Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to US President Joe Biden’s comments urging Israel to abandon controversial judicial reforms that have sparked protests and political turmoil in the country. Netanyahu stated that Israel is a sovereign country that bases its decisions on the will of its people rather than external pressures, including from the United States, which he described as “the best of friends.”
Orlando Bloom, a Hollywood actor, visited Ukraine earlier this weekend as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. The 46-year-old Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean star paid a visit to Kyiv’s UNICEF-supported Spilno Children’s Center. Across its 180 centres, the organisation provides assistance to children who have been displaced by war or are victims of domestic violence, as well as other vulnerable groups.
On Monday, the Scottish National Party (SNP) chose Humza Yousaf as its new leader. Yousaf is the first Muslim and the first person of colour to lead Scotland, a nation of 5.5 million people. Yousaf defeated Kate Forbes, the SNP’s conservative-leaning leader, in an election that exposed the SNP’s divisions while also demonstrating how difficult their mission to keep Scotland out of the United Kingdom will be.
Protesters gathered on the streets of Tel Aviv on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for opposing his judicial overhaul plan, according to Al Jazeera. Following the decision, tens of thousands of protesters blocked a Tel Aviv motorway, while police clashed with crowds in front of Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence.
Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin disregarded Chinese President Xi Jinping by stationing nuclear weapons in Belarus despite their agreement not to deploy nuclear weapons beyond their national borders.
In an interview with the Russian propaganda news agency RIA Novosti, Putin stated, “The instigators intend to send 420 or 440 tanks to Ukraine, as well as ammunition.” During this time, we will build new ones and update over 1,600 existing ones.” According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia plans to manufacture and modernise approximately 1,600 tanks over the next three years.
Joe Biden, a Mississippi resident, issued an emergency declaration early Sunday, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey counties, which were hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the US.
Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel and the man behind Moore’s Law, died peacefully at his home in Hawaii on March 24, 2023. He was surrounded by his loved ones. Moore co-founded Intel in 1968 with his longtime colleague Robert Noyce, and he was instrumental in the company’s growth and success. He began as executive vice president before being elected president in 1975.
French President Emmanuel Macron has been chastised after a video of him removing his luxury watch during a television interview surfaced. Protests over pension reforms have roiled France, and cities such as Paris, Lille, and Marseilles, among others, have become battlegrounds as protesters clashed with riot police.
According to Afghanistan-based TOLO News, US President Joe Biden has stated that Washington stands with women facing violence in Iran and Afghanistan.Biden made the comments during a White House speech commemorating Women’s History Month. “We stand in solidarity with women facing violence in Iran and Afghanistan… “The budget I proposed two weeks ago includes over three billion dollars, a record amount, to advance general quality globally, not just at home,” he said, according to TOLO News. This comes as the United States’ Deputy Foreign Minister, Wendy R. Sherman, has also urged Kabul to grant women and girls their basic rights.
