Newark is not the only US airport facing glitches. Last week, air traffic controllers in Denver, Colorado, also lost contact with planes for 90 seconds, impacting 20 different pilots. Denver, like Newark, is a hub for United Airlines.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the political mentor of Mexico's current leader
Lopez Obrador had long clashed with Mexico's Supreme Court. During his six-year term, many of his signature policy proposals had come before the court.In 2023, for instance, it ruled that Lopez Obrador could not use "national security" as an excuse to fast-track the construction ofin the Yucatan Peninsula.
Barely a month later, it also struck down a bill Lopez Obrador backed that would have slashed the funding of the country'sIn response, Lopez Obrador criticised the judicial system for serving the interests of the political and economic elites.
Daniela Arias, a coordinator for the pro-democracy think tank Laboratorio Electoral, remembers Lopez Obrador railing against the judges at his daily news briefings.
“The president's questions in his morning press conferences were: What legitimacy do these [judges] have, versus what the people decided at the polls? Why are they holding up my projects?” Arias said.Israel recently said it was bowing to international pressure and would allow “minimal” supplies of food and medicine into Gaza, on which it continues to wage an intense military assault.
However, the trickle of aid entering the strip under the control of a new, shadowy NGO backed by Israel and the United States has been accompanied by intensive bombardment and the shooting of Palestinians desperately trying to reach aid distribution points.In his comments, Macron called for an end to assumptions that Israel is respecting human rights.
“But I still hope that the government of Israel will change its stance and that we will finally have a humanitarian response,” he added.The French leader also stressed that recognition of a Palestinian state is “not only a moral duty, but a political necessity,” although he added that its establishment would need to come under specific conditions.