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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised and is in “critical but stable condition”, ‌his spokesperson said from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/djHaBbM via sinceretalk

I just opened an online image so beautiful it stopped my thoughts, cut them off midstream so efficiently I forgot where they were going. The image, captured in this glorious video from Renee Volpe , shows a bird constructing its home from young leaves she sews together with leaf thread. She suspends her architectural marvel from an attached leaf ( almond tree ?), a condo perched between branches, shielded from rain and hungry eyes . After she builds the walls, she lines the floor with softness, perfect for cradling her own belly and bellies soon to peck free from speckled eggs . I googled, ‘What yellow bird sews its own nest?’ and learned that it’s most likely a tailorbird, known for weaving natural materials into habitats. The bird’s soft beauty speaks- white collar, yellow jacket, hat and pants in matching orange. But it was her purpose, her drive to protect and cradle life, that leapt from the screen and shook me. Her wordless mission said to stop staring at the destructive craz...

The Miami Grand Prix will start three hours earlier than planned due to a forecast of extreme weather including potential thunderstorms from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/sayzV8X via sinceretalk

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an application by Theuwedi Trading Enterprise and its sole director, Nakampe Aubrey Moliwa, to gag News24 over its reporting on the murder of Ekurhuleni senior forensic auditor Mpho Mafole. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/cg1LhjG via sinceretalk

An anonymous U.S. defense official revealed the branches of the U.S. military learned of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany “in real time,” without prior knowledge of the intended move, the AP reported Saturday. Trump on Wednesday announced via a Truth Social post that his administration was “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany.” The announcement followed an assessment by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week that insisted the U.S. is “ being humiliated ” by the war in Iran. A Pentagon spokesman on Friday confirmed to Breaking Defense that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth “has ordered the withdrawal of roughly 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next year.” Two Republicans who chair the congressional Armed Services Committees, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), on Saturday questioned the Pentagon’s decision, telling Punchbowl news“any significant change to the U.S. force posture in ...

Former Army major Harrison Mann says President Donald Trump tosses off lies and untruths, but his latest this week isn’t doing anything to help the party catching splash damage from his Iran conflagration . Trump claimed this week that his self-declared war on Iran is officially over, but Iran gets its own say and is maintaining its block on global oil tankers filing through the narrow Strait of Hormuz. This is walloping U.S. and global oil and fertilizer prices and delivering considerable damage to Trump and his party. “Frustrated Republicans like Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) have seized on the (1973 War Powers Resolution) 60-day deadline in the hope of prodding the administration to wrap up a war that Trump increasingly appears emotionally and intellectually incapable of ending,” said Mann, who resigned in protest of his office’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza under the Biden administration. “Other Republicans have also pointed to a provision of the W...