Day: March 19, 2025

Blobfish’s remarkable comeback story, from ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to New Zealand’s fish of the year – Ugly Animal Preservation Society mascot beats fellow deep-sea critter orange roughy to title

“We’re living in a dictatorship,” said Kuzey, an Istanbul shopkeeper after police detained the city’s popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption allegations.

At Least 27 Palestinians Are Killed as Netanyahu Says Renewed Gaza Strikes Are “Only the Beginning”; Protests Demand End to U.S. Support for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza; “I Am a Political Prisoner”: Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Sends Letter from ICE Jail; Supreme Court Chief Justice Rejects Trump’s Call to Impeach Federal Judges ; ICE Agents Detain Colorado Immigrant Rights Activist Jeanette Vizguerra; Russia Bombs Ukraine Hours After Trump Discusses Ceasefire Plan with Putin; Federal Judge Rules DOGE’s Dismantling of USAID Is Likely Unconstitutional; Trump Fires Democratic Commissioners at Federal Trade Commission; Delaware Lawmakers Advance “Billionaires’ Bill” Shielding Corporate Executives from Accountability; Presidents of Rwanda and DR Congo Call for Ceasefire After Peace Talks in Qatar ; Turkish Police Arrest Erdoğan Rival and Restrict Free Expression Ahead of Elections; Hungarian Lawmakers Outlaw LGBTQ+ Pride Events

A hallmark of President Trump’s criminal trials were his unsparing attacks on the judges who oversaw them.   Now, he’s going to that playbook again – this time from the Oval Office. …

By Mehmet Emin Caliskan ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Protesters near Istanbul’s main police headquarters on Wednesday said the detention of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival and the city’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was a blow to Turkish democracy. Earlier on Wednesday, Turkish authorities detained …

The White House’s escalating tensions with federal district judges.