Iran rejects Trump’s claim to ‘control’ Hormuz: What’s the latest in talks?
Iran says Hormuz stays closed until US meets its demands and changes its 'behaviour' as global energy prices rise.
China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus makes first international flight — could COMAC challenge the aviation duopoly? – CNBC
- China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus makes first international flight — could COMAC challenge the aviation duopoly? CNBC
- Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight The Guardian
- China's C919 makes 1st international flight in challenge to Boeing, Airbus Nikkei Asia
- China's homegrown C919 aircraft completes 1st intl. commercial flight news.cgtn.com
- China to launch first international commercial route for homegrown C919 jet Global Times
Indonesian rescuers evacuate dozens from a ferry fire that left at least 1 dead near Bali – AP News
- Indonesian rescuers evacuate dozens from a ferry fire that left at least 1 dead near Bali AP News
- One dead, 172 rescued after Indonesian ferry from Bali catches fire Reuters
- One dead, 172 rescued from Bali ferry fire in waters off Lombok ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Indonesian ferry catches fire off Bali, survivors recount escape Yahoo
- Crews rescue 106 people and are trying to save more from a burning passenger ferry in rough seas off Bali, Indonesia KING5.com
Barnaby Joyce claims One Nation ‘one of the gayest parties in Australia’ as former candidate’s comments surface
One Nation MP says failed WA candidate’s comments describing same-sex attraction as a mental illness are ‘highly offensive’
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Barnaby Joyce has defended One Nation as “one of the gayest parties in Australia” after comments surfaced from one of its failed candidates describing same-sex attraction as a mental illness.
The former National turned One Nation MP was asked to respond to a series of homophobic comments made by a former Western Australian legislative council candidate for One Nation in a video last month, as first reported by ABC on Wednesday afternoon.
Continue reading...Putin Threatens Retaliation if Europe Seizes Russian Ships – The Moscow Times
- Putin Threatens Retaliation if Europe Seizes Russian Ships The Moscow Times
- UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat BBC
- Putin threatens retaliation for Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels AP News
- Putin says Russia will start seizing European vessels if its ships targeted Reuters
- Putin warns of tit-for-tat seizures of European vessels Al Jazeera
‘The hardest mission of my life’: A rescuer’s loss in the Lebanon War
A Lebanon rescuer’s work is shaped by the daughter he lost in an Israeli attack on his station.
Trump’s secret flight switch indicates severity of assassination threat by Iran
Iran lost top leaders in the war and US ‘humiliation ... a form of revenge’, say experts, after administration’s flight ruse
Since the joint US-Israeli strikes in February that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and scores of other senior Iranian officials on the first day of the war, a revenge plot to kill Donald Trump should not have appeared far-fetched.
But the US administration’s elaborate ruse to spirit Trump off of Air Force One in Turkey last month indicates a credibility to the Iranian threat that has surprised many in Washington – including the Trump aides and journalists left on the jet that may have remained the target of an Iranian missile strike.
Continue reading...Drone footage shows rare bird’s-eye view of stingrays off New York coast
With wing spans up to 3ft, the shy cownose ray species typically arrive in Long Island waters in the warmer months
Drone footage of dozens of stingrays in the ocean off New York has captivated beachgoers and marine enthusiasts, offering a rare bird’s-eye view of a species that scientists say has visited the area for decades.
The footage was captured las`t Friday off the coast of Southampton on the Long Island peninsula by Joanna Steidle, a Hamptons-based professional drone pilot known for her aerial ocean shots. It shows cownose rays gliding through the water en masse near the surface.
Continue reading...Trump’s Gaza plan and Board of Peace face ticking clock – The Hill
- Trump’s Gaza plan and Board of Peace face ticking clock The Hill
- Inside the White House bet that Netanyahu’s peace plan rejection is for show Politico
- Netanyahu’s veto and the limits of American power Al Jazeera
- Trump-Netanyahu rift widens as election pressures pull them in opposite directions The Washington Post
- Opinion | Netanyahu is sabotaging Trump's Gaza Plan. Will the President Care? Haaretz
‘Tolerating the Netanyahu two-step’: Why the White House can live with Israel rejecting its peace plan – Politico
- ‘Tolerating the Netanyahu two-step’: Why the White House can live with Israel rejecting its peace plan Politico
- Trump’s Gaza plan and Board of Peace face ticking clock thehill.com
- Netanyahu calculates upsetting Trump is his least-bad option CNN
- Trump-Netanyahu rift widens as election pressures pull them in opposite directions The Washington Post
- The West Bank, Not Gaza, Should Be Trump’s Priority Foreign Policy
Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves
Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.
The officials make up 0.3% of staff within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Continue reading...Four crewmembers, two rescuers killed in Red Sea attack; U.S. strikes ship in Gulf of Oman – NBC News
- Four crewmembers, two rescuers killed in Red Sea attack; U.S. strikes ship in Gulf of Oman NBC News
- Politics The Economist
- Crew of Yemeni vessel recount their chaotic rescue after Houthis’ deadly attack AP News
- New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse Reuters
- Houthi attack kills six in Red Sea; Trump slams Iran as hopes for Hormuz Strait deal dim CNBC
More than 100 passengers rescued after Indonesia ferry fire
More than 100 passengers rescued after Indonesia ferry fire
David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong to win Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor
Crowley pulls off last-minute victory in tight race after polls had shown his progressive opponent as a clear frontrunner
David Crowley, the Milwaukee county executive, pulled off a last-minute victory after re-entering the Wisconsin governor’s race and snagging an endorsement from Tony Evers, the outgoing governor.
The race came down to the wire, with Francesca Hong and Crowley running close to each other as each batch of results came in.
Continue reading...Putin says Russia will start seizing European vessels if its ships targeted – Reuters
- Putin says Russia will start seizing European vessels if its ships targeted Reuters
- Putin threatens retaliation for Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels AP News
- Putin warns of tit-for-tat seizures of European vessels Al Jazeera
- Putin Threatens Retaliation if Europe Seizes Russian Ships The Moscow Times
- Putin Opens New Front in Shadow Fleet Fight With Threat to Seize EU Ships Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
They Spoke English, Wore U.S. Flags and Attacked Fishermen. Who Were They? – The New York Times
They Spoke English, Wore U.S. Flags and Attacked Fishermen. Who Were They? The New York Times
Close Trump aides — but no Cabinet officials — made secret catering truck move – The Washington Post
- Close Trump aides — but no Cabinet officials — made secret catering truck move The Washington Post
- Jimmy Fallon Recreates Trump’s Catering Container Escape The New York Times
- First Thing: Anger after Trump’s secret flight swap appears to offer up staff and media as decoys The Guardian
- What Trump’s catering-truck escape says about a war that won’t end CNN
- Live updates: Trump says he was taken off of Air Force One last month due to threat AP News
Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain’s wackiest election – NBC News
- Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain’s wackiest election NBC News
- How Nigel Farage Ended Up Running Against Count Binface in Clacton The New York Times
- Nigel Farage paints himself as local hero in fight to win Clacton politico.eu
- How the Clacton by-election count will take place BBC
- Letter: Why Clacton makes history Financial Times
He Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free. – The New York Times
Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran to step down in February
Chandrasekaran said he would not seek reappointment when his term ends due to a lack of support from the Tata Sons board.