"For every day of this conflict, $2 billion is spent. My entire target for a hyper-prioritised plan to save 87 million lives is $23 billion," UN's Fletcher said. "We could have funded that in less than a fortnight of this reckless war. Now ... we cannot."
US spending on "reckless" war against Iran could have saved 87 million lives, argues UN humanitarian chief, amid budget cuts
Axios: "The Iranian team waited for a green light from the supreme leader" to join talks with the US in Islamabad. "It came on Monday night, according to the source."
Axios: US vice president JD Vance to travel soon to Pakistan's Islamabad for talks with Iran, sources say, along with envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner
"Such a step would be a remarkable concession from Hamas, which until now has publicly resisted giving up any of its arms."
"The proposal from the two officials falls well short of the full disarmament and demilitarization of Gaza â a core demand by Israel..."
NY Times: Hamas officials claim the group is ready to hand over some weapons www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/w...
"Donald Trumpâs Board of Peace is quietly engaging with international partners including the EU and the Palestinian Authority to stabilize Gaza and prepare for post-conflict governance, Norwayâs foreign minister told Politico."
A new EU-UN-World Bank report finds human development in Gaza has been set back 77 years by Israel's destructive war on the Palestinian territory, with recovery costs reaching $71 billion
Whatever, I don't want Startpage anymore. Their search results for *timely* news were awful.
Soooo weird. I was using Startpage search with Firefox but all of a sudden Startpage search disappeared from my settings!
US president Donald Trump aims to seal a deal with Iran with no extension of current truce, risking a resumption of attacks as early as Wednesday
The second round of US-Iran talks is expected to begin tomorrow at noon, with both delegations arriving in the morning, Al Jazeera reports.
Vance and the US delegation are en route to Islamabad for Iran War talks, Trump tells the NYP.
Still no confirmation that the Iranians are going to be there.
Search on here is terrible, sorry
AFP: US president Donald Trump says US will not lift naval blockade near Strait of Hormuz until deal with Iran
What if they put these in restaurants
ICYMI: On Friday we published a story from @noahshachtman.bsky.social and @robertsilverman.bsky.social about the surveillance practices of Jim Dolan's Madison Square Garden. We are talking logging when someone orders a drink, goes to the bathroom (and for how long)... www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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It's so strange that Boston local news channels don't do live coverage of the marathon. Disappointing.
It really wipes you out, ugh. (It always does for me, unfortunately.)
Happy Boston marathon day! As a native New Englander, I love today â¤ď¸
Feels like you've been through it. Good news you're improving, and enjoy!
Aerial view of large scale devastation inflicted on the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, with an Israeli tank parked in the center of the photo.
This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon
