Pentagon’s accounting error could mean more funds are available for Ukraine military aid as a counteroffensive against Russian forces nears.The US Department of Defence overestimated the value of weapons and other military equipment provided to Ukraine by approximately $3bn, officials said, an error in accounting that may lead the way for more arms being sent to Kyiv. In many of the military aid packages sent to Ukraine, the defence department opted to draw from existing US stockpiles of older, existing items because it should ship them faster, officials said. The accounting error was the result of assigning a higher than…
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Moves come after President Guillermo Lasso, facing impeachment, dissolved legislature and triggered new elections.Members of Ecuador’s political opposition have launched a lawsuit challenging a move by the country’s president to dissolve the National Assembly instead of facing an impeachment proceeding. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, comes as the country’s electoral court said Ecuador could hold elections as soon as August. A day earlier, Lasso had invoked a quirk in Ecuador’s constitution known as the “two-way death”, which both dissolved the National Assembly and triggered new presidential and legislative elections. “We require, we demand an immediate pronouncement from the Constitutional Court,”…
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Mitch White experienced shoulder fatigue in his rehab outing in Triple-A with the Buffalo Bisons on Wednesday. White returned to Toronto to get checked out and the Blue Jays should have a clearer idea of his status by Friday. His 30-day rehab assignment which began April 26 remains active. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; White was expected to battle Yusei Kikuchi for the No. 5 spot in the starting rotation at spring training, but the injury has prevented that competition from happening. The Blue Jays could use White in a long relief role as…
Disney is scrapping plans to move 2,000 jobs to Florida amid a widening legal battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.Walt Disney Co is scrapping plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to Florida in part because of “changing business conditions” in the state, according to an email to employees seen by Reuters on Thursday. The announcement came amid a widening legal battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the entertainment giant. Disney parks chief Josh D’Amaro said “leadership changes” and “changing business conditions” prompted Disney to reconsider its 2021 plan to relocate employees, including its Imagineers who design theme park rides, to…
Gaza City, Palestine – Israeli forces have used live fire and tear gas against Palestinians who joined a demonstration on the besieged Gaza Strip’s eastern border with Israel, injuring several Palestinians, as far-right Israelis held a so-called ‘flag march’ in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. Hundreds of Palestinians joined the protest on Thursday, which was called for by Palestinian factions in response to the Israeli march. The Gaza demonstration condemned the ‘flag march’ in Jerusalem, and called for an end to Israeli attacks in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli authorities said their forces had fired after Palestinians threw explosive devices…
Erdogan’s the man to beat in Turkey, Palestinians mark the Nakba’s 75th anniversary, and Sudan’s fighting continues. Here’s your round up of our coverage, written by Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera Digital’s Middle East and North Africa editor. Never write off Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Now in his 20th year in power in Turkey, the president must have thought the recent elections had come around at the worst possible time, given the economic crisis, not one but two devastating earthquakes, frustration among the young, less-than-friendly relations with the West and a real desire for change on the part of millions of his fellow Turks. And yet, despite most…
New Delhi, India- India has started experiencing what could be another extremely hot summer, similar to last year when the country saw a devastating heatwave that led to widespread human suffering and affected workplaces, informal workers, landless labourers, marginalised communities, agriculture, and the overall economy. In April, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued heatwave warnings and predicted above-normal maximum temperatures for most of the country from April to June, as temperatures exceeded 45°C in parts of the country. Temperatures have begun to rise again this week across the country, potentially exposing millions of people to heat exhaustion or lethal heatstroke.…
Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka had three out of four sexual assault charges against him dropped by a public prosecutor in an Australian court on Thursday.The 32-year-old Gunathilaka was facing four counts of sexual intercourse without consent following the alleged rape of a woman in Sydney last November during the Twenty20 World Cup. Police allege the international cricketer met up with the 29-year-old woman at a Sydney bar after matching with her on a social meeting website. The pair then returned to her home before Gunathilaka allegedly choked her and raped her.A police facts sheet filed with the Downing Centre…
What currently passes for feminism in universities and other elite settings is anything but. Look at all the men prancing around in campuses, offices and city streets in their “This is what a feminist looks like” T-shirts who have at best never lifted a finger in support of the women’s movement and at worst actively caused it harm. It seems anyone can now pass as the real deal simply by wearing an item of merchandise. And it’s not just men who are attempting to rebrand feminism as anything they want it to be: there is also a new wave of…
Dual Breeders’ Cup winner Modern Games tops 13 contenders for Saturday’s Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.Winner of the Juvenile Turf in 2021 and the Mile last term, Modern Games has also tasted Group One success in France and Canada, but will be shooting for a first British win at the highest level. The John and Thady Gosden-trained Laurel is one of his main rivals at the Berkshire track, having finished a narrow second in the Sun Chariot last year and opened with an easy Listed verdict on Kempton’s all-weather surface last month. Image: Modern Games finishes well clear of…