Israeli attack on northern Gaza hints at retired general's "surrender or starve" plan for war
Jeremy Bowen
On Saturday morning, a message was posted on social media by the Israeli military’s Arabic spokesman warning people living in the ‘D5’ area of northern Gaza to move south. D5 is a square on the grid superimposed over maps of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is a block that is split into several dozen smaller areas.
The message, the latest in a series, said: "The IDF is operating with great force against the terrorist organisations and will continue to do so for a long time. The designated area, including the shelters located there, is considered a dangerous combat zone. The area must be evacuated immediately via Salah al-Din Road to the humanitarian area."
Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears
A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions
The engines rev, the guitars thrum and a gruff narrator lays out why the vehicle occupying the driveway is more than just a machine. “A truck is a tool,” he says, “but a Ram – a Ram is life.”
So begins an advert for the Ram 1500, a pickup truck slightly bigger than the Panzer I tanks of Nazi Germany and almost as heavy. It is growing in popularity in Europe, with the number of Rams arriving on the continent up 20% in 2023 from the year before, according to registration data from the European Environment Agency. Road safety and environmental campaigners in the UK and Europe are aghast as the latest, most extreme cases of North American car bloat – giant pickup trucks – are increasingly crossing the Atlantic.
Estonians prepare to defend themselves against Russia
Several thousand Estonians have joined the country's Defence League since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. Many are afraid of a Russian attack.
Abja-Paluoja is a quiet town with 1,000 inhabitants in the south of Estonia. But that tranquility was recently disrupted by an evacuation exercise involving more than 200 women, children and elderly people.
That preparation was part of a fictional scenario in which Estonia would evacuate its civilian population from the southern regions due to intelligence reports of a possible attack by a foreign country with local authorities having 10 days to prepare.
The Estonian Rescue Board, the country's leading agency for civil protection, and the Estonian Defense League (EDL), a voluntary national defense organization, were preparing for what was the largest drill of this kind so far.
New memoir from Russian dissident Alexei Navalny reveals he knew he would die in prison
Excerpts of a memoir written by late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny revealed he believed he would die in prison, an event which finally occurred on February 16 at age 47. The New Yorker magazine published excerpts from the book, "Patriot", on Friday, ahead of its release on October 22.
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22.
The New Yorker published excerpts from the book Friday, featuring writing from Navalny's prison diary and earlier.
"I will spend the rest of my life in prison and die here," he wrote on March 22, 2022.
"There will not be anybody to say goodbye to ... All anniversaries will be celebrated without me. I'll never see my grandchildren."
It’s the news hibakusha had waited decades to finally hear
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 12, 2024 at 17:26 JST
Toshiyuki Mimaki was in Hiroshima watching the live broadcast of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on his smartphone.
When he heard the presenter say, “Nihon Hidankyo,” he sat bolt upright at the Hiroshima city government office building.
Mimaki, who is 82, has dedicated his life to informing the world of the horrors of atomic warfare. He is co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations) and heads the group’s Hiroshima Prefecture branch.
Caught in India-China clashes, Ladakh’s nomadic herders fear for future
Constant military patrols near the Indo-China border in Ladakh have shrunk pastures and are extinguishing an ancient way of life.
The bubbling sound of water boiling on the stove and the aroma of spinach dal fill the air in Tashi Angmo’s kitchen as she rolls dough to make a type of Tibetan bread.
“This is a dish which we call timok in Ladakh and tingmo across the border in Tibet,” she says as she prepares the apparatus to steam the dough she has rolled into balls resembling dumplings. “It’s a delicious meal after a hard day’s work.”
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