Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. A watershed moment in the fight to hold corporations accountable for complicity in Israel’s war crimes: A.P. Møller Maersk has become the first global shipping company to halt the transport of goods to and from Israeli settlements after...
West Indies all-rounder Matthew Forde equalled the record for the fastest one-day international half-century before rain forced the abandonment of Friday’s contest against Ireland in Dublin. Forde reached 50 off just 16 balls, tying South African batter AB de Villiers’ mark set in 2015, to help West Indies post an imposing target before rain intervened...
Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after repeatedly accusing the Gulf nation of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country’s civil war. The announcement came as the RSF were blamed for attacks on the usually safe city of Port Sudan, which started on Sunday and have continued...
Two days after the Ecuadorian presidential election, leftist economist and politician Diego Borja traveled by car to the Colombian border with his wife. They hoped to vacation in the neighboring country for the Catholic holy week of Semana Santa. But there, Ecuadorian border agents confiscated his ID cards and detained him. They said Borja, whose...
A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage. The Clayborn Temple was the staging point for marches to City Hall, including a march led by Martin Luther King Jr on 28 March 1968, which turned violent when police and protesters clashed on Beale Street. Before the fire,...
The Maryland cop who first linked Kilmar Abrego Garcia to alleged gang activity in 2019 was placed on a “do not call” list published by Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy in 2021 — meaning he was deemed unfit to testify in state court due to criminal charges filed against him for sharing confidential...
Russian ice hockey player Alex Ovechkin has become the National Hockey League’s joint-highest ever scorer after racking up his 894th career goal. The Washington Capitals star is now tied with Canadian Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky, whose once-untouchable record stood for 26 years. Ovechkin, 39, drove home the puck with a power play in the...
The BBC will show live coverage of two of the quarter-finals in next month’s Challenge Cup. On Saturday, 5 April, the Hull derby between Hull FC and Hull KR will be broadcast on BBC One with a 14:30 BST kick-off, the first time the rivals have met in this competition for 39 years. The following...
