Lisbon funicular crash death toll climbs to 16 as Elevador da Gloria disaster leaves Portugal reeling – CBS News
- Lisbon funicular crash death toll climbs to 16 as Elevador da Gloria disaster leaves Portugal reeling CBS News
- Portugal Searches for Cause of Lisbon Funicular Crash as Death Toll Rises The New York Times
- At least 16 dead, 21 injured after streetcar derails in Lisbon, city says ABC News
- Portugal observes national day of mourning as Lisbon streetcar death toll rises to 17 NPR
- Historic Lisbon train derails in deadly crash at tourist hotspot CNN
Indian doctors remove parasitic foetuses from baby’s stomach
The 20-day-old baby had two malformed foetuses inside her abdomen.
Russia Wants ‘Security Guarantees’ Too. Here’s What They Look Like. – The New York Times
Will I be arrested next, after Graham Linehan? – Spiked
- Will I be arrested next, after Graham Linehan? Spiked
- Graham Linehan told police trans teenager taunted him about divorce, trial hears The Guardian
- TV writer Graham Linehan's arrest over transgender X posts sparks free-speech debate NBC News
- Graham Linehan goes on trial over alleged harassment of trans woman BBC
- Comedy writer arrested for anti-trans tweets? UK speech crackdown is a warning. | Opinion USA Today
Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts – The Times of Israel
- Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts The Times of Israel
- Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars’ association says The Washington Post
- “Uniting for Peace”: How U.N. Could Override U.S. Veto, Send Peacekeepers to Gaza, Block Arms & More Democracy Now!
- Another Reason Not to Trust the ‘Experts’ The Free Press
- Why did genocide scholars association say Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide? Al Jazeera
Reeves has ‘full confidence’ in Rayner, and thinks deputy PM can keep her job – UK politics live
Chancellor offers unequivocal backing to colleague following stamp duty error
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, was also asked in her Sky News interview if the Rayner controversy showed that the stamp duty regime was “way too complicated”. Reeves sidestepped the question, saying:
Well, look, Angela tried to do the right thing, and of course it is incumbent on all of us to try to properly understand the rules, and she is now working to make sure that the correct tax is paid.
Well, the definitive advice came in on Wednesday morning, and that’s when Angela put out the statement.
On Tuesday as well some court injunctions were lifted related to her disabled son and those circumstances, and that’s why Angela was able to make a full statement on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns – The Moscow Times
- Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns The Moscow Times
- Russia's Putin denies economy is stagnating, as evidence suggests otherwise Reuters
- Putin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis Foreign Policy
- Russian economy is stagnating amid Ukraine war, says Sberbank CEO Euronews.com
- Putin Ally Issues Dire Warning About Russian Economy Newsweek
Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families
As ITV’s Long Lost Family airs, campaigners say retaining archives is crucial for those separated by forced adoptions at unmarried mothers’ homes
Ministers have been urged to digitise records essential to reuniting families separated by the UK’s unmarried mothers’ home scandal by campaigners who fear they could be lost in Angela Rayner’s local government reorganisation project.
Hundreds of thousands of British women were coerced to give up babies at church-linked homes, which worked alongside statutory agencies, between the 1940s and 1980s.
Continue reading...Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’
Shutting long-running literary journal, which published emerging writers as well as the cream of Australia’s literary talent, described as ‘enormous loss’
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One of Australia’s longest running literary journals has been scrapped, in what has been described as an act of “utter cultural vandalism” on the part of the University of Melbourne.
After 85 years, Meanjin, run by the university’s subsidiary Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), will publish its last edition in December. Although the journal’s editor, Esther Anatolitis, worked her last day at Meanjin on Thursday, the spring and summer quarterly editions of the journal are already at the printers.
Continue reading...NBA to investigate Kawhi Leonard-LA Clippers endorsement deal
NBA says it will open an investigation into a report that Clippers paid Leonard $28m for no-show job at a company.
Video: Israeli attacks pound displacement camps in Gaza
Fires were seen burning in a displacement camp in Gaza City where Israeli forces attacked Palestinians in tents.
Climate change driving conditions for Iberian wildfires: Study
Portugal and Spain account for two-thirds of one million hectares of land destroyed by wildfire in Europe in 2025.
Trump asks US supreme court to overturn trade tariffs ruling
Move follows federal appeals court decision that sweeping ‘liberation day’ levies on imports had overstepped presidential powers
Donald Trump has asked the US supreme court to overturn a lower court decision that most of his sweeping trade tariffs were illegal.
The US president filed a petition late on Wednesday to ask for a review of last week’s federal appeals court ruling in Washington DC, which centred on his “liberation day” border taxes introduced on 2 April, which imposed levies of between 10% and 50% on most US imports, sending shock waves through global trade and markets.
Continue reading...Benjamin Netanyahu scraps sovereignty plan for W. Bank from meeting – The Jerusalem Post
- Benjamin Netanyahu scraps sovereignty plan for W. Bank from meeting The Jerusalem Post
- UAE warns Israel’s West Bank annexation would cross ‘red line’ and end regional integration efforts CNN
- UAE official warns Israel West Bank settlement plans cross 'red line' Reuters
- UAE warns White House that Israeli annexations could unravel Abraham Accords Axios
- UNGA, Gaza, annexation put Israel’s September on edge The Jerusalem Post
Russian economy hits ‘technical stagnation,’ biggest bank chief warns of ‘close to zero’ growth – The Kyiv Independent
- Russian economy hits 'technical stagnation,' biggest bank chief warns of 'close to zero' growth The Kyiv Independent
- Putin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis Foreign Policy
- Sberbank CEO Gref warns of Russian recession if rates not slashed Reuters
- Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns The Moscow Times
- Putin Ally Issues Dire Warning About Russian Economy Newsweek
23-minute standing ovation at Hind Rajab film premiere
‘Free Palestine,’ There was a 23-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival premiere of The Voice of Hind Rajab
‘It may be… possible to live to 150 years old’: Open mic captures Xi, Putin’s candid chat; moment caught – Times of India
- 'It may be… possible to live to 150 years old’: Open mic captures Xi, Putin's candid chat; moment caught Times of India
- Organ transplants and immortality: Might Xi and Putin be onto something? BBC
- Xi and Putin’s hot mic moment: How long will science extend the human life span? AP News
- Hot Mic in Beijing Captures Leaders’ Drive for Longevity The Wall Street Journal
- In a ‘Hot Mic’ Moment, Xi and Putin Muse About Immortality and Organ Transplants The New York Times
Guyana President Irfaan Ali claims victory in general election
The incumbent president claimed victory in an election dominated by how to manage the country's vast oil reserves.
Houthi missile, 3rd in 24 hours, falls short of Israel; Katz threatens ‘all 10 plagues’ – The Times of Israel
- Houthi missile, 3rd in 24 hours, falls short of Israel; Katz threatens ‘all 10 plagues’ The Times of Israel
- Israel threatens to unleash biblical plagues on Yemen’s Houthis Al Jazeera
- IDF says intercepted Houthi missile carried a cluster bomb warhead The Times of Israel
- Israel intercepts missile fired from Yemen Reuters
- Third Houthi Missile Fired Towards Israel In 24 Hrs | LIVE BLOG i24NEWS