Why is New Delhi making it rain artificially?
Delhi is using 'cloud seeding' in a bid to dispel pollution - but can it work?
LIVE: Australia vs India – first T20 international
Follow our live build-up, with toss and team news, in the run-up to our full text commentary stream of Canberra's series opener.
‘Horrific violations’: Arab nations slam RSF killings in Sudan’s el-Fasher
Regional countries express alarm as more evidence emerges of mass killings by paramilitary forces in el-Fasher.
Trump and Xi talks could end months of global economic chaos
High on agenda for the leaders of the US and China will be rare earths and tariffs, with a chance of a relationship reset
Ahead of Thursday’s long-awaited first meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping since the US president’s return to office, officials from both sides have been hammering out the contours of what a trade deal between Washington and Beijing might look like, an agreement that could bring an end to months of global economic chaos caused by the US-China trade war.
The two leaders have not met in person since 2019. Since then, the war in Ukraine and increasing concern in Washington about China’s technological advances, as well as longstanding issues about the imbalanced US-China trade relationship, have strained the bonds between the two superpowers.
Continue reading...LIVE: Israel kills 104 in Gaza; Trump insists nothing will jeopardise truce
At least 35 children killed as Israeli military says one of its soldiers killed; Israel says resumption of ceasefire.
Carlos Alcaraz suffers shock loss to Cameron Norrie at Paris Masters
Cameron Norrie rallied from a set down to record the biggest win of his career against world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz.
Guerrero Jr, Blue Jays smash Dodgers in Game 4 to even World Series
Vladimir Guerrero Jr's two-run homer allows Toronto Blue Jays to draw level with LA Dodgers in best-of-seven series.
As the Dutch Vote, One Issue Carries the Day: Affordable Housing – The New York Times
- As the Dutch Vote, One Issue Carries the Day: Affordable Housing The New York Times
- Netherlands braced for exit poll in parliamentary election – Europe live The Guardian
- Tight race in Dutch election as anti-Islam populist Wilders' hope of power declines BBC
- Dutch vote in knife-edge snap elections seen as litmus test for far right Al Jazeera
- Dutch vote in a knife-edge election focused on housing and anti-Islam populist NBC News
Israel launches strikes on Gaza, claiming Hamas violated truce – The Washington Post
- Israel launches strikes on Gaza, claiming Hamas violated truce The Washington Post
- Israel strikes Gaza after it accuses Hamas of violating ceasefire and staging hostage discovery CNN
- As it happened: Israel launches strikes on Gaza after Netanyahu orders 'powerful' attacks BBC
- Israel carries out airstrikes in Gaza, casting doubt on fragile ceasefire NBC News
- Netanyahu Orders Strikes in Gaza, as Israel Says Hamas Violated Cease-Fire The New York Times
Live updates: Hurricane Melissa heads toward Cuba as a powerful storm, after hitting Jamaica with historic force – AP News
- Live updates: Hurricane Melissa heads toward Cuba as a powerful storm, after hitting Jamaica with historic force AP News
- Hurricane Melissa plows across Jamaica, its eye now moving toward Cuba: Live updates CNN
- Hurricane Melissa: huge swells and waves as storm strikes – in pictures The Guardian
- Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica as historic Category 5 storm with catastrophic wind, flooding FOX Weather
- Scenes From the Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa Hits The New York Times
Cameroon opposition leader to face legal action over election unrest, government says
The threat against Issa Tchiroma Bakary comes a day after he was declared the runner-up in disputed presidential polls.
As Trump and Xi near deal, few see letup in heated US-China rivalry
Expectations are modest for how far a US-China deal will go to resolve the differences between the superpowers.
North Korea test-fires cruise missiles as Trump visits South Korea
Pyongyang says the tests in the Yellow Sea were aimed at impressing its abilities upon its 'enemies'.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,343
Here are the key events from day 1,343 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Australian girls being ‘hunted’ by online crime gangs to commit violent acts
Groups of young men are coercing and exploiting vulnerable girls "for fun", Australian police say.
Border patrol leader told to go to court every weekday to report on Chicago enforcement
Federal judge gives orders to Gregory Bovino in exceptional bid to impose oversight over Trump officials’ raids in city
A federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior border patrol official leading the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, to appear in federal court each weekday to report on the day’s incidents in an exceptional bid to impose oversight over the government’s militarized raids in the city.
The order came following a terse hearing on Tuesday morning.
Continue reading...Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says ‘I have no visa – I am banned’
The Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first presidency, Soyinka revealed on Tuesday.
“I want to assure the consulate … that I’m very content with the revocation of my visa,” Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel prize for literature, told a news conference.
Continue reading...‘Last-ditch push’: Pakistan-Afghanistan talks falter amid deep mistrust
A wider conflict looms as neighbours fail to agree on dismantling the TTP armed group, warn analysts.
AFP developing AI tool to decode gen Z slang amid warning about ‘crimefluencers’ hunting girls
AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett says online crime networks of young boys and men are targeting vulnerable teen and preteen girls
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Australian federal police will develop an AI tool to decode gen Z and Alpha slang and emojis in an effort to crackdown on sadistic online exploitation and “crimefluencers”.
The AFP commissioner, Krissy Barrett, will use a speech at the National Press Club on Wednesday to warn of the rise of online crime networks of young boys and men who are targeting vulnerable teen and preteen girls.
Continue reading...BBC journalist barred from leaving Vietnam and interrogated repeatedly
BBC ‘deeply concerned’ for journalist’s wellbeing after Vietnamese police withhold their ID card and passport
Vietnamese authorities have barred a BBC journalist from leaving the country and subjected them to days of interrogation, in a press freedom case that comes to light during a high-profile visit by Vietnam’s leader to the UK.
The journalist, a Vietnamese citizen who lives and works in Thailand, had returned to their home country in August to renew their passport, according a source with knowledge of the situation.
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