- Couple saves thousands monthly by taking extended 'gap year' travels with six-year-old Fox News
- We’re taking our girl, 6, out of school, they don't mind & it’s already saved us thousands even after a trip to Disney The Sun
- Couple who quit their jobs and took their daughter out of school to travel around the world reveal they're now SAVING money Daily Mail
- Couple saves thousands monthly by taking extended 'gap year' travels with 6-year-old AOL.com
- Couple are saving thousands of dollars a month by traveling the world with their daughter — home has become too expensive yahoo.com
Tens of thousands protest against legal crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition party – Reuters
- Tens of thousands protest against legal crackdown on Turkey's main opposition party Reuters
- Tens of thousands protest in Ankara against legal crackdown on Turkish opposition The Guardian
- Markets, Mayors, and Crackdowns: Erdoğan’s High-Stakes Gamble Middle East Institute
- Turkey’s opposition head accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’ Financial Times
- Is this the end of Atatürk’s party? Financial Times
Israel strikes high-rises in Gaza City, ahead of cabinet meeting to discuss risk of ground operation to hostages – CNN
- Israel strikes high-rises in Gaza City, ahead of cabinet meeting to discuss risk of ground operation to hostages CNN
- Israel flattens more Gaza towers as strikes kill 53 and famine toll rises Al Jazeera
- The Perilous Path to Escape Gaza City The New York Times
- Israeli airstrike levels Gaza tower as civilian death toll rises Vatican News
- 'We escaped certain death': Israel intensifies Gaza City bombardment, forcing families to flee BBC
Britain’s King Charles III lives another, slower life in Transylvania – The Washington Post
Britain’s King Charles III lives another, slower life in Transylvania The Washington Post
Rubio in Israel for talks to limit diplomatic damage over Qatar strikes
US secretary of state says Trump ‘not happy’ about Israeli attack that targeted Hamas officials in Doha for Gaza talks
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has held talks in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at limiting the diplomatic damage to both countries by Israel’s attempt to assassinate Hamas leaders in Qatar, its continued demolition of Gaza, and the accelerated expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli prime minister took Rubio on a tour of the Western Wall, where both men placed written prayers between the stones, before taking his American visitor underground to view archeological excavations.
Continue reading...Attacking Qatar shows Israel doesn’t want a Gaza ceasefire
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu keeps changing position on a Gaza ceasefire, using different ploys to keep the war going.
Starmer says UK will ‘never surrender’ flag to far-right protesters
Antifascist campaign group Hope Not Hate condemns speeches at Saturday's rally in London as 'extremely disturbing'.
More Middle East mayhem amid unconditional US support for Israel?
US political analyst John Mearsheimer argues that Israel attacked Qatar to preclude any closure to the war on Gaza.
Russian drone incursion into Poland ‘was Kremlin test on Nato’
Polish minister says Moscow sought to gauge reaction without starting war as Romania reports new incursion
Poland’s foreign minister has said the Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace was an attempt by the Kremlin to test Nato’s reactions by incremental escalations without prompting a full-scale response, as Romania became the second Nato country to report an incursion in a matter of days.
Radosław Sikorski confirmed that while the drones that entered Poland last week were capable of carrying ammunition, they were not loaded with explosives. “Interestingly, they were all duds, which suggests to me that Russia tried to test us without starting a war,” Sikorski told the Guardian in Kyiv.
Continue reading...Rubio in Israel as IDF destroys more Gaza City buildings
The US secretary of state will discuss the war in Gaza following Israel's attack on Hamas in Qatar, which has drawn widespread condemnation.
Secret rating system kept parents in dark about safety fears at NSW childcare centre
Case in which parents were not told centre was in the ‘very high risk’ cohort illustrates a glaring safety gap, critics argue
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A childcare centre in New South Wales was approved as “meeting” government standards in the publicly available rating system, but flagged months later as a “very high risk service” in a secret rating system maintained by the Department of Education, the Guardian can reveal.
The centre, which Guardian Australia is choosing not to name, was flagged by officers from the NSW early childhood regulator as being in the highest risk category of childcare services, after officials visited in May 2024 to investigate a complaint.
Continue reading...Are weddings a financial nightmare?
Today on The Stream: Weddings used to be about the couple; now they're about the content.
Brother of Briton jailed in India asks why UK border police are stopping him
Gurpreet Singh Johal wants to know if stops are linked to his efforts to find out whether UK intelligence played a role in sibling’s arrest
The brother of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh jailed in India, has written to the Home Office to ask why he is being repeatedly stopped at the airport by British border police.
Gurpreet Singh Johal, a Labour councillor in Dumbarton, asked if it was linked to his legal efforts to discover whether British intelligence played a role in his brother’s arrest eight years ago.
Continue reading...Romania says Russian drone incursions pose ‘new challenge’ to Black Sea security
Country’s defence ministry condemns ‘irresponsible actions’ after drone entered its airspace on Saturday
Romania has strongly condemned the entry of a Russian drone into its airspace during an attack on neighbouring Ukraine, saying Moscow’s actions pose a “new challenge” to Black Sea security.
Poland had already denounced the intrusion of Russian drones into its airspace last week, calling on Moscow to avoid further “provocations”. Polish fighter jets scrambled on Saturday in response to fresh Russian drone strikes just over the border in Ukraine.
Continue reading...Marc Marquez wins San Marino MotoGP to close in on world championship title
Marquez's latest victory means he can clinch a seventh MotoGP world title at the next race in Japan in a fortnight.
Far-right activists are pressuring employers to fire Charlie Kirk critics
People in the US are being fired from their jobs for making remarks perceived as critical of slain Charlie Kirk.
China hits back at Trump’s 100% tariffs threat: ‘We don’t participate in…’ | World News – Hindustan Times
- China hits back at Trump's 100% tariffs threat: ‘We don’t participate in…' | World News Hindustan Times
- Trump issues an ultimatum for NATO countries on Russia sanctions CNN
- Trump demands NATO action on Russian oil before any U.S. sanctions The Washington Post
- Trump ties new Russia sanctions to NATO tariffs on China Axios
- Trump says he's ready to put 'major sanctions' on Russia if NATO nations do the same CNBC
Ukraine targets key Russian oil refinery as Moscow tests hypersonic missile
Ukraine says it will continue targeting Russian infrastructure delivering troops, fuel and ammunition to front lines.
Qatar holds Arab-Islamic summit in Doha to agree response to Israeli strike
Arab and Islamic foreign ministers are gathering in Doha after Israel’s unprecedented missile strikes on Qatar that kill
This is what Israel has done to Gaza City in the past 24 hours
Israel has systematically bombed homes, residential towers, hospitals, and shelters in Gaza City.