Hamas has formally rejected Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal, saying it will not accept a “partial” deal that does not guarantee an end to the war or a full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. Hamas’s chief negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, accused Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of putting forward an offer that “set impossible conditions for…
Barbara Lee, a trailblazing former member of Congress, has been elected as the next mayor of Oakland, California, after fending off an insurgent challenge from the center at a critical moment for the Bay Area city. Lee defeated the former city council member Loren Taylor after nine rounds of ranked-choice voting gave her more than…
Police investigating the murder of a woman from Cardiff who was last seen leaving work a week ago have found a body. Paria Veisi’s body was discovered by South Wales police at an address in Penylan, Cardiff, on Saturday, the force said. She was reported missing after leaving her workplace in the Canton area of…
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21km course. The robots from Chinese manufacturers such as DroidVP and Noetix Robotics came in all shapes and sizes, some shorter than 1.2m, others as tall as 1.8m. One…
Bill Clinton called on Americans to put aside “whose resentments matter most” and issued a defense of government employees as he returned to Oklahoma City on Saturday for a remembrance service for the 30th anniversary of the deadliest homegrown terrorist attack in US history. “If our lives are going to be dominated by efforts to…
Football tourism is usually seen at Premier League stadiums such as Old Trafford, Anfield and the Emirates, so fans of Harborough Town, who compete in the seventh tier of the football pyramid, were stunned when 100 Spaniards arrived at Bowden Park to watch them take on St Ives Town. The Spanish fans, who turned up…
Product promotion on TikTok is now powerful enough to influence the vast agricultural economies of the US and Iran – at least when it comes to the consumption of high-end confectionery. A chocolate bar stuffed with a creamy green pistachio filling has become incredibly popular after a series of video clips shared on the social…
The UK Foreign Office has said it is supporting the family of a couple who were killed in a cable car crash in Naples. Graeme Winn, 65, and Elaine Winn, 58, were among four people who died on Thursday at Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples in southern Italy. The…
The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into action at the ballot box. More than 400 rallies are anticipated across the nation loosely organized by the group 50501, which stands…
Billionaire Clive Palmer has made his pitch to party faithfuls after launching the Trumpet of Patriots campaign at his own resort. Palmer hopes his Trumpet of Patriots can bring “common sense” back to Australian politics after launching the party’s campaign in front of a strong crowd at his resort. Palmer, the Victorian senator Ralph Babet…
