More Gaza children will die without help, UN warns
The UN warned that child and infant deaths in Gaza were likely to “rise rapidly” if food and medical supplies were not sent immediately, days after an aid delivery to the enclave turned into a disaster.
The UN has warned that many Gazans are on the brink of starvation, and some aid agencies have halted distribution in northern Gaza because of the dangers there.
The convoy that reached Gaza City on Thursday ended in disaster. More than 100 Palestinians were killed as thousands gathered around trucks carrying food and supplies, Gaza health officials said. Accounts of what happened varied wildly. The Israeli military said many of the victims had been trampled, although it acknowledged that troops opened fire after feeling threatened by the crowd. Gaza’s health ministry described the episode as a “massacre” by Israeli forces.
Two more aid convoys organized by the Israeli government and Palestinian businessmen went to Gaza over the weekend. One of the convoys was mostly emptied of desperate Gazans before reaching Gaza City. The US also began dropping air aid, which some aid experts said was insufficient.
The Kremlin is trying to minimize Navalny’s influence
Moscow seeks to suppress information about Alexei Navalny, both in life and in death.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not spoken publicly about Navalny, the opposition leader who died in an Arctic prison two weeks ago. Russian state television was almost as silent. And on Friday, as thousands gathered in Moscow for Navalny’s funeral, state news completely ignored it.
The approach is not new. For years, Putin refused to say Navalny’s name, state television barely mentioned him, and authorities barred him from running in the 2018 election.
But even without the power of television, Navalny managed to make a name for himself in Russia using the Internet, which continued to be the way millions of Russians followed news of his death and funeral. His online presence undermined Kremlin suggestions of his irrelevance, even as Russia’s coercion apparatus pursued him with increasing ferocity.
Even Biden’s Voters Said He Was ‘Too Big’
A staggering 61 percent of voters who supported Joe Biden in 2020 now believe he is “too old” to effectively lead the United States, according to a new New York Times and Siena College poll. Doubts about the president’s age, which cut across generations, gender, race and education, pose a growing threat to his re-election.
Voters have not expressed the same concerns about Donald Trump, who, at 77, is just four years younger than Biden. Their potential rematch would make them the oldest presidential candidates in history.
The tiny island of Alderney looks like a peaceful haven in the English Channel. But reminders of World War II lurk behind many of the island’s quiet corners.
The Nazis ran four camps in Alderney during the war, and it is unclear how many people died there. An exhibition this spring aims to provide answers, but not everyone who studies Alderney’s past is convinced.
Lives Lived: Iris Apfel’s bold bohemian style knocked the socks off the fashion world and inspired an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She died at 102.
Activism helps small football club attract crowds
Shirts for Ireland’s minor football team Bohemians are selling everywhere, but it’s not because of a star player or the team’s extraordinary success. Instead, many fans are drawn to Bohemians because of the team’s politics.
In a studiously apolitical sport, Bohemians have become a commercial success by leaning unapologetically to the left. The team’s embrace of activism has captured the hearts and minds of a community of fans around the world, dispersed by geography but united by common priorities.
Cook: Chashu is a Japanese adaptation of char siu, or Chinese pork, usually served over a steaming bowl of ramen.
Inflation: Pants are getting wider again.
Drift: The documentary ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ chronicles the adaptation of ‘Dune’ that never happened.
Reading: “The Hunter” — Tana French’s new thriller, the sequel to “The Searcher” — follows an ex-Chicago cop who settles in a remote village in the West of Ireland.
