian capital and the Moscow area, searching for data on recently conceded patients.

    Yet, his significant other wasn’t among the 182 revealed harmed, nor on the rundown of 60 casualties specialists have previously distinguished, he said.

    The Moscow Locale’s Crisis Circumstances Service posted a video Sunday showing gear destroying the harmed music setting to give heros access.

    Putin claimed that Russian authorities had captured the four suspects as they attempted to flee to Ukraine through a “window” prepared for them on the Ukrainian side of the border. He described the attack as “a bloody, barbaric terrorist act.”

    Russian media broadcast recordings that clearly showed the detainment and cross examination of the suspects, including one who told the cameras he was moved toward by a unidentified right hand to an Islamic evangelist by means of an informing application and paid to partake in the strike.

    In his address to the nation, Putin did not mention ISIS, and Kyiv accused him and other Russian politicians of falsely tying Ukraine to the attack to fuel support for Russia’s third-year conflict in Ukraine.

    U.S. insight authorities said they had affirmed the ISIS subsidiary’s case.

    This attack is entirely to blame on ISIS. There was no Ukrainian contribution at all,” Public safety Gathering representative Adrienne Watson said in an explanation.

    The U.S. imparted data to Russia toward the beginning of Spring about an arranged fear based oppressor assault in Moscow, and gave a public admonition to Americans in Russia, Watson said.

    The strike was a significant humiliation for the Russian chief and happened only days after he established his hold on the country for an additional six years in a vote that followed the cruelest crackdown on disagree since the Soviet times.

    A few pundits on Russian virtual entertainment addressed how specialists, who have persistently stifled any resistance exercises and gagged free media, neglected to forestall the assault regardless of the U.S. admonitions.

    ISIS, which battled against Russia during its mediation in the Syrian nationwide conflict, has long designated Russia. In a proclamation posted by the gathering’s Aamaq news organization, the ISIS Afghanistan partner said that it had gone after an enormous social occasion of “Christians” in Krasnogorsk.

    The gathering gave another assertion Saturday on Aamaq, saying the assault was completed by four men who utilized programmed rifles, a gun, blades and firebombs. It said the aggressors terminated at the group and utilized blades to kill some concert attendees, giving the strike a role as a component of the Islamic Express gathering’s continuous conflict with nations that it says are battling against Islam.

    In October 2015, a bomb planted by ISIS brought down a Russian traveler plane over Sinai, killing every one of the 224 individuals ready, the vast majority of them Russian travelers getting back from Egypt.

    The gathering, which works chiefly in Syria and Iraq yet in addition in Afghanistan and Africa, likewise has asserted liability regarding a few assaults in Russia’s unstable Caucasus and different locales in previous years. It enlisted contenders from Russia and different pieces of the previous Soviet Association.

  • BREAKING: Popular Nollywood Actor Amaechi Muonagor reportedly dead

    BREAKING: Popular Nollywood Actor Amaechi Muonagor reportedly dead

    Popular social media influencer and chairman of Delta State Sports Association, Morris Monye, said famous Nigerian actor Amaechi Muonagor is dead.

    Monye disclosed this on Sunday through his official X handle.

    According to him, he was deeply heartbroken by the actor’s death.

    “Deeply heartbroken by the news of Amaechi Muonagor’s passing. He was a talented Nollywood actor whose presence on our screens was truly masterful.

    “We watched with concern as he battled health issues, offering whatever support we could to help him seek treatment in India.

    “This tragic loss highlights the need for better healthcare in our country,” he wrote.

    Meanwhile, the Actor Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has yet to respond to DAILY POST inquiry on the development.

    It will be recalled that barely a week ago, the 61-year-old Nollywood actor, in a distressing video, begged Nigerians for financial help for his kidney transplant.

    On November 27, 2023, the actor’s relative, Tony ‘Oneweek’ Muonagor, confirmed that he was down with kidney disease.

    During his career, Muonagor has appeared in dozens of films, including Aki and Paw Paw, one of his most famous roles, where he played the father of two mischief-making, exuberant teenagers.

    Muonagor’s death followed that of Mr Ibu (John Okafor), who died on March 2, 2024.

  • Poland seeks answer from Russia after missile crosses its airspace

    Poland seeks answer from Russia after missile crosses its airspace

    Poland asked Russia why one of its missiles went into Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine. This made Poland send out F-16 fighter jets.

    Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles for the third time in four days, and the second time they aimed at the capital city Kyiv.

    Serhiy Popko, who is in charge of Kyiv’s military, said that Russia used missiles launched from bombers. The capital city had a warning for more than two hours because rockets came into Kyiv in groups from the north.

    He said the attacks came from the Engels district in the Saratov region of Russia.

    Preliminary information shows that no one was hurt or injured and there was no damage in the capital city, he said.

    Poland asked Russia why one of its missiles ended up in Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine. This made Poland send F-16 fighter jets into the sky.

    Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles for the third time in four days, and the second time they targeted the capital city of Kyiv.

    Serhiy Popko, the person in charge of Kyiv’s military administration, said that Russia used cruise missiles that were launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers. There was a warning in the city for over two hours as rockets came into Kyiv from the north in groups.

    He said the attacks came from the Engels district in the Saratov region of Russia.

    Preliminary data shows that no one was hurt and nothing was damaged in the capital, he said.

    “We need to accept that the war is happening close to us and we are involved in the conflict between the West and Russia,” said Artur Bartkiewicz in the Rzeczpospolita newspaper on Sunday.

    In 2022, two people from Poland died in an explosion from a missile. Western leaders said the deaths happened because a Ukrainian missile missed its target, but they also blamed Russia for starting the war and causing the need for Ukraine to defend itself with missiles.

    Saturday night, in Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, one person was killed and four others were hurt in a missile attack by Ukraine on the city controlled by Russia. Mikhail Razvozhaev shared on his Telegram page.

  • Vintage fur coats from Barnsley donated and sent to war-torn Ukraine

    Vintage fur coats from Barnsley donated and sent to war-torn Ukraine

    Unwanted fur coats have been sent to Ukraine to help people stay warm during the winter, instead of being destroyed.

    Vintage clothing seller Glass Onion, based in Barnsley, is working with a charity to send coats to people who need them instead of throwing them away.

    “The coats are no longer in style, but they are being used to help people,” explained Alice Leadbetter from the company. The fur coats were very helpful, said Rev Bernard Cocker, who started the International Aid Trust charity.

    Over 600 coats were sent to places near Kyiv and given to people and refugees in the Donbas region.

    Ms Leadbetter talked to the BBC and said, “We found out about International Aid Trust from Peta. They needed donations to help people hurt by the war in Ukraine. ”

    “We can’t take back the mean things done to make these coats, but we can recycle them to help the people who need them the most. ”

    Mr Cocker has been working in Ukraine since 1991. He said he met many people who lost everything, not even having a knife or fork.

    “When it gets really cold in winter, like -30C (-22F), and people don’t have warm clothes or wood for fires, these fur coats help them stay alive,” he said.

    “What was going to be ruined is now helping to keep people alive. It’s as simple as that. ”

    He said that when the coats are given to people, their eyes sparkle with happiness.

    “He said people are starting to like the coats that were on the animals’ backs. ”

    “It’s a lot better than breaking them. “

  • Voting in Senegal delayed following weeks of unrest

    Voting in Senegal delayed following weeks of unrest

    After some time of trouble in the government, people in Senegal are choosing a new leader. Seventeen people want to be the next president because the current president, Macky Sall, can’t run for reelection.

    The election was supposed to happen last month but Mr. Sall delayed it, causing protests from the opposition and a crisis in the democratic process. Up until now, people have always said that Senegal is a strong example of democracy in West Africa.

    Seven million people can vote in the election on Sunday.

    One of the people running for the most important job in Senegal is Amadou Ba, a 62-year-old former Prime Minister and the candidate of the governing BBY coalition.

    His biggest competition is Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44. He was in jail for a long time until last week. He said the charges against him were not fair and were just because of politics.

    Famous leader Ousmane Sonko, who was in jail until last week for false charges, cannot run for office. He and his old party Pastef are supporting his friend Mr. Faye

    On Friday, Abdoulaye Wade and his PDS party supported Mr Faye, after his son Karim Wade had to quit because he had citizenship in both France and Senegal.

    For the first time in more than ten years, a woman is running for a position. Anta Babacar Ngom, who is 40 years old, is in charge of the ARC party.

    We will know the results in a few days and there will probably be another round because there are a lot of people competing. A candidate has to get more than half of the votes to win.

    The whole world will be watching to see if the election can help repair Senegal’s damaged reputation.

    Earlier this week, President Sall told the BBC that he doesn’t feel sorry for delaying the election. It was supposed to happen on 25 February.

    “He said I didn’t do anything wrong and the decision to delay the vote wasn’t made by just one person, but because some members of parliament had concerns about the election. ”

    “All the things we did were legal and followed the rules. “

  • Simon Harris to eventually become leader of Fine Gael

    Simon Harris to eventually become leader of Fine Gael

    Simon Harris will most likely be the new leader of Fine Gael as closing date for nominations end soon. Nominations were supposed to end on Monday, but they ended a day early.

    He will take over as the party leader and the prime minister of Ireland, after Leo Varadkar announced he was stepping down.

    Mr. Harris has been in charge of the Irish educational system for years and believes he qualifies for the position.

    A message was sent to Fine Gael politicians saying that the party leader would be announced after the party’s convention in Athlone on Sunday. If there is only one person nominated, the returning officer will make sure that person becomes the party leader.

    Mr Harris is likely to get the top job because other ministers who could have competed with him have decided not to run. Many people supported the 37-year-old before nominations started, so he was the early favorite.

    Ministers Helen McEntee, Paschal Donohoe and Heather Humphreys were some of the people who supported Mr.

    On Friday, Mr Harris said he felt very grateful and happy for the support he got recently.

    Why are people competing to be the leader.

    On Wednesday, Mr Varadkar surprised people when he said he would immediately stop being the leader of Fine Gael, and would leave his role as taoiseach as soon as the next leader is chosen.

    He said he was quitting because of personal and political reasons and felt like he wasn’t the right person for the job anymore.

    He said there were no secret plans or hidden reasons for the decision, and he also said there were no new job offers.

    Mr Varadkar stepping down from his job started a competition to choose a new leader for his political party. The person who wins this competition will also become the new leader of the government in Dublin.

    Who is Simon Harris. What is Simon Harris like.

    Mr Harris, who is 37 years old, is going to be the youngest taoiseach in Ireland’s history. He will be taking over the top leadership position at 37, which is one year younger than the previous leader did in 2017.

    He started working in the Irish parliament over ten years ago when he was 24 years old, representing Wicklow. Mr Harris quickly moved up in the party and became a health minister in 2016, after just five years.

    In this job, he was in charge of the vote to allow abortion in Ireland and the scandal involving cervical cancer screening in the country.

    He was in charge of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning, but he was replaced when the new government came in 2020.

    He has been a minister for more education, research, innovation, and science. He also briefly worked as the minister for justice.

    Fine Gael Senator Emer Currie, who speaks for the party in Northern Ireland, said that Mr Harris is a new type of nationalist politician who is not afraid to show their nationalist goals. She said to the media that she thinks he will also be very respectful of politics focused on making peace.

    “He is very caring and understanding towards others, especially the victims of the north. I find that very inspiring. ”

    “He will be someone who closely follows the new relationships after Brexit and has a strong understanding and respect for the Good Friday Agreement. ”

    Senator Currie also said the new party leader is very interested in issues that affect both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They want to give Northern Irish students more chances to study in the Republic of Ireland.

  • Mass grave in Libya has at least 65 migrant corpses – UN

    Mass grave in Libya has at least 65 migrant corpses – UN

    A lot of dead bodies, at least 65, have been found in a big hole in Libya, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

    The IOM said they don’t know how they died or where they were from, but they think they died while being taken through the desert to the Mediterranean.

    The United Nations organization said it was very surprised by the discovery.

    Libya is looking into it, the IOM said.

    The tomb was discovered in the southwest part of Libya.

    A person from IOM said that every time a migrant goes missing or dies, it makes their family very sad and they want to know what happened to them. It is a very sad and tragic situation.

    Not doing enough has led to more people dying and migrants suffering in terrible situations.

    The group said the sad event showed that we need to work together to stop people from being smuggled and to find legal ways for them to come to our country.

    Libya is one of the main places where people leave from to try to cross the Mediterranean Sea and get to Europe.

    The IOM in Geneva wants Libyan authorities and other UN agencies to make sure that the bodies are treated with respect and transferred in a dignified way.

    A lot of people died when the boat they were on had problems in the sea. Now, a lot of their bodies have been found in a big hole in the ground. This happened after about 60 people, who were trying to get to Europe from Libya, died.

    The IOM recently announced that 2023 was the worst year for migrants in the past ten years, with more than 8,565 people dying while trying to migrate to different places around the world.

    The United Nations agency helps people in Libya who are in need. They said the number of people they helped increased by 20% from the previous year.

  • Over 280 Nigerian students kidnapped by gunmen freed

    Over 280 Nigerian students kidnapped by gunmen freed

    Reports from officials indicate that more than 280 children in Nigeria who were kidnapped from the town of Kuriga, have been released unharmed.

    The governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani, didn’t say what happened when the kidnapped people were set free. This happened a few days before the kidnappers wanted money.

    A group of kids, aged eight to 15, and one teacher were taken by force on March 7th.

    Criminal groups called bandits have taken thousands of people captive in the past few years, especially in the north-west.

    But, there were fewer children being kidnapped last year until this week.

    This time, the people who took someone wanted $690,000 (£548,000) as a payment to let the person go. The government said it will not give any money to set someone free.

    Governor Sani thanked President Bola Tinubu for making sure that the kidnapped Kuriga schoolchildren were set free without getting hurt.

    Mr Sani said that the Nigerian Army did a great job in showing that they have the courage, determination, and commitment to fight criminal activity and make our communities safe again.

    The big kidnapping happened on March 7th in the morning while students were all together for a school meeting.

    Witnesses saw some students in the school yard around 8:30am when a lot of gunmen on motorcycles came through the school. They took away 187 students from the high school and 125 from the nearby elementary school. Twenty-five people came back later.

    A 14-year-old student was shot and killed by the gunmen.

    Many kidnappings in north-west Nigeria, like in Kaduna state, are thought to be done by criminals who want to get money from ransom.

    In 2022, a law was passed in Nigeria to try to stop the growing problem of kidnapping. The law made it illegal to pay kidnappers ransom money. The punishment is being in jail for at least 15 years, but no one has ever been caught.

    Earlier this year, a family in Abuja said the police were wrong when they claimed to have rescued their kidnapped daughters. The family had to pay a ransom to get the girls back.

    Many people around the world were very angry when Boko Haram kidnapped almost 300 girls in the town of Chibok in Nigeria in 2014.

    Most of the people who were taken have been released or got away, but there are still many people who are missing.

  • Federal government of Canada reports $25.7 billion deficit from April to January

    Federal government of Canada reports $25.7 billion deficit from April to January

    The Canadian government spent $25. 7 billion more than it took in up to January for this year.

    The Finance Department reported in its monthly budget update that the deficit from April to January was smaller than the $6. 4 billion deficit from the previous year.

    The fiscal monitor gives a last look at how the government’s money is doing before the Finance Minister presents the budget on April 16.

    Freeland said the government will stick to the spending limits it promised in the fall, and will keep the deficit at around $40 billion for this year.

    The most recent numbers show that the government made $10. 5 billion more, which is a three percent increase. This was mainly because more people paid personal income tax and other taxes, and the government also received more money from sources other than taxes.

    At the same time, the amount of money spent on programs, not including losses from financial calculations, went up by $21. 2 billion, or 6. 7%This was because spending increased in all the main areas.

    The amount of money the government owes went up by $10. 3 billion, or 35.9 percent. This happened mostly because the interest rates went up.

    Net losses decreased by $1. 9 billion, or 23. 2 percent, from the previous year.

  • Russia attacks Ukraine’s electricity industry broadly

    Russia attacks Ukraine’s electricity industry broadly

    Russia launched a big attack on Ukraine’s electric system on Friday. According to Russia, it was in response to recent attacks on them. This could make the war between the two countries worse, especially after Vladimir Putin was re-elected as president.

    A lot of people in Ukraine lost power in a few cities. At least five people died and the biggest hydroelectric plant in the country was damaged. This caused the nuclear plant, which has been dangerous during the war, to lose power for a short time.

    Russia launched over 60 exploding drones and 90 missiles in a very harsh attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, according to Ukrainian officials. This is the most brutal attack since the war started in 2022.

    Kharkiv, the second-biggest city in Ukraine, suffered the most damage, officials said. The attack happened a day after Russia shot 31 missiles into the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been asking Western countries for more air defense systems and weapons. He has been asking for this for several weeks and during this time, the U.S has given $60 billion. Congress cannot agree on aid, so it is delayed.

    “Russian missiles come quickly, unlike aid to our state,” Zelenskyy said. It’s crucial to know how much it costs when things are delayed or decisions are put off.

    Russia’s military said that the attacks on Friday were a form of revenge. Ukraine has been firing more shells into Russia’s Belgorod region near its northeastern border. They have also been using drones to attack Russian oil refineries and other energy facilities.

    Ukraine attacked Russia on Friday and killed one person and injured at least three, local officials said.

    Putin said that Ukraine is trying to scare people and disrupt the election that just ended on Sunday. And he promised to retaliate.

    The day after he said he won, Putin said that Russia wants to make a safe area inside eastern Ukraine to guard against faraway attacks and raids from across the border.

    Russia has done better in fighting than Ukraine in the last few months. Ukrainian soldiers are tired and don’t have enough people and weapons. The battle line is over 1,000 kilometres long.

    When Putin invaded in 2022, he called it a “special military operation,” and his officials mostly avoided saying “war. ” But on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian newspaper that when the West joined Ukraine in the fighting, it became a war for Russia.

    During the winter of 2022-23, Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy system, which led to many power outages in the country. Many people in Ukraine and the West thought that Russia might use the same strategy again this winter, but instead Russia attacked Ukraine’s defense industries.

    Russia has used advanced missiles and cheap drones from Iran to overwhelm and weaken Ukraine’s air defenses during the strikes.

    Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, leader of Ukrenergo (the national utility company), said that Friday’s attack was the biggest on Ukraine’s energy system since the war started.

    “This attack was very dangerous because the enemy used different types of weapons, like kamikaze drones, ballistic and cruise missiles,” he said.

    Kudrytskyi claims that Russia tried to destroy important power plants in Kharkiv, which left at least 700,000 people without electricity. He thinks that there are many customers in other areas who also don’t have power, maybe hundreds of thousands.

    Oleksiy Kuleba, who works with Zelenskyy, said that 31 people got hurt in the attacks. Also, 200,000 people in Odesa don’t have electricity all the time now. He said that electricity was restored for most of the 400,000 customers in Dnipropetrovsk region.

    The big Dnipro hydroelectric power plant, which is the biggest in Ukraine, stopped working because it was hit by at least six missiles and got badly damaged. Ihor Syrota, the leader of Ukrhidroenergo company which manages the country’s hydroelectric plants, said they lost about one third of their power production. This is a big problem for the Ukrainian energy system.

    Syrota said it’s hard to know how much the plant was damaged because the equipment is buried under concrete and metal debris from the explosions. He also said it will take a long time to fix everything.

    The strikes caused a fire at the Dnipro plant, which provides electricity to the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia. This power plant is the biggest one in Europe. The nuclear plant lost its power for a few hours before it was fixed, according to Rafael Grossi, who is in charge of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He said this on Friday. The Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine has been taken over by Russian soldiers since the invasion started, and there is a chance that fighting nearby could cause a nuclear disaster.

    The dam at the hydroelectric station is not at risk of breaking, according to the country’s hydroelectric authority. A dam breaking could stop the nuclear plant from getting what it needs and could cause big floods like what happened last year when a dam on the Dnieper River collapsed.

  • Fill up your gas tank as you prepare for April’s total solar eclipse – Community leaders

    Fill up your gas tank as you prepare for April’s total solar eclipse – Community leaders

    Communities and people in the United State have been asked to shop for extra food, fill their gas tanks and get themselves other important materials as they prepare towards the April’s total solar eclipse. Get a paper with instructions on how to drive there. And you need to wait for a long time.

    Tiny towns and countryside areas in the path of April’s total solar eclipse are preparing for big crowds of people who want to see the daytime sky turn into nighttime in North America.

    People in the path of the total solar eclipse from Texas to Maine have brought in extra fuel and portable toilets. They are also telling everyone to be ready for the event. Some places have asked for extra help with police and other assistance by declaring a disaster, just like after severe storms. In Oklahoma, a state in the U.S, National Guard will provide assistance.

    Many schools in Texas, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont are closing or moving to online classes because they are expecting lots of traffic and other problems.

    What’s with all the warnings.

    Don’t look further back than the most recent U.S event Tom Traub, a member of NASA’s eclipse ambassador program, said that he wants to learn more about the total solar eclipse in 2017.

    That year, he went to Beatrice, Neb. , where the usual 12,000 people in the town increased to about 40,000 because of the eclipse.

    “There were no more gas at gas stations,” said Traub, who is also on the board that oversees the Martz-Kohl Observatory near Frewsburg, N.Y. “And restaurants didn’t have any more food. ” Your bathrooms were full and not available.

    This time, popular places to watch things want to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen again.

    “They are getting ready for the worst situation,” he said. “I hope that doesn’t happen. ”

    Cell phones could possibly not be able to function.

    In central Texas, emergency officials in Hays County suggest having a “solar eclipse survival bag” with things like a cell phone and charger.

    The instructions say to put maps and a compass in the bag. It’s like going back to basics.

    Don’t forget to bring a charged phone, but be prepared for bad reception in popular spots. In 2017, too many drivers using their cellphones caused problems for the towers.

    “Make sure to write down important phone numbers as a precaution,” recommended the Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park, located about 50 miles east of Austin.

    Make sure to buy plenty of gas and groceries.

    Some Texas counties advise not to wait till the end to buy groceries. They have declared a disaster to get extra help with the crowds.

    Kerr County is in Texas and is about 65 miles northwest of San Antonio. The population of 53,000 is expected to double or triple soon.

    “Make sure to fill up your vehicles with gas, have enough food, fill your prescriptions, and stock up on supplies for any pets you have,” said Rob Kelly, the county’s top official who approved the disaster declaration, in a post online.

    In Ohio, the governor signed a rule to make sure the state is ready for emergencies. Emergency officials want people to fill up their gas tanks or charge their electric cars before they go out.

    Traub says that people should prepare for the eclipse like they would for a snowstorm: “Get extra supplies, be ready, and get ready to stay inside. ”

    Dan Serafin, the owner of Serafin’s Food Market in Erie, Pa. , is getting more milk, eggs, water, and batteries to get ready. “He said that it’s crazy. ”

    Getting ready in the sky and on the ocean.

    Smaller local airports are also preparing. In Cape Girardeau, Missouri, they are bringing in more fuel, said airport manager Katrina Amos.

    The airport was surprised in 2017 when the city of about 40,000 people along the Mississippi River was also in the path of totality.

    Between 40 and 50 more planes landed that day. Amos said, “We were surprised by this. ”

    This year, people have offered to help park the extra planes that are coming. Amos said there will be hamburgers and hot dogs.

    The Coast Guard will have boats patrolling in Lake Erie offshore. Some boaters plan to watch the boats from the water.

    Prepare for traffic problems.

    Drsaid that all the fire departments in the eclipse’s path will be fully staffed and ready to respond. Brad Raetzke is a doctor who works in the emergency room in Columbus, Ohio. He also oversees the medical care for the fire departments in the area.

    He is worried that people will hurt their eyes if they look at the sun without proper glasses. Raetzke said there will likely be more car accidents and injuries because of all the extra traffic.

    In 2017, he went to Nashville, Tennessee with his family to see the eclipse. The journey back home took 15 hours instead of the usual six. “He said he understands how planning is important. ”


    In Erie, the hotels are almost full, so people who live there are being told to use different roads than the ones that visitors use. Signs 150 miles away from the city are telling people about possible traffic jams.

    “The traffic will be really bad once totality ends,” said Chris Temple, the VisitErie spokesperson. He has been planning for a year for the huge number of visitors that could double the size of the city of 94,000.

    Even though it can be difficult, the city’s tourism slogan to prepare for the eclipse is “SHINE” and it includes a reminder.

    “Have fun right now,” Temple said.

  • Two crew members perish in Holland America cruise ship “incident”

    Two crew members perish in Holland America cruise ship “incident”

    Two workers on a Holland America cruise ship passed away during a “problem” in the ship’s engine room, the cruise company announced.

    The unknown crew members died on Friday while the Nieuw Amsterdam ship was in the Bahamas. Holland America confirmed this in a statement.

    Officials were told about the accident and they are now looking into what caused it, the cruise company said. The crew members were being given help to talk about their feelings.

    “We are very sad about what happened and we are thinking of our team members’ families during this tough time,” said the statement. “The most important thing for the company is to make sure all guests and crew are safe and taken care of. ”

    The cruise company did not give any more information about the crew members or say which organization was doing the investigation. The boat left Fort Lauderdale on March 16 for a seven-night journey.

  • Gunmen who broke into Moscow theatre tried to escape to Ukraine – Putin

    Gunmen who broke into Moscow theatre tried to escape to Ukraine – Putin

    People attending a concert in suburban Moscow were targeted by gunmen. The building was destroyed by fire and there were more than 130 people dead. Russian authorities have arrested four suspects. President Putin said that they were caught while trying to leave and go to Ukraine.

    Kyiv said it wasn’t involved in the attack on the music venue in Krasnogorsk, and a group from Afghanistan’s Islamic State claimed they did it.

    Putin did not talk about IS in his speech, and Kyiv said he and other Russian politicians are lying about Ukraine being involved in the attack to make people more excited about Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has been going on for three years.

    US officials who gather information confirmed the IS affiliate’s claim that it was responsible for the attack, a US official told The Associated Press. American spies found out that the IS group was planning to attack Moscow. They told the Russian government about it a few weeks ago. The official was told about the issue but wasn’t allowed to talk about the secret information publicly. They spoke to the AP anonymously.

    Putin said that 11 people were arrested for the attack. More than 100 people at the concert were hurt and the venue in Moscow was left destroyed. He said it was a terrible and violent attack by terrorists. The Russian authorities caught four suspected gunmen as they were trying to escape to Ukraine through a prepared route on the border.

    Russian news showed videos of people being arrested and questioned. One person said he was paid by someone he didn’t know to take part in the attack.

    The Russian news said the shooters were from Tajikistan, a country in Central Asia that used to be part of the Soviet Union. It is mostly Muslim and next to Afghanistan. Around 15 million people from Tajikistan have worked in Russia and some of them are now Russian citizens.

    Tajikistan’s foreign ministry said it didn’t know about other Tajiks involved in the raid. They didn’t respond to a request for comment about the arrests on Saturday.

    Many Russian people who strongly disagree with Tajik immigrants wanted the government to take strong action against them. But Putin said no, and he believes that no one will be able to create problems or divisions in our diverse society using force.

    He said that Sunday will be a day of sadness and that more security rules were made in all of Russia.

    The attack was the deadliest in Russia in a long time. It’s a big problem for the Russian leader and happened just a few days after he secured his position in power for another six years. This came after a harsh crackdown on people who disagreed with the government, which was the strictest since the time of the Soviet Union.

    133 people died in the attack, making it the worst in Russia in a long time.

    The raid was a big problem for the Russian leader and it happened soon after he got more power in the country for six more years. He had cracked down on people who disagreed with him before the vote.

    Some people on Russian social media were wondering how the government, which has been cracking down on any opposition and controlling the media, did not stop the attack even though they knew about it. Be careful, be safe, take caution.

    The attack happened two weeks after the United States. The US Embassy in Moscow warned Americans to stay away from busy places because extremists are planning to attack large gatherings like concerts. Many other embassies from Western countries also gave the same warning. Earlier this week, Putin criticized the warning as an attempt to scare Russians.

    On Saturday, investigators searched through the burned remains of the hall to find more victims. Officials said the number of people who died may increase.

    Putin said the attackers tried to escape to Ukraine. Russian lawmakers also blamed Ukraine right after the attack.

    The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, strongly disagreed with Moscow’s accusations. He said that Putin and his team are trying to blame Ukraine for their actions and are not taking care of their own people.

    “They are setting fire to our cities and trying to blame Ukraine,” he said in a message on his app. “They hurt and sexually assault our people, and then they say it’s their fault. ” They brought a lot of their fighters here to Ukraine to fight us, and they don’t care what happens in their own country.

    Pictures from Russian state media showed that there were still ambulances and fire trucks outside the destroyed Crocus City Hall. The building was able to hold more than 6,000 people and it hosted many important events, such as the 2013 Miss Universe beauty pageant with Donald Trump.

    On Friday, many people went to a place to see a concert by the Russian rock band Picnic.

    Videos on the internet showed people with guns shooting at close range at the place, and hurting innocent people. Russian news said that the attackers threw bombs that caused a fire in the building. The fire became big and destroyed the building’s roof.

    Dave Primov, who was able to stay safe during the attack, told the AP that the gunmen were shooting at the people in the front rows without aiming. He said the hall was a mess because people at the concert started to panic, run, and bump into each other as they tried to get out. Some people fell and others walked over them.

    After he and others crawled out of the hall and into nearby rooms, he heard small explosives going off and smelled something burning as the attackers set the building on fire.

    IS has been trying to harm Russia for a long time, especially after Russia’s military attack in Syria. IS’s Afghanistan branch said it attacked a big group of “Christians” in Krasnogorsk, in a statement on their Aamaq news agency.

    On Saturday, the group said on Aamaq that four men attacked using guns, a pistol, knives, and firebombs. The attackers shot at the crowd and used knives to kill people at the concert. They did this because they believe Islam is being fought against by other countries.

    In October 2015, a bomb made by IS caused a Russian plane to crash in Sinai, and all 224 people on board died. Most of them were Russian tourists coming back from Egypt.

    The group mostly works in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa. They have also said they did several attacks in Russia’s volatile Caucasus and other areas in recent years. It got soldiers from Russia and other places that used to be part of the Soviet Union.

    The Afghanistan branch of the group is called ISIS-K or IS-K. It got its name from Khorasan Province, a place that was big in the past and covered parts of Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.

    The affiliate has lots of fighters who have done many attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over in 2021. They are enemies with the Taliban.

    ISIS-K did the suicide bombing at Kabul airport in August 2021. It killed 13 American troops and about 170 Afghans during the US withdrawal. They also admitted to causing a bomb attack in Kerman, Iran, in January. The attack killed 95 people at a memorial procession.

    On March 7, the US Embassy warned about possible attacks, and Russia’s top security agency said they stopped an attack on a synagogue in Moscow and killed some members of a group linked to IS near the Russian capital. A few days ago, the Russian government said that six people believed to be members of the IS group were shot and killed in a fight in Ingushetia, a region in Russia.

    Reporters Michael Balsamo in Washington and Colleen Long in Wilmington, Delaware, helped with this article.

  • 56 additional Canadians added to sanctions list by Moscow – Ministry

    56 additional Canadians added to sanctions list by Moscow – Ministry

    Russia said on Friday that 56 Canadians are not allowed to visit their country.

    The government said that the people on the list were actively supporting the praise of Hitler’s helpers from the OUN-UPA and the Galicia Division. “CEOs and leaders of companies who provide weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and those who are actively participating in Canada’s campaign against Russia. ”

    The OUN-UPA and the Galicia Division were groups of Ukrainian people who fought against the Soviet army during World War Two. The OUN-UPA fought during the German invasion of the Soviet Union and the Galicia Division was a group of Ukrainian volunteers recruited by the German Nazi party to fight the Soviet Red Army.

    The government says nearly 1,600 Canadians are not allowed to go to Russia.

    This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.

  • 14 people killed in Moscow concert hall shooting

    14 people killed in Moscow concert hall shooting

    A group of up to five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at a music venue near Moscow. Some people were killed and hurt, as shown in a video from the area.

    It was not known yet how many people were hurt or who the shooters were, but Russian news agencies said 50 ambulance teams were sent to help.

    Fire shot up in the air and dark smoke went up from the place, a video revealed.

    “A very sad event happened at the Crocus City shopping center today,” said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

    “I feel bad for the families of the people who were hurt or killed. ”

    Sobyanin promised to help all the people who got hurt in the accident.

    Russian government news organizations reported that the police and other emergency workers had come to the location. Some people were still in the concert hall.

    In a video on social media, men were shown shooting guns at people who were hiding and crying near a sign for “Crocus City Hall. ” The video has not been confirmed as true.

    More videos showed many people lying still in blood outside the hall. Reuters could not check the video right away.

    Another video showed the bad guys shooting at the people in the concert hall.

    Earlier this month, the US embassy in Russia said that “extremists” were about to attack Moscow.

    It warned people after Russia’s security service stopped an attack on a synagogue in Moscow by a group linked to Islamic State.

  • There is no sense in the selling of “Yesu Mogya”- Captain Smart drags Adom Kyei Duah

    There is no sense in the selling of “Yesu Mogya”- Captain Smart drags Adom Kyei Duah

    There is no sense in the selling of “Yesu Mogya”- Captain Smart drags Adom Kyei Duah

    Controversial Onua TV presenter, Captain Smart has dragged Ghanaian man of God, Adom Kyei Duah once again.

    Speaking in a viral video, Captain Smart lamented why a land meant for a factory has been used to build a church.

    According to him, the factory that was destroyed has left many people jobless, while the church is also robbing the few that have little on them.

    Captain Smart expressed his disdain for the selling of “Yesu Mogya” by the Ghanaian man of God.

    The presenter claims everyone does not have much blood including Jesus Christ, so, he does not know why Adom Kyei Duah would be selling the blood of Jesus for many years.

    He did not spare Christians who patronize the “Yesu Mogya”, describing them as people who cannot reason for themselves.

  • Over 10,000 cars recalled by Stellantis in Canada over malfunctioning airbags

    Over 10,000 cars recalled by Stellantis in Canada over malfunctioning airbags

    Stellantis is bringing back over 10,000 Dodge and Chrysler cars in Canada because their airbags are broken.

    The company is recalling about 10,285 Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 cars from 2018 to 2021. Their side airbag inflator could explode too forcefully and throw pieces of metal at people in the car. They need to replace the inflator to fix the problem.

    The car company says that because of a problem when they made the parts, water might get in and make them rust and break. This could make the airbags blow up, even if there’s no accident, because it gets really hot inside the car.

    The company says they don’t know of anyone getting hurt or any accidents caused by the airbag.

    Stellantis has said that the problem affects less than 1% of the cars being called back, but they want all their customers to act on the recall notices.

    Around the world, 318,000 Dodge and Chrysler vehicles have been affected.

  • Riley Strain, Missouri student,found dead in Tennessee river by police

    Riley Strain, Missouri student,found dead in Tennessee river by police

    Riley Strain, a student from the University of Missouri who was missing in Tennessee‘s capital for almost two weeks, has been found dead in a river, the police said on Friday. No one thinks there was any cheating, the investigators said.

    Nashville police found Strain’s body in the Cumberland River, about 8 miles west of downtown, at 7:30 am.

    The Police Chief, John Drake, said that workers by the river found Strain’s body first and told the police. Doctors checked and found out it was Strain, he said. They will do more tests on Friday.

    “We have information that usually happens in these situations. ” Drake said that based on his height and weight, he could have come up to the surface of the water after 14 to 20 days. Today is the 14th day. “We thought we would definitely find him. ”

    The police said that Strain, who is 22 years old, was last seen right before 10 o’clock at night. On March 8th, after drinking in the city center. A big search was started fast to find him. Investigators found small clues like his bank card by a river and used cameras to see where he was last.

    Officials from the University of Missouri said that Strain was going to Nashville for a private event.

    Strain’s mom, Michelle Whiteid, and his stepdad, Chris Whiteid, went to Nashville when they found out he was missing.

    Michelle White said she just wants to know where her son is. “We chat a lot, many times every day. ” This is the most time I’ve ever gone without speaking to him. It’s really sad. I just want to find him and give him a hug.

    Drake said he was thinking about Strain’s family and feeling sad about the accident.

  • Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc shoots 64 to lead LPGA Tour at Palos Verdes

    Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc shoots 64 to lead LPGA Tour at Palos Verdes

    Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc did really well in a golf tournament, scoring 7-under 64 and taking the lead after the first round in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship.

    Leblanc, who is 35 years old, played the first nine holes at Palos Verdes Golf Club and finished by making three birdies in a row. She was the only one with a round that didn’t have any bogeys that day.

    “Today I felt like I hit the ball really well. Even when I missed the green, I was able to recover and score. ” Leblanc said “I made some great saves and kept the momentum going during the round. Also, my putting was good. ” These green plants can be really difficult. The signs were difficult to understand, but I think my caddie and I did well in understanding them today, so I’m happy about it.

    LPGA Tour newcomer Malia Nam came in second place after scoring a 65. She is one of seven ex-players from the University of Southern California playing in the competition.

    Nam said he played this course more than 100 times. “I’m really happy that we got to practice here. ”

    Alison Lee, who used to play for UCLA, had a score of 66, along with Yuka Saso, Lauren Hartlage, and Madelene Sagstrom.

    Seri Pak is hosting the tournament for the first time. Pak is a very important player in LPGA history. She was one of the first South Korean players to set an example for others to follow.

  • US resolution requests for ceasefire in Gaza unapproved by UN Security Council

    US resolution requests for ceasefire in Gaza unapproved by UN Security Council

    The United Nations was unable to reach an agreement on stopping the fighting in Gaza due to opposition from Russia and China.

    The resolution asked for a quick and lasting stop to fighting for about six weeks. This would keep people safe and help get them necessary aid. Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, said the report was very political and gave Israel permission to attack Rafah.

    The United Nations Security Council will vote on a resolution proposed by the United States. The resolution says it’s very important to have a quick and continuing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. This is to protect people and allow food and supplies to reach over 2 million Palestinians who need them.

    The US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said she believed that the stricter resolution would be passed by the 15-member council on Friday.

    The vote on the draft will decide the council’s order for a quick and lasting ceasefire. It doesn’t specifically mention releasing hostages taken by Hamas in October. Israel was attacked 7 times before. The statement strongly supports using diplomacy to achieve a ceasefire and the release of all hostages.

    Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s deputy UN ambassador, said that Russia wants an immediate ceasefire and that this is also what US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pushing for, and what everyone wants. He asked about the wording in the draft and said, “What’s an imperative. I have to give you $100, but it’s just a rule, not $100. ”

    The Russian ambassador said that someone is playing tricks on the international community.

    The Security Council agreed on two plans to help the people in Gaza, but none of them asked for fighting to stop.

    In October, Russia and China said no to a plan from the US to stop the fighting so aid could be given and civilians could be protected. They also said no to stopping the arming of Hamas. They said it doesn’t show that countries all over the world are asking for a stop to fighting.

    The United States, the country that is closest to Israel, said no to three proposals asking for a stop to the fighting. The most recent proposal was supported by Arab countries and most of the council members, but the US said no. Please simplify the following text: “20. ”

    The US proposed a different resolution earlier, and it has been changed a lot in talks before the vote on Friday. Initially, it would have agreed to a short break in fighting if all hostages were released. The previous plan would have also supported efforts by other countries to stop fighting as part of a deal to free hostages.

    The vote will happen while Blinken, the top American diplomat, is on his sixth urgent trip to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war. He is talking about getting a ceasefire and releasing hostages, and also planning for after the war.

    Nate Evans, who speaks for the US Mission to the United Nations, said that the Council should all agree to support the negotiations happening and put pressure on Hamas to agree to the deal being offered.

    At the same time, the 10 chosen leaders of the Security Council have been writing their own decision. It would ask for a quick break in fighting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which began on March 10. This break should be followed by a long-lasting ceasefire.

    It also asks for all hostages to be released right away and without any conditions. It also emphasizes the urgent need to protect people and give them necessary help in the Gaza Strip.

    Palestinian fighters killed about 1,200 people in the unexpected October attack. 7 attacks happened in southern Israel, which started the war, and 250 more people were kidnapped. It is thought that Hamas is still keeping about 100 people as hostages, along with the bodies of 30 others.

    In Gaza, the Health Ministry said nearly 32,000 Palestinians have died. It doesn’t separate civilians from soldiers when counting the dead, but it says that two-thirds of the people who died are women and children.

    This week, the group that decides how bad hunger crises are says that there will be a famine in northern Gaza soon. 70% of people there really don’t have enough to eat. The IPC report says that if the war continues to get worse, half of the people in Gaza could not have enough food to eat.

    The US is very worried about the possibility of war causing hunger and sickness for the people in Gaza. They are also concerned about how many people in Gaza don’t have enough food to eat, and they think the situation there is very bad.

    It would show how important it is to send more help to people in Gaza and make sure there are no obstacles to getting them the aid they need.

    The final version of the draft was completed on Thursday night and is ready to be voted on.

    After talking with other leaders about Gaza on Thursday, France’s representative to the United Nations, Nicolas de Riviere, said, “We want to do something about this quickly and hope to make a decision by Friday evening. ”

    “He said we have two choices: Either we adopt the US text and move to the next phase of managing this crisis, or if we don’t adopt it, the elected members will bring their own draft to the table for a vote, and I hope it gets adopted. ”

    Israel is being pushed by its friends to make it easier to send help to Gaza and to open more borders. They also want Israel to agree to stop fighting. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to continue the military attack in the southern city of Rafah, where 1. 3 million Palestinians who have been forced to leave their homes are seeking safety. Netanyahu says that Hamas has a lot of control in that area.

    The last version of the US draft took out a sentence that said Israel should not attack Rafah at that time. Instead, the council would talk about their worry that attacking Rafah would hurt more civilians and make them leave to other countries, and it would cause problems for peace and safety in the region.

    For the first time, a resolution from the UN would criticize all acts of terrorism, including the attacks led by Hamas in October. The US wrote this resolution. On 7th, 2023, it took hostages, killed people, and committed sexual violence, including rape.

  • Prime Minister Trudeau rejects Poilievre’s threat of no confidence over carbon tax

    Prime Minister Trudeau rejects Poilievre’s threat of no confidence over carbon tax

    Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is ready to propose a vote of no confidence in the prime minister in order to cause a “carbon tax election” because Justin Trudeau said he won’t change the planned price increase on April 1.

    Climate action groups are asking the Conservatives to stop blaming the carbon price for political reasons. The prime minister agreed with Poilievre’s challenge during question time on Wednesday.

    There was an election about the cost of pollution. We had three candidates. Trudeau said he was the speaker and his team won all of the games.

    “Then he shouldn’t be scared to get one more,” Poilievre responded.

    Poilievre talked to his group in Parliament about how their party is working hard to pressure the federal Liberals on their pollution pricing.

    “Today, I’m saying that I’m giving Trudeau one more chance to stop his plans to raise prices. ” Poilievre said there is only one more day and one final opportunity. “If Trudeau doesn’t stop his planned tax increases on food, gas and heat today, we will make a motion to show that we don’t have confidence in him as the prime minister. ”

    After the time for asking questions, there was a vote on Tuesday’s opposing day motion. The vote asked the NDP-Liberal group to cancel the hike in carbon emissions. They said that 70% of provinces and 70% of Canadians are against the 23% increase from $65 to $80 per tonne of carbon emissions.

    It didn’t get approved because team Trudeau, the Bloc, NDP, and Green parties said no. This will start a big argument on Thursday.

    Throughout the week, Poilievre’s party has been asking Trudeau about the carbon price and trying to get an emergency debate on the issue because many people across Canada are against the April 1 hike.

    Now, Trudeau said no to the request. The Conservatives have another day to oppose and vote on Thursday. It seems like they are willing to take a bigger risk, even though it probably won’t work.

    Poilievre said he wants to make a motion that says the House does not trust the prime minister and his expensive government. They want to dissolve the House so that Canadians can vote on a carbon tax election.

    The “confidence convention” in Parliament says that if the government loses a vote of confidence, it should resign or ask for a new election.

    Since March 2021, the Liberals and New Democrats have been working together to keep Trudeau’s government in power until June 2025. The NDP gets progress on their priorities in exchange for their support.

    The NDP has agreed to help the Liberals when it comes to important decisions and money votes. They will also support the government in motions that show whether or not they have the confidence of the House.

    CPC is searching for videos: Nanos.

    The federal Conservatives have threatened to try and bring down the Trudeau government before.

    In 2020, the party wanted to introduce a motion of no-confidence in the Parliament, but changed their mind after only 20 days.

    This is not the first time the party has asked for an “election on carbon tax. ”

    In November, there was a lot of talk about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau giving special treatment to home heating oil in his carbon pricing plan. Poilievre asked Trudeau to stop the carbon tax on home heating until Canadians vote in the next election.

    At that time, the Liberals were happy to talk about the pollution-pricing program for the next election. Trudeau said that Canadians are very worried about fighting climate change.

    In recent months, the government has been talking a lot about giving people money back for the carbon tax, calling it the Canada Carbon Rebate.

    In the meantime, Poilievre is doing well in the polls and traveling around the country to organize political rallies advocating against tax increases. He is ahead of the Liberals in the polls according to pollster Nik Nanos.

    Nanos told CTV News that the Conservatives would be happy to have an election now and they are trying to make the carbon tax a bigger issue.

    When asked why he thinks the Conservatives are going so far, considering their polling numbers, Nanos suggested that Poilievre’s team is “searching for video clips to use in their negative campaign ads for the upcoming federal election. ”

    “They want the prime minister and the Liberals to talk about the tax and say they won’t change it. ” You can be sure they will be at the forefront in the next election.

    Climate organizations criticize the use of politics.

    The carbon tax and rebate system started in 2019. It puts a tax on pollution from burning fossil fuels to help people change how they use energy.

    Canadians get money back every three months through direct deposit or a cheque in provinces where the federal backstop system is used.

    Recently, people have been asking Trudeau to cancel the recent increase in the carbon tax because they are worried about the cost of living. But Trudeau believes that most Canadians get more money back from the rebate than they pay in the carbon tax. He also said that his job is not to be liked by everyone, but to make decisions that will benefit Canadians in the future.

    Liberal MPs believe in the government’s plan to reduce emissions and fight climate change. They were elected on this promise. They also say that in provinces where the federal backstop is needed, it’s because the provincial plan wasn’t good enough.

    In response to Poilievre’s plan to change the carbon tax, several important climate groups criticized it. They said it would hurt Canada’s overall plan to fight climate change and make it harder for everyday people to afford things.

  • Israel’s arms embargo still “being refined” – Ambassador

    Israel’s arms embargo still “being refined” – Ambassador

    A leader in Canada’s international affairs says the government is still figuring out what it means to stop selling weapons to Israel in the future.

    Global Affairs Canada regional head Alexandre Leveque told senators on Wednesday that this is being improved right now.

    Many Liberal Members of Parliament (MPs) decided to support the NDP’s motion on Monday to stop giving new military permits for weapons going to Israel.

    Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly, says that Canada has stopped giving permission for Israel since early January because of concerns about human rights.

    Joly’s office says the rule applies to more than just guns. It also includes weapon technology and equipment.

    Leveque, who works for the Canadian government, said he wasn’t completely sure how the new rule would affect weapons sales in the Middle East.

    This includes looking at the possible effect on exports that can be used for civilian and military purposes, and also whether Israel has to agree to certain things before selling weapons can start again.

    “Some things are being improved,” Leveque said.

    Ottawa wants to restrict exports that could be used in weapons or conflicts until they know more about the volatile situation.

    Businesses can still ask for permission to send weapons overseas, but the government won’t make any decisions for now.

    Israel makes a lot of weapons and gets parts from Canada to put in the things they sell. This includes stuff that Canada buys for themselves.

    “Supply chains, like many other industries, rely on each other. ”

    The words used in the motion have made Liberal and NDP MPs confused. Some people think it’s like stopping the sale of weapons, while others think it’s just keeping the same rules that have been in place for two months.

    Global Affairs Canada said that the motion does not stop current permits to export goods. If we did that, it could harm Canada’s friendships with other countries.

    Despite being asked by groups like Project Ploughshares to stop sending exports that already have permission, they argue that the worries about human rights are still important for those shipments.

    The NDP wants the Liberals to explain what weapons are still being sent to Israel.

    Joly’s office gave copies of the permits for Israel to a group of government officials after the war with Hamas started in October. 7, but that information has not been made available to the public.

    Not all members of parliament (MPs) agreed with the decision. The Conservatives said no to it, and three Liberals also said no. One person named Anthony Housefather is thinking about leaving the party. Niki Ashton, the only New Democrat who didn’t vote, didn’t say why on Thursday.

    Israel’s representative in Ottawa did not say if the motion has a big impact on his country, but he emphasized that it is worrying for many Israelis.

    Israel’s foreign minister said that the vote would weaken Israel’s ability to protect itself, but ambassador Iddo Moed was cautious in an interview on Wednesday.

    Moed said that he doesn’t want to talk about that topic right now.

    “In any case, we are a powerful country with a strong military. I believe we can easily keep defending ourselves. ”

    Moed said that Israelis are still very upset and scared because of Hamas, a group that Canada has said is a terrorist organization.

    Before the decision was made on Monday, Joly told the Parliament that Canada has not given permission for any military goods to be sent to Israel since January. Rewrite this paragraph in simple words: “8. The infinitesimal calculus is a mathematical theory that involves the limits, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. It was developed in the 17th century and has since become an important tool in many fields including physics, engineering, and economics. ”

    She said that the reason is because we can’t make sure that human rights are being protected and that our export rules are being followed.

    When asked about this, Moed said he can’t speak for how Canadian authorities see this, but he believes Israel is respecting human rights.

    Moed said that he doesn’t think the situation on the ground has changed much since the January policy change.

    Health officials in Gaza, controlled by Hamas, say almost 32,000 people have died in the fighting that started in October. Seven incidents where armed groups killed 1,200 people and held 240 others captive.

    Even before the fighting started, Canada was trying to gain the trust of the area so they could work towards peace in the future, said Leveque.

    “He said that once the first domino falls, it will create a small amount of confidence. This can then lead to more trust and confidence-building measures. ”

    “That’s the only solution, but it won’t happen quickly. ”

    Leveque said that when Joly visited the area recently, she wanted to see Palestinian leaders making real efforts to stop the hate and violence in their society.

    In Israel, she looked for a small chance of peace in the future.

    “We think that the best way to make this happen is for two separate states to live next to each other,” he said.

    “Some people in Israel are saying that they don’t think a two-state solution is possible anymore. ”

    Leveque said that Joly talked about that in her speeches, even in Jerusalem last week.

    “Canada has a plan and has some experience in making things right,” he said.

    “Without making unfair comparisons, we offered that as a unique Canadian idea that could also help bring about a peaceful agreement in the future. ”

    He said that when the Senator mentioned it. Margo Greenwood, who is Cree, wanted to know if we could learn anything from how First Nations govern themselves in Canada.

  • Poilievre’s attempt to topple Trudeau minority over carbon pricing unsuccessful

    Poilievre’s attempt to topple Trudeau minority over carbon pricing unsuccessful

    Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried to make a vote to kick out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s Liberal government because of the carbon tax, but it didn’t work.

    After a long argument where MPs talked about their problems with the climate policy and how the political discussion around it, Trudeau won and got most of the support to reject the motion of non-confidence.

    The official opposition tried to stop the government’s plan to increase the carbon price to $80 from $65 per tonne. They did this because people all across Canada are against the price increase.

    Starting a long discussion in the House of Commons before going to a fundraiser in Toronto, Poilievre wanted Parliament to end and for an election to be held.

    After eight years, it is obvious that this prime minister from the NDP-Liberal party is not good enough, because of the high cost, crime, and corruption. “We cannot just watch while this prime minister makes the Canadian people suffer more. “

    The leader of the main opposing party voted for a special parliamentary rule using a virtual system.

    NDP MP Charlie Angus asked why Poilievre was leaving his MPs to bring down the government while he was off fundraising with his lobbyist friends.

    The federal NDP, Bloc Quebecois, and Green MPs supported the Liberals, while the Conservatives and Independent MP Kevin Vuong lost confidence in the prime minister. They criticized Poilievre’s tactics as political maneuvering.

    The final count was 204 people saying no and 116 people saying yes.

    It was very unlikely that the government would lose power over this motion because the Liberals have an agreement with the federal New Democrats to support each other until June 2025.

    The vote happened on Thursday, just one day before the two-year anniversary of the agreement between the two political parties.

    The agreement says that the NDP has to vote with the Liberals on important votes about money and confidence in the government.

    Thursday’s motion is about saying that the House doesn’t trust the prime minister and his expensive government. and ask for the Parliament to be closed so Canadians can vote on a carbon tax.

    Rejecting the attempt to end his time as Canada’s leader early, Trudeau said he would be willing to have an election about the carbon tax. He pointed out that his party has won the last three elections with the carbon tax as an important part of their plan to fight climate change.

    In a fundraising email to party supporters on Thursday, the Liberal campaign director Jeremy Broadhurst emphasized the importance of the party’s efforts to keep fighting climate change. He said that the upcoming vote is a crucial moment for the party.

    During question time, government officials criticized their opponents and praised the Canada Carbon Rebate for its economic benefits. They also accused the Conservatives of not caring about the environment or affordability.

    The Conservatives should stop telling lies. The PBO says that 8 out of 10 Canadian families receive more money. It is true now, and it will still be true in 2030. The minister said that taking away the rebate will make people with lower incomes even poorer.

    “He said it’s shameful, and Poilievre’s climate plan is basically to let the planet burn. ”

    Right after the vote, the Conservatives said that the Bloc and NDP are not supporting the people they represent. They are helping the Liberal prime minister who is not popular and has a bad government.

  • Israeli attack on Rafah in Gaza would be “mistake” to bring down Hamas – Blinken

    Israeli attack on Rafah in Gaza would be “mistake” to bring down Hamas – Blinken

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that an important Israeli attack on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be a “mistake” and “not needed” to defeat Hamas. This shows that the relationship between the United States and Israel is getting worse.

    Blinken had an important meeting with important Arab leaders in Egypt to talk about stopping the fighting in the Middle East. This is his sixth time going there since the war started. They also discussed plans for what will happen in Gaza after the war is over. He said we need to stop fighting right away and release the Israeli hostages held by Hamas. The US, Egypt, and Qatar have been working on negotiations and getting closer to an agreement. The talks will keep going in Qatar on Friday with important people.

    Blinken is going to Israel on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team that makes decisions about war. The fighting between Netanyahu and President Biden about how to fight the war will probably be more important than their discussions. Netanyahu really wants to start a ground attack on Rafah, where a lot of Palestinians are hiding from Israeli attacks.

    Netanyahu said that Israel needs to invade Rafah in order to destroy Hamas after the deadly October events. Israel started bombing Gaza and launching an attack after 7 people were taken as hostages.

    “We don’t think it’s a good idea to have a big military operation in Rafah. ” “We don’t need to work with Hamas, and that’s important,” said Blinken at a press conference in Cairo with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. A big attack would cause more innocent people to die and make the situation in Gaza even worse, Blinken said. He also said that he will be talking about different plans with Israeli officials in the coming days, to find a better solution.

    The US has changed its stance on a Rafah operation a lot in the past few days. At first, US officials said they couldn’t agree to a big attack on the city unless there was a safe plan to get civilians out. US officials said they have looked into it and think it’s not possible because there are too many people living there. They are suggesting that the only way to prevent harm to civilians is to use operations that specifically target known Hamas fighters and leaders.

    However, Netanyahu promised to disregard warnings and proceed with the Rafah operation during a 45-minute call with GOP senators on Wednesday. He also criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for speaking out against the number of innocent people killed in Gaza and for calling for new elections in Israel in a speech that Biden later said was “good. ”

    Netanyahu said Israel will continue in Rafah, as per the senators in the meeting. John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, said Netanyahu clearly stated that he and the people of Israel plan to fight the war with all their strength and won’t let Senator Schumer or President Biden tell them what to do.

    Israeli critics say that Netanyahu is causing damage to American support by making strong connections with Republican leaders.

    When Blinken and the Arab ministers got together, Gaza’s Health Ministry said that almost 32,000 Palestinians have died since the war started there. Furthermore, UN officials have increased their warnings that there could be a famine very soon in northern Gaza.

    Blinken met with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates in Cairo. They also met with a leader from the Palestine Liberation Organization, a group that represents the Palestinian people. They also talked about how to send help to Gaza quickly by land, air, and sea.

    During a previous meeting, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi told Blinken that it’s important to stop fighting right away and cautioned against any Israeli attack in Rafah. This was reported by el-Sissi’s spokesperson.

    Both groups said they still don’t want Gazans to be forced out of their homes and they agreed it’s important to do everything they can to make sure that food and supplies get into Gaza.

    Blinken said the differences are getting smaller in talks about stopping the fighting, but we still have more work to do. “He said there are still difficult problems to solve. ” “We’ve fixed some problems, but there are still more to fix. ”

    Netanyahu’s office announced that the leader of the Mossad spy agency will go back to Qatar on Friday. He will meet with CIA chief William Burns and other important people involved in the talks. On Thursday, the office announced that the prime minister of Qatar and the intelligence chief of Egypt will also participate in the discussions.

    At the same time, the United States wants a fast vote on a new UN resolution that asks for a quick and lasting stop to the fighting, to keep people safe and allow aid to be given. Robert Wood, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, said he wants to have a vote by the end of the week. The decision is important because it doesn’t insist on stopping the fighting to free the hostages.

    Still, Blinken said the two must go together. “He said we need to stop fighting right now and let the hostages go. ”

    Netanyahu has disagreed with the Biden administration’s repeated warnings that Israel needs an independent Palestinian state for long-term security.

    A clear plan and deadline for creating a Palestinian state are important for Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries to be friends with Israel. This is something Netanyahu really wants to make happen. Blinken spent a lot of time in Jeddah with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talking about making things more normal between the US and Saudi Arabia.

    Biden and Netanyahu finally talked on the phone after not speaking for a month. They agreed that experts from Israel would go to Washington to talk about the Rafah plans. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is going to Washington next week for a visit.

    The fighting started when Palestinian fighters killed about 1,200 people in a surprise attack in October. 7 attacks from Gaza started the war and kidnapped 250 people. It is believed that Hamas is still keeping about 100 people as hostages and the remains of 30 other people.

  • Delegation from North Korea visits China

    Delegation from North Korea visits China

    North Korea sent a group of people to visit China, Vietnam, and Laos, according to state media KCNA. This is the first time they are expanding their diplomacy since COVID-19 lockdowns.

    The Workers’ Party of Korea from North Korea, led by Kim Song Nam, arrived in Beijing on Thursday, according to KCNA.

    The North Korean leader met with important Chinese government officials.

    Wang said that China wants to be friends with North Korea and work together to make things better. This means they want to be closer with each other and work together to have good communication and make a peaceful and stable environment.

    Liu and Kim had a long talk about making the relationship between their political parties stronger and being friends. It was reported by Xinhua on Friday.

    In both meetings, the leaders talked about making the same decision as their top leaders.

    In November, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, said it’s important for North Korea to work together with other countries to make the world a better and safer place. At the beginning of this year, Kim Jong Un from North Korea and Xi promised to be closer friends.

    A group of people from Russia, led by Oleg Kozhemyako, who is in charge of a Russian region near North Korea, met with North Korean leaders in Pyongyang and visited a farm with greenhouses on Thursday, according to KCNA.

  • Man detained after reportedly using picture of another passenger’s ticket to board Delta flight

    Man detained after reportedly using picture of another passenger’s ticket to board Delta flight

    A man from Texas got caught by the police because he got on a Delta Air Lines flight in Salt Lake City without a ticket. He used a picture he took of someone else’s boarding pass when they weren’t paying attention. This information is from the court documents.

    Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, 26, is accused of sneaking onto a boat or plane and is scheduled to appear in court in Utah.

    Before the airplane left Salt Lake City International Airport, security cameras recorded Fleurizard taking pictures of people’s phones and boarding passes without them knowing. He then used his own phone to get on the flight to Austin, Texas, according to the complaint.

    Once on the airplane, Fleurizard went to the bathroom at the front of the plane and stayed there for a long time while other passengers were getting on.

    “After everyone got on the plane and the doors were almost closed, Fleurizard came out of the bathroom in the front of the plane and went to the back to use the bathroom there,” the complaint said.

    When he finished in the bathroom, a flight attendant saw there were no empty seats. The flight attendant went to help Fleurizard. The complaint said the plane had already left the gate and was moving on the runway.

    Fleurizard told the airplane worker his seat was 21F, but they found out the person who bought the ticket for that seat was already sitting there.

    The airplane went back to the gate and the police met Fleurizard because he didn’t have a ticket or reservation.

    Fleurizard told the police that he was in Park City, Utah for snowboarding and he wanted to go home to see his family. He said he had a ticket for a Southwest Airlines flight on Sunday, but the flight was full and he had to take a different flight later.

    “Fleurizard said sorry for his mistake and just wanted to go home,” the complaint said.

    Police told the media that he is being kept at Salt Lake County Metro Jail because of a federal detention order.

    Delta Air Lines representative Morgan Durrant stated that the airline is working with the investigation.

    “Delta is working with the police and government agencies to investigate a person who was taken off a plane in Salt Lake City before it was supposed to take off. “We will let the police handle any more questions,” Durrant said in a statement.

  • UK feeds 275,000 Palestinians in Gaza with largest assistance package

    UK feeds 275,000 Palestinians in Gaza with largest assistance package

    275,000 people in Gaza were provided with food aid by the UK. Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron asked for consistent access to the area for humanitarian reasons.

    The UK gave over 2,000 tons of food to the World Food Programme to distribute.

    The IPC, a group of many governments and aid organizations, says that a famine could happen soon in Gaza.

    Lord Cameron asked Israel to let more help go in the place destroyed by war.

    “He said it’s very important to keep sending help to Gaza to stop the suffering, and that’s why this recent aid delivery by WFP is crucial. ”

    The IPC’s report says there could be a famine soon. We need to keep the roads open so that we can bring in more help for people in need.

    “We keep asking Israel to open more crossings and to open them for longer. We also want them to make sure healthcare, water, and sanitation services are restored. ”

    The foreign secretary wants Israel to make it easier to bring aid to Gaza by opening a land crossing in the north and giving more visas to UN staff.

    The UK recently sent aid to a crisis-affected area and Jordan helped make it happen. Jordan has been a big help in the UK’s efforts to respond to the crisis.

    The delivery has strong wheat flour for bakeries and food packages to feed over 275,000 people.

    Each food package is made for a family of five and includes canned vegetables, meat and fish, and date bars.

    The package can provide enough food for a family’s calorie needs for half of the day for 15 days.

    It comes with 150 tons of things like blankets and tents that were paid for by the UK. There is also a hospital run by UK-Med that is now open and giving people the care they need to survive.

  • Netanyahu stays unmoved over Rafah invasion during ceasefire negotiations in Qatar

    Netanyahu stays unmoved over Rafah invasion during ceasefire negotiations in Qatar

    Benjamin Netanyahu said he will keep trying to send troops into Rafah, even though his friends in the West are pressuring him not to.

    The leader of Israel told Joe Biden that he strongly intends to attack the southern Gaza city where he thinks Hamas soldiers are hiding.

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to make a deal to stop the fighting and free people who are being held in Gaza when he goes to the Middle East soon.

    At the same time, Mr. Netanyahu’s intelligence chief, David Barnea, went to meetings in Doha to try to make peace. Qatari officials feel hopeful, but they warn that any attack on the ground could make peace talks harder.

    A report supported by the United Nations says that a severe lack of food is about to happen in northern Gaza. Nearly half of the people there are in danger of going hungry.

    If we don’t act quickly, there will be a shortage of food until May, according to a group that keeps an eye on hunger around the world.

    The UN’s human rights office said that Israel’s limits on aid entering Gaza could be a war crime, but Israel disagreed.

    Recently, Israel and some of its Western friends have been having more and more arguments about Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

    The UN says Israel might be doing bad things while sending aid to a certain area.

    Jeremy Laurence, who works for the UN, said that Israel’s restrictions on aid and how they are fighting in Gaza could be considered a war crime because it might be using starvation as a weapon.

  • India’s capital Delhi becomes most polluted city in the world – Survey

    India’s capital Delhi becomes most polluted city in the world – Survey

    Delhi has been named the most polluted capital city in the world for 2023. India, along with the rest of South Asia, is still dealing with smog and poisonous air.

    A study by a group called IQAir found that nine out of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world are in India.

    Delhi is the third dirtiest city and the dirtiest capital. The air there has a lot of tiny particles that can be harmful, with an average of 102. 1 micrograms per cubic meter.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that countries try to keep the average PM2.5 concentration at 5 micrograms per cubic meter.

    Breathing in dirty air with particle pollution can make you sick with asthma, cancer, lung disease, strokes, and other health problems. It also says that PM2. 5 can stick to the lungs and get into the blood more easily.

    Delhi has bad air all year, but it’s especially bad in winter. Last year, schools and colleges were closed for a few days because the air was not safe to breathe.

    In November, New Delhi put limits on the amount of cars on the road to reduce air pollution. But after a few days, pollution covered cities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Some businesses and schools had to shut down in certain areas.

    Reporting from Delhi, the news reporter from Sky News, Neville Lazarus, said on Thursday that pollution is spreading like a disease in the city. Activists have claimed that pollution is the fifth biggest cause of death in India.

    He said that a report from the British Medical Journal found that every year in India, 2. 18 million people die because of air pollution.

    The numbers are really big. About 30,000 people die in a year due to air pollution. In Delhi, 80 people die every day because of air pollution.

    This is a big problem that is hurting the economy. Families are spending almost 4% of their money on healthcare for illnesses caused by air pollution. One sickness makes them very poor.

    “But what worries me in this report is that we have noticed air pollution coming from smaller cities in Tier Two, like the unimportant city of Begusarai in the northern state. ”

    IQAir’s report said that Begusarai, a city in the Indian state of Bihar, has the worst pollution in the world. The air there has an average annual PM2. 5 concentration of 118. 9 μg/m³

    In Pakistan, Lahore had the fifth highest air pollution with an average of 99. 5μg/m³

    Bangladesh is the most polluted country.

    The report says that Bangladesh has the most pollution in the world, with an annual PM2. 5 concentration of 79. 9μg/m³

    Pakistan is the second most polluted country in the world, with India being the third and Tajikistan being the fourth. This makes the South Asia region the most polluted in the world.

    IQAir said that only seven countries followed the WHO’s yearly PM2. 5 rule. These countries are Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, Iceland, Grenada, Mauritius, and Finland.

    The information in the report comes from over 30,000 stations around the world that measure air quality. These stations are located in 134 different places.

  • UN agency head claims Israel prevented him from reaching Gaza

    UN agency head claims Israel prevented him from reaching Gaza

    The leader of the organization that helps Palestinian refugees says he can’t go to Gaza. Philippe Lazzarini said it was the first time this had ever happened to a leader of UNRWA.

    Speaking to the media, Mr. Lazzarini said it would be easy to send a lot of food to Gaza, but he couldn’t go there this week.

    He said that Israel picked only him and he disagreed with their reason for not letting him in.

    Mr Lazzarini, who has visited Gaza many times before, says he was the only one in his group who was not allowed to enter by the Israeli defence body COGAT on Monday.

    Israel is feeling pressure from its Western allies. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to invade Rafah, where he believes there are still Hamas soldiers.

    The country has been blamed for stopping aid from reaching Gaza, but it says it didn’t do that. The UN said this could be considered a war crime.

    Mr Lazzarini said it’s simple to send lots of food to Gaza and to change things for the better.

    He said, “I was supposed to go to Gaza on Monday. ” I was in Cairo when the Israeli authorities told me I couldn’t go to Gaza, even though the rest of my group could.

    “This is the first time ever that the boss of the agency was not allowed to go into Gaza on purpose. ”

    UNRWA is the biggest help group in Gaza. Israel says that the agency is protecting Hamas and claims that 12 UNRWA workers were involved in the attack on southern Israel on October 7th.

    When someone asked Mr. Miliband what he would tell Israeli officials, he said, “I would tell them to allow more trucks to go in. ”

    “Simplify the process for checking things, once the UN has checked the food, you need to make sure everything runs smoothly. ”

    “We also need to open more ways for people to cross into Gaza so that everyone there can get food help. ”

    “Up in the north of Gaza, there are people who were thought to be safe from the fighting after the first few months. ”

    “Al Shifa hospital is seeing more fighting, but it’s not okay to block food aid for military reasons. “

  • Simon Harris most likely to take over as prime minister of Ireland

    Simon Harris most likely to take over as prime minister of Ireland

    Simon Harris is likely to become the new leader of Fine Gael and the taoiseach because all the other top contenders have left the race.

    The day after Leo Varadkar surprised everyone by saying he was quitting as Fine Gael leader, he also said he would step down as Taoiseach once a new leader is chosen.

    Heather Humphreys and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said they don’t want the job, so now Mr. Harris can have it.

    Helen McEntee, who is the justice minister, said she is not going to run for a leadership position. Instead, Fine Gael politicians are starting to support Mr. Harris, who is the minister for further and higher education.

    One of those was Ms McEntee herself, who said Mr Harris is a great co-worker and good at talking to people.

    She said on X that she knows he will bring a lot of energy to this important job.

    Mr Harris is likely going to say he wants to be the leader on Thursday.

    If Harris replaces Mr. Varadkar, he would become the youngest ever leader of the country at 37 years old, taking the title from his predecessor.

    Patrick O’Donovan, a minister for Fine Gael, is supporting Mr.

    He said, “I believe Fine Gael has plenty of time and opportunity to rebuild and focus on important issues before the next election. I think Simon is the best person to lead that effort. ”

    Both Fine Gael and their biggest partner, Fianna Fail, are behind the main opposition Sinn Fein party in the polls.

    The person who becomes the leader will have a year to try to improve their chances of winning the next election, even if they are currently behind in the polls.

    Other people who support Mr. Harris include Fine Gael politicians Neale Richmond and Frank Feighan, as well as senators Tim Lombard and Michael Carrigy, and MEPs Frances Fitzgerald and Maria Walsh.

    Simon Coveney, the Minister for Enterprise who competed against Mr Varadkar in the last Fine Gael leadership contest, said on Wednesday that he will not be running for leadership.

    Many bookmakers liked Mr Harris and many politicians supported him before nominations started.

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    However, other candidates can still join the race until Monday.

    Mr Harris became a member of parliament when he was 24 years old. He had been elected as a local councillor in his home county of Wicklow two years earlier, in 2009.

    His popularity grew a lot when he was the health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that, he worked as a lower-ranking minister in the finance department from 2014 to 2016.

  • UN predicts Sudan’s hunger problem would surpass all others in the world

    UN predicts Sudan’s hunger problem would surpass all others in the world

    The fighting in Sudan has been going on for almost a year between the military and paramilitary forces. This has caused a big problem with hunger in the country. Many people, especially children, are not getting enough food and it is making them sick. The UN said that if this continues, Sudan could have the worst hunger crisis in the world.

    Edem Wosornu, in charge of helping people in need, said to the UN Security Council that 18 million people in Sudan don’t have enough food to eat. In some parts of the western Darfur region, hunger could get really bad by May.

    “One assessment found that a child is dying every two hours in Zamzam camp in El Fasher, North Darfur,” she said. “Our friends who help people say that in the next few weeks and months, about 222,000 children could die from not having enough food. ”

    Wosornu said the violent situation is really scary. There have been terrible attacks based on people’s ethnicity, sexual violence like gang rapes, and attacks in crowded places. It’s like something from a bad dream.

    The writer is sad that no one is paying attention to the terrible situation in Sudan, while everyone is focused on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. It’s a big problem that needs to be solved.

    Bashir and the civilian opposition finally boiled over, leading to widespread violence and instability. Abdel Fattah Burhan and his Rapid Support Forces fought in the streets of Khartoum.

    The fighting quickly spread to other parts of the country, especially in cities. In Darfur, the fighting was different – the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces brutally attacked ethnic African civilians. Many people have died.

    Twenty years ago, Darfur became known for genocide and war crimes. The Janjaweed Arab militias were particularly known for attacking Central and East African populations. In January, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, said that both sides in the current conflict in Darfur may be committing serious crimes like war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide.

    Wosornu from the UN said that there is still a lot of fighting in Khartoum, Darfur, and Kordofan. These areas have 90% of people who don’t have enough food.

    Farmers had to leave their fields and there has been less cereal production in Sudan’s Jazeera state since the fighting started in December.

    In this situation, giving aid to help people should be very important, Wosornu said. But the UN asked for $2. 7 billion to help Sudan, and they have only received $131 million so far.

    She said she hopes an important meeting in Paris on April 15 will lead to real promises to help Sudan and its neighbors with food, because they might have a famine soon.

    Furthermore, Wosornu stated that the UN needs to be able to reach the most at-risk people in Khartoum, Darfur, Kordofan and Jazeera states. This is currently being made very difficult by the ongoing fighting. She said that aid should be allowed to go across borders and be approved to help people in conflict areas.

    Carl Skau, who works for the UN World Food Program, said that the food situation in Sudan is getting worse very quickly and it is also affecting nearby areas.

    Besides the 18 million people in Sudan who don’t have enough food, there are also seven million people in South Sudan and almost three million people in Chad who are very hungry.

    Skau said that most of the people who really need food to stay alive cannot get it because it is hard for aid groups to reach them. This includes areas like Khartoum, Jazeera, Kordofan, and Darfur.

    “If we want to stop Sudan from having the biggest hunger crisis in the world, we need to work together and act quickly with diplomacy,” he said. “We need everyone to allow complete access: through borders and in areas where there is fighting. ”

    Echoing what Wosornu said about needing money, he said WFP had to stop helping three million very hungry people in South Sudan and give less food to others in need because they don’t have enough money. In Chad, he said that WFP will have to stop helping 1. 2 million refugees and almost three million Chadians.

    Skau is worried that more people will be hungry when Sudan’s dry season comes. It could get really bad unless people can keep getting food and support.

    Rein Paulsen, who is in charge of emergencies and resilience at the FAO office, said at a press conference that a report on Sudan released on Tuesday shows how the fighting has hurt farming. The report found that cereal production in 2023 was 46% lower than in 2022, and in some areas with the most fighting, it dropped by up to 80%.

    “In 2024, it looks like there won’t be enough food,” he said.

  • Ghana is not a happy country; ranks 120th out of 150 countries

    Ghana is not a happy country; ranks 120th out of 150 countries

    The 2024 World Happiness Report places Ghana in the 120th spot for happiness among countries worldwide.

    Ghana got 4,289 points and failed to make it into the top 10 happiest countries in Africa.

    All 54 countries in Africa failed to make it to the first fifty countries on the list of the World Happiness Report once again.

    Libya deemed the most joyful country in Africa, achieving a happiness score of 5.866, is ranked 66th globally.

    In 2023, Mauritius, ranked the happiest African country, took the 52nd position.

    The World Happiness Report has once again ranked Finland as the happiest country for the third consecutive year. The United States went down to 23rd place from 15th place. Afghanistan, Lebanon and Lesotho were at the end of the list.

    John Helliwell, a Canadian economist and founding editor of the World Happiness Report, said on Wednesday that younger people are not as happy as they were 10 or 12 years ago.

    “The older people have not experienced many changes, and their life circumstances have stayed the same. This is causing them anxiety. ”

    The report looks at information from 140 countries and uses six important factors to understand how people feel about their lives: how much money they have, how much support they get from others, how long they are expected to live, how much freedom they have, how generous they are, and how they feel about corruption.

    The 2024 report was the first to rank people by age, showing big differences between young and old in some countries.

    The top 20 list

    1. Finland;
    2. Denmark;
    3. Iceland;
    4. Sweden;
    5. Israel;
    6. Netherlands;
    7. Norway;
    8. Luxembourg
    9. Switzerland;
    10. Australia;
    11. New Zealand;
    12. Costa Rica;
    13. Kuwait;
    14. Austria;
    15. Canada;
    16. Belgium;
    17. Ireland;
    18. Czechia;
    19. Lithuania; and
    20. United Kingdom



  • Canada drops from 13th to 15th position in yearly World Happiness Report

    Canada drops from 13th to 15th position in yearly World Happiness Report

    Canada is now ranked at 15th place in the yearly World Happiness Report.

    Canada is now ranked lower than Costa Rica, Kuwait, and Austria, dropping from 13th place last year.

    John Helliwell, a Canadian economist and founding editor of the World Happiness Report, said on Wednesday that in Canada and the United States, younger people are not as happy as they were 10 or 12 years ago.

    “The older people have not experienced many changes, and their life circumstances have stayed the same. This is causing them anxiety. ”

    The report looks at information from 140 countries and uses six important factors to understand how people feel about their lives: how much money they have, how much support they get from others, how long they are expected to live, how much freedom they have, how generous they are, and how they feel about corruption. The 2024 report was the first to rank people by age, showing big differences between young and old in some countries.

    Helliwell, a retired professor from the University of British Columbia, thinks that bad news in English media, especially on social media, is one reason why Canada is less happy now.

    “We looked and asked, ‘How does this work in Quebec. ‘ Because Quebec is more focused on French-language media,” Helliwell explained in simpler words. “In fact, the decrease in young people in Quebec is only half as much as the decrease in the rest of Canada. ”

    The top 20 list

    According to the 2024 World Happiness Report, the top 20 happiest countries in the world are:

    1. Finland;
    2. Denmark;
    3. Iceland;
    4. Sweden;
    5. Israel;
    6. Netherlands;
    7. Norway;
    8. Luxembourg
    9. Switzerland;
    10. Australia;
    11. New Zealand;
    12. Costa Rica;
    13. Kuwait;
    14. Austria;
    15. Canada;
    16. Belgium;
    17. Ireland;
    18. Czechia;
    19. Lithuania; and
    20. United Kingdom

    The World Happiness Report has once again ranked Finland as the happiest country for the third consecutive year.1 same spot for seven years in a row. The United States went down to 23rd place from 15th place. Afghanistan, Lebanon and Lesotho were at the end of the list.

    Helliwell thinks we can make Canada a happier place by changing how young people think.

    “Good news, people are more generous than you think,” Helliwell said. “Believe it and behave that way. ” Treat the person you don’t know in the street like a friend you haven’t met before. Give them a smile. Have a conversation with them. Build relationshipsAnd that’s the first thing we need to do to make our community happier.

    The report shows that prices for things are going up, which is making it harder for Canadians to afford things. Vance Foreman, 29, talked to CTV News in Fredericton, N. B, and believes that weather affects how people feel.

    “I know many social safety programs have been reduced. ” Saving money for a house, food, and other things is very difficult. “I can see that a lot of people are feeling sad,” said Vance. He said he just moved from the city, and it’s hard to afford gas.

    “I have been trying to save money for a long time, but I’m not making much progress. It’s happening very slowly,” he said. “It’s not the same as when my parents were young and trying to afford things. “

  • Hate crimes against Black people and homophobes rose dramatically after pandemic – StatCan

    Hate crimes against Black people and homophobes rose dramatically after pandemic – StatCan

    The amount of hate crimes in Canada based on race or ethnicity increased for the fourth year in a row in 2022, according to the newest report on hate crimes by Statistics Canada.

    Most of the increase in hate crimes were against Black people, and the number of hate crimes targeting sexual orientation also went up for the second year in a row. Supporters of Black and LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada say they are not shocked by these patterns – they witness these crimes and their effects happen in real time.

    “We see it everywhere – on the ground, in the calls we get every day, in the news, and online,” said Danette Edwards, who is temporarily in charge of legal matters at the Toronto-based Black Action Legal Centre, during a phone interview with the News team.

    “I’m not surprised. ” It’s very sad, disappointing, and distressing. But is it surprising. No, it’s not.

    Furthermore, StatCan says that the report probably doesn’t show the true number of hate crimes in Canada in 2022. This is because the data only includes crimes reported to the police.

    Helen Kennedy is aware that a lot of hate crimes are not told to the police. Canada’s Justice Department thinks that only 1 out of 10 crimes are actually reported to the police.

    Kennedy, who leads a LGBTQ2S+ advocacy group called Egale Canada, said that people in the community don’t always feel safe or comfortable telling the police about hate crimes.

    “They don’t want their secret to be revealed. ” She told the News team that they don’t want to feel embarrassed. When you go to the police, it can make things worse for you. They may not believe you or listen to you.

    We have some numbers.

    Although there are some missing information, StatCan’s report shows that hate crimes against certain groups in Canada have been happening more often in the last few years.

    The number of hate crimes against Black people reported by the police went up by 28 percent in 2022. This means there were 182 more incidents than the year before. There were also more hate crimes against Black people than against any other race or ethnic group.

    In 2022, more than half of the increase in hate crimes against a particular race or ethnic group targeted Black people.

    In 2022, hate crimes against South Asians increased for the third year in a row, going up by 143% since 2019 and 18% since 2021.

    More violent hate crimes happened in 2022. The number of people hurt or killed in these crimes went up.

    The amount of hate crimes against religious groups went down by 15% in 2022, but may have gone up again since the Israel-Hamas war started. Some cities have seen more crimes against Muslims and Jews in the past few months.

    In Canada, hate crimes are when someone hurts or damages things because of a person’s race, religion, nationality, where they are from, who they like, their gender or if they have a disability. The Criminal Code of Canada defines hate crimes as different types of crimes like assault, vandalism, and hate speech.

    “Many of the people we help have been hurt or threatened because they are Black, by security officers, police, at work, or in a store,” said Edwards, who gives free legal help to Black communities in Ontario.

    “The expressions cover a wide range, but I believe almost every client who has visited us has been a victim of a hate crime in some form.”

    Edwards said that these crimes can really affect how victims feel mentally, and can make them feel less safe and included. She’s watched people tell their stories calmly, but then they end up crying. Some people who are targeted because of hate crimes can have really bad mental health problems. This can make it hard for them to do well at work or school, and can also make it tough for them to have good relationships with friends and family. This can have a big impact on society as a whole.

    “The person who goes through this experience has a big impact on their mental health and the whole community feels it more than other crimes,” Edwards explained.

    “It’s not only about what Bob or Jim did wrong. ” It’s a wrong against all Black people.

    Kennedy has observed this happening in the LGBTQ2S+ community as well. It makes people feel scared and not safe.

    In 2022, there were 491 hate crimes against people because of their sexual orientation. Almost 74% of these crimes were aimed at gay and lesbian people. The rest of the group included people who are not straight, like asexual and pansexual people, as well as bisexuals and victims whose sexual orientation was not known.

    StatCan won’t tell us the numbers for 2023 until later, but Kennedy said it’s clear that hate towards some LGBTQ2S+ people has gotten worse since 2022.

    “There is a lot of negativity and violence towards transgender people in North America right now,” she said.

    ‘People think they deserve special treatment. ‘

    The Canadian Security Intelligence Service recently said that the LGBTQ2S+ community may be in danger of violent attacks from extremists in the coming years. The warning was given during a big discussion across the country about Alberta’s plan to make it harder for transgender young people to get the care they need.

    Kennedy says that some of the increase in violence against LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada is because of policies that are against transgender people and comments from political leaders that are against transgender people.

    “I believe that people feel more confident in committing these crimes. ” They feel like their political leaders are saying similar things and supporting them. “People think it’s okay to say and do mean things to queer people. ”

    Edwards believes that the increase in reports of hate crimes against Black people may be because more Black people now feel comfortable reporting these crimes to the police after George Floyd’s death and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

    However, she mentioned that there are also other important factors that are likely involved as well.

    She said the pandemic clearly had a big impact, as we can see from the numbers. “I also feel like people were more comfortable expressing their hateful opinions because they thought they were protected by free speech. ”

    Kennedy and Edwards both said we need to teach people to be against hate in a more active way all over the country to fight against these things.

    Kennedy said that if we focus on improving the education system, it could help stop violence and bullying in schools. This would also help to solve some of the main problems causing these issues.

    Then there’s the law aspect. Canada’s Criminal Code lists and forbids many hate-motivated crimes, but Edwards believes the system for punishing these crimes isn’t very good.

    She said the issue is with making sure the rules are followed.

    StatCan says that in 2022, less than a third of hate crimes reported to police were solved, while 34 per cent of other crimes were solved.

    “Once you tell the police about a hate crime, how much can they do to punish the people who did it. ” Edwards asked”The system that deals with criminals is very busy, so these crimes don’t get much attention. “

  • Lawyers for Prince Harry attempting to involve Rupert Murdoch in UK court dispute

    Lawyers for Prince Harry attempting to involve Rupert Murdoch in UK court dispute

    Prince Harry’s lawyers and others are trying to change their lawsuit in London against Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid newspapers. They want to say that the media mogul was part of a cover-up of bad behavior.

    Harry and over 40 other people are taking legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN) because they think the Sun and the News of the World invaded their privacy unlawfully from the mid-1990s to 2016.

    Other people who are also claiming money include British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, actor Hugh Grant, and some former important politicians. Doreen Lawrence is also part of another case against the company that prints the Daily Mail newspaper, along with Harry.

    The trial for the case against NGN will start in January and could last up to eight weeks.

    On Wednesday, the claimants’ lawyers asked Judge Timothy Fancourt for permission to add new accusations to their case against NGN. They want to say that senior executives gave incorrect information to parliament and a public inquiry.

    Murdoch, who is 93 years old, is accused of giving false information on purpose. Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive of News UK, is also accused of lying or giving misleading information during her trial in 2014.

    The people making the claim said that Will Lewis, who used to work for News International and now works for the Washington Post, was also involved in hiding the truth.

    A person from NGN said that the people making accusations against NGN staff are being dishonest and trying to harm their reputation.

    “These claims are not about getting money for people who were victims of hacking or getting information illegally. Be very careful when thinking about them,” said the spokesperson.

    NGN’s lawyers said the new accusations, which included 200 new journalists, executives, and private investigators, were not needed, too much, and not related.

    “It is becoming more obvious that some people in the claimant group are using this document to campaign against tabloid newspapers,” said Anthony Hudson, the lawyer for NGN, in court.

    Hudson said in legal documents that accusations against Brooks and others would make NGN have to redo criminal trials or investigate the investigation.

    Old accusations

    In 2011, NGN said sorry for lots of journalists at the News of the World hacking phones. The owner, Murdoch, who was born in Australia, closed the newspaper because of the angry reaction.

    NGN has solved over 1,300 complaints, but the group has always said that the staff at the Sun did not do anything wrong. Brooks, a person who used to be in charge of a newspaper, was found not guilty of hacking and other crimes after a long trial in 2014.

    David Sherborne, the lawyer for Harry and the other people suing, said in court that both Murdoch and Brooks knew that the original statement from NGN, saying only one reporter was breaking the law, was not true.

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    They and other leaders were not honest when they made these statements because they knew they were not true at the time.

    NGN’s Hudson said the changed claims were based on old documents, and in the past versions, Murdoch was only mentioned briefly with no accusations against him.

    The people suing also said they want to use evidence from a former IT worker. They believe that Brooks’ computer hard drive was hidden and maybe broken on purpose in 2011 to hide her involvement in something wrong.

    The court will listen to Harry’s request to change his case for the next two days. They will decide later if they can include the new accusations.

  • 13 individuals injured after Russia launches 31 missiles at Kyiv

    13 individuals injured after Russia launches 31 missiles at Kyiv

    Russia launched 31 missiles at Kyiv early Thursday morning, which was the first attack on the city in 44 days, according to officials. The air defences stopped all the missiles from coming in, but 13 people, including a child, got hurt from the falling debris.

    People in Kyiv were woken up by big booms around 5 in the morning. Serhii Popko, who is in charge of the Kyiv City Administration, said that the missiles came from different directions at about the same time.

    The air force of Ukraine said that Russia fired two big missiles and 29 smaller missiles at the capital city.

    An 11-year-old girl and a 38-year-old man had to go to the hospital, the city government said. Eight more people got small injuries, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

    Ukraine’s Emergency Service helped about 80 people leave their homes.

    Debris from missiles that were shot down caused a fire in a building, damaged cars, and made holes in the streets and a park. Some streets had trash and broken glass from broken windows on them.

    The attack happened after Ukraine repeatedly bombed an area in Russia called Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.

    Russian leader Vladimir Putin said he will do the same back if someone attacks.

    At a meeting in the Kremlin, Putin said Russia can fight back in the same way if the enemy attacks our civilian buildings and other important places. We have our own thoughts about this and our own ideas to do it. “We will do what we have planned. “

  • American congressional leaders pitch members on $1.2 trillion spending package

    American congressional leaders pitch members on $1.2 trillion spending package

    Leaders from both political parties in Congress are trying to make a $1. 2 trillion spending plan sound good. They want to approve it before money runs out for important government agencies on Friday.

    The new law’s details were not available on Wednesday afternoon, but lawmakers and their assistants were expecting it to be officially revealed later in the day or early Thursday. The package is likely to be approved, and it will finish Congress’s work on spending bills for the year, which is almost six months after the fiscal year started.

    This year, twelve spending bills were put into two groups. The first bill was approved by Congress two weeks ago, just in time before the agencies would have to shut down.

    Congress is now working on a bigger package that has $886 billion for defense. This is about a three percent increase from last year. The bill gives money to the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Labor, and others. Non-military spending is expected to stay about the same as last year.

    The leaders tried to convince the members to buy the package. In a private meeting with GOP lawmakers, Speaker Mike Johnson talked about some of the policy changes that House Republicans were able to get in the latest negotiations. This means that the United Nations won’t give money to help Palestinian refugees until March 2025. He also said that the bill pays for 8,000 more beds for people who are not citizens and are waiting for their immigration hearings or to be sent out of the country.

    Johnson said that it was really hard to agree on the Homeland Security part because the two parties are very far apart. “I believe that we were able to include a lot of important things in the final product, and we got some victories. It’s going in the direction we want, even though we have a small majority. ”

    The House will vote on the second package on Friday. Lawmakers will have more than a day to look at the law. But, this bypasses a House rule that says lawmakers should have 72 hours to review major laws before voting on them.

    This is making some House Republicans angry, but if we follow the rule, it would likely mean that some important federal agencies might not have enough money for a day or two.

    Once the bill is approved by the House, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer from New York will take charge. He said he will bring it to the Senate for discussion.

    “Schumer said it will be difficult to get the funding package before the weekend deadline, even if both parties work together. ”

    The Democrats were happy that they stopped most of the rules that the Republicans wanted in the spending bills. These rules included making it harder to get the abortion pill and banning gender-affirming health care.

    “We are where we expected to be,” said the representative. Pete Aguilar from California. We were aware that the House Democrats, Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans and the White House were not going toallow any big harmful cuts and unreasonable policy changes.

    The bill’s spending mostly follows an agreement made by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the White House in May 2023. This agreement limited spending for two years and delayed the debt ceiling until January 2025 so the government could keep paying its bills.

    “Sen said we had to follow some tough rules and fight against many bad ideas from Republican, including some very severe cuts proposed by House Republicans. ” Patty Murray is the leader of the Democratic group in charge of deciding on how to spend the government’s money. “Now we have a great bill that both political parties agree on. It helps to protect important investments in the American people. ”

    McCarthy lost his position as speaker a few months after making a deal about the debt ceiling. Eight Republicans joined with Democrats to remove McCarthy as speaker. Some people who didn’t like the debt ceiling deal were also worried about the new package.

    Johnson plans to put the bill up for a vote using a faster process. The bill needs two-thirds support to pass. The first spending package was approved with a vote of 339-85. Most of the no votes came from Republicans, with only two from other parties.

    Rep said, “If this bill is not dealt with for two weeks, it will be heavily criticized. ” Chip Roy is from Texas and is a member of the Republican party. “They want to push it through in the next 2 days. ”

    “I wish we will have some small wins. ” Sadly, I don’t think we will achieve many important policy wins because of our history and our unwillingness to use leverage to force policy changes. This means we are not willing to walk away and say no. Bob Good, who is Republican from Virginia.

    Johnson wanted to stop giving money to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which helps people in Gaza with food, water, and shelter, until March 2025. Republicans want to stop giving money to the agency because Israel said some of the agency’s workers were part of the attack by Hamas in Israel. “This is an important report. ”

    The United States They give the agency a lot of money – about $364 million in 2022 and $371 million in 2023. After Israel accused the agency of something, the Biden administration stopped giving them money. Republicans want to make the ban last longer.

    However, some lawmakers are worried about the ban because many relief agencies say there is no other way to provide the humanitarian aid that the United States and others are trying to send to Gaza.

  • Republicans make final-ditch effort to get Biden to testify as impeachment probe comes to an end

    Republicans make final-ditch effort to get Biden to testify as impeachment probe comes to an end

    The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is almost finished. Republicans don’t really want to impeach him, but there’s still pressure to make a decision after working on it for months.

    The leader of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, who is a Republican, Representative. James Comer made a final effort at Wednesday’s meeting, saying he will ask Biden to testify. He said the Democratic president was either involved or not very good at his job in his son’s business dealings. It’s very doubtful that Biden would go before the group.

    “We want to hear from the president directly,” Comer said at the end of the long eight-hour meeting.

    The White House told Republicans to stop and concentrate on important issues that Americans care about.

    “Spokesman Ian Sams said this is a disappointing act after the impeachment has ended. ” “Let’s finish for the day, friend. ”

    The long investigation by the Republican Party to impeach the president is almost over, but it hasn’t found any solid proof of his wrongdoing. Asking the president to give a statement could be the last thing to do. Comer is thinking about telling the Justice Department that Biden’s family may have broken the law, instead of starting the process to remove Biden from office. It probably won’t change much, but it would show that he is concerned.

    The leading Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin from Maryland said that the Republicans have made the investigation into a joke, and that the mistakes in the Biden impeachment inquiry are coming to an end.

    Republicans started looking into the president early last year when they gained control of the House. They wanted to make sure Biden met the requirements for impeachment. During his time as president, Democrats in charge of the House accused Donald Trump, a Republican, of doing something wrong and tried to remove him from office twice.

    Trump and Biden will likely compete again in the November election. The investigation into Hunter Biden’s business deals and personal problems, especially before Joe Biden became president, is continuing.

    The committee says that the Bidens used their family name to get favors from other people, and that Republicans are trying to prove it by pointing to a few phone calls or dinner meetings between Joe Biden, when he was vice president or not working, and his son Hunter and his business friends.

    Hunter Biden, who is dealing with gun and tax problems, talked in private last month for a long time but didn’t give enough proof to show that the president should be impeached.

    Hunter Biden said that his father has never been a part of his business.

    It would be unusual but not unheard of for a president to speak to Congress. Abraham Lincoln talked to a group of people in the government about a speech that was made public, and Gerald Ford talked about his decision to forgive former president Richard M. Nixon, and some other people.

    On Air Force One, as Biden traveled from Arizona to Texas, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “Republicans should stop this game and work with the president on important issues that affect the American people. ”

    On Wednesday, the people who gave testimony were unusual and some had complicated backgrounds.

    Jason Galanis is in a federal prison in Alabama for committing fraud and spoke to lawmakers through video. Tony Bobulinski, who used to work with Hunter Biden, talked about his issues with the family during the first debate between Trump and Biden in 2020.

    The Democrats asked Lev Parnas to come and speak in court. They trust him even though he was found guilty. He was an important person in Trump’s first impeachment. He worked with Rudy Giuliani to find negative information about Joe Biden before the 2020 election. Parnas helped prove that the House GOP’s main accusation of bribery against the Bidens is not true.

    In a video, Galanis told lawmakers that he thought he could make a lot of money with Hunter Biden and others by using the Biden family name for their business in other countries.

    Galanis said that in May 2014, Hunter Biden had a short conversation with possible foreign business partners at a party in a New York restaurant. He put his dad on speakerphone to talk to a Russian billionaire and her husband.

    However, Hunter Biden said he did not work with Galanis when he was asked about it. He said he only met Galanis for a short time a long time ago.

    In the past, Galanis, who was punished for many fraud plans, admitted that he tried to get forgiven at the end of Trump’s time as president, but it didn’t work.

    Bobulinski said he saw Joe Biden twice in 2017 in Los Angeles, with the help of Hunter Biden. They talked about their families for about 45 minutes, but didn’t talk about business.

    Hunter Biden said his dad was not part of his business, but Bobulinski thinks Joe Biden was the main focus.

    Parnas said he did not see any proof of the Biden family doing anything wrong while working overseas.

    Before he was found guilty, Parnas was an important person in the first time Trump was accused of doing something wrong and not giving help to Ukraine.

    Parnas said he helped Giuliani spread untrue claims about Biden to conservative media. Trump’s group said that Joe Biden, when he was vice president, got involved in firing a Ukrainian prosecutor to help Hunter Biden’s job on the board of a Ukrainian energy company called Burisma. Actually, the US and its allies also wanted the prosecutor to be fired because they thought he was corrupt.

    Last year, House Republicans started looking into impeaching Biden. They used unproven statements from an FBI informant that were shared by Senate Republicans. These statements suggested that the Bidens might have received $10 million from Burisma. The person who used to give information to the FBI, Alexander Smirnov, was arrested last month and.

  • Canada rejects permit for arms export to Israel

    Canada rejects permit for arms export to Israel

    Canada has not given permission to sell weapons to Israel since January. “Ottawa has to make sure the weapons are used correctly before the freeze can end,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Wednesday.

    Export permissions that were given before January are no longer valid. 8 things are still happening, she said in an email.

    The minority Liberal government needs help from the left-leaning New Democrats to stay in power. The New Democrats want the government to take a stronger stand against Israel for the conflict in Gaza.

    “Canada has very strict rules for allowing products to be shipped out of the country. ” Joly said there are no permits to send dangerous things to Israel.

    From January onwards. The government has not allowed any new weapon exports to Israel. This will continue until we can make sure that they are following our rules for exports.

    The law in Canada does not allow the export of weapons if they could be used to hurt or harm women, children, or break international rules about how wars should be fought.

    Canada’s government agreed on Monday to stop selling weapons to Israel as a way to help with the conflict in Gaza.

    Canada, which doesn’t supply a lot of weapons to Israel, stopped sending non-lethal military equipment in January because of the quickly changing situation there.

    Earlier this month, some people who support Palestine and human rights filed a lawsuit to stop Ottawa from sending weapons and technology to Israel.

    After the serious Hamas attacks on Oct 7, Canada has given permission for at least $28. 5 million worth of new things to be done, which is more than what was allowed in the previous year.

  • Delta pilot caught intoxicated given 10-month prison sentence

    Delta pilot caught intoxicated given 10-month prison sentence

    A Delta Airlines pilot got 10 months in prison for going to work at Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport while drunk.

    The captain of the flight from Edinburgh to New York, Lawrence Russell Jr. , who is 63 years old and from America, was supposed to fly the plane on June 16, 2023. But when he took a test to check how much alcohol was in his blood, it was too much. The court said on Tuesday that he had two bottles of Jägermeister liqueur in his bag when he came to work, and one of them was half full.

    The court in Scotland said Russell lost his job at Delta because the transatlantic flight was canceled.

    A Delta spokesperson said: “We knew about this happening and took the pilot out of work while we look into it with the Scottish authorities. We’re sorry to the people on the plane who were affected. ”

    In court, Sheriff Alison Stirling told Russell: “Your bag had two bottles of Jägermeister, and one was open and almost half full. ” The police were called because you were dressed like a pilot. The police came soon after. You told the police your information and said you were a captain at Delta Airlines.

    The pilot admitted to drinking the night before and failed a breath test when he came to work in the morning. He got in trouble and then gave a blood sample. The sample also had too much of something in it.

    In Scotland, it’s against the law to fly a plane if you have more than 20 milligrams of alcohol in your body. But you can drive a car as long as you have less than 50 milligrams of alcohol in your body. In the United States, pilots cannot fly if they have a blood alcohol level of 0. 04 or higherIt’s against the rules for anyone to work on a plane within eight hours of drinking alcohol or while drunk.

    The court said Russell used to drink too much but he got help and finished a program. Now he is doing much better and doesn’t drink as much.

    The court said he had driven drunk two times before this, but he had not been in trouble with the law in Britain before.

    The captain of the Boeing-767 plane admitted he was guilty of the charges on March 5. Because he admitted it early, his punishment was reduced from 15 months to 10 months, the court said.

    The sheriff said that the prison time was right because the crime was serious and had the potential to cause a lot of harm.

    The court statement said that Russell felt sorry for causing problems for his employer and the passengers because the flight had to be cancelled.

    Russell’s lawyer, Pamela Rodgers, said she couldn’t say more about the punishment because of confidentiality.

  • Alleged contractor fraud case referred to RCMP by Canadian federal government

    Alleged contractor fraud case referred to RCMP by Canadian federal government

    The government of Canada’s buying department found three cases of possible dishonest billing by IT subcontractors and reported them to the police.

    Jean-Yves Duclos, who is in charge of buying things for the government, found out that some people were doing tricks to cheat and get more money between 2018 and 2022.

    Duclos is saying that the department took away the security access of the contractors and is trying to get back around $5 million.

    The government is not telling us the names of the people involved to make sure the police investigation is not affected. Duclos also mentioned that the government is making a new office to make sure suppliers follow the rules.

    He also said the government will now make suppliers be completely honest about who they hire to do work and how much they charge.

    This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.

  • Former Mississippi officers sentenced to 17.5 years for torturing two Black men in a racist manner

    Former Mississippi officers sentenced to 17.5 years for torturing two Black men in a racist manner

    A third ex-deputy sheriff from Mississippi has been punished for being involved in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers. They called themselves “the Goon Squad. ” Daniel Opdyke was given a 17. 5-year prison sentence on Wednesday.

    Opdyke, who is 28 years old, cried a lot as he talked in court before the judge said what his punishment would be. He looked at the two people he hurt and said that being in prison has given him a chance to think about how he became a bad person that night.

    Opdyke said, “I will feel bad about the things I’ve done every day. ” “I want to make your pain go away. ”

    One of the victims, Eddie Terrell Parker, put his head in his hands, closed his eyes, and then got up and left the courtroom before Opdyke finished talking. The other person, Michael Corey Jenkins, said he felt “hurt” and “embarrassed” by the mean things done to him.

    United States Judge Tom Lee said Opdyke might not have known everything about what it meant to be in the Goon Squad when Middleton asked him to join, but he did know it meant using too much force. “You did not just watch, you were active. ” Lee said that you were involved in the brutal attack.

    All six of the officers admitted that they went into a house without permission and hurt the Black men with a stun gun, a sex toy, and other things. Christian Dedmon, who is 29 years old, was also going to be in prison for a long time when he was sentenced on Wednesday afternoon by Lee.

    On Tuesday, Lee sentenced Hunter Elward, 31, to almost 20 years in prison and Jeffrey Middleton, 46, to 17. 5 years in prison. He said their actions were really bad and awful. They, like Opdyke and Dedmon, used to work as deputies for Rankin County sheriff during the attack.

    Two other men, Brett McAlpin and Joshua Hartfield, are going to be punished on Thursday for their past roles as a deputy and a police officer.

    In March last year, The Associated Press found out that some deputies were involved in at least four violent incidents with Black men since 2019. Two men died and another was seriously hurt. Federal prosecutors announced charges in August.

    The ex-cops stayed with their lie about what happened to Michael Corey Jenkins and Parker for a long time, but then they confessed to torturing them. Elward confessed to pushing a gun into Jenkins’ mouth and shooting it during a “play execution” that went wrong.

    On Tuesday, the United States said. Attorney General Merrick Garland criticized the terrible attack on citizens that police officers had promised to keep safe.

    The frightening thing started in January. On March 24, 2023, a white person in Rankin County complained to McAlpin that two Black men were staying with a white woman at a house in Braxton, and asked for violence against them because of their race. McAlpin told Dedmon to text some white police officers and ask if they could help with something. Dedmon replied and said they should only use force on parts of the body that wouldn’t show in a photo.

    Once they got in, they put handcuffs on Jenkins and his friend Parker. They also poured milk, alcohol, and chocolate syrup on their faces. They made them take off their clothes and shower together to hide the mess. They made fun of the victims by using racist words and surprised them by using stun guns. Dedmon and Opdyke attacked them with a sex toy.

    Elward shot Jenkins in the mouth, hurting his tongue and breaking his jaw. Then, they lied to cover it up by putting drugs and a gun there. Jenkins and Parker were accused of things they didn’t do for many months.

    Rankin County, which is mostly white, is located just east of the state capital, Jackson. It has one of the largest numbers of Black residents compared to other big cities in the U. SA place where lots of people live and work, with buildings and streets. The police told Jenkins and Parker to leave Rankin County and go back to their side of the Pearl River.

    Opdyke’s lawyer Jeff Reynolds said on Wednesday that Opdyke was the first to admit what he did. On April 12, he gave investigators a WhatsApp conversation where the officers talked about their plan and what happened. If he had thrown his phone in a river like some other officers did, the investigators might not have found the secret messages.

    Reynolds also said that Opdyke was hurt in a sexual way when he was a child and saw the older deputies as father figures. That made him easily influenced by the bad behavior in the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office, Reynolds said.

    “When a new officer goes there, they start teaching people their beliefs,” Reynolds explained. “Where are the real leaders. Why aren’t they here in this court. ”

    On Tuesday, Elward’s lawyer also talked about a “culture of corruption” at the Sheriff’s Office.

    Dedmon and Opdyke, along with Elward, are getting punished after admitting to their part in attacking a white man in December. On January 4, 2022, which was a few weeks before Jenkins and Parker were hurt very badly. The victim’s name was revealed by prosecutors on Tuesday. His name is Alan Schmidt. Reynolds said Opdyke kept Schmidt from moving until Dedmon got there, but didn’t hurt him or touch him in a sexual way.

    Prosecutors read in court that Schmidt said Dedmon accused him of having stolen stuff when they were stopped by the police that night.

    The prosecutors said Elward and Opdyke did not stop Dedmon from hurting the victim. Dedmon punched and kicked the victim, used a Taser on the victim, shot a gun in the air to scare the victim, and then sexually assaulted the victim.

    Schmidt said Dedmon made him kneel down, took out his private part, and hit him in the face with it, trying to put it in his mouth. Dedmon then grabbed Schmidt’s private parts and rubbed against his body while he screamed for them to stop, Schmidt said.

    Schmidt said, “Who would do something so bad. They already have a lot of power over us, so they must be really sick in the head to behave this way. ”

    Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey, who started in 2012 and was elected again in November with no one running against him, did not give any information about why he fired his deputies last June. After they admitted they were guilty in August, Bailey said the officers had acted on their own and promised to improve the department. Jenkins and Parker want him to quit, and they are suing the department for $400 million.

  • Woman’s hand amputated following strange hair dryer accident in South Carolina

    Woman’s hand amputated following strange hair dryer accident in South Carolina

    A woman from South Carolina wants hair dryers to have more safety features after she lost her hand in an accident while using one.

    Mary Wilson was preparing to use a hairdryer on February. 7 when she suddenly passed out. She told the media that the last thing she remembers is going to the bathroom with her blow dryer to dry her hair.

    As she was knocked out for about 20 minutes, the hot air from the blow dryer burned her hand and caused serious nerve damage. Her friend found her and she was taken quickly to the hospital.

    She remembered that the burns on her hand were very serious and went all the way to the bone. Wilson had her hand and wrist cut off because of her injuries.

    Wilson wants hair dryers to have a feature that makes them turn off by themselves, just like some flat irons do.

    Although Wilson, who grooms dogs, has gone through a big change in his life, he is staying happy and hopeful.

    “I will continue to enjoy life as much as I can. ” It’s only a hand. What is this, 10 percent of my body. Losing my hand may change me, but it doesn’t make me who I am.

  • Mysterious 1,800-year-old Roman monument found in garage

    Mysterious 1,800-year-old Roman monument found in garage



    Construction workers in the UK found an old Roman statue that is almost 2,000 years old while they were building a parking lot.

    Last year, a digger driver named Greg Crawley found a marble head of a Roman lady at the Burghley House in England. He was doing renovations at the 16th century estate when he made the discovery.

    Two weeks later, another statue was discovered near the first one. The artifacts were cleaned, checked, and put back together by an expert. The expert said the statue was made in the 1st or 2nd century.

    Specialists observed that a metal rod was put into the statue so it could be connected to a bust or pedestal. This was something that Italian sellers did in the late 1700s when they were selling old things to rich people visiting Italy.

    “It is thought that the ninth Earl bought the sculpture during his trips to Italy in the 1760s and brought it back to Burghley,” the house explained.

    Brownlow Cecil, who was the ninth Earl of Exeter, became the title holder in 1754. He loved to travel and collected beautiful art, as stated by the estate.

    The estate doesn’t know how the head and bust ended up buried in the car park. They think it’s a total mystery.

    Burghley House thinks the statue may have been thrown away and covered up with dirt, or maybe someone tried to rob the place but messed up.

    The digger driver, Crawley, said he felt really happy to find something very old and special. He called it the best thing he ever found.

    “I was shocked when they said it was a statue made of Roman marble,” he said.

    The statue will be put on show with other statues that the ninth earl collected at Burghley House.

  • Greek F-16 crashes in the middle of training flight

    Greek F-16 crashes in the middle of training flight

    Greek officials reported that a military airplane, called an F-16, crashed into the Aegean Sea while it was practicing flying on Wednesday. The pilot jumped out of the plane and was saved later.

    The accident happened close to a small island called Psathoura, 175 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of Athens. It happened after a single-seat jet fighter took off from an air base in central Greece.

    The pilot was saved by a helicopter sent by the military and coast guard working together, the air force said. The pilot had to go to the hospital so that doctors could keep an eye on him for a while.

    Greece is making its F-16 planes better as part of a big plan to update its military. This is so they can keep up with Turkey, which is their rival in the region.

    On Wednesday, a crash happened after Greece got three new navy helicopters from the United States near Athens. Lockheed Martin will give four more MH-60R helicopters in 2025.

  • Irish PM Leo Varadkar promises to leave office as soon as his successor is selected

    Irish PM Leo Varadkar promises to leave office as soon as his successor is selected

    Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he will quit as leader of the country once a new leader is picked.

    Varadkar said on Wednesday that he is stepping down right away as the leader of the Fine Gael party, which is part of the government in Ireland. He will be changed as the top leader of the country after a competition within his political party.

    He said he had personal and political reasons.

    Varadkar, who is 45 years old, has been the prime minister of Ireland twice. First from 2017 to 2020, and then again since December 2022.

    He was the youngest leader ever elected in the country and also the first openly gay prime minister of Ireland. Varadkar is the first biracial taoiseach of Ireland. His mother is Irish and his father is Indian.

    “I am happy that we have made the country a fairer and more modern place,” he said when he resigned in Dublin.

    This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.

  • Russia and Ukraine exchange several prisoners of war despite differences over plane disaster

    Russia and Ukraine exchange several prisoners of war despite differences over plane disaster

    Russia and Ukraine have traded about 200 prisoners of war. This happened on Wednesday, even though there are tensions because of a recent military plane crash. Russia said the plane was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Ukraine’s forces.

    After January24 planes crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region near Ukraine. Some Russian officials were talking openly about swapping prisoners of war in the future.

    Russia’s military said that both countries gave back 195 prisoners of war to each other. After the announcement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 207 Ukrainians were set free. The reason for the different numbers was not explained right away.

    We keep in mind every Ukrainian who is being held captive. Both soldiers and regular people. We need to bring all of them back. We are trying to solve it,” Zelenskyy said on X, which used to be called Twitter.

    Dmytro Lubinets, the person in charge of making sure people’s rights are protected in Ukraine, said on social media that 50 prisoner exchanges have happened since Russia’s big invasion almost two years ago, and a total of 3,035 prisoners of war have gone back to their countries.

    Andrii Yermak, who works for Ukraine’s President, said that some Ukrainian soldiers and police officers were set free. He said that some of them were caught while protecting Mariupol, Azovstal, and Snake Island.

    The Russian military said that the Russian prisoners of war were in danger while being held captive. They will be flown to Moscow for treatment and help to recover. But they did not give any details or evidence.

    Moscow had reported that 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on the military plane that crashed in January. The text is missing, please provide the content that needs to be simplified. Ukrainian leaders said they were supposed to exchange prisoners that day, but it didn’t happen. They also said they didn’t have any proof that the plane was carrying prisoners of war.

    President Vladimir Putin met with his campaign team in Moscow to prepare for his reelection. He said that Russian investigators found that Ukraine used air defense systems from the US to shoot down a transport plane. Ukrainian officials did not say no to the plane being shot down, but they also did not admit to it and asked for a worldwide investigation.

    Putin said Russia wants an official investigation to happen and will demand it, into what he called a wrongdoing by Ukraine.

  • Princess of Wales’s altered photo “shouldn’t be a big deal,” – Trump

    Princess of Wales’s altered photo “shouldn’t be a big deal,” – Trump

    Ex-President Donald Trump says the edited photo of Princess Catherine and her kids should not be a big deal.

    “That’s not a big deal because everyone goes to see a doctor. ” When you see movie actors, then meet them in person, you might wonder if they’re the same person you saw in pictures. I saw this happen, and it was only a small change. “I don’t get why there is so much fuss about that,” Trump said in an interview with Britain’s GB News that aired Tuesday.

    “It’s a tough time, you know, they really went after her,” said the likely Republican candidate for president.

    The picture was the first one taken of the princess since she had surgery in January. It was released to celebrate Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom. But a few hours after Kensington Palace released it, four big photo companies said they wanted the photo to be removed because they were worried that it had been changed.

    The debate about photo editing continued when it was claimed that a picture taken by Princess Diana of Queen Elizabeth and her family members had been changed using a computer. A CNN investigation discovered that the photo had been altered in 19 different spots.

    Trump talked about more than one British royal in the GB News interview, not just Princess of Diana. The ex-president said that if Prince Harry lied about using drugs on his US visa form, they will have to do something about it.

    “Could this mean not staying in America. ” asked Nigel Farage, host of GB News.

    “Oh, I’m not sure. ” You need to tell me. “Just tell me,” Trump said.

    Trump said that Harry, who lives in California, should not get special treatment just because he is part of the British royal family.

    The Heritage Foundation is taking the US government to court to see if it followed the rules when it gave Harry a visa to come to the US. In the United States, if you have used drugs in the past, you may not be allowed to enter the country. Harry admitted to using different drugs for fun in his book “Spare,” which came out in January 2023.

  • 7 people dead and 2 missing after South Korean tanker capsizes off Japan

    7 people dead and 2 missing after South Korean tanker capsizes off Japan

    A South Korean chemical tanker flipped over near an island in the southwest of Japan on Wednesday, officials said. Eight people on the ship died. One person from the crew lived, but we didn’t know what happened to the other two.

    Authorities stated that the big ship was carrying 980 tons of a chemical called acrylic acid. This chemical is corrosive and is used in things like glue, paint, and polish. Officials are checking for leaks and figuring out what to do to protect the environment if there is a leak.

    The Japan Coast Guard got a call for help from a chemical tanker called Keoyoung Sun. The tanker said it was leaning to one side and trying to stay safe from the bad weather near Mutsure Island in Japan. Mutsure Island is about 1,000 kilometers away from Tokyo in southwest Japan.

    The ship had flipped over by the time the rescuers got there. On NHK television in Japan, a video showed the ship upside down with waves crashing against its red bottom.

    The boat had 11 people on it, but only nine have been found, officials said. One person from Indonesia is the only crew member that is confirmed to be alive. The coast guard is still looking for two more people.

    South Korean officials met on Wednesday to talk about the boat tipping over. At the meeting, Vice Foreign Minister Kang Insun asked officials to use all their resources to help with the rescue efforts and support the families of South Korean crew members. This information comes from the Foreign Ministry.

    The ship was going from Himeji in Japan to Ulsan in South Korea, according to the coast guard. The ship’s captain was from South Korea, and the crew also had one more person from South Korea, someone from China, and eight people from Indonesia, said the coast guard.

    Acrylic acid is used in making plastic, resin and coatings. It can make skin, eyes and the insides of your nose and mouth feel uncomfortable, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    We don’t have any other information about how the ship turned over.