Israel bombs Gaza after the ICC issues arrest warrants
24 hours after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinians in Gaza are still being bombed.
Middle East crisis: Netanyahu thanks Orbán for invite after ICC warrant, saying Hungary on ‘side of justice and truth’ – as it happened
Israeli PM thanks his Hungarian counterpart after he extends invite in defiance of moves by International Criminal Court
The US have said they “fundamentally reject” the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for senior Israel officials and said the court does not have jurisdiction over the matter.
On Thursday, arrest warrants were issued by the court for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the late Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza.
Continue reading...Burnayi Lurnayi: Bendigo development aims to provide safe homes for Aboriginal women
Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation says the development will help Indigenous women stay in the increasingly unaffordable regional city
Traditional owners have partnered with community housing providers in central Victoria to build a new housing project aimed at addressing the high rates of homelessness faced by Aboriginal women.
The development, named Burnayi Lurnayi, meaning “young women” in Dja Dja Wurrung language, is being built in the Bendigo suburb of Flora Hill, in a partnership between the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (Djarra) and community housing organisation YWCA.
Continue reading...Greens and some independents are biggest winners from Labor’s proposed donation cap, data shows
Labor and Coalition would have missed out on $4.1m and $4.7m in donations after public funding boost, while the Greens would have been $2.9m better off
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The Greens and independent MPs who ran low-cost campaigns have emerged as the biggest winners from Labor’s proposed donation cap and increased public funding of elections, data shows.
According to a Guardian Australia analysis of 2021-22 data, the Greens would have lost just $2.7m in donations if Labor’s proposed $20,000 cap had been law at the time, a sum more than made up for by a $5.6m increase in public funding. In net terms, the Greens would have been $2.9m better off.
Continue reading...People smugglers who promoted Tripadvisor-style video reviews caught
The smugglers offered the migrants bronze, silver, gold and platinum packages, depending on risk.
Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant
Viktor Orbán says he will not enforce ICC decision that requires court members to detain Israeli PM if he enters their country
Hungary’s illiberal prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said he will invite his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit in defiance of an international criminal court arrest warrant, as world leaders split over the ICC’s momentous decision.
The world’s highest criminal court issued warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu, his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas commander Ibrahim al-Masri, commonly known as Mohammed Deif, who is believed to be dead, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Continue reading...What do we know about Russia’s new ballistic missile, Oreshnik?
Moscow says the Oreshnik, a nuclear-capable weapon, was used in an attack on Ukraine amid escalating tensions.
Will Israel’s Netanyahu and Gallant ever be arrested?
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel’s PM and former Defence Minister.
A strong treaty can end plastic pollution and save lives
Failure to do so is not an option.
China reels from spate of suspected ‘revenge against society’ attacks
Stabbings and car rammings raise fears that China’s strained social safety net is leading to growing violence
China is grappling with a spate of violent rampages that have left dozens of people dead, sparking a conversation about whether “revenge against society” attacks are becoming more common.
On 19 November, a 39-year-old man drove a car into a group of people near a school in Changde, a city in central China, injuring several students. Days earlier, another car-ramming attack in the southern city of Zhuhai had killed 35 people outside a sports centre, China’s deadliest mass killing in a decade. That same week, a former student in another city stabbed to death eight people and injured 17 others at a vocational college.
Continue reading...Armed gang steal jewels from French museum’s £6m ‘national treasure’
Thieves fired shots and took parts of 1904 work by goldsmith Joseph Chaumet from Hiéron Museum
Armed robbers snatched jewels worth millions from a work by the famed Parisian goldsmith Joseph Chaumet classed as a national treasure, in a brazen heist at a French museum.
The thieves arrived on motorbikes at the Hiéron Museum in Paray-le-Monial, in central France, at about 4pm local time on Thursday. Three entered the building and one stood guard outside, said the local mayor, Jean-Marc Nesme.
Continue reading...Permanent solution to Hezbollah conflict lies in Lebanon’s parliament – expert – The Jerusalem Post
- Permanent solution to Hezbollah conflict lies in Lebanon's parliament - expert The Jerusalem Post
- Understanding Israel’s Campaign to Defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon Institute for the Study of War
- Lebanon’s Day After: Will the Country Survive the War With Israel? Foreign Affairs Magazine
- Hezbollah’s Rockets Remain a Threat Despite Israel’s Crushing Offensive The New York Times
- Are We on the Verge of Lebanon's Third Civil War? Haaretz
Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?
How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back
Climate proposal would see rich countries pay $250B a year – POLITICO
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- ‘It’s a joke’: $250bn climate finance offer met with scorn at COP29 Al Jazeera English
- COP faces an existential crisis in Baku Semafor
- COP29 Summit Pushes for $250 Billion Deal to Narrow Divisions Bloomberg
Pro-Palestinian groups sue Dutch gov’t for failing to stop Gaza ‘genocide’
The NGOs want the Netherlands to ban the export and transit of weapons, weapon parts, and dual-use items to Israel.
Australia vs India: Bumrah stars as Kohli and co toil – first Test Day One
India are skittled for 150 before reducing Australia to 67-7 in Perth on the opening day of Border-Gavaskar Test series.
ICC arrest warrants: Netanyahu is certainly a criminal, but …
There’s a reasonable basis to believe, when it comes to Israel-Palestine, that justice is not ultimately an option.
South Korea says Russia sent North Korea missiles in exchange for troops
South Korea's national security adviser says North plans to use the weapons to defend its airspace over the capital.
World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players
All the details about the biggest two weeks in chess as a young Indian grandmaster takes on the Chinese world champion.
Fake alcohol deaths highlight SE Asia’s methanol problem
The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.