Which teams are in the FIFA World Cup 2026, and who can still qualify?
Al Jazeera's breakdown of the qualified teams, playoffs and shock omissions from the FIFA World Cup in North America.
3 massive changes you’ll see as the climate careens toward tipping points – NPR
- 3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points NPR
- At the limit: A call for action as the Earth reaches cascading tipping points Coast Reporter
- PI Briefing | No. 42 | Tipping Points Progressive International
- First climate tipping point breached as activists storm COP30 Revolutionary Communist Party
- The Climate Disaster’s Tipping Point: Are Our Reefs at the Point of No Return? thewatchdogonline.com
US-E3 draft resolution at IAEA board demands swift cooperation from Iran – Reuters
- US-E3 draft resolution at IAEA board demands swift cooperation from Iran Reuters
- IAEA board passes resolution demanding answers and access from Iran Reuters
- UN atomic agency board urges Iran to provide full information about its nuclear stockpile ABC News
- US, European nations urge Iran to cooperate with UN nuclear watchdog The Times of Israel
- Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors International Atomic Energy Agency
Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses
PM Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 years
Mette Frederiksen has admitted that a fall in support for the Social Democrats was “greater than we had expected” after her party suffered sweeping defeats across Denmark and lost control of Copenhagen for the first time in more than 100 years.
While the Social Democrats remain the largest municipal party in Denmark, the prime minister’s centre-left party lost more than five percentage points across the country in Tuesday night’s municipal and regional elections, dropping from 28.4% in 2021 to 23.2%. Support for the far-right Danish People’s party, meanwhile, rose slightly from 4.09% to 5.9%.
Continue reading...New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests
Sorfequiline shows stronger action than existing treatments against illness that killed 1.23 million last year
A new treatment for tuberculosis could boost cure rates and shorten the time needed to treat the disease by months, trial results suggest.
Globally, an estimated 10.7 million people fell ill with TB last year and 1.23 million died from it.
Continue reading...Family of Indian man lynched over beef rumours vows to keep fighting for justice
Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched to death in 2015 over rumours that he had eaten beef.
True climate justice demands a reckoning with colonialism
By acknowledging how empire deepened climate vulnerability, the African Court can do what the ICJ refused to.
Message from the World Health Organization on World Toilet Day – World Health Organization (WHO)
- Message from the World Health Organization on World Toilet Day World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Toilet Day is today! Um ... is that really the best name? : Goats and Soda NPR
- Kweku Quansah writes: ‘We’ll always need the toilet; The urgent need for the toilet conversation’ Modern Ghana
- Don’t flush things other than the “Three Ps” Lake Okeechobee News
- World Toilet Day 2025: We’ll Always Need the Toilet Adafruit
Klimt painting second-most expensive artwork sold at auction
The portrait of Austrian heiress Elisabeth Lederer was looted by the Nazis and almost destroyed.
Klimt painting second most expensive artwork sold at auction
The portrait of Austrian heiress Elisabeth Lederer was looted by the Nazis and almost destroyed.
Pope at Audience: We must lend our voice to those who have none – Vatican News
- Pope at Audience: We must lend our voice to those who have none Vatican News
- Pope Leo XIV calls for ecological conversion and support for contemplative life Catholic News Agency
- Pope at General Audience: Without fraternity, we cannot survive Vatican News
- Pope Leo XIV arrives to hold a general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican Reuters Connect
- Seeing everyone as a brother or sister is part of Christianity, pope says The Catholic Sun
Watch out for online contact with Chinese spies, UK defence minister warns public
After MI5 issues China espionage alert to parliament, Luke Pollard says message should be heeded by all citizens
Ordinary UK citizens need to watch out for online contact with Chinese spies, the defence minister has said, after MI5 issued an espionage alert to parliament.
Luke Pollard said a warning given to parliamentarians on Tuesday that China was attempting to recruit individuals with access to sensitive information should also be heeded by the public at large.
Continue reading...Ten killed and 40 wounded in heavy Russian attack on Ukraine, officials say – Reuters
- Ten killed and 40 wounded in heavy Russian attack on Ukraine, officials say Reuters
- Russian high-rise strike kills 10 in one of deadliest attacks on western Ukraine BBC
- Russia Strikes Ukraine as Zelensky Aims to Revive Peace Talks The New York Times
- Updates: Russia warns NATO against joining Ukraine after deadly strikes Al Jazeera
- Russia Strike on Ukraine Kills Nine After Apartment Building Hit Bloomberg.com
Two Miss Universe judges quit scandal-hit pageant, as one claims it’s rigged
Lebanese-French musician Omar Harfouch is one of two judges who resigned days before the finals in Thailand.
Japan’s largest urban fire in decades rips through 170 buildings
Local media say one person was killed in the fire in the city of Oita, on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
China suspends seafood imports from Japan as Taiwan row escalates
Beijing reimposes 2023 ban, citing Japan PM’s comment that military would respond to Chinese attack on island
China has suspended imports of Japanese seafood again, as the fallout over the Japanese prime minister’s comments about Taiwan continues to escalate in one of worst bilateral disputes in years.
The ban was first reported on Wednesday by the Japanese outlets Kyodo News and NHK, and appeared to be confirmed by China’s foreign ministry, which said there was “no market for Japanese seafood in the current climate”.
Continue reading...What former leader Sheikh Hasina’s death sentence means for Bangladesh – ABC News
- What former leader Sheikh Hasina's death sentence means for Bangladesh ABC News
- Hasina's conviction for crimes against humanity is testing India-Bangladesh ties BBC
- Why India likely won’t return Hasina to face Bangladesh death penalty Al Jazeera
- Bangladesh: Justice for victims of 2024 massacre not served by death sentence against Sheikh Hasina Amnesty International
- Hasina's death sentence sets stage for volatile Bangladesh vote Reuters
Newspaper headlines: MI5’s ‘Chinese spies’ alert and Trump defends MBS – BBC
- Newspaper headlines: MI5's 'Chinese spies' alert and Trump defends MBS BBC
- China’s power play: MI5 warns of relentless espionage attempts in Britain The Guardian
- Chinese spies using LinkedIn to target British lawmakers, MI5 warns CNN
- MP's aide reported suspected China LinkedIn approach BBC
- Chinese Spies Are Using LinkedIn to Target U.K. Lawmakers, MI5 Warns The New York Times
Romania scrambles fighter jets after drone breach during Russian strike on Ukraine – Reuters
- Romania scrambles fighter jets after drone breach during Russian strike on Ukraine Reuters
- Drone enters NATO airspace in Romania during Russian attack on Ukraine abcnews.go.com
- Video shows gas tanker ship on fire after attack on Ukrainian Danube port BBC
- Russian drone strikes tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa after Zelenskyy closes US gas deal Fox News
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato member Romania evacuates villages after Putin’s attack on tanker The Independent
Moscow passes laws to boost defences against Ukrainian strikes
Vladimir Putin authorises the guarding of fuel sites by reservists, internet blackouts and tighter sentencing for acts of sabotage
Russia has passed sweeping laws to bolster its defences at home against Ukrainian drone strikes and sabotage operations, reflecting the Kremlin’s expectation of a protracted war with Ukraine.
Almost four years into Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine – a full-scale invasion he expected to last only weeks – Moscow is being targeted almost daily by Ukrainian drones striking energy facilities, while Ukrainian operatives have assassinated a number of high-profile Russian military figures deep inside the country.
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