- We can't be the losers from unfair competition with China, says German finmin Reuters
- EU to toughen trade stance on China as Germany pivots Reuters
- German Finance Chief Says China Trip Helped Bridge Differences Bloomberg.com
- German vice chancellor visits China in difficult times DW
- ‘We need stability’: China and Germany strive to reset trade ties in Beijing South China Morning Post
Kenyan authorities paid trolls to threaten Gen Z protesters, Amnesty says
A widespread campaign sought to "silence and suppress" protesters, Amnesty International says.
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupts in East Java
Video showed the moment a pyroclastic cloud full of volcanic gases from Indonesia’s Mount Semeru hit a bridge in Java.
Nicki Minaj supports contested Trump claim Christians being persecuted in Nigeria
The US-based Trinidadian rapper addressed the UN in New York alongside Trump administration officials, making claims that lack evidence.
Iran releases Marshall Islands-flagged tanker and crew it seized last week – AP News
- Iran releases Marshall Islands-flagged tanker and crew it seized last week AP News
- Iran releases tanker seized in Strait of Hormuz, vessel's manager says BBC
- Iran confirms seizure of tanker carrying petrochemical cargo CNN
- Iran Releases Tanker It Seized From the Strait of Hormuz The New York Times
- Iran Strait of Hormuz Tanker Seizure Violates International Law, CENTCOM Says USNI News
Massive fire rips through neighbourhood in Japan
A massive fire ripped through more than 170 buildings on Tuesday night in a neighbourhood in southwestern Japan.
Cornwall woman among five killed in snowstorm in Chile – BBC
- Cornwall woman among five killed in snowstorm in Chile BBC
- A Violent Snowstorm Killed 5 Tourists in Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park Outside Magazine
- 5 Tourists Killed in 110 MPH Blizzard at Remote National Park, 4 Others Rescued Alive People.com
- British woman among five tourists killed in Patagonia blizzard The Times
- British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile The Guardian
‘Mostly children killed’ in Israeli attack on Lebanon camp
Paramedics searched for human remains in the wreckage of Tuesday’s deadly Israeli attack on a Palestinian refugee camp.
Despite ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, the war isn’t over for Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump has declared peace but Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the war on Gaza is not over.
Norway’s footballer Schjelderup convicted of sharing sexual video of minors
Schjelderup pleaded guilty at a court in Denmark, where he played for a club, and was given a suspended prison sentence.
Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence – World Health Organization (WHO)
- Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence World Health Organization (WHO)
- Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2023 World Health Organization (WHO)
- Nearly one-third of women worldwide faced partner or sexual violence: WHO Al Jazeera
- Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’ UN News
- European health systems are failing victims of gender violence, WHO says Euronews.com
Allegations about Farage’s conduct as schoolboy ‘disturbing’, says No 10 – UK politics live
The Guardian spoke to more than a dozen contemporaries of Farage at Dulwich college, a public school in south London
Healey is now taking questions.
Q: How close are are we to war?
It is Labour that is the party of defence.
Continue reading...Ronaldo attends Trump’s White House dinner with MBS – all to know
Donald Trump thanks Ronaldo as football superstar makes surprise appearance alongside Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
British Museum ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm
Critics of deal welcome move, which has been called for since 2016 when experts said it was morally unacceptable
The British Museum has ended a controversial sponsorship deal with a Japanese tobacco firm after reports that the government had raised questions about the deal, which some critics said was “deeply troubling”.
The Guardian understands that the museum’s board chose to not renew the 15-year partnership with Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which ended in September.
Continue reading...Trump’s Russian oil waiver gives Orban a win at Hungary’s expense
The Washington deal helps Orban before the election but exposes the fragility of Hungary's illiberal rule.
Tropical cyclone Fina intensifies to category two and could hit NT coast on Friday
If it makes impact on Friday, it would be the earliest cyclone of the season to make landfall in Australia since 1973
If tropical cyclone Fina crosses the Northern Territory coast on Friday, it could equal the earliest cyclone to make landfall in Australia.
Fina intensified to category two storm on Wednesday night, the Bureau of Meteorology said, and was moving east about 370km north-east of Darwin before making an expected turn south on Thursday.
Continue reading...Harvard to investigate Larry Summers’s Epstein ties as he exits OpenAI board
Newly released Epstein documents drag the ex-treasury secretary into deeper scrutiny as Harvard widens its review
Harvard is set to launch a new investigation into former university president and Bill Clinton economic adviser Larry Summers about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it also emerged Summers has resigned from the board of OpenAI.
The moves comes after Summers said he would be stepping back from public engagements after emails revealed the extent of his relationship with the late sex offender.
Continue reading...Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’
Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests
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At face value, the amount of forest in Australia is officially increasing, and has been since 2008.
But if an old-growth tree is felled in a forest and seedlings grow elsewhere, is the official account ecologically sound? Not according to new analysis, which suggests that the way Australia calculates forest cover obfuscates the impacts of ongoing deforestation.
Continue reading...Krysty was diagnosed with breast cancer months after getting the all-clear. New Australian guidelines aim to help women like her
Exclusive: New federal guidelines advise GPs to provide additional care to patients with higher breast density, which can make cancers harder to detect in mammograms
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When Krysty Sullivan had a routine mammogram in 2019, she was given the all-clear.
Eleven months later, she felt a lump.
Continue reading...Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in its recent 13-month war in Lebanon, photos of munition remnants in south Lebanon seen by the Guardian suggest.
The images, which have been examined by six different arms experts, appear to show the remnants of two different types of Israeli cluster munitions found in three different locations: south of the Litani River in the forested valleys of Wadi Zibqin, Wadi Barghouz and Wadi Deir Siryan.
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