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Colombia has ordered the expulsion of Argentine diplomats after President Javier Milei called his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro a “terrorist” and a “murderer.” “The Argentine president’s comments have deteriorated the trust of our nation, in addition to offending the dignity of President Petro, who was democratically elected,” Colombia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The ministry did not give details on how many diplomats would be asked to leave the Andean nation but said the expulsion would be communicated to Argentina through “diplomatic channels.” Milei made the remarks in a recent interview with CNN which has not yet…

Daniel Kahneman, an American-Israeli psychologist whose insights into the often troubled process of human decision making won him a Nobel Prize in economics, died on Wednesday at the age of 90. Kahneman and his longtime collaborator, Amos Tversky, did much to dispel the assumption, previously widely held in the field of economics, that people are capable of taking most decisions on a rational basis. Princeton University, where he worked until his death, confirmed his death in a statement on its website. “Many areas in the social sciences simply have not been the same since he arrived on the scene. He will be greatly…

“Putin resign!” This chant rang out in 2018 after a fire broke out at a crowded mall in Siberia, just a week after the last Russian presidential election, which gave Vladimir Putin a second consecutive term as president — and his fourth overall.  But after the deadly attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow on Friday, it’s instead the slogan “We mourn” that has blanketed the city as Russia grieves the loss of at least 139 lives. Just five days after the 2024 presidential election, in which Putin extended his term by another six years, gunmen dressed in camouflage gear stormed the hall, shooting people…

A potential trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc is “very bad” for both sides, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday during a visit to Brazil. Speaking at a business forum in Sao Paulo, Macron said the Mercosur-EU agreement was outdated and needed to be revised to take climate change into account. “The trade deal with Mercosur as it is being negotiated now is a very bad deal. For you and for us,” Macron said. “It was negotiated 20 years ago. We need to rebuild it.” Macron’s comments were a reaffirmation of his opposition to the…

“Her leg is bleeding. Carry her from below… slowly and avoid the gas cylinder… let’s get out of here, pull!” a man shouted.It was 20 February and an aid shelter in Gaza occupied by Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, had been struck.Inside, the atmosphere was chaotic. People rushed to try to put a fire out in one of the building’s rooms, as others helped another person laying on the floor.The attack on the shelter, which was housing 64 people including MSF drivers and their families, killed two people and injured seven others.Using on-the-ground footage, open-source…

Two senior Russian intelligence officials on Tuesday alleged either Ukrainian or US or UK involvement at some level in last week’s attack on a concert hall just outside Moscow that killed at least 139 people and wounded 180 others.  However, they did not provide evidence, and Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko almost simultaneously risked undermining the only apparent basis for this speculation — that the attackers allegedly tried to flee southwest across the border to Ukraine — by saying that they had first tried to cross into Belarus instead. The attack at Crocus City Hall has been claimed by the ISIS-K terror group, an offshoot…

For over a week, Israeli forces have occupied al Shifa hospital, one of the few remaining large medical facilities in northern Gaza. On the ground, tanks, soldiers and heavy equipment take the place of ambulances and patients. Visible above is evidence of possibly irreparable damage. On 26 March, a fire occurred on the grounds of al Shifa hospital. Clearly identifiable on satellite imagery captured on the day by Planet, smoke can be seen rising from the hospital’s grounds, centred around its surgical building and emergency ward. The imagery appears to match footage and images captured on the ground that were shared…

The European Union (EU) called on Facebook, TikTok and other social media sites on Tuesday to crack down on artificial intelligence deepfakes ahead of European elections in June. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, published guidelines for the big sites before Europe-wide elections this summer. Brussels has particularly grown wary about the impact of Russian “manipulation” and “disinformation” on European elections. “With today’s guidelines we are making full use of all the tools offered by the DSA to ensure platforms comply with their obligations and are not misused to manipulate our elections, while safeguarding freedom of expression,” said  Europe’s digital Commissioner Thierry Breton, referring to the EU’s Digital…

In a hostel in northern France, the atmosphere was tense.A father and his family were waiting for a call, a sign sea conditions were right and it is finally time to go. After fleeing from Kurdistan, they’ve paid around €8000 (£6,850) to cross the Channel on a dinghy provided by smugglers who value money over life.”We don’t have any other option except this dinghy. The surveillance for the trucks [crossing the Channel] is very strong and that is why we have to take this journey. We will either die or succeed,” Mohammed said ahead of the journey. Image: The family…

Russia’s Health Ministry said the death toll from last week’s Moscow concert hall attack rose to 140 on Wednesday after another victim died in the hospital. The massacre at Crocus City Hall on Friday night was the deadliest terrorist attack on Russian soil in almost two decades. What we know about the victims “Unfortunately, one of the injured, who was in an extremely serious condition, died,” Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency, referring to the latest fatality. “The doctors did everything possible.” Murashko added that in hospitals in Moscow and the Moscow region “there…