Mali shuts schools as fuel blockade imposed by fighters paralyses country
Military rulers order two-week closure for schools, universities as JNIM's fuel blockade causes further disruptions.
Why Riek Machar’s trial brings ‘existentially high’ stakes for South Sudan
Some see the first vice president’s trial as a provocation that has set the country on a path to war.
Brazil on the cusp of US trade deal: Lula
Brazilian president expects 'definitive solution' in the coming days over tariffs raised by US over Bolsonaro jailing.
Is the US planning an attack on Venezuela?
AJ Defense Editor @alexgatopoulos looks at the US's show of force toward Venezuela and why it's happening
Trump departs ASEAN with lingering questions for Southeast Asia’s trade
Trump's deals with Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia do not address transshipment and semiconductor tariffs.
For Japan’s new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck – AP News
- For Japan’s new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck AP News
- Japan Deals With the Price of Playing to Trump: $550 Billion The New York Times
- Japan’s new prime minister faces her biggest test yet: Meeting Trump CNN
- Takaichi’s tightrope: Flatter Trump, don’t feed him Politico
- When is Trump going to Japan? President set to meet with new Japanese prime minister USA Today
‘I had to make up girlfriends while in the Navy due to gay ban’ – BBC
- 'I had to make up girlfriends while in the Navy due to gay ban' BBC
- Memorial to LGBT veterans means 'no more shame' BBC
- King Charles III dedicates Britain's first national memorial to LGBTQ+ troops ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- King Charles lays flowers at national memorial to LGBT armed forces veterans The Guardian
- King Charles unveils UK's first LGBT armed forces memorial Reuters
Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’
Rand Paul’s comments come days after president claimed US lawmakers wouldn’t take issue with Venezuelan strikes
The Trump administration’s military airtrikes against boats off Venezuela’s coast that the White House claims were being used for drug trafficking are “extrajudicial killings”, said Rand Paul, the president’s fellow Republican and US senator from Kentucky.
Paul’s strong comments on the topic came on Sunday during an interview on Republican-friendly Fox News, three days after Donald Trump publicly claimed he “can’t imagine” federal lawmakers would have “any problem” with the strikes when asked about seeking congressional approval for them.
Continue reading...Could COVID-19 mRNA vaccines also fight cancer?
New study reveals that vaccines developed using mRNA might hold the key to 'off-the-shelf' cancer vaccine.
Rodgers, Steelers fall short as Love leads Packers’ win
Aaron Rodgers' former quarterback understudy Jordan Love stars as Green Bay Packers defeat Pittsburgh Steelers.
Barnaby Joyce’s walkout and endless net zero rehashing? The Nationals are ‘having a normal one’
The former deputy prime minister staying out of the Nationals party room is the latest sign some in the Coalition are in no rush to finish their ugly airing of grievances
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The Nationals are once again, in the words of Chris Bowen, “having a normal one”.
Another Monday, another parliamentary week, another chapter in the seemingly never-ending story of the Coalition putting its fingers in its ears and screaming as they debate whether to ignore global momentum, scientific consensus and pleas from the business community, and seek to relitigate a position on net zero reached four years ago by the Morrison government.
Continue reading...Argentina’s Milei celebrates as early results show election win
Argentina’s President Javier Milei sang to his supporters after early results showed he had won the country’s midterm el
Japan’s new PM will hope the Abe effect endears Trump to her at crucial talks
Sanae Takaichi leads a minority government and needs a successful meeting with the US president on Tuesday. Thankfully her mentor, Shinzo Abe, is one of Trump’s ‘favourites’
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, faces the first real test of her diplomatic and personal skills when she meets Donald Trump for talks in Tokyo that are expected to focus on trade and security.
Takaichi, who this month became Japan’s first female leader after winning a vote to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP), made her international debut at this weekend’s Asean summit.
Continue reading...Jamaica braces as Hurricane Melissa strengthens offshore
The Category 5 storm, which threatens to dump up to one metre of rain, is moving at a worryingly slow pace.
Austin Reaves scores career-high points as Lakers defeat Kings
Austin Reaves poured in 51 points as the Los Angeles Lakers win against Sacramento without Luka Doncic and Lebron James.
Hannah McGuire’s mother tells murderer she hopes he suffers ‘most intense pain imaginable’ for life
Family members of young woman strangled to death by her former boyfriend in her own home have confronted killer Lachlan Young in court
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A mother has confronted her daughter’s killer in court, saying she will never forgive him for taking away her vibrant and courageous girl.
Lachlan Young, 23, did not look at Hannah McGuire’s mother, Debbie McGuire, as she read her statement in the Victorian supreme court on Monday.
Continue reading...International troops won’t want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan
King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed.
In Russia’s ‘blitz’ of Ukraine, the question of appeasement is back
A large gulf remains between the US and European view of how to end the Ukraine war.
Ukraine targets Moscow with dozens of drones, Russia says – Reuters
- Ukraine targets Moscow with dozens of drones, Russia says Reuters
- Ukraine war latest: Putin tests 'Skyfall' nuclear missile; Ukraine launches almost 200 drones into Russia Sky News
- Russian air defence systems destroy two drones heading towards Moscow, mayor says Reuters
- Ukraine launches major drone attack on Moscow; Russia closes airports, shoots down 28 drones Mint
- Ukrainian drones target Moscow in overnight attack, mayor says The Kyiv Independent
Corruption, mismanagement in spotlight as Iran dissolves major private bank
The bank built the largest mall in the world, but also racked up massive debt and gave loans to insiders.