South Africa accuses Israel of genocide

Florida man arrested for Subway footlong assault

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For months, the Houthis – a Yemeni militia with ties to Iran and Hamas – have attacked shipping they claim is linked to Israel. That has threatened international shipping lanes, causing the US, UK, and other countries to launch a mission to protect shipping

On Thursday, in response to anti-ship missiles fired by the Houthis into shipping lanes off Yemen, the US and UK bombed Houthi military sites in Yemen

In a statement, President Biden called the bombing “defensive”; the Houthis vowed the US will “pay”

The Gambia is mainland Africa’s smallest country. On Wednesday, its men’s soccer team boarded a flight to Yamoussoukro, the capital of the Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), which is hosting this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament

After takeoff, players began feeling dizzy and nauseous, and several passed out. The pilot turned the plane around and made an emergency landing

“I am ready to die for Gambia, but on the football pitch, not off it,” Gambia’s coach told ESPN. The team will reportedly still attend AFCON

South Africa’s ruling party has long aligned itself with the Palestinian cause. In December, it brought a case to the UN’s highest court accusing Israel of genocide

On Thursday, South African lawyers delivered opening arguments, during which they accused Israel of plotting genocide from “the highest level of state”

On Friday, Israel argued it is acting in self-defense “in a war [we] did not start and did not want.” It also accused South Africa of presenting a “grossly distorted” account of events and misinterpreting genocide

Beginning in 1999, the UK’s Post Office (PO) began using accounting software called Horizon. That software had a bug that gave the false impression that money was missing. The PO defended the software, though, and on the basis of the missing funds, prosecuted 700+ workers for fraud

Many workers were later exonerated. It emerged this week that the PO had given bonuses to investigators for each worker convicted. When asked if that influenced investigators’ behavior, a PO security team member responded, “I’d probably be lying if I said no”

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5… 5 dollar… 5 dollar bail fund: A Florida man threw his footlong Subway sandwich at a Subway worker since it wasn’t cut into two halves, according to police and restaurant footage