- Japan, in its biggest arms deal since World War II, sells stealth frigates worth $6 billion to Australia Fortune
- Australia selects Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $6.5B warship deal AP News
- Australia to buy 11 advanced warships from Japan dw.com
- Australia selects Japan’s Mogami frigate in $6.5B deal Breaking Defense
- Australia picks Japan to build $10b frigates after fierce contest Australian Broadcasting Corporation
China reports 7,000 cases of chikungunya virus
The uptick in cases have prompted measures that are being compared to those taken during the pandemic.
Aboriginal group launches legal bid to stop Brisbane Olympic stadium
The group says Victoria Park is culturally and historically significant to Indigenous people.
Israel says it will allow controlled entry of goods into Gaza via merchants – Reuters
- Israel says it will allow controlled entry of goods into Gaza via merchants Reuters
- Security Cabinet Delays Meeting on Gaza Takeover; Smaller Forum With IDF Chief Planned Amid Tensions Haaretz
- Israel Says It Is Easing More Restrictions on Goods Entering Gaza The Wall Street Journal
- Israel unveils new mechanism for controlled entry of goods into Gaza The Jerusalem Post
- For first time in nearly a year, Israel to gradually allow flow of goods to Gaza’s private sector The Times of Israel
US attorney general orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe
The Trump administration alleges political foes were behind attempts to falsely tie him to Russia in the run-up to his 2016 presidential win.
Hong Kong Sees Record Rainstorm Warnings as Deluge Hits City – Bloomberg.com
- Hong Kong Sees Record Rainstorm Warnings as Deluge Hits City Bloomberg.com
- Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City The New York Times
- Black rainstorm warning to stay in force in Hong Kong until 5pm South China Morning Post
- Record-breaking Hong Kong deluge shuts down schools, hospital wards Yahoo Home
- Hong Kong reels from heaviest August rain since 1884 Reuters
Japan’s Defense Ambitions Boosted by Australia Navy Frigate Deal – Bloomberg.com
- Japan’s Defense Ambitions Boosted by Australia Navy Frigate Deal Bloomberg.com
- Japan clinches landmark $6.5 billion warship deal with Australia to counter China Reuters
- Australia picks Mitsubishi over German rival Thyssenkrupp for $6.5bn defence deal Financial Times
- Australia selects Japan’s Mogami frigate in $6.5B deal Breaking Defense
- Australia Selects Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy to Build Frigates The Wall Street Journal
J Street head says he’s now convinced Israel committing genocide in Gaza – The Times of Israel
- J Street head says he’s now convinced Israel committing genocide in Gaza The Times of Israel
- For first time, two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza CNN
- B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel: Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip B'Tselem
- The New York Times Does Not Fear Trump… But Bret Stephens Is Another Matter CounterPunch.org
- In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide The New York Times
Hong Kong cancels passports, bans financial support for wanted activists
Hong Kong's Security Bureau announces measures over activists' alleged role in unofficial parliament overseas.
Australia, Japan strike largest defence deal for advanced warships
Australian minister lauds deal for next-generation, Mogami-class frigates and their long-range missile capabilities.
100 Gaza children hope to be evacuated to UK for urgent medical care
Charities urge government to move quickly after it announced scheme to help critically ill and injured children
More than 100 critically ill and injured children in Gaza hope to come to the UK as soon as possible after the government announced a scheme to provide those in severe need with NHS care.
The government announced on Sunday that it would evacuate children from Gaza to the UK for treatment under a scheme to be announced within weeks.
Continue reading...Shein fined €1m in Italy for misleading environmental claims about products
Chinese fast fashion retailer penalised month after €40m fine from French regulator in July
The Italian authorities have fined Shein €1m (£870,000) for making “misleading or omissive” environmental claims about its products, the second time in as many months the Chinese fashion retailer has been targeted by European regulators.
Environmental sustainability and social responsibility messages on Shein’s website were in some cases “vague, generic, and/or overly emphatic” and in others were “misleading or omissive”, said Italy’s competition authority, AGCM.
Continue reading...It might seem like Trump is winning his trade war. But the US could soon be in a world of pain – The Conversation
- It might seem like Trump is winning his trade war. But the US could soon be in a world of pain The Conversation
- FURTHER MODIFYING THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES The White House (.gov)
- Tariffs on Fertilizer Cause Drop in Shipments to US, Mosaic Says Bloomberg.com
- Donald Trump thinks he’s winning on trade, but America will lose The Economist
- After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs The New York Times
Storm Floris: Scottish government holds emergency meeting amid warnings of more UK travel disruption
Scotland says there have been 119 incidents on the rail network caused by Storm Floris, including 75 tree-related ones
The Scottish government has held emergency meetings in response to the “significant disruption” caused by Storm Floris across the country, with warnings of further travel chaos on Tuesday as poor weather continues.
On Monday night, the Scottish government’s Resilience Room held a meeting to help decide an appropriate response to the storm, which has included power outages and almost 120 rail incidents. Representatives from the Met Office, Police Scotland, Transport Scotland and transport and utilities companies were in attendance.
Continue reading...Chinese woman becomes third person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws – AP News
- Chinese woman becomes third person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws AP News
- Australian Foreign Minister Wong says foreign interference not tolerated after Chinese woman arrested Reuters
- Chinese national charged under foreign interference laws Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Chinese national accused under foreign interference law of spying on Buddhists The Conversation
- Beijing Is Waging a Secret War: National Security Expert NTD News
Summit opens in final push for plastics treaty to tackle crisis – BBC
- Summit opens in final push for plastics treaty to tackle crisis BBC
- UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says The Guardian
- Plastic causing "disease and death from infancy to old age" that costs $1.5 trillion a year, report warns CBS News
- Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten global treaty on plastics pollution Reuters
- Global Plastics Treaty: What is INC-5.2 and why it matters The World Economic Forum
Jeju Air Plane Crash Highlights Decades of Blunders and Deadly Runway Wall – The New York Times
- Jeju Air Plane Crash Highlights Decades of Blunders and Deadly Runway Wall The New York Times
- National Assembly bans concrete mounds near airports to enhance safety standards - CHOSUNBIZ Chosunbiz
- The New York Times (NYT), a leading U.S. newspaper, focused on the "concrete mound" on the runway of.. 매일경제
- NYT criticizes Muan Airport's concrete hill design for exacerbating disaster risks - CHOSUNBIZ Chosunbiz
Prison system was days from collapse three times under Sunak, review finds
Emergency measures bailed out jails at last minute as No 10 refused to cut prisoner numbers until ‘cliff edge’ reached, former watchdog reports
The criminal justice system was within days of collapse on three occasions before being bailed out by “last-minute emergency measures”, an independent review by a former prisons watchdog has found.
Dame Anne Owers said the prison system, under pressure from overcrowding, was “in crisis” between autumn 2023 and the summer of 2024, but No 10 under Rishi Sunak refused to cut the numbers in jail until “the next predictable cliff edge”.
Continue reading...Pension age debate threatens to splinter Germany’s fragile coalition
Merz walks fine line as ‘lazy Germans’ debate sparks protest and economy minister calls to raise retirement age to 70
The fact that ageing Germany’s generous pension system is unsustainable is political Berlin’s worst-kept secret, but a controversial call to save it by hiking the retirement age to 70 has sparked howls of protest and threatened to destabilise the fractious government.
The chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has largely sidestepped the ticking timebomb of the greying population since taking office in May, preferring instead to announce sweeteners such as tax breaks for older Germans to continue working past the retirement age.
Continue reading...Netanyahu vows to occupy Gaza as U.S. touts ‘all or nothing’ hostage plan – The Washington Post
- Netanyahu vows to occupy Gaza as U.S. touts ‘all or nothing’ hostage plan The Washington Post
- Israeli goal for Gaza is to 'eliminate Hamas' from power, says Israeli journalist Fox News
- Israel's Netanyahu expected to push for plan to 'occupy' Gaza NBC News
- Israeli cabinet may order complete Gaza takeover Reuters
- Netanyahu to urge ‘full conquest’ of Gaza as ceasefire talks reach an impasse CNN