Trump turns witness stand into political platform as he lashes out at judge, NY attorney general
Tensions between Engoron and Trump – already on display in recent weeks, when the judge fined him a total of $15,000 for incendiary outside-of-court comments – were evident early on Monday when the ex-president was repeatedly scolded about the length and content of his answers.
Israel appears to be bowing to pressure to pause Gaza attacks to allow aid, hostages movement
The Israeli military on Monday released video of tanks moving through bombed-out streets and groups of troops moving on foot. It says it has surrounded Gaza City, cutting off northern parts of the narrow coastal strip from the south.
WHO increasingly looks more like a scheme for extracting private profit from the public purse
It is irrational to support corrupted institutions, but rational to support improvements in health and well-being. It is rational (and decent) to help populations who, through accidents of history such as past colonial exploitation or other misfortune, lack the means to fully address their own basic healthcare.
Israeli troops surround Gaza City, cut off northern part of besieged Hamas-ruled territory
The situation remains dire in the north. Some 800,000 people have heeded Israeli military orders to flee to southern Gaza, even though Israel had continued airstrikes in the area. Strikes in central and southern Gaza – the purported safe zone – killed at least 53 people on Sunday.
Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as Western allies pile pressure on Tel Aviv to limit civilian casualties
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to meet Turkey’s foreign minister in Ankara, hours after hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian protest tried to storm an air base that houses US troops in southern Turkey.
Liverpool forward Luiz Diaz scores an emotional equaliser, sends message for his kidnapped dad
Diaz was embraced by Luton’s players and his own teammates on the field after the game.
Match-fixing: Experts say it’s linked to unsavoury criminal activities like human trafficking, drug dealing
Ben Paterson, director of data integrity and quality at IMG Arena and whose company monitors anomalies in betting markets that can’t be explained, says the “pantomime” of a fixed match harms not just sporting entertainment but also the commercial viability of a league or competition.
Israel rejects US push to pause fighting, scales up airstrikes on Gaza as death toll nears 10,000
Airstrikes hit the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza overnight, killing at least 40 people and wounding 34 others, the Health Ministry said. It said first responders and residents were still digging through the rubble, hoping to find survivors.
UN drugs office says Afghanistan opium crop dropped by 95 per cent after Taliban ban
The sharp decline could have major consequences for the economy in a country where around two-thirds of the population are already in need of humanitarian aid, the report said.
How top US officials coerced virologists to label Covid link to Wuhan lab a ‘conspiracy theory’
A week later, a February 26, 2020, commentary in Emerging Microbes & Infections repeated claims that lab-leak theory was a conspiracy theory. The paper was written by virologists – including Linda Saif, of Ohio State University – working behind the scenes with Baric and Shi Zhengli, who conducted research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
