Getty ImagesThe Indian pot belly – once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability – has long been a target of satire and social commentary.
In literature, it quietly signalled comfort or complacency; in films, it became a…
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Yair Netanyahu to Macron: Screw you! Stop the neo imperialism of France – Israel News
Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, responded on Saturday to a post on X by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he outlined his position on Gaza.
The post called for the independence of multiple French territories…
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UK government to take emergency control of British Steel – DW – 04/12/2025
Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom approved on Saturday plans to take emergency control of British Steel’s blast furnaces.
The decision to save the steel plant in the industrial town of Scunthorpe followed an emergency parliamentary…
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British Steel law rushed through Parliament but it is just a stop gap
PA MediaThe prime minister met steelworkers in Lincolnshire shortly after the House of Commons sitting There was a moment where all they could do was wait.
Government officials were holed up in a Premier Inn down the road from British Steel’s…
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 12, 2025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 12, 2025
Grace Mappes, Daria Novikov, Olivia Gibson, Angelica Evans, Davit Gasparyan, and Frederick W. Kagan with Nate Trotter
April 12, 2025, 6:00 pm ET
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Hostages Still Held in Gaza Cast Shadow Over Passover in Israel
When Yona Schnitzer, a marketing writer from Tel Aviv, attended the traditional Passover Seder meal last year, he said a special prayer for the return of all of the hostages still being held by Palestinian militants in Gaza.
He had thought their…
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Bolsonaro transferred to Brazil’s capital after being hospitalized with abdominal pain
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred Saturday by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia after being hospitalized with abdominal pain a day earlier.
Bolsonaro…
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Tanzania’s main opposition party banned from standing in election
Tanzania’s main opposition party has been barred from participating in this year’s election, days after its leader was charged with treason.
Ramadhani Kailima, director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, said that…
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Sudan Clinic Workers Killed in Zamzam Camp
Sudanese paramilitaries killed the entire staff of the last medical clinic in a famine-stricken camp in the western region of Darfur, Sudan, as part of a broader assault that killed at least 100 people, aid groups and the United Nations said on…
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