- Trump tells Axios war in Iran will end soon, 'practically nothing left' to target Reuters
- Live Updates: Trump vows to end war soon as Iran hits ships, threatens banks, and toll on U.S. forces emerges CBS News
- Trump news at a glance: Trump says war is won but ‘we don’t want to leave early’ as oil prices rise again The Guardian
- Trump says Iran war to end ‘soon’ as Israel claims no time limit Al Jazeera
- Trump Directs War With the Markets Top of Mind The New York Times
Payman, Thorpe and Faruqi demand Labor change parliamentary rules to counter ‘overt’ racism
Exclusive: independent and Greens senators ask president to set up inquiry and anti-racism training for politicians to prevent bigotry ‘corroding democracy’
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Increasingly ugly abuse in federal parliament has prompted a group of independents and the Greens to call for an urgent intervention from Labor to change the rules, warning that allowing racism and bigotry to “fester” is corroding democracy.
Guardian Australia can reveal independents, Fatima Payman and Lidia Thorpe, and the Greens’ Mehreen Faruqi are demanding Senate president Sue Lines take the problem seriously with a new inquiry and mandatory anti-racism training for politicians.
Continue reading...‘Naming them is not justice’: robodebt victims feel let down by findings of corruption watchdog
Nacc report into unlawful scheme found two senior public servants engaged in corrupt conduct but declined to refer them for charges in what victims call a ‘massive letdown’
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The mother of a robodebt victim who took his own life says she feels “sheer frustration” at the findings of a report on potential corruption related to the unlawful income averaging scheme.
Wednesday’s release of a 445-page report from the National Anti-Corruption Commission examined the actions of five former public servants and the former prime minister Scott Morrison. The report found two senior public officials to have engaged in corrupt conduct, but they will not be referred for charges.
Continue reading...Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS
Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the climate crisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis.
It found federal and state governments will pay or forgo the equivalent of $31,020 each minute in 2025-26 to subsidise companies producing and using coal, gas and especially oil, mostly in the form of diesel.
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Continue reading...US inflation stayed flat at 2.4% in February before effects of war on Iran kicked in
Effect of war on prices not reflected in data, as Trump says only ‘fools’ would think oil price shocks would be significant
US inflation stayed flat at 2.4% in February, according to government data released Wednesday that provides a snapshot of the US economy before it was thrown into a tailspin by the US-Israel conflict with Iran.
The levelling comes after prices swung last year, reaching a four-year low in April before shooting back up in September. In late fall, inflation crept down again, reaching 2.4% in January.
Continue reading...Thousands of pets being abandoned in Dubai as owners flee over Iran war
RSPCA say animals could become ‘hidden victims’ of conflict as charities in Gulf city report being overwhelmed
Thousands of pets are being abandoned in Dubai as their owners flee the Middle East because of the Iran war, animal charities have said.
The RSPCA said pets of fleeing UK nationals could become “hidden victims” of the conflict as people who had relocated to the Gulf city scramble for an exit and struggle to bring their animals.
Continue reading...Tornadoes hit Illinois, Indiana and Texas as severe storms sweep US
Two people killed in Indiana as officials warn millions from Texas to Michigan remain at risk of severe weather
A series of tornadoes hit parts of Texas, Illinois, and Indiana late Tuesday and overnight, as forecasters warn that the threat of severe weather, including flooding, will continue on Wednesday for tens of millions of people from Texas to Michigan.
At least four tornado touchdowns were reported in eastern Illinois, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, leaving a trail of damage stretching into Indiana, where at least two people were killed.
Continue reading...At least 65 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist raids in country’s north-east
Gunmen from Islamic State West Africa Province overran four military bases and abducted 300 civilians, say reports
At least 65 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in jihadist raids across the country’s north-east in the last two weeks, as the west African state battles to contain one of the world’s deadliest terror groups.
On 5 and 6 March, gunmen from Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) overran four military bases in Borno state, the epicentre of the insurgency. Nigerian daily the Punch reported that about 40 soldiers were killed in total in these attacks.
Continue reading...Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor
Workers at JBS USA to strike Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the meatpacking industry in decades
About 3,800 workers at JBS USA, the world’s largest meat producer, are set to strike on Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the industry in decades.
The walkout threatens to put further strain on US meat prices – ground beef prices soared 15% last year – and could prove a headache for the Trump administration as it struggles with poor polling on cost of living issues.
Continue reading...Russia and oil exporters are winning the Iran war – Axios
- Russia and oil exporters are winning the Iran war Axios
- Steve Rosenberg: Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war BBC
- Why Vladimir Putin may be the big winner in Trump's Iran war NBC News
- Russian oil price used for taxation exceeds budget target, helping state coffers Reuters
- As Iran War Pushes Up Oil Prices, Putin Can Barely Conceal a Smirk WSJ
Police investigating Swiss bus fire that killed six say no evidence of terrorist motive
Investigators suspect fire was result of deliberate act after reports that someone onboard doused themselves in petrol
Police investigating a bus fire that killed at least six people in western Switzerland have said they suspect a deliberate act by a person onboard but so far have not found any evidence of a terrorist motive.
The vehicle, operated by a service that transports passengers and mail, went up in flames on Tuesday evening in Kerzers, a town of about 5,000 people about 12 miles (20km) west of the capital, Berne, in the canton of Fribourg.
Continue reading...Ukraine says it has hit Russian ‘missile component’ plant
Russia says the attack hit civilians and could not have been carried out without British help.
Experts fear ‘unethical’ vaccine trial in Africa is ‘prototype’ for US studies under RFK Jr
Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy
New details are leading experts to fear that an “unethical” vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is the “prototype” for studies under Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US department of health and human services (HHS) and longtime vaccine critic.
At the center of US vaccine policy is an unlikely set of Danish researchers whose work on the health effects of vaccines has been called into question. The study in Guinea-Bissau would have looked at the overall health effects of giving hepatitis B vaccines by only vaccinating half of the newborns in the study at birth despite an 18% prevalence rate in adults of the illness, which can lead to serious and sometimes fatal health consequences.
Continue reading...Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea FC sale cash may be under investigation as ‘proceeds of crime’
Documents filed at Companies House over 2022 deal could complicate row with UK over how money will be used
Jersey authorities may be investigating whether cash raised by Roman Abramovich’s 2022 sale of Chelsea FC amounts to the proceeds of crime, according to documents filed at Companies House on Wednesday, potentially complicating a row with the UK government over how the money will be used.
Accounts for Fordstam Ltd, the company through which the billionaire Russian oligarch owned Chelsea, show that the proceeds of the sale – currently frozen and gathering interest in a Barclays Bank account – have risen to £2.4bn.
Continue reading...Mugabe’s son drops bail request – what has happened to the family after losing power
Bellarmine Mugabe will negotiate a plea deal after being accused of attempted murder and other charges in South Africa.
India’s top court allows removal of life support of man in vegetative state
Harish Rana has been in a vegetative state since 2013, when he fell from a balcony and suffered head injuries.
ICC rejects bias claims from stranded South Africa, West Indies cricketers
Frustrated players say they were left in the dark for days over their travel while England flew out within two days.
‘Titanic’ Trump-Epstein statue appears in Washington DC
A statue was placed in Washington DC depicting US President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Russia kills two in Ukraine’s Kharkiv; war grinds on, focus on Middle East
At least seven injured in the northeastern city of Kharkiv after a drone hit a 'civilian enterprise', officials say.
Video: North Korea conducts cruise missile test for destroyer
Cruise missiles were seen launching into the sky as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw naval tests.