Google worker says the company is 'silencing our voices' after mass firings

npr.org Google worker says the company is 'silencing our voices' after mass firings The first time Zelda Montes heard about Google's Project Nimbus was about six months ago, even…

Iran map reveals how close Israeli strikes were to hitting nuclear sites

newsweek.com Israel's retaliatory strikes inside Iran appeared to target nuclear sites on Friday, warning of increased dangers amid the ongoing shadow war between the two regional powers…

Israel seems to have stuck to small drones when it hit Iran

businessinsider.com A man rides a motorbike past a billboard depicting Iranian ballistic missiles in service in Tehran on April 19, 2024. -/AFP via Getty Images An Israeli strike hit Isfahan in…

Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no further retaliation

investing.com DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated…

Israel and Iran: All-out war, or measured retaliation?

cnbc.com Iran and Israel, regional arch-foes, are trading attacks and threats — the latest of which saw Israel launch a "limited military strike" on Iran in the early hours of Friday…

Google to employees: "We are a workplace"

axios.com Google's firing of 28 protesting employees Wednesday sends the clearest signal yet that the tech giant — whose founders pledged it was "not a conventional company" — has…

Hold Obama-Biden Foreign Policy Responsible for Iran's Unprecedented Attack on Israel

newsweek.com The terrorist Iranian regime's unprecedented recent attack on Israel, which included 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface missiles, is an unambiguous…

Palestine President Slams US After Washington Vetoes Bid For Full UN Membership: 'Unfair, Unethical And Unjustified'

benzinga.com The United States has rejected a United Nations Security Council resolution that aimed to grant Palestine full UN membership, effectively halting the recognition of a…

U.S. vetoes UN membership for Palestine after 12 out of 15 on Security Council vote in favor

fortune.com The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine, a goal the Palestinians…

Six Months Later, Hamas Is in Control

newsweek.com While the world focuses on the brewing cycle of Israel-Iran retaliation, the war in Gaza lingers on. In fact, it's becoming increasingly clear that Hamas is dictating…

Iran fires air defenses after spotting drones as reports of attack from Israel swirl

fortune.com Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones, which were suspected to be part…

Biden Weighs More Than $1 Billion in New Arms for Israel

wsj.com The Biden administration is considering supplying tank shells, mortars and vehicles in one of the largest transfers since the start of the war in Gaza.

Iran fires at suspected Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base

asia.nikkei.com Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones, which were suspected to be part…

Russia’s war in Ukraine remains barrier to growth, says IMF chief

theguardian.com Russia’s war with Ukraine is stoking geopolitical tensions and damaging the recovery prospects of the global economy, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.…

Iran fires air defense batteries near Isfahan after spotting drones

asia.nikkei.com Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones early Friday morning, raising fears of a possible…

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract

independent.co.uk Google has fired 28 employees after protests on Tuesday in the company’s offices against their cloud contract with the Israeli government. The employees were terminated on…

Israel hitting targets in Iran. It’s going to be a blood bath in the market tomorrow

abcnews.go.com Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched missiles in a retaliatory strike against Iran, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. The missile launches follow Iran's…

CIA director: Iranian attack on Israel was a 'spectacular failure'

nbcnews.com Iran’s missile and drone barrage against Israel last weekend “turned out to be a spectacular failure,” with nearly all of the projectiles failing to hit Israel, CIA Director…

More aid has been entering Gaza through the south of the enclave and a newly opened crossing in the north, but relief workers said it is inadequate to avert a…

wsj.com More aid has been entering Gaza through the south of the enclave and a newly opened crossing in the north, but relief workers said it is inadequate to avert a looming famine.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Mike Johnson Has Turned Into A 'Mini Tyrant': 'We Need A New Speaker'

benzinga.com Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for his alleged autocratic behavior and backroom dealings with Democrats. The tweet was…

America's Confused Commander-In-Chief Warns Israel Against Attacking Israel

zerohedge.com America's Confused Commander-In-Chief Warns Israel Against Attacking Israel While Democratic strategists have long tried to downplay and dismiss President Biden's obvious…

US vetoes UN membership for Palestine

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by The News The United States on Thursday vetoed a draft UN resolution to grant full membership to Palestine, a vote that would have effectively…

U.S. vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine

pbs.org The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in…

Why USC canceled its pro-Palestinian valedictorian

vox.com Asna Tabassum, a graduating senior at the University of Southern California majoring in biomedical engineering, is at the center of the latest firestorm on college campuses…

Silencing Muslim students isn't the way to protect them from vitriolic pro-Israel voices

msnbc.com On Monday afternoon, University of Southern California Provost Andrew T. Guzman made an announcement: “After careful consideration, we have decided that our student…

AIPAC-endorsed Democrat calls for Israeli leadership change

politico.com Rep. Mike Levin — one of California’s few vulnerable Democratic House members — called for a change in Israeli leadership on Thursday. “It appears to me that new leaders are…

World Bank's Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war

apnews.com There was no shortage of stressors to the global economy when Ajay Banga took charge at the World Bank almost a year ago: inflation eating at nations drowning in debt, a…

What's inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel

apnews.com Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian…

Pro-Palestine tech workers push back against Google's cloud project

fortune.com “Don’t be evil,” was Google’s motto for many years. That all shifted to “do the right thing,” when the tech company became a subsidiary of Alphabet in 2015. Whatever slogan…

U.S. vetoes Palestinian bid for full UN membership

axios.com The U.S. on Thursday voted no and vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution to accept Palestine as a full member of the UN. Why it matters: The vote comes six…

As Hezbollah awaits Israeli retaliation, its second-in-command insists they are not seeking war

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article BEIRUT — Iran-backed Hezbollah is determined not to ramp up…

We Must Act Now to Prevent the Next Attack by Iran

newsweek.com Iran's aerial assault on Israel involved some 320 attack drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. It was the act of a regime fully committed to annihilating the…

Russia calls on UN to sanction Israel

newsweek.com Russia is urging the United Nations (U.N.) to sanction Israel for failing to comply with a resolution that demanded a Gaza cease-fire during Ramadan. U.N. Security Council…

Matt Gaetz reveals new plan for Ukraine aid money

newsweek.com Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, revealed a new plan for the money that the U.S. may get back from Ukraine if a new aid bill gets passed. On Wednesday, House…

Brett Gelman Says Oscars Shouldn’t Be Political After Jonathan Glazer’s Speech Referencing Israel-Hamas War

thewrap.com Brett Gelman told SiriusXM’s Ron Bennington that he doesn’t think awards shows, like the Academy Awards, should get political. The actor mentioned “The Zone of Interest”…

Mike Johnson and progressives are strange bedfellows on Israel and Ukraine aid

aol.com None House Speaker Mike Johnson is splitting Ukraine and Israel aid into separate votes. • None Democrats have generally opposed this, but are now willing to go along with…

Barinthus Bio Announces Topline Data from Phase 1b/2 APOLLO Trial of VTP-200 in Persistent High-Risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infections

benzinga.com Primary safety endpoint met; VTP-200 was generally well-tolerated, with no treatment-related grade 3 or higher adverse events (AEs) or serious AEs (SAEs). • Positive trends…

A US Navy transport ship deployed to help operate the floating port in Gaza returned home after an engine fire

businessinsider.com The Military Sealift Command maritime prepositioning ship USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo is anchored during a routine port visit to the Marathi NATO Pier Facility in Souda Bay.…

Google fires employees who protested Israel contract

thehill.com Google fired 28 employees Wednesday who protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Protesters staged sit-ins Tuesday at two Google…

Armenian victims group asks International Criminal Court to investigate genocide claim

pbs.org THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court on Thursday, arguing that…

Uri Berliner’s Resignation Is the Latest Example of Dissent In Newsrooms

observer.com Newsrooms continue to be split by ideological differences among staffers. On Wednesday (April 17), NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigned from the organization…

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter says she was suspended over pro-Gaza demonstration

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter said she was suspended Thursday by…

Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel

pbs.org Iran’s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred a flurry of bipartisan legislative action in Congress, uniting lawmakers against the country even as the risk of a…

'Israel Propped Up Hamas': Fireworks Ensue During ZeroHedge Debate, Dennis Prager Says Atrocity Claims 'Libel'

zerohedge.com 'Israel Propped Up Hamas': Fireworks Ensue During ZeroHedge Debate, Dennis Prager Says Atrocity Claims 'Libel' On Wednesday night, against the backdrop of the war in Gaza…

Why the GOP’s Columbia University antisemitism hearing should trouble everyone

msnbc.com Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and Israel’s subsequent onslaught on Gaza, American college campuses have been seized by protests as the death toll in Gaza has…

Israelis struggle to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive in Gaza

pbs.org Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family’s Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is…

‘The View’ Host Joy Behar Grosses Out Cohosts With ‘Visual’ That GOP ‘Lips Are Attached’ to Trump’s Butt

thewrap.com Joy Behar has been known to be fairly explicit when it comes to jokes and metaphors on “The View,” but cohost Sara Haines couldn’t quite handle it on Thursday morning, when…

NATO and the EU urge G7 nations to step up air defense for Ukraine and expand Iran sanctions

abcnews.go.com Top NATO and European Union officials are urging industrialized nations to take quick and concrete steps to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine NATO and the EU urge…

These 13 House Democrats voted against a resolution to condemn Iran's attack on Israel

aol.com None The House voted on Thursday to condemn Iran's recent missile and drone attack on Israel. • None 13 progressive House Democrats — and one Republican — voted against it.…

War Is More Offensive Than Protesters

newsweek.com In the wake of the Iranian strikes on Israel, some anti-war activists are wringing their hands, anxious to condemn anyone who asserts that Iran has a right to defend itself.…

Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract

latimes.com A banner hangs during the sit-in at Google’s New York office. Google has terminated 28 employees after dozens of workers participated in sit-ins inside company offices…

Google fires 28 workers after protest against contract with Israel

cbsnews.com Protests across the U.S. call for Gaza cease-fire Protests across the U.S. call for Gaza cease-fire Protests across the U.S. call for Gaza cease-fire Google has fired more…

CNN Airs Graphic Footage of Little Girl’s Corpse After Israeli Strike Kills Eight Children

mediaite.com CNN’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas War and the increasing death toll in Gaza — which has surpassed 33,000, according to local officials — put a face to the children who have…

U.S. and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to weekend attack on Israel amid escalating tensions

pbs.org The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle…

IMF's Georgieva says there's 'plenty to worry about' despite recovery for many economies

apnews.com The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the world economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of higher interest rates and the shock of war…

IMF’s Georgieva says there’s ‘plenty to worry about’ despite recovery for many economies

seattletimes.com The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the world economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of higher interest rates and the shock of war…