If I’d been removed from my mother’s care, how would I have turned out?
The exact wording varies, but it’s generally something like this: “If you could go back in time and be removed from your mother’s care permanently at the start, do you think that would have been better?” Waterland and her mother, Lisa Stevens. Yeah, it’s a biggie. That question is essentially the ultimate one of nature…
Hamas makes hostage pledge but demands changes to US Gaza ceasefire plan
Hamas responded to a US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners, while requesting some amendments to the plan. The group repeated its demands for a permanent truce, a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and guarantees for…
Actress Valerie Mahaffey dies after cancer battle, publicist says
LOS ANGELES — Celebrated actor Valerie Mahaffey, whose stage, film and television work ranged from Shakespeare to the hit 1990s series “Northern Exposure,” died at age 71 after a battle with cancer, according to a statement released Saturday by her publicist. Mahaffey died Friday in Los Angeles, according to publicist Jillian Roscoe. “I have lost…
The kingdom of kindness; Australian theologian Sally Douglas
From his car seat, my toddler grandson calls to me. Something in his steady tone tells me he is sure of what he wants to say. “Nana, when I went to get the doll, I couldn’t see you, and I was really sad.” “Yes,” I reiterate. “You went to get the doll to bring in…
Gaza aid trucks rushed by desperate and hungry crowds, WFP says
Reuters World Food Programme (WFP) trucks waiting at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on 26 May Crowds of civilians have rushed aid trucks in Gaza, the World Food Programme has said, as hunger and desperation create chaotic scenes. The humanitarian organisation said it had brought 77 trucks loaded with…
Opal Suchata Chuangsri from Thailand crowned Miss World 2025
HYDERABAD, India — Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand was crowned Miss World on Saturday in India, where the international pageant was held this year. Chuangsri topped a field of 108 contestants in the contest held in India’s southern Hyderabad city. Hasset Dereje Admassu of Ethiopia was the first runner-up in the competition. Chuangsri received her…
EU ‘strongly’ regrets US plan to double steel tariffs
The EU has said it “strongly” regrets Donald Trump’s surprise plan to double US tariffs on steel and aluminium in a move that risks throwing bilateral trade talks into chaos. On Friday, the US president told a rally in the steel-making city of Pittsburgh that the tariffs would rise from 25% to 50%, claiming this…
Swiss glacier collapse: How the village of Blatten was wiped off the map
“I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology. “It was the worst case that could happen.” Mr Huss had been aware of the situation in Blatten; he and his team check Switzerland’s glaciers all year round, and their annual reports show a clear, accelerated thaw, linked to…
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke legal status for 500,000 migrants
President Donald Trump’s administration can temporarily revoke the legal status of over 500,000 migrants living in the US, the US Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The ruling put on hold a previous federal judge’s order stopping the administration from ending the “parole” immigration programme, established by former President Joe Biden. The programme protected immigrants fleeing…
Macron warns the West could lose credibility over Ukraine and Gaza wars
Tessa Wong Reporting fromShangri-la Dialogue, Singapore Getty Images Macron was speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned the US and Europe risked losing their credibility and being accused of “double standards” if they do not resolve the wars in Ukraine and Gaza soon. He also appealed to Asian countries to…