Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village Israel Defense Forces say the ‘soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and value’

Who got jailed for killing Gaza's children? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Tuesday's papers: Finland calls up reservists, surveillance reforms, and digitalisation reaches bottle receipts Ukraine's drone strikes over the Gulf of Finland have prompted the defence forces to call in reservists.

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Is Trump underestimating Iran and letting the regime prevail? With Washington Tightening a Maritime Blockade and Threatening Strikes, Tehran Is Betting Its Sanctions-hardened 'Resistance Economy' Can Outlast U.S. Pressure, Turning the Strait of Hormuz Standoff I...

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Role of US officials killed in Mexico crash under scrutiny Two Americans who reportedly worked for the CIA died in a car crash after a Mexican-led operation to destroy a drug lab.

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Iran yet to decide on sending delegation to Islamabad for US talks, official tells BBC US President Donald Trump says he expects

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‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

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‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years

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COVID-19 was still the largest driver of hospitalizations for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases in 2024 www.cihi.ca/en/priority-... via @cihica.bsky.social

#VaccinesWork

Will Wins Wars. We’re Forgetting That. Power = Will × Resources.

Retired general Mark Hertling is the Sun Tzu of our times: Will Wins Wars. We’re Forgetting That. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Kenya: Amnesty Calls for Police Restraint As Fuel Price Demonstrations Loom Amnesty International Kenya has urged police to exercise restraint ahead of the anticipated nationwide fuel protests scheduled for Tuesday.

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Malawi: Fuel Crisis Turns Critical - Malawi Runs Dry As Government Admits Empty Reserves and Cash Shortage Malawi is facing a deepening national crisis after government spokesperson Shadric Namalomba admitted that the country has completely run out of fuel reserves, exposing the severity of the ongoing sho...

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What’s Iran’s fighting strength post-ceasefire? As the end date for the U.S.-Iran ceasefire approaches with no deal in sight, the prospect of a renewed war looms, but assessing the state of Iran’s military capabilities remains difficult.

What’s Iran’s fighting strength post-ceasefire?
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Superpower Suicide The geopolitics of our moment

Timothy Snyder: Superpower Suicide open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Effects of fuel reduction thinning and patch clearcutting on carbon stocks and plant diversity in south coastal rainforests of British Columbia Communities are responding to increased wildfire in Canada by thinning and clearing forests in the wildland–urban interface to reduce hazardous fuel loads. The effects of these treatments on ecosystem...

Effects of fuel reduction thinning and patch clearcutting on carbon stocks and plant diversity in south coastal rainforests of British Columbia cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have refocused attention on the lack of a doctrine.

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Judge orders release of El Gamal family from Dilley ICE Center The family has been detained since last June after the father was arrested and charged with attacking mostly Jewish protestors at a Boulder, Colo., event.

Federal judge orders release of Egyptian family of six who have spent 10 months detained in Dilley detention center www.texastribune.org/2026/04/20/e...

Gun violence, domestic violence, and the systems that fail us The Dose (April 21)

Gun violence, domestic violence, and the systems that fail us
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Trump approval falls to 35% as rating on handling prices hits a record -46 Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds the president's overall job approval at a new low, Democrats leading by 7 on the generic ballot, and a majority says the Iran war is not worth the cost

G. Elliott Morris: Trump approval falls to 35% as rating on handling prices hits a record -46 open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Guess Who’s Coming to David Suzuki’s 90th Birthday Party? | The Tyee Some big and inspiring names will take the stage to help celebrate. Your ticket will help support his legacy.

Guess Who's Coming to David Suzuki's 90th Birthday Party? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Presents/202...

Vancouver’s Progressive Parties Are Trying to Work Together | The Tyee Three civic parties are limiting their number of candidates in an attempt to win.

Vancouver's Progressive Parties Are Trying to Work Together via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

BC Defends Firing Premier’s Office Staffer over Leak Allegations | The Tyee An RCMP probe is looking into John Pratt’s actions in a federal government job.

BC Defends Firing Premier's Office Staffer over Leak Allegations via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Polio and Vaccination: A Memoir of What We’ve Forgotten | The Tyee What I learned from getting polio 70 years ago? Amnesia is a traitor that lets old enemies through the gates.

I was already sold on vaccines when I joined the army: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018...

When I joined the US Army in 1963, they lined us up and shot us full of vaccines, and didn't even say "pretty please."

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek), with the handle @magyarpeterMP. The post reads: "Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then — on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office." At the bottom, the timestamp reads "3:04 AM • Apr 21, 2026" alongside "19.9K Views".

Peter Magyar is not playing around at all. He's going to purge every single remnant of corrupt Orbanism. This is exactly how Dems need to be when they retake power.

"This is an important thing to think about."

The Vindication of Bidenomics Are we finally ready to acknowledge its successes?

Krugman: The Vindication of Bidenomics open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Measuring population immunity against influenza using individual antibody titres: a multicountry, retrospective observational study We developed and validated four complementary population immunity estimators derived from individual antibody titres that showed predictive utility for influenza subtype dominance and epidemic size di...

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Russian economy faces 'financial disaster,' Sweden's spy chief warns as Moscow hides true deficit Stockholm believes that Moscow is "living on borrowed time," Sweden's military intelligence chief Thomas Nilsson said.

Encouraging news: kyivindependent.com/russian-econ...

Trump is on TV now talking about perhaps resuming the bombing of Iran.

Almost two months since he started the war.

And the position of GOP members of Congress is that the people's representatives in Congress should have no say on this. They really do think Trump should have the power of a king.