Trump raises tariffs on Canadian goods over Reagan advert
Trump has announced he's adding 10% to his current levies on one of the biggest US trading partners.
Estonia’s top diplomat: Russia testing NATO resolve amid Trump uncertainty
Estonia’s foreign minister discusses whether Moscow’s airspace violations are a test of NATO unity.
US and China agree framework of trade deal ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
US trade secretary says the two will sign a deal on TikTok, while hinting at agreement on rare earths and tariffs.
Trump meets Brazil’s Lula at ASEAN summit, touts ‘pretty good deals’
Both countries' negotiating teams will start working 'immediately' to address US tariffs and sanctions, says Lula.
Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris
Four thieves broke into the world's most-visited museum in broad daylight, stealing eight items worth €88m (£76m; $102m).
Ireland’s president elect is a left-wing, anti-establishment figure who is outspoken on Gaza – AP News
- Ireland’s president elect is a left-wing, anti-establishment figure who is outspoken on Gaza AP News
- Catherine Connolly: How the anti-establishment candidate won the Irish presidency BBC
- Catherine Connolly’s election as president has added a new dynamic to Irish politics The Guardian
- Ireland elects a leftist who campaigned on economic justice, Gaza The Washington Post
- Connolly wins Ireland’s presidential election in landslide Al Jazeera
‘Islamophobia is endemic,’ Mamdani says of Republicans’ push to deport him
Two House Republicans push justice department to investigate Zohran Mamdani’s path to US citizenship
Two US House Republicans are pushing the federal justice department to investigate the path to citizenship of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate favored to win the 4 November election for New York City mayor.
Congressman Randy Fine of Florida and Andy Ogles of Tennessee – both staunch proponents of Donald Trump’s presidential administration – have been leading the push, which has been condemned by Democratic officials and Muslim civil rights groups as “racist and anti-Muslim”.
Continue reading...Hurricane Melissa strengthens into category 4 as it approaches Jamaica – The Guardian
- Hurricane Melissa strengthens into category 4 as it approaches Jamaica The Guardian
- Why Melissa’s intensification en route to Jamaica is so extraordinary The Washington Post
- How Hurricane Melissa Rapidly Intensified The New York Times
- Hurricane Melissa Maps Tracker: Forecast Track, Rainfall, Winds And More The Weather Channel
- Hurricane Melissa closes in on Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, forecast to bring catastrophic flooding NBC News
Reform MP’s remarks about TV adverts were ‘racist’, says Wes Streeting
Health secretary hardens Labour line after Sarah Pochin said advertising ‘doesn’t reflect our society’
Wes Streeting has accused the Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin of making racist remarks after she said seeing adverts full of black and Asian people “drives her mad”.
The health secretary said Pochin was “only sorry she’s been caught and called out”, adding she had “said the quiet bit loud”, as he warned of a return to “1970s, 1980s-style racism”.
Continue reading...The not-so-little Murray cod that could: fish tracked swimming 900km along Australia’s biggest river system
Fish named after Olympic swimming champion Ariarne Titmus was most recently tracked at a section of the mid-Murray, near Belsar Island
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A young Murray cod has swum one of the longest ever recorded journeys for the species, travelling about 900km through the Murray River, its streams and backchannels.
Murray cod, Australia’s largest freshwater fish, grow up to 1.5 metres and can live for half a century. Research by Victoria’s Arthur Rylah Institute has shown the species, listed as vulnerable under federal environment laws, is capable of covering extreme distances.
Continue reading...Embattled Milei faces critical midterm elections in Argentina
The outcome of the elections could determine the future of Milei's economic programme and a vital $40bn US bailout.
Food benefits set to expire for 41 million people as US shutdown continues
Department of Agriculture says no benefits will be issued in November and it would not draw on emergency reserves
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country’s biggest social assistance programs will not be issued in November amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The shutdown was in its 25th day at the time of the announcement, which came after more than 200 Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday called on USDA to draw on its emergency reserves to fund November food benefits.
Continue reading...Has Trump’s ‘peace deal’ solved the Thailand-Cambodia dispute?
Donald Trump has claimed to have ended another war, this time between Thailand and Cambodia. But what does this latest agreement actually amount to?
Will Trump’s ‘peace deal’ solve Thailand-Cambodia dispute?
Donald Trump has claimed to have ended another war, this time between Thailand and Cambodia. But what does this latest agreement actually amount to?
Mystery donor gives $130m to US military to pay troops during shutdown
The Treasury Secretary says the US has enough for the next military payday, but can't pay service members after that.
Red Cross seen aiding Hamas in search of hostages’ bodies in Rafah area – The Times of Israel
- Red Cross seen aiding Hamas in search of hostages’ bodies in Rafah area The Times of Israel
- LIVE: Israel relents as search for Gaza bodies expands with Egypt help Al Jazeera
- Red Cross and Egyptian teams allowed to search for hostage bodies in Israeli-held Gaza territory; official says Hamas allowed there too The Times of Israel
- Hamas expands search for the remains of hostages in Gaza AP News
- Egypt Aids Search for Bodies of Dead Captives in Gaza The New York Times
Russia says it has tested nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile
The experimental weapon is hailed as having a potentially unlimited range - though Western experts have questioned its value.
Russia says it has tested nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile
The experimental weapon is hailed as having a potentially unlimited range - though Western experts have questioned its value.
French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel heist suspects amid manhunt – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel heist suspects amid manhunt ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Suspects in Louvre Jewelry Heist Arrested, French Authorities Say The New York Times
- Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris NPR
- Thieves robbed another museum hours after the Louvre heist, nobody noticed for days WKRC
- Seven Heist Movies for Your Weekend The Atlantic
US judge rules ICE illegally detained man whose daughter is battling cancer
Detention of Chicago man violates his due process and he must be given a bond hearing by 31 October, judge says
The detention by immigration authorities of a Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer is illegal, and he must be given a bond hearing by 31 October, a federal judge has ruled.
Attorneys for Ruben Torres Maldonado, 40, who was detained on 18 October, have petitioned for his release as his deportation case goes through the system. While US district judge Jeremy Daniel said in an order Friday that Torres’s detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is illegal and violates his due process rights, he also said he could not order his immediate release.
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