- For Japan’s new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck AP News
- Japan Deals With the Price of Playing to Trump: $550 Billion The New York Times
- Japan’s new prime minister faces her biggest test yet: Meeting Trump CNN
- Takaichi’s tightrope: Flatter Trump, don’t feed him Politico
- When is Trump going to Japan? President set to meet with new Japanese prime minister USA Today
‘I had to make up girlfriends while in the Navy due to gay ban’ – BBC
- 'I had to make up girlfriends while in the Navy due to gay ban' BBC
- Memorial to LGBT veterans means 'no more shame' BBC
- King Charles III dedicates Britain's first national memorial to LGBTQ+ troops ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- King Charles lays flowers at national memorial to LGBT armed forces veterans The Guardian
- King Charles unveils UK's first LGBT armed forces memorial Reuters
Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’
Rand Paul’s comments come days after president claimed US lawmakers wouldn’t take issue with Venezuelan strikes
The Trump administration’s military airtrikes against boats off Venezuela’s coast that the White House claims were being used for drug trafficking are “extrajudicial killings”, said Rand Paul, the president’s fellow Republican and US senator from Kentucky.
Paul’s strong comments on the topic came on Sunday during an interview on Republican-friendly Fox News, three days after Donald Trump publicly claimed he “can’t imagine” federal lawmakers would have “any problem” with the strikes when asked about seeking congressional approval for them.
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Rodgers, Steelers fall short as Love leads Packers’ win
Aaron Rodgers' former quarterback understudy Jordan Love stars as Green Bay Packers defeat Pittsburgh Steelers.
Barnaby Joyce’s walkout and endless net zero rehashing? The Nationals are ‘having a normal one’
The former deputy prime minister staying out of the Nationals party room is the latest sign some in the Coalition are in no rush to finish their ugly airing of grievances
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The Nationals are once again, in the words of Chris Bowen, “having a normal one”.
Another Monday, another parliamentary week, another chapter in the seemingly never-ending story of the Coalition putting its fingers in its ears and screaming as they debate whether to ignore global momentum, scientific consensus and pleas from the business community, and seek to relitigate a position on net zero reached four years ago by the Morrison government.
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Argentina’s President Javier Milei sang to his supporters after early results showed he had won the country’s midterm el
Japan’s new PM will hope the Abe effect endears Trump to her at crucial talks
Sanae Takaichi leads a minority government and needs a successful meeting with the US president on Tuesday. Thankfully her mentor, Shinzo Abe, is one of Trump’s ‘favourites’
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, faces the first real test of her diplomatic and personal skills when she meets Donald Trump for talks in Tokyo that are expected to focus on trade and security.
Takaichi, who this month became Japan’s first female leader after winning a vote to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP), made her international debut at this weekend’s Asean summit.
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The Category 5 storm, which threatens to dump up to one metre of rain, is moving at a worryingly slow pace.
Austin Reaves scores career-high points as Lakers defeat Kings
Austin Reaves poured in 51 points as the Los Angeles Lakers win against Sacramento without Luka Doncic and Lebron James.
Hannah McGuire’s mother tells murderer she hopes he suffers ‘most intense pain imaginable’ for life
Family members of young woman strangled to death by her former boyfriend in her own home have confronted killer Lachlan Young in court
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A mother has confronted her daughter’s killer in court, saying she will never forgive him for taking away her vibrant and courageous girl.
Lachlan Young, 23, did not look at Hannah McGuire’s mother, Debbie McGuire, as she read her statement in the Victorian supreme court on Monday.
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King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed.
In Russia’s ‘blitz’ of Ukraine, the question of appeasement is back
A large gulf remains between the US and European view of how to end the Ukraine war.
Ukraine targets Moscow with dozens of drones, Russia says – Reuters
- Ukraine targets Moscow with dozens of drones, Russia says Reuters
- Ukraine war latest: Putin tests 'Skyfall' nuclear missile; Ukraine launches almost 200 drones into Russia Sky News
- Russian air defence systems destroy two drones heading towards Moscow, mayor says Reuters
- Ukraine launches major drone attack on Moscow; Russia closes airports, shoots down 28 drones Mint
- Ukrainian drones target Moscow in overnight attack, mayor says The Kyiv Independent
Corruption, mismanagement in spotlight as Iran dissolves major private bank
The bank built the largest mall in the world, but also racked up massive debt and gave loans to insiders.
Asian stocks soar to record peak on trade deal optimism – Reuters
- Asian stocks soar to record peak on trade deal optimism Reuters
- Trump’s Asia trip: US and China agree to framework of a trade deal | CNN Politics CNN
- Trump says he expects to reach trade deal with China as his Asia trip continues CBS News
- Xi Jinping is at his boldest and brashest. How will Donald Trump fare this week? The Economist
- Why Any Deal at the Trump-Xi Summit Is Unlikely to Last Time Magazine
Four killed in Cameroon protests as results due in contested election – BBC
- Four killed in Cameroon protests as results due in contested election BBC
- Four killed in Cameroon as protests intensify ahead of presidential results Al Jazeera
- Clashes with security forces in Cameroon kill 4 protesters ahead of election results AP News
- Two dead and dozens arrested amid Cameroon election crackdown The Guardian
- 2 protesters shot dead as tensions rise in Cameroon ahead of election results, opposition says ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Israel committed “genocide” under Netanyahu’s rule
Israeli historian Avi Shlaim says Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians under Netanyahu’s rule.
Trump called Pence a ‘wimp’ before Jan. 6 attack, according to new notes – The Washington Post
- Trump called Pence a ‘wimp’ before Jan. 6 attack, according to new notes The Washington Post
- 'You'll go down as a wimp:' Pence's never-before-published notes key evidence in case against Trump, book says ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Trump told Pence ‘you’ll go down as a wimp’ in January 6 phone call, book says The Guardian
- "Wimp": Trump tried to bully Pence out of certifying election on Jan. 6 Salon.com
- Trump said Pence would ‘go down as a wimp’ in Jan. 6 call, book reveals The Hill
Archaeological dig to unearth wreckage of WW2 hero pilot crash under way
Exclusive: Excavation, overseen by the US Department of Defense, will feature in More 4’s Hidden Wonders TV series
On 26 January 1944, a 23-year-old US pilot was flying a mighty P-47 Thunderbolt on a wartime training exercise when it crashed in Essex.
Locals witnessed the horror of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry’s aircraft diving to the ground and bursting into flames. Lowry was not seen to bail out and he has remained missing in action (MIA) for more than 80 years. Ironically, his plane was named “Lucky Boy”.
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