- Russia’s Economy Cracks as War Reaches Daily Life and Sanctions Pressure Deepens Kyiv Post
- Russians Are Starting to Feel Real Economic Pain From Putin’s War Bloomberg.com
- Why Russia has come to the table Engelsberg Ideas
- Russian Corporate Losses Surge in 2025 as More Firms Slip Into the Red The Moscow Times
- Will Russia’s economy force a reality check on Putin’s Ukraine invasion? The Straits Times
Guinea-Bissau coup: What happened, why it matters, what happens next?
General Horta Inta-A is named the head of a one-year transitional government after President Embalo was detained.
12-year-old Ukrainian girl dies over a week after strike on apartment building – CNN
- 12-year-old Ukrainian girl dies over a week after strike on apartment building CNN
- Russia-Ukraine updates: Attacks intensify as Moscow mulls revised US plan Al Jazeera
- Russia Strikes Ukraine and Signals Resistance to Amended Peace Plan The New York Times
- Images of dog rescuing cat in Thai floods likely used AI, expert says BBC
- Photos show aftermath of Russia’s deadly attacks on Kyiv AP News
Arrest warrants issued for Miss Universe co-owners in latest twist in pageant saga
Raúl Rocha Cantú is under investigation for drug, gun and fuel trafficking while Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip is accused of fraud
This year’s edition of Miss Universe, with its onstage injuries, dramatic walkouts and allegations of vote rigging, was already one for the ages.
But it turns out the drama had barely begun: just days after Fátima Bosch was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand, the co-owners of the organisation are both facing arrest warrants.
Continue reading...Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comments
Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying ‘highly processed food’ and denigrated Indian employees
Campbell’s has dismissed an executive who allegedly referred to the soup company’s products as being made for “poor people” and denigrated its Indian employees.
Martin Bally, who was the vice-president of Campbell’s information technology department, was recorded making the alleged comments by another employee.
Continue reading...South Africa hits back after Trump says US won’t invite it for G20 next year
The US boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg over widely discredited claims of persecution of the white minority.
The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply. – The New York Times
- The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply. The New York Times
- British government welcomes sharp dip in net migration DW
- Sharp fall in UK net migration with drop in arrivals for work and study BBC
- Net Migration to UK Drops Almost 70% Amid Government Crackdown Bloomberg.com
- UK net migration drops by two-thirds as government rolls out tougher policies Reuters
Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe claims her employer gave her immunity from complaints by pro-choice campaigners
University of Adelaide, who employs Howe as a law professor, states that it ‘considers each matter on its merits’
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A prominent anti-abortion campaigner who was banned from the South Australian parliament and accused of bullying, claims her employer has granted her immunity from complaints from anyone who is pro-choice.
Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe, who has pledged to make abortion “unthinkable”, says the University of Adelaide, who employs her as a law professor, has agreed that those with ideologically opposed viewpoints to hers will be deemed “vexatious”, and any complaints they make about her will not be acted upon.
Continue reading...State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10
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State Library of Victoria staff have accused management of undermining the 171-year-old institution’s core purposes in favour of flashy tourist-oriented “digital vanity projects” in a proposed restructure.
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10, while many publicly accessible computers would be removed.
Continue reading...Australian diet set to worsen as national food policy is drawn up by profit-driven industry, experts warn
Exclusive: Many industries on new council are ‘associated with significant health harms’, one academic says
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Cheap and unhealthy foods are set to become further entrenched in the Australian diet, according to health experts, who warn the federal government is developing a national food policy with heavy influence from profit-driven food and agriculture industries.
Dr Matt Fisher from the University of Adelaide’s Stretton Institute’s health equity department said the policy could “compromise crucial public health considerations”.
Continue reading...Hong Kong fire that killed dozens ‘under control’; hundreds still missing
Death toll rises to 65 as rescuers rush to reach victims trapped in upper apartments of high rises.
Washington, DC, shooting: Does US view 77,000 Afghans as potential threats?
Two National Guard members are shot near the White House. The suspect, identified as an Afghan national, is in custody.
Japan denies report Trump told PM Takaichi not to provoke China on Taiwan
Takaichi's suggestion earlier this month that Tokyo could intervene militarily if Taiwan is attacked enrages Beijing.
Trump, Venezuela and the new cold war with China
The US and Venezuela are edging towards war, but is this about Trump’s war on drugs or sending a message to China?
Egypt’s all-important parliamentary elections aren’t elections at all
The vote is carefully managed so that only one outcome is possible: a longer lease on power for el-Sisi.
Italy’s rape law stalls as Matteo Salvini claims it could be used for ‘vendettas’
Parliament delays debate over law defining sex without consent as rape, after comments by far-right deputy PM
Italy’s parliament has delayed a debate over a landmark law that would define sex without consent as rape amid a rift within the ruling coalition.
The measure, the result of a rare pact between the far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and her main political opponent, the centre-left leader, Elly Schlein, passed in the lower house last week and had been expected to get final approval in the senate this week.
Continue reading...A ceasefire in name only? A year of Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Nearly 10,000 Israeli violations have been recorded in Lebanon in the year since the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire.
‘There should have been an alarm’: in air thick with acrid smoke, people in Hong Kong are reeling and angry
As apartment complex still blazes more than 24 hours after fire began, police suspect cause is owing to ‘grossly negligent’ action
More than 24 hours after the first tower caught fire, the Hong Kong residential complex was still burning. Fire crews blasted water from cherrypickers at the mid-level floors, but above that, the fires were roaring out of reach.
Wang Fuk Court, in the northern Hong Kong district of Tai Po, was home to about 4,800 people. The eight-tower complex had been under renovation for years, clad in bamboo scaffolding and mesh.
Continue reading...Isack Hadjar: F1’s first Arab driver
Samantha Johnson breaks down what Isack Hadjar, F1's first Arab driver, represents on the grid and off it.
Guinea-Bissau coup “doesn’t come as a surprise”
"I don't think this military takeover is going in the right direction."