- Two hours a night: Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concerns about work-life balance The Guardian
- Japan’s Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash. The New York Times
- 'Work, work, work!' Japan's new PM under fire for asking staff to come in at 3am - Access Asia France 24
- Japan PM Says She Sleeps Just 2–4 Hours A Night Amid Criticism Over Work Culture | World News News18
- Japan’s new prime minister sleeps two hours a night and asks aides to meet at 3am The Independent
Why US Military Deployment Has Venezuela Worried About Its Oil – Bloomberg.com
- Why US Military Deployment Has Venezuela Worried About Its Oil Bloomberg.com
- Opinion | John Bolton: This is the right way to overthrow Maduro The Washington Post
- Venezuela could blow up the oil market and destroy Putin The Telegraph
- Why any U.S. military strike on Venezuela could damage America’s fuel supply and the global oil market MarketWatch
- What Democracy in Venezuela Would Require The Atlantic
Normalising hate: Israel leans in to anti-Palestinian violence, rhetoric
Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.
Ukraine scrambles to limit damage from blockbuster corruption scandal – politico.eu
- Ukraine scrambles to limit damage from blockbuster corruption scandal politico.eu
- Zelensky’s Image Is Stained as Corruption Inquiry Shakes His Inner Circle The New York Times
- Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal AP News
- Corruption probe close to Zelensky stokes E.U. unease over Ukraine aid The Washington Post
- Energy scandal spells trouble for Zelensky as Ukrainians face another winter of power cuts CNN
Tanzania’s president announces probe into post-election protest deaths
Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose re-election prompted protests and a deadly police crackdown, faces calls for accountability.
Who is Jeannette Jara, the communist leading Chile’s presidential election?
Polls show Jara with strong support in the first round of voting. But will that carry her through a likely run-off?
Octopus Goes Serial: Ukraine Begins Mass Output of New Shahed-Interceptor Drone – UNITED24 Media
- Octopus Goes Serial: Ukraine Begins Mass Output of New Shahed-Interceptor Drone UNITED24 Media
- From florist to drone maker: How the weapon became so mainstream BBC
- Ukraine war briefing: mass production of Ukrainian ‘Octopus’ interceptor drones begins The Guardian
- Ukraine's first 'drone wall' is about to see action combating menacing Russian threats, its Western maker says Business Insider
- Ukraine begins mass production of interceptor drones to bolster air defence Reuters
UNIFIL says parts of new Israeli border wall violate Lebanese sovereignty – The Times of Israel
- UNIFIL says parts of new Israeli border wall violate Lebanese sovereignty The Times of Israel
- Lebanon to file UN complaint accusing Israel of building border wall beyond Blue Line The Times of Israel
- UN says Israeli wall crosses Lebanon border Reuters
- UN peacekeepers say Israel built walls inside Lebanese territory Al Jazeera
- Israel army denies building wall inside Lebanon after UN forces say de facto border crossed France 24
Joint Statement on the UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza – United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)
- Joint Statement on the UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)
- At U.N. Security Council, Russia Counters Trump Gaza Plan With Its Own The New York Times
- Trump wants to recreate the British mandate in Palestine Al Jazeera
- Gaza stabilization force proposal by U.S. gets pushback from Russia, China and Arabs PBS
- Opinion | The path to peace in Gaza comes to a crossroads at the U.N. The Washington Post
Call of Duty is back, and it’s got a battle on its hands
The annual instalment of the massive series faces new challenges from competitor Battlefield 6.
Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live
Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn
This is from Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget U-turn.
Investors will have 2 broad concerns about news that Chancellor won’t increase income tax rates
1. Does it signal less willingness to do politically difficult things
Britain’s long-term borrowing costs were sent soaring as reports suggested the latest U-turn would leave Rachel Reeves scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances just two weeks before the 26 November budget.
Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, jumped as much as 14 basis points in early trading, and the yield on 10-year gilts also shot up 12 basis points – rising the most since July.
Continue reading...Drones and Mass Salvo Attacks: Lessons Learned from the American Defense of Israel – Foreign Policy Research Institute
Drones and Mass Salvo Attacks: Lessons Learned from the American Defense of Israel Foreign Policy Research Institute
First Thing: Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging. Plus, readers’ favourite photo booth moments 100 years after its invention
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The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media ventures.
What else has been released in the flood of recent Epstein emails? Among many, many other things, one email shows an exchange between him and an associate in which they discuss “girls” and travel. The justice department continues to downplay the possibility that other men were involved in Epstein’s abuse of teen girls.
What’s happening with rest of the Epstein files? Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote to release the files, after attempts to press two members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed.
What exactly is climate finance? Who pays it? And who gets it? Sixteen years ago, at the climate summit in Copenhagen, rich and polluting countries pledged to provide $100bn (£76bn) each year by 2020 so that poorer countries could cut their emissions and adapt to a hotter world. Last year, they set a new target of $300bn (£227bn) a year by 2035.
Continue reading...Coach featured in Netflix’s Last Chance U dies after Oakland campus shooting
Mayor Barbara Lee calls John Beam ‘a man who dedicated himself to building up the young people of this city’
A US football coach who starred in the Netflix documentary Last Chance U, about struggling college teams, has died after being shot on campus, authorities in California said.
John Beam, director of athletics at Oakland’s Laney College, was hurt in a Thursday lunchtime incident at the school’s field house, its downtown sports training complex. He later died, the Oakland police department said on Friday.
Continue reading...‘We’re sick of being the story’: what next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?
Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles
The withdrawal of the bid for the Telegraph led by RedBird Capital has once again plunged the future of the titles into uncertainty, and raises questions over the dogged refusal of its sellers to drop the eye-watering £500m asking price that had driven away other potential suitors.
On Friday, a consortium that also included UAE fund International Media Investments (IMI) as well as the owner of the Daily Mail and the billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, abruptly dropped its bid with no explanation given.
Continue reading...Almshouse in Dorset discovers its 15th-century Flemish triptych is worth £3.5m
Artwork that hung for centuries at St John’s Almshouse in Sherborne will be sold to raise funds for social housing
“The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it,” so says the Bible, Proverbs 10:22.
On Friday, a church almshouse was counting its blessings after discovering that a triptych painting that has hung in the chapel for centuries is a 15th-century Flemish masterpiece worth £3.5m.
Continue reading...Satisfaction with democracy below 50% in eight out of nine western countries, poll finds
Ipsos survey reveals fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as biggest threats
Satisfaction with democracy is below 50% in eight out of nine western countries surveyed in a poll, and majorities in all but one fear for its future, with fake news, lack of political accountability, extremism and corruption seen as the biggest threats.
An Ipsos survey of almost 10,000 people in Croatia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US found satisfaction with democracy low in all except Sweden, with deep concerns about the future state of electoral politics.
Continue reading...Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard, public interest representative in case, accuses utility of ‘retaliation’ for failed bid for costs in supreme court appeal
Thames Water argued that an MP should be forced to pay its hefty legal costs after he represented the interests of the British public in court, a move he described as “retaliation” for pushing for government control of the crisis-hit utility, the Guardian can reveal.
The UK’s highest court this week rejected Thames Water’s arguments that the Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard should pay legal fees as high as £1,400 per hour.
Continue reading...Portugal remains on alert as Storm Claudia moves towards UK – Euronews.com
- Portugal remains on alert as Storm Claudia moves towards UK Euronews.com
- Storm Claudia kills three in Portugal, causes flooding in Britain Reuters
- Earth Is Spinning Too Quickly - Clocks Aren’t Keeping Up MSN
- Depression Claudia still affecting weather Madeira Island News Blog
- Train services being suspended due to bad weather The Portugal News
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza – CNN
- Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza CNN
- Displaced Gazans Face More Misery as Torrential Rain Lashes Enclave The New York Times
- IDF demolishes Hamas tunnel in north Gaza used in deadly 2024 attack on troops The Times of Israel
- Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps Al Jazeera
- Heavy winter rains batter Gaza, destroying makeshift shelters PBS