The number of dead in a roof collapse at an iconic nightclub in the Dominican Republic surged to 218 on Thursday, an official said. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center of Emergency Operations, said crews at the scene were still looking for victims and potential survivors, although no one has been found alive since Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve practically combed through ground zero,” he said, adding that there’s one very small area of rubble left that crews are focusing on. “This has been very difficult for us all.” Doctors warned that some of the two dozen patients who remained hospitalized were still not in the clear, especially the eight who were in critical condition.

Hamas, the group responsible for the deadly October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, has begun a legal push to overturn its classification as a terrorist organization in the United Kingdom, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.
The challenge was submitted to the UK Home Office and includes a formal witness statement from senior Hamas figure Mousa Abu Marzouq, who is disputing the group’s current banned status, the report said.

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Canadian Liberal leader Mark Carney is stepping back from comments made during a recent campaign rally in Calgary, where he appeared to affirm a crowd member’s allegation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report from CBC.
As Carney was preparing to address attendees at the event, someone from the audience shouted, “Mr. Carney, there’s a genocide in Palestine!” Though the speaker wasn’t shown on camera, the outburst was clearly audible.
Carney responded, “I’m aware. That’s why we have an arms embargo,” which prompted the crowd to erupt in chants of his name, effectively cutting off any further discussion at that moment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas fell, a sign that price growth was cooling even as President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff threats. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday, down from 2.8% in February. That is the […]

an Op-Ed Today it was reported in VinNews that Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of international relations for Hamas applied to the European Union a request to remove Hamas’s status as a terrorist organization.  The claim was submitted to the UK home secretary, Yvette Cooper.  The lawyers presenting the claim are from Riverway law. Director […]

President Trump issued a new executive order on Wednesday targeting federal water-use restrictions, specifically those implemented during the Obama and Biden administrations. He promoted the move with the slogan that it would help “Make America’s Showers Great Again.”
“Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom. A small but meaningful example is the Obama-Biden war on showers,” Trump declared in the executive order.
The directive eliminates lengthy federal guidelines—thousands of words long—set by the Obama-era Department of Energy, which redefined what constitutes a “showerhead.” These rules were brought back under Biden after Trump had previously eased them during his presidency.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israel would be the “leader” if the US and Israel strike Iran’s nuclear sites if talks between Washington and Tehran fail. Speaking at the White House, Trump responded to a question about whether he is considering using military means against Iran. “If it requires military, we’re going to have military,” he said. “Israel will obviously be very much involved in that — it’ll be the leader of that,” but then immediately clarifying: “Nobody leads us. We do what we want to do.” Trump also said that he has a deadline for talks, emphasizing that he won’t allow Tehran to drag out negotiations. Various media outlets reported that Trump is allowing two months for the talks. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Eric Adams has revealed the new political banner he’ll campaign under as he mounts an uphill fight for reelection: Safe Streets, Affordable City.
Speaking to 1010Wins on Wednesday afternoon, the former Democrat shared that he intends to appear on that line in the general election, having opted not to participate in the Democratic primary this time around.
“Those are the issues that are important to New Yorkers,” Adams said of his third-party name. “They want a safe city. They want an affordable city. And I want them to know that is what I produced for them.”