- Live updates: Trump says war in Gaza ‘is over,’ arrives in Egypt as Israel celebrates release of hostages The Washington Post
- Trump’s insistence produced a ceasefire in Gaza. Now he hopes it will end the war CNN
- The Release of Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners in Photos and Videos The New York Times
- President Trump Delivers Remarks to Israeli Knesset C-SPAN
- Fetterman marks release of last living hostages: 'The nightmare finally ends' Fox News
Who are the Palestinian captives Israel released?
Israel is releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinians, political prisoners and detainees. Here's a look at who they are.
Republican and Democratic senators dig in heels over government shutdown
Lindsey Graham says closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands on Obama-era healthcare subsidies
Republican and Democratic senators Lindsey Graham and Mark Kelly have dug their heels in over the government shutdown – which is now approaching two weeks, with the former saying that the closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands for a restoration of Obama-era healthcare subsidies.
Graham said on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday that he was in favor of the Senate voting to reopen the government and prepared to “have a rational discussion” with Democrats – but not with the government shut down.
Continue reading...US Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close due to government shutdown
Washington DC-based institution says it’ll temporarily close museums and research centers in response to shutdown
Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo closed their doors on Sunday in response to the ongoing government shutdown.
In a statement over the weekend, the Washington DC-based Smithsonian Institution announced that it was temporarily closing its museums, research centers and its zoo due to the government shutdown which has now entered the third week.
Continue reading...Israel celebrates releases, warns Palestinians over reunion scenes
While Israelis celebrated the return of captives from Gaza, Israel warned Palestinian families over reunion scenes.
A Guide to Trump’s Twenty-Point Gaza Peace Deal – Council on Foreign Relations
- A Guide to Trump’s Twenty-Point Gaza Peace Deal Council on Foreign Relations
- Israel-Gaza live updates: Trump signs peace agreement, last living hostages released ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- What's next in the Gaza peace plan after Israeli hostages released, Palestinian prisoners freed CBS News
- Why Gradualism Can Help in Gaza Foreign Affairs
- Celebrate the ceasefire, but don’t forget: Gaza survived on its own Al Jazeera
As the ceasefire begins, a look at the Gaza war by the numbers – NPR
- As the ceasefire begins, a look at the Gaza war by the numbers NPR
- How Many Hostages Did Hamas Take on Oct. 7, 2023? The Wall Street Journal
- Israel-Hamas war: a timeline The Hindu
- Israel’s war for survival is just beginning valleyvanguardonline.com
- Perspective: Israel and Gaza, 7 October 2023 to 12 October 2025 Yahoo News UK
‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home – The Guardian
- ‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home The Guardian
- Watch: Palestinian prisoners released in West Bank to rapturous crowds bbc.com
- ‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel Al Jazeera
- Barghouti Topped Hamas’s Prisoner List. Freeing Him Is a Red Line for Israel Bloomberg.com
- Israel frees 1,968 inmates as part of Gaza ceasefire deal Le Monde.fr
‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home – The Guardian
- ‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home The Guardian
- Watch: Palestinian prisoners released in West Bank to rapturous crowds bbc.com
- ‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel Al Jazeera
- Barghouti Topped Hamas’s Prisoner List. Freeing Him Is a Red Line for Israel Bloomberg.com
- Israel frees 1,968 inmates as part of Gaza ceasefire deal Le Monde.fr
What Trump said and did not say at the Knesset
The US president had a lot to say about everything, except the genocide.
After Israel’s war halted, who is clashing with Hamas in Gaza?
The Doghmush clan reportedly fought against Hamas in a clash that killed at least 27 people.
Macron accuses rivals of fuelling instability as he dismisses calls to resign
French president says opposition has not ‘risen to the moment’ after reappointment of Sébastien Lecornu as PM
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has accused rival political parties of fuelling instability as he brushed aside calls by the opposition for him to resign amid France’s worst political crisis in decades.
“Many of those who have fuelled division and speculation have not risen to the moment,” Macron said of French opposition parties, as he arrived in Egypt on Monday to attend a summit on Gaza. He said rival “political forces” were “solely responsible for this chaos” after they “instigated the destabilisation” of the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu.
Continue reading...Madagascar president says he fled country in fear for his life
Andry Rajoelina does not announce resignation in speech broadcast on social media after military rebellion
Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, said he had fled the country in fear for his life after a military rebellion but did not announce his resignation in a speech broadcast on social media late on Monday from an undisclosed location.
The 51-year-old has faced weeks of gen Z-led anti-government protests, which reached a pivotal point on Saturday when an elite military unit joined the protests and called for the president and other ministers to step down. That prompted Rajoelina to say that an illegal attempt to seize power was under way in the Indian Ocean island and to leave the country.
Continue reading...Trump’s 100% tariff threat: History of US trade measures against China
In recent history, the US has made moves restricting China's access to semiconductor technology.
Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation, growth and ‘creative destruction’ – Reuters
- Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation, growth and 'creative destruction' Reuters
- Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt Share Nobel in Economics The New York Times
- Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Northwestern Now News
- Brown University economics professor Peter Howitt wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Brown University
- Joel Mokyr – Facts – 2025 NobelPrize.org
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding
CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’
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CSIRO will embark on further cost- cutting to research units in a bid to repair a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, as Australia’s national science and research agency reckons with an ongoing decline in funding.
The institution’s annual funding level as a percentage of GDP has been falling with few exceptions over recent decades and is now at its lowest since 1978, a parliamentary library analysis commissioned by ACT senator David Pocock showed. Pocock requested data from 1980 in the analysis.
Continue reading...Gaza will be in the shadow of famine as long as we cannot plant our land
Israel destroyed or made inaccessible 98.5 percent of Gaza's agricultural land. My family's olive grove is part of it.
Conflict sends 300,000 people fleeing from South Sudan in 2025: UN
Renewed fighting between rival leaders forces mass exodus across South Sudan's borders as fears of wider war rise.
Superannuation tax changes: new rules have been proposed for your super – here’s what you need to know
Major changes announced by Jim Chalmers include indexing superannuation balances to inflation and addition of a new threshold taxing balances between $3m and $10m
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The Albanese government has dramatically rewritten its major tax policy, caving in to criticism on its controversial superannuation tax plan by raising thresholds and slashing the amount of money it will rake in.
After a long period of sustained attack from politicians and lobby groups, the government has conceded defeat on all major criticisms, with the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, saying the policy rewrites would “better target superannuation concessions”.
Continue reading...Palestinians celebrate return of detainees freed by Israel
Thousands of people gather in Gaza and the West Bank to welcome Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel.