- Spanish premier urges China to take bigger role in multipolar order Reuters
- Leaders of China, Spain pledge closer ties amid 'crumbling' world order Reuters
- Spain’s Sánchez Calls for Chinese Diplomacy to Solve Iran War Bloomberg.com
- Spain's Sanchez calls China trade imbalance with EU 'unsustainable' France 24
- Xi and Sánchez say China and Spain should help safeguard multilateralism AP News
Leading candidate quits California governor race amid sexual misconduct claims
Top Democratic allies intensified pressure on him to exit the gubernatorial race.
Susan Coyle to be first woman to lead Australian army in ‘deeply historic moment’
Appointment part of senior defence changes as navy chief Mark Hammond promoted to chief of defence force
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Lt Gen Susan Coyle, an officer of more than three decades standing, will become the first woman to lead the Australian army.
Coyle has been announced as the new chief of army, with her term beginning in July.
Continue reading...Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian experiment runs out of steam
Péter Magyar's historic win offers peace for a country exhausted by the tensions of Viktor Orbán's rule, Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest.
Eight to be awarded for bravery in Bondi Junction stabbing
Six people were killed and ten injured after a man went on a stabbing rampage in an Australian mall.
Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja among 500 arrested at Palestine Action protest
Musician says he wanted to attend the protest despite the consequences a potential arrest could have on his music career
Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has been arrested on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation after attending a mass protest against the ban on Palestine Action in central London on Saturday.
Del Naja, also known as 3D, was among hundreds of fellow demonstrators in Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon, holding a sign that read “I Oppose Genocide, I Support Palestine Action”.
Continue reading...UK will not join Trump’s blockade of Iran’s ports in the Strait of Hormuz – BBC
- UK will not join Trump's blockade of Iran's ports in the Strait of Hormuz BBC
- Starmer refuses to join Trump’s Hormuz blockade Yahoo
- UK rejects tolls on Strait of Hormuz politico.eu
- Starmer refuses to join Trump’s Hormuz blockade as oil prices expected to rise The Independent
- UK to host officials for Strait of Hormuz talks next week politico.eu
Congressman Eric Swalwell quits California governor race amid sexual misconduct claims
Top Democratic allies intensified pressure on him to exit the gubernatorial race.
‘A truly historic moment’: Hungarian opposition wins election landslide
Rajini Vaidyanathan broadcasts from outside Hungary's parliament as crowds hear about the prime minister's concession.
John Donaldson, the father of Denmark’s Australian-born Queen Mary, dies at 84 – AP News
- John Donaldson, the father of Denmark’s Australian-born Queen Mary, dies at 84 AP News
- Queen Mary of Denmark's father dies in Tasmania aged 84 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Queen Mary announces death of father at 84 after declining health: 'My thoughts are grey' HELLO! Magazine
- Royal family hit with heartbreak as Queen releases official statement Geo News
- Queen Mary's father John Donaldson has died in Tasmania just three weeks after she made the trip from Denmark to Australia Daily Mail
Oil back above $100 as US to blockade Iranian ports after peace talks fail
The failure of negotiations at the weekend has raised concerns that the global energy crisis will deepen.
Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide
Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.
Strongest storm on planet bearing down on U.S. islands in Western Pacific – Yahoo
- Strongest storm on planet bearing down on U.S. islands in Western Pacific Yahoo
- Monster typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is bearing down on group of remote U.S. islands NBC News
- Cat 5 Super Typhoon Sinlaku the 2nd-strongest typhoon so early in the year Yale Climate Connections
- ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Super Typhoon Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands The New York Times
- Super Typhoon Sinlaku NASA Science (.gov)
Political turmoil in Indian border state as nine million lose voting rights
Nine million voters have been dropped from rolls in West Bengal, raising concerns over exclusion and fairness.
Strongest storm on planet bearing down on U.S. islands in Western Pacific – San Francisco Chronicle
- Strongest storm on planet bearing down on U.S. islands in Western Pacific San Francisco Chronicle
- Violent tropical system raises risk of rare direct impact on Guam as Western Pacific storm season ramps up FOX Weather
- Special Session called to address $25M emergency funding bill ahead of Sinlaku The Guam Daily Post
- Super Typhoon Sinlaku Looking to Smash Guam/Marianas with 150mph winds Men's Journal
- 280 km/h: Meet Super Typhoon Sinlaku, world's strongest storm in 2026 so far The Weather Network
The Dutch village at risk of being demolished
Moerdijk has been earmarked for removal, to make way for a vast electricity substation.
South Africa’s great white sharks mysteriously vanished. Scientists can’t agree who, or what, is the culprit. – CBS News
- South Africa's great white sharks mysteriously vanished. Scientists can't agree who, or what, is the culprit. CBS News
- This was a great white shark hotspot. Then they mysteriously vanished | 60 Minutes Yahoo
- Anderson Cooper uncovers mystery of vanished great white sharks in Africa artthreat.net
- Great white sharks started disappearing from a former hotspot years ago, but scientists can't agree why CBS News
- What Happened to the Great White Sharks? | Sunday on 60 Minutes Yahoo
Pope Leo and President Trump are at odds over immigration in the U.S. and the Iran war – CBS News
- Pope Leo and President Trump are at odds over immigration in the U.S. and the Iran war CBS News
- Pope Leo says 'delusion of omnipotence' is fueling U.S.-Israeli war in Iran NPR
- Pope Leo Criticizes Religious Language Used by Trump on the War WSJ
- Pope Leo XIV: ‘I am not afraid of the Trump administration’ EWTN News
- Pentagon Plays Down Rift With Vatican Despite Pope’s Criticism Bloomberg.com
Pope Leo and President Trump are at odds over immigration in the U.S. and the Iran war – CBS News
Leo becomes first Pope to visit Algeria at start of major Africa tour – BBC
- Leo becomes first Pope to visit Algeria at start of major Africa tour BBC
- Pope Leo Heads to Africa to Meet the Future of Catholicism The New York Times
- Pope Leo begins multi-country African trip. Where he's going and why USA Today
- ‘A man of peace’: Pope Leo embarks on a marathon visit to Africa CNN
- A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa NPR