Fuel rations and free buses: How countries are responding to rising oil prices
Governments around the world have introduced measures to limit the impact of price increases. Source link
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Partial government shutdown becomes the longest in US history
Homan also told CBS, the BBC’s US news partner, that even after the shutdown ended and funding for TSA was restored, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents currently deployed to airports across the country to help with travel disruptions would remain “until the airports feel like they are 100%.” Source link
Israel blocks senior Catholic leaders from Jerusalem church on Palm Sunday ‘first time in centuries,’ access restored | World News
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Second from the left, walks in a procession during the Palm Sunday Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) For…
Three charts that are warning signs flashing for Trump on Iran war
As gas prices rise, Trump’s approval rating is heading into politically dangerous territory. Source link
Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse art among items stolen in Italian job
The Cézanne, completed around 1890, is one of several cherry-based still-lifes the post-Impressionist painter produced – though this one is rare because it employs watercolour, which he only embraced during the final years of his life, according to the foundation. Source link
Hundreds in Beirut mourn journalists killed in Israeli strike
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from the funerals of three journalists killed by a targeted attack by Israel in southern Lebanon on Saturday 28 March. Ali Shoeib, a reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV station, was killed in the town of Jezzine alongside reporter Fatima Ftouni and her brother, cameraman Mohamed…
Italy investigates Sephora and Benefit over marketing skincare to children
The Italian Competition Authority said luxury goods giant LVMH appears to have adopted “particularly insidious” marketing strategies. Source link
‘I’m going to text Joe’: JD Vance fires back after Joe Rogan slams MAGA supporters as ‘unintelligent’ and ‘dorks’ | World News
Vance, appearing on The Benny Show, said every movement has “dorks” while defending MAGA supporters and immigration record/ Youtube US Vice President JD Vance has responded to criticism from podcast host Joe Rogan, after Rogan described supporters of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement as “dorks” and “unintelligent”.The exchange, which unfolded across separate podcast…
Two Australian states offer free public transport as war pushes up fuel prices
Victoria and Tasmania incentivise commuters not to drive as the Iran war causes the price of petrol to shoot up. Source link
Canada's New Democratic Party elects Avi Lewis as its leader
Avi Lewis’s campaign platform focused on revitalising the struggling left-leaning party and prioritising workers’ rights. Source link