Watch: What we learned from Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu
Netanyahu is the first world leader to visit the White House since the US president announced tariffs on global trading partners.
Israel intercepts Yemen drone; US defense chief: ‘It’s about to get worse’ for Houthis – The Times of Israel
- Israel intercepts Yemen drone; US defense chief: ‘It’s about to get worse’ for Houthis The Times of Israel
- Houthi missile hits Saudi Arabia en route to Israel The Jerusalem Post
- IDF intercepts UAV coming from Israel’s east JNS.org
- IDF Intercepts Drone Approaching Israel From East Haaretz
- Two-pronged retaliation: Yemen strikes Israeli targets in Yaffa, US destroyers in Red Sea PressTV
Watch: Plume of black smoke over Parisian skyline after ‘major’ fire
A fire at a waste disposal centre caused smoke to rise above buildings in the French capital city.
Stella prize 2025: shortlist entirely women of colour for the first time in award’s history
Michelle de Kretser and journalist Amy McQuire among six authors in contention for $60,000 prize for women and non-binary writers
The Stella prize, Australia’s award for women and non-binary authors, has made history this year with a shortlist featuring only works by women of colour, for the first time since the award was established in 2013.
Announced on Tuesday morning, this year’s shortlist includes Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist Amy McQuire’s essay collection, Black Witness (winner of the 2025 Victorian premier’s award for Indigenous writing), about the failures of mainstream media and power of Indigenous journalism; two-time Miles Franklin-winner Michelle de Kretser’s Theory & Practice, a reckoning with fiction, memoir and colonialism; and playwright, poet and author Samah Sabawi’s family memoir, Cactus Pear For My Beloved, tracing her roots from British-occupied Palestine through to contemporary Queensland.
Continue reading...Algeria and Mali ban flights amid diplomatic crisis – Reuters
- Algeria and Mali ban flights amid diplomatic crisis Reuters
- Algeria blocks flights from Mali after drone shot down BBC
- Algeria closes airspace to Mali aircraft as drone row escalates Al Jazeera
- Sahel alliance recalls ambassadors from Algiers over downed drone France 24
- Drone downing sparks diplomatic fallout between Algeria and Sahel countries AP News
Trump asks US Supreme Court to block return of wrongly deported man
The Trump administration argues that El Salvador cannot be compelled to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian migrant, to the US.
Netanyahu discusses Gaza and tariffs with Trump at White House meeting
President says the pair had a ‘great discussion’ while prime minister says Israel will eliminate trade deficit with US
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, met with Donald Trump on Monday for the second time since the US president’s return to office, marking the first effort by a foreign leader to negotiate a deal after Trump announced sweeping tariffs last week.
Speaking alongside Trump in the Oval Office, Netanyahu said Israel would eliminate the trade deficit with the US. “We intend to do it very quickly,” he told reporters, adding that he believed Israel could “serve as a model for many countries who ought to do the same”.
Continue reading...Trump says US ‘having direct talks’ with Iran over nuclear deal
President, sitting in Oval Office with Benjamin Netanyahu, warns Tehran of ‘great danger’ if talks are not successful
Donald Trump has announced that the US is to hold direct talks with Iran in a bid to prevent the country from obtaining an atomic bomb, while also warning Tehran of dire consequences if they fail.
Sitting beside Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office, Trump indicated that discussions would start this coming weekend, though he also implied communications had already begun.
Continue reading...Wild market swings as tariffs rattle US economy
Stocks swung sharply in the US, as Trump offered mixed signals about appetite for trade talks.
California university to expand student minds with new psychedelic studies course
California Institute of Integral Studies, located in San Francisco, will welcome its first undergrad class this August
The home of the Summer of Love will soon house the first undergraduate program in psychedelic studies.
The California Institute of Integral Studies – a non-profit university founded in 1968 and located in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood – will welcome its first class of undergrads to its Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies program this August. The program’s launch symbolizes the renewed attention hallucinogens like MDMA and psilocybin have received in recent years as a growing body of evidence suggests they may be powerful treatments for psychiatric conditions, like PTSD and treatment-resistant depression.
Continue reading...Trump: US having direct talks with Iran on nuclear program
President Trump says the US is holding direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program with “a very big meeting” Saturday.
Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs
New Civil Liberties Alliance says president’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs is unlawful
A libertarian group backed by Leonard Leo and Charles Koch has mounted a legal challenge against Donald Trump’s tariff regime, in a sign of spreading rightwing opposition to a policy that has sent international markets plummeting.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a suit against Trump’s imposition of import tariffs on exports from China, arguing that doing so under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) – which the president has invoked to justify the duties on nearly all countries – is unlawful.
Continue reading...Hundreds mourn Palestinian-American teen killed by Israeli forces
Footage shows the moment 14-year-old Palestinian teen Omar Mohammad Rabea was allegedly fatally shot by Israeli forces.
Trump claims US held direct nuclear talks with Iran
US president makes claim in media conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, while also threatening Tehran.
Rescue efforts from Myanmar’s deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600 – AP News
- Rescue efforts from Myanmar’s deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600 AP News
- Why Earthquake Relief Is Slow to Reach Myanmar The New York Times
- Myanmar's fatal quake deepens political turmoil with no path to peace, experts say CNBC
- Myanmar fighting continues despite post-earthquake ceasefires BBC
- Myanmar: Earthquake Response Situation Report No. 1 (As of 7 April 2025) ReliefWeb
First baby in UK born from a womb transplant – The Times
- First baby in UK born from a womb transplant The Times
- 'A little miracle': First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb BBC
- Woman becomes first UK womb transplant recipient to give birth The Guardian
- Baby girl becomes first child in UK to be born from womb transplant Sky News
- Surgeons behind pioneering womb transplant ‘shed tears’ at delivery of miracle baby Amy The Independent
Many native New Zealand species face threat of extinction, report finds
A three-yearly environmental update issues stark warning over biodiversity – and reports air pollution has improved in some areas
A major new report on New Zealand’s environment has revealed a worrying outlook for its unique species and highlighted declining water health, while also noting some improvements in air quality.
The ministry of the environment’s three-yearly update, Our Environment 2025, collates statistics, data and research across five domains – air, atmosphere and climate, freshwater, land, and marine – to paint a picture of the state of New Zealand’s environment.
Continue reading...Trump: Palestinians could live in redeveloped Gaza ‘freedom zone’
US President Donald Trump again pitched his idea to redevelop the Gaza Strip into what he termed a “freedom zone.”
Could US tariffs cause lasting damage to the global economy?
US President Donald Trump won't relent on tariffs despite global criticism.
Woman becomes first UK womb transplant recipient to give birth
Grace Davidson gives birth to baby Amy Isabel after receiving her sister’s womb in 2023
Surgeons are hailing an “astonishing” medical breakthrough as a woman became the first in the UK to give birth after a womb transplant.
Grace Davidson, 36, who was a teenager when diagnosed with a rare condition that meant she did not have a uterus, said she and her husband, Angus, 37, had been given “the greatest gift we could ever have asked for”.
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