ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Blow to Pakistan as Zaman out of tournament
Pakistan's Champions Trophy hopes hit by news that injured batter Fakhar Zaman will miss remainder of the tournament.
Israel increases “unlawful detention” of Palestinians
Milena Ansari talks about the unlawful detention of Palestinians
Fact-check: Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as Trump claims?
Trump has blamed Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for starting the war with Russia, fuelling a war of words amid talks.
‘Severe blow’ to Sinaloa cartel as security chief of El Chapo’s son arrested
José Ángel Canobbio, also known as "El Güerito", was arrested in the northern city of Culiacán.
Watch: Moment man vandalises ancient Incan artefact
Peruvian police released footage showing a suspect pounding Cusco's 12-Angle Stone.
What’s going on with the Gaza ceasefire deal?
The clock is ticking towards phase two of the Gaza ceasefire deal but there are still major questions over the accord.
China repatriates more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar – NPR
- China repatriates more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar NPR
- Chinese extricated from Myanmar scam centres fly home from Thailand Reuters
- 260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers are being repatriated The Associated Press
- Myanmar scam center survivors recall torture and coercion The Japan Times
- Thousands freed as Myanmar scam hubs empty out – but for how long? South China Morning Post
European Defense Without America – The Bulwark
- European Defense Without America The Bulwark
- Europe’s closest ally is in bed with its worst enemy. Now what? CNN
- How Europe must respond as Trump and Putin smash the post-war order The Economist
- Trump’s Turn to Russia Spooks U.S. Allies Who Fear a Weakened NATO The Wall Street Journal
- How Trump's comments on Ukraine are rattling European allies CBS News
Russian ambassador ‘not sure’ Ukrainians would re-elect Zelensky
The BBC asked the Russian ambassador if Zelensky standing down is among Russia's demands as a condition of peace.
Trailblazing African film-maker and Cannes winner dies
Souleymane Cissé has died aged 84 after a career that spanned more than 50 years.
Hamas Hands Bodies of 4 Hostages Back to Israel – The New York Times
- Hamas Hands Bodies of 4 Hostages Back to Israel The New York Times
- Bodies of Bibas boys returned to Israel in tragic end for youngest Oct. 7 hostages USA TODAY
- Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel Reuters
- Bodies of four slain hostages in IDF custody in Gaza Strip The Jerusalem Post
- Bodies of four slain hostages cross border back into Israel, 503 days since they were abducted alive to Gaza The Times of Israel
Thousands Rescued From Notorious Scam Compounds – Newser
- Thousands Rescued From Notorious Scam Compounds Newser
- Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown The Guardian
- China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar The Hill
- A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers The Associated Press
- Japanese boy says he was forced to commit fraud in Myanmar The Japan Times
‘Wilful acts of bastardry’: former Treasury secretary says young Australian workers ‘robbed’ by tax system
Ken Henry made comments at a tax summit in Melbourne, arguing fiscal drag is seeing taxes go up while real incomes fall
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Recent governments have carried out “wilful acts of bastardry” and created intergenerational inequality and environmental destruction that will leave younger voters worse off, the former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has said, urging tweaks to Australia’s tax system to bridge the growing divide.
Henry, who worked under both the Howard and Rudd governments, used a speech at the Per Capita tax summit in Melbourne on Thursday morning to argue the country’s tax settings since the Howard government have fuelled inequality and left further generations and young workers “to pick up the tab”.
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Continue reading...Six elephants dead after being hit by train in Sri Lanka
No injuries were reported among passengers of the train, which derailed after striking the elephants.
Creative Australia says it won’t reinstate artist Khaled Sabsabi for Venice Biennale at tense all-staff meeting
Exclusive: The western Sydney artist was dropped from representing Australia just days after being selected
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The artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino will not be reinstated as Australia’s representatives at the next Venice Biennale despite thousands of artists calling for the decision to be overturned.
The chair of Creative Australia, Robert Morgan, and the organisation’s executive director, Adrian Collette, told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that the decision to withdraw the Venice contract to avoid a potential public outcry would not be revised.
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Continue reading...In Russia, dozens of dissenters are held as psychiatric patients – Reuters
Panama sends 97 U.S. deportees to migrant camp after they refused to be repatriated – NPR
- Panama sends 97 U.S. deportees to migrant camp after they refused to be repatriated NPR
- Migrants Deported to Panama by Trump Administration Taken to Jungle Camp The New York Times
- Police search for woman who escaped Panama hotel where US deportees are being held The Guardian
- India Responds After Illegal Migrants Deported By US Seek "Help" In Panama NDTV
- Migrants in Panama deported from US moved to Darien jungle region Reuters Canada
Trump calls Zelensky a ‘dictator’ as rift between two leaders deepens
The comments come as the latest salvo in a public war of words between the US and Ukrainian leaders.
Fog harvesting could provide water for arid cities
Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world's most arid places.
Trump tells BBC that Russia has ‘the cards’ in peace negotiations
Trump told the BBC that he trusted that Moscow wants to see an end to the Ukraine war.