A missile launched from Yemen on Sunday struck central Israel near the main terminal of the international airport near Tel Aviv. The strike resulted in a temporary suspension of flights but no reports of fatalities.The Israeli military said that several efforts were made to intercept the missile and that an impact was identified in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport. The military added that the episode was under review.Israel’s emergency ambulance service said it was treating two people who were injured by the blast and a third person who was injured while running for shelter.Videos and images posted on social media…
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A dramatic victory in a parliamentary special election. Hundreds of seats won in English municipalities. A first taste of power in the lower tiers of government.By making extensive gains in a set of local elections held in England on Thursday, Nigel Farage, one of Britain’s best known supporters of President Trump and the leader of the anti-immigration Reform U.K. party, consolidated his reputation as the country’s foremost political disrupter.But he may have done something bigger still: blown a hole in the country’s two-party political system.For nearly all of the past century, power in Britain has alternated between the governing Labour…
After President Trump ousted Mike Waltz, his national security adviser, on Thursday night, he settled on someone less hawkish on Russia and willing to remain in lock-step with his foreign policy approach to Iran, Gaza and China.He didn’t have to look far.By making Marco Rubio the top foreign policy adviser in the West Wing, in addition to his main day job as secretary of state, Mr. Trump turned to a one-time political rival who has spent the first three months of the administration as a loyal, globe-trotting foot soldier and a reliable echo of the president’s agenda.Now Mr. Rubio will…
Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers in Canberra, on May 15, 2024.Tracey Nearmy | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAustralia’s government will prioritize dealing with the “dark shadow” of the U.S.-China trade war following its resounding reelection victory, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday, after a campaign that highlighted concerns over U.S. trade policy and the global economy.Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, Australia’s first prime minister to win a second consecutive term in two decades, promised in remarks on Sunday that he would run a disciplined and orderly government, stressing that Australians had voted for unity.The center-left Labor Party appeared likely to…
The first poem I memorized was “Pinkle Purr” by A.A. Milne. I was around seven years old when I encountered it and was immediately enchanted. It’s a children’s poem, four stanzas, all with the same hypnotic AA/BB/AA rhyme scheme. It’s a poem about a kitten, Pinkle Purr, and his mother, Tattoo, and their changing relationship as Pinkle Purr grows up, a sort of “Cat’s in the Cradle” for kids, but less sad.I don’t remember making any effort to memorize it; I just read the poem so many times that it worked its way into me, such that I knew it…
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – MARCH 13: People spend time on the beach near the Starship Flight 3 Rocket a day before its scheduled launch at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica beach on March 13, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTexas has a brand new city, and its name is Starbase.A vote Saturday to decide whether to turn part of south Texas into a new city centered around Elon Musk’s SpaceX delivered a victory to the tech billionaire and his rocket company. As expected, the measure passed with broad support, paving the way for…
Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun from Brazil who was believed to be the oldest person in the world and whose longevity had been celebrated by Pope Francis, died on Wednesday.She was 116 years old and would have turned 117 in a few more weeks, according to her religious congregation, the Irmãs Teresianas Brasil, which translates as “Teresian Sisters Brazil.” She had been living in a retirement home in the city of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil.In a social media post, her congregation gave thanks for her life of service and dedication, and asked the Lord to “welcome her…
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of the People’s Action Party (PAP) waves to supporters as he celebrates at the party’s gathering centre during the general election results, in Singapore on May 3, 2025. Singapore’s ruling party headed for a crushing victory at general elections on May 3, sample counts showed, with voters giving Prime Minister Lawrence Wong the clear mandate he was seeking. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty ImagesSingapore’s ruling People Action Party returned to power in a landslide victory in the country’s 14th general election, handing the city-state’s governance once again to Lawrence Wong as prime minister at…
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 03: Sovereignty #18, ridden by jockey Junior Alvarado crosses the finish line to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 03, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)Michael Reaves | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesSovereignty won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, in a thrilling fight to the finish line on Saturday to capture the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s famed Triple Crown.The bay colt thrived in the wet and sloppy conditions at Churchill Downs to finish the 1-1/4-mile race in two…
Two hikers were strolling in the foothills of the Krkonose Mountains in the Czech Republic in early February when they noticed something shiny peeking out of a stone wall. They pulled out what turned out to be an aluminum can, looked inside and found a small fortune.Inside was a treasure trove of 598 gold coins, neatly organized into columns and wrapped in black fabric, said Miroslav Novak, the head of the archaeological department of the Museum of Eastern Bohemia, which later took possession of the stash.A few feet away, the hikers unearthed a second cache: a metal box containing gold…
