Family condemns Hamas video showing emaciated Israeli hostage
Evyatar David's family says Hamas is starving him, as the group shows a video of him being kept in a tunnel.
Online shoppers warned of ‘dangerous’ weight-loss scam as ‘ghost stores’ impersonate real people to sell Ozempic-like treatments
Dietitian Lyndi Cohen says her likeness is being ‘abused and misrepresented’ as websites posing as Australian businesses claim to offer GLP-1 substances
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Online “ghost stores” masquerading as Australian businesses have expanded into advertising Ozempic-like weight loss treatments, and are impersonating real people, including a well-known dietitian, to recommend their products.
After uncovering more than 140 sites falsely claiming to be Australian fashion retailers that prompted a public warning from the consumer regulator, Guardian Australia has identified a new scam that targets people trying to lose weight.
Continue reading...Sportsbet advertises multi-bets on AFL website after pulling TV ads due to ‘community sentiment’
Ads encouraging sport fans to ‘bet now’ do not breach any rules but gambling reform advocates say it shows industry attempts to self-regulate have failed
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The gambling giant Sportsbet has splashed ads for its expanded same-game multi-bets on the AFL’s website, months after pulling them from free-to-air broadcasts due to “strong community sentiment”.
The ads, which reveal Sportsbet now accepts same-game multi-bets on how many possessions a player acquires during a match, encouraged people to “bet now” and surrounded the AFL homepage.
Continue reading...Dua Lipa ‘feeling grateful’ after Kosovan president grants her citizenship
Singer of hits such as Houdini, One Kiss and Training Season was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents
Singer Dua Lipa has said she is “feeling grateful” after being awarded citizenship of Kosovo by the country’s president.
The 29-year-old was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents, Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa, and moved to the country’s capital of Pristina aged 11, when her family returned after Kosovo gained its independence in 2008, before moving back to London aged 15.
Continue reading...Siraj strikes after Jaiswal helps India set England daunting target
Yashasvi Jaiswal makes sparkling hundred with Mohammed Siraj striking with last ball of day as India look to tie series.
In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid – NPR
- In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid NPR
- ‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’ The Atlantic
- How much aid has made it into Gaza since Israel said it was easing restrictions? NBC News
- What Many Israelis Don’t Want to See The New York Times
- PHOTO ESSAY: Starvation attacks the bodies of these children in Gaza AP News
Ukraine says defence sector corruption scheme uncovered
Anticorruption agencies arrest four suspects after government forced to backtrack on push to strip them of autonomy.
Protesters in Bangkok demand resignation of court-suspended prime minister following deadly conflict – AP News
- Protesters in Bangkok demand resignation of court-suspended prime minister following deadly conflict AP News
- Protesters in Thailand Denounce Prime Minister After Clashes With Cambodia The New York Times
- Border crisis blues bangkokpost.com
- Thailand’s political index drops to 3.86 amid border tensions, floods Nation Thailand
- Thai Court Sets Deadline for Suspended Thai Prime Minister to File Defense Bloomberg
Israeli gunfire kills more Gaza aid-seekers as U.S. envoy meets with hostages’ families – PBS
- Israeli gunfire kills more Gaza aid-seekers as U.S. envoy meets with hostages’ families PBS
- Israeli forces kill over 20 aid-seekers in Gaza as Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site AP News
- Israeli forces kill 62 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn, medics say Al Jazeera
- More than 60,000 people killed in Gaza during Israel offensive, Hamas-run health ministry says BBC
- Israeli fire kills at least 18 in Gaza, and US envoy visits hostage family protest Politico
Rare aerial imagery shows displacement and destruction in Gaza – The Washington Post
Hamas refuses to disarm until Palestinian state established
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire and the release of hostages stalled last week.
Hamas refuses to disarm until Palestinian state established
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire and the release of hostages stalled last week.
Federal agency opens inquiry into ex-special counsel Jack Smith over Trump investigations
Smith led investigations into Trump’s part in the January 6 Capitol attack and the mishandling of classified documents
The US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor Jack Smith for possible violations of the Hatch Act.
Smith led investigations into Donald Trump’s part in January 6 US Capitol riot and alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Continue reading...What’s the fallout from Trump’s new batch of tariffs?
The US has hit many countries with new levies, causing shock and confusion.
Hamas denies it expressed willingness to disarm, slams Witkoff’s Gaza trip
Palestinian group says right to resist Israeli occupation 'cannot be relinquished until full national rights restored'.
Palestinian boy, 17, dies of Israel-induced starvation in Gaza
Atef Abu Khater's weight dropped to just 25kg (55lbs) before he died of malnutrition, his family says.
Gaza hospitals say 18 killed by Israeli fire as aid site shootings continue to rise
UN says 859 have died near GHF sites since May while hospitals report growing number of hunger-related deaths
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli fire killed more than a dozen people on Saturday, eight of them while trying to get food, as malnutrition-related deaths continue to rise in the territory.
The bloodshed comes a day after Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, visited an aid distribution site run by the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Continue reading...Gaza hospitals say 18 killed by Israeli fire as aid site shootings continue to rise
UN says 859 have died near GHF sites since May while hospitals report growing number of hunger-related deaths
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli fire killed more than a dozen people on Saturday, eight of them while trying to get food, as malnutrition-related deaths continue to rise in the territory.
The bloodshed comes a day after Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, visited an aid distribution site run by the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Continue reading...Gaza hospitals say 18 killed by Israeli fire as aid site shootings continue to rise
UN says 859 have died near GHF sites since May while hospitals report growing number of hunger-related deaths
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli fire killed more than a dozen people on Saturday, eight of them while trying to get food, as malnutrition-related deaths continue to rise in the territory.
The bloodshed comes a day after Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, visited an aid distribution site run by the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Continue reading...Gaza hospitals say 18 killed by Israeli fire as aid site shootings continue to rise
UN says 859 have died near GHF sites since May while hospitals report growing number of hunger-related deaths
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli fire killed more than a dozen people on Saturday, eight of them while trying to get food, as malnutrition-related deaths continue to rise in the territory.
The bloodshed comes a day after Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, visited an aid distribution site run by the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
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