- Hong Kong’s security net extends beyond arrests as small businesses pressured AP News
- Hong Kong: National Security Law analysis shows vast majority unjustly arrested Amnesty International
- China: Building a ‘Patriots Only’ Hong Kong Human Rights Watch
- How China’s Crackdown Has Reshaped Hong Kong Foreign Policy
- Five years of a strict national security law in Hong Kong WKMS
A week into the fragile Israel-Iran peace agreement, here’s what we still don’t know – AP News
- A week into the fragile Israel-Iran peace agreement, here’s what we still don’t know AP News
- Nuclear enrichment and weaponization are US red lines on Iran, Witkoff tells CNBC Reuters
- Trump seizes momentum from ceasefire deal to expand peace in Middle East Washington Times
- Witkoff: US, Iran seeking ‘peace deal,’ strikes set Tehran’s nuke program back years The Times of Israel
- A week into the fragile Israel-Iran peace agreement, here's what we still don't know Temple Daily Telegram
Pioneering project releases more lost Irish records spanning 700 years
Newly restored material from vast archive destroyed in civil war takes in Anglo-Norman conquest and 1798 rebellion
Seven centuries of lost historical records covering espionage, political corruption and the lives of ordinary people in Ireland have been recovered and are being released.
A pioneering project to fill gaps in Irish history is making 175,000 more records and millions more words of searchable content freely available to researchers and members of the public.
Continue reading...Lesotho activist arrested after video on unemployment rates angers prime minister
Tšolo Thakeli had long campaigned on youth joblessness, but a post questioning Sam Maketane’s promises on work creation landed him in prison
It took a single video complaining about Lesotho’s unemployment rate to turn Tšolo Thakeli into the prime minister’s enemy. Within a day of posting there were armed police at his door.
It was Father’s Day, and the 31-year-old father of two was in his pyjamas when they arrived. He had no idea his post would land him in trouble; after all, he had campaigned for a long time, under different governments, for action on jobs for young people.
Continue reading...‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work? – politico.eu
- ‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work? politico.eu
- EU leaders on WTO: We need to ‘come up with something else’ CNN
- Let's create a new World Trade Organization - Von der Leyen Euronews.com
- EU’s Pacific alliance would not replace WTO, officials say Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- The EU's Pacific Pivot: How Strengthening Trade Ties Reinforces the WTO and Opens New Investment Frontiers AInvest
Chile picks Jeannette Jara to face off against right-wing presidential field – Reuters
US Senate begins debate on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Forecaster says the bill would cut health cover for 11.8 million people and increase deficit by $3.3 trillion.
Chilean left picks communist presidential candidate in face of far-right surge – Financial Times
- Chilean left picks communist presidential candidate in face of far-right surge Financial Times
- Chile picks Jeannette Jara to face off against right-wing presidential field Reuters
- Chile communist Jeannette Jara to lead beleaguered ruling coalition at election The Guardian
- Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara Scores Blowout Win in Presidential Primary Bloomberg.com
- Chilean Peso's Resurgence: Political Shifts and Currency Valuation in an Uncertain Landscape AInvest
Jury retires in mushroom murder trial in Australia
They will decide whether Erin Patterson murdered relatives with beef Wellingtons laced with toxic mushrooms.
Jury retires in mushroom murder trial in Australia
They will decide whether Erin Patterson murdered relatives with beef Wellingtons laced with toxic mushrooms.
Canada rescinds digital services tax after Trump suspends trade talks
Canada's prime minister says trade talks with US will resume with decision to drop new levy.
Two firefighters in Idaho shot and killed in ‘heinous’ ambush
Kootenai County Sheriff says law enforcement officials are taking sniper fire as they hunt for the killer.
Benjamin Netanyahu corruption trial delayed on diplomatic and security grounds
The Israeli court’s decision to cancel this week’s hearing in the long-running trial came after Donald Trump said the case should be thrown out
An Israeli court has cancelled this week’s hearings in Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial, accepting a request made by the prime minister on classified diplomatic and security grounds.
“Following the explanations given … we partially accept the request and cancel at this stage Mr Netanyahu’s hearings scheduled” for this week, the Jerusalem district court said in its ruling, published online by Netanyahu’s Likud party.
Continue reading...Turkish police arrest more than 50 people before banned Istanbul Pride parade – The Guardian
- Turkish police arrest more than 50 people before banned Istanbul Pride parade The Guardian
- Turkish police detain dozens at banned Istanbul Pride march, lawmaker says CNN
- Turkish police detain over 50 people in crackdown on Istanbul Pride march AP News
- Turkey: Police detain dozens at banned LGBTQ+ Pride parade DW
- Turkish police detain dozes at banned Pride march, says lawmaker Yahoo
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,222
Here are the key events on day 1,222 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Japan’s execution jail where death row inmates get minutes notice – Daily Mail
- Japan's execution jail where death row inmates get minutes notice Daily Mail
- Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people CNN
- Japan Hangs Man Convicted in Serial Killings of Nine People The New York Times
- Japan executes man dubbed the "Twitter killer," convicted serial killer who murdered and dismembered 9 people CBS News
- Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022 Reuters
Inside Japan’s secretive execution jails where death row inmates are given minutes notice before facing the noose – as serial killer dubbed ‘hanging pro’ is sent to the gallows – Daily Mail
- Inside Japan's secretive execution jails where death row inmates are given minutes notice before facing the noose - as serial killer dubbed 'hanging pro' is sent to the gallows Daily Mail
- Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people CNN
- Japan Hangs Man Convicted in Serial Killings of Nine People The New York Times
- Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022 Reuters
- 'Twitter Killer' Who Raped and Murdered 8 Women Is Executed by Hanging People.com
Mexico police discover 381 bodies ‘thrown indiscriminately’ on crematorium floor
Prosecutor says the bodies in Ciudad Juarez had not been cremated, and that relatives of the dead have been given ‘other material’
Police have found 381 corpses piled up in a private crematorium in northern Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, the local prosecutor’s office has said , attributing the grisly find to negligence.
“Preliminarily, we have 381 bodies that were deposited irregularly in the crematorium, which were not cremated,” Eloy Garcia, spokesperson for the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office, told AFP.
Continue reading...Australia news live: east coast braces for wild weather; former Greens candidate charged after she was injured during arrest
Australia’s eastern states are in for another lashing of rain as a powerful low pressure system develops off the coast. Follow the latest news updates live
Australia’s eastern states are in for another lashing of rain as a powerful low pressure system develops off the coast with flood-weary regions a possible target.
“Tuesday and Wednesday are the two biggest days in regards to rainfall and weather impacts,” the Bureau of Meteorology’s Angus Hines said.
I do. I think this review that’s going on in the United States at present is fairly unremarkable. I mean … the other governments, the British and Australian governments … when they changed, had a review – so it’s not unreasonable the Americans do that.
I think, at the end of the day, a decision to have a nuclear powered submarine is a good one.
Continue reading...Anti-LGBTQ+ Hungarian PM named ‘king of Budapest pride’ – PinkNews
- Anti-LGBTQ+ Hungarian PM named 'king of Budapest pride' PinkNews
- The Guardian view on Budapest’s pride parade: a humiliation for Orbán and a triumph for European values The Guardian
- Hungary's LGBTQ community defies government ban on Pride march NBC News
- Thousands party at Budapest Pride in clear message to Orban BBC
- In pictures: Budapest Pride draws huge crowds defying ban Reuters