Voters in the Swiss city of Basel on Sunday approved putting nearly $40 million into hosting the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. With funding approved, the glitzy annual TV event will proceed, despite opposition from conservatives. Source link
Italian Jannik Sinner completed a remarkable season on Sunday by sealing his country a second successive Davis Cup title with a 2-0 victory over Netherlands in the final at the southern Spanish city of Malaga. Matteo Berrettini laid the foundations with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Botic Van de Zandschulp, before Jannik Sinner defeated Tallon … Read more
Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates was found after he was killed in what he condemned as a “heinous anti-Semitic terror incident.” The UAE’s Interior Ministry later said authorities arrested three people in connection with his death. Source link
Washington. Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is a staunch supporter of America’s newly elected President Donald Trump. Trump has hinted at his possible role in his new cabinet. In an interview with Fox News, Hogan said that during a meeting last month, Trump was open to the idea of making him minister in his second term. … Read more
Israel has said that Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates, was killed in what he described as a “heinous anti-Semitic attack”. Kogan had served as the emissary for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a branch of Orthodox Judaism, in the UAE. His body was found in the Emirati city of … Read more
Romanians are casting ballots on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election. George Simion is a far-right candidate who says he is part of a new wave of patriotic politics in Europe. Left-wing Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is the candidate for the Social Democrats. Other serious contenders include former NATO deputy general secretary … Read more
More than one year after October 7, Zaka volunteers, who collect the remains of the dead, including terror victims, are trying to find resilience in therapy sessions. These orthodox Jews were not accustomed to these methods, but some were surprised by their positive effects. Source link
The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to the Lebanese capital for talks, as the militant group claimed a wave of cross-border attacks. Analysis by Yossi Mekelberg, Senior consulting fellow for the Middle East Program at Chatham House. Source link
At least 82 people were killed and dozens were injured after days of clashes that began Thursday after gunmen attacked convoys of Shiite Muslims traveling under police escort. The incident sparked retaliatory attacks against Sunni residents and gunfights between groups from both sides. A Pakistani government team has managed to mediate a seven-day ceasefire deal … Read more
War-torn Sudan is the victim of “the biggest humanitarian crisis on the planet”, Jan Egeland, Director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), told AFP on Saturday, criticizing the indifference of the international community. Since April 2023, a war has been raging between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. It has claimed tens … Read more