‘Out of control’: Witnesses describe fatal Lisbon funicular crash
At least 16 people were killed and 20 more injured, some critically, Portuguese authorities say.
Long-lost painting looted by Nazis recovered after it was spotted in a real estate listing – NBC News
- Long-lost painting looted by Nazis recovered after it was spotted in a real estate listing NBC News
- Painting looted by Nazis handed in as police find other suspected stolen art yahoo.com
- Ghislandi painting looted by Nazis recovered in Argentina BBC
- "Portrait of a Lady," Italian painting looted by Nazis and recently seen in real estate listing, recovered in Argentina CBS News
- Argentine police recover Nazi-looted Italian painting spotted in property ad France 24
Grandfather accidentally takes home wrong child from Sydney daycare centre
The man returned with the one-year-old as soon as he realised the mistake, and an investigation into the centre's safety protocols has been opened.
Nepal blocks Facebook, X, YouTube and others for failing to register with the government – AP News
- Nepal blocks Facebook, X, YouTube and others for failing to register with the government AP News
- Nepal to block some social media including Facebook Reuters
- Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and others Al Jazeera
- Nepal bans Facebook, X, YouTube, 23 other social media platforms The Hindu
- Nepal to block Facebook, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, others DW
Watch: BBC correspondent at scene of Lisbon funicular crash
Local media reports suggest a cable came loose along the railway's route, causing it to lose control - a national day of mourning is being observed
Taiwan accuses China of breaching international law over drilling
Island’s government demands halt to Chinese oil and gas operations in its exclusive economic zone
Taiwan’s government has accused China of breaching international law by drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and immediately demanded it halt the activity.
The statement from the office of Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, came after revelations first reported by the Guardian that several Chinese oil rigs and associated vessels had been detected inside Taiwan’s EEZ, near the disputed Pratas Islands, which are under Taiwanese control.
Continue reading...Soldiers doused with gasoline, set on fire during mission to destroy cocaine lab, Colombia army says – CBS News
Lisbon funicular crash death toll climbs to 16 as Elevador da Gloria disaster leaves Portugal reeling – CBS News
- Lisbon funicular crash death toll climbs to 16 as Elevador da Gloria disaster leaves Portugal reeling CBS News
- Portugal Searches for Cause of Lisbon Funicular Crash as Death Toll Rises The New York Times
- At least 16 dead, 21 injured after streetcar derails in Lisbon, city says ABC News
- Portugal observes national day of mourning as Lisbon streetcar death toll rises to 17 NPR
- Historic Lisbon train derails in deadly crash at tourist hotspot CNN
Indian doctors remove parasitic foetuses from baby’s stomach
The 20-day-old baby had two malformed foetuses inside her abdomen.
Russia Wants ‘Security Guarantees’ Too. Here’s What They Look Like. – The New York Times
Will I be arrested next, after Graham Linehan? – Spiked
- Will I be arrested next, after Graham Linehan? Spiked
- Graham Linehan told police trans teenager taunted him about divorce, trial hears The Guardian
- TV writer Graham Linehan's arrest over transgender X posts sparks free-speech debate NBC News
- Graham Linehan goes on trial over alleged harassment of trans woman BBC
- Comedy writer arrested for anti-trans tweets? UK speech crackdown is a warning. | Opinion USA Today
Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts – The Times of Israel
- Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts The Times of Israel
- Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars’ association says The Washington Post
- “Uniting for Peace”: How U.N. Could Override U.S. Veto, Send Peacekeepers to Gaza, Block Arms & More Democracy Now!
- Another Reason Not to Trust the ‘Experts’ The Free Press
- Why did genocide scholars association say Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide? Al Jazeera
Reeves has ‘full confidence’ in Rayner, and thinks deputy PM can keep her job – UK politics live
Chancellor offers unequivocal backing to colleague following stamp duty error
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, was also asked in her Sky News interview if the Rayner controversy showed that the stamp duty regime was “way too complicated”. Reeves sidestepped the question, saying:
Well, look, Angela tried to do the right thing, and of course it is incumbent on all of us to try to properly understand the rules, and she is now working to make sure that the correct tax is paid.
Well, the definitive advice came in on Wednesday morning, and that’s when Angela put out the statement.
On Tuesday as well some court injunctions were lifted related to her disabled son and those circumstances, and that’s why Angela was able to make a full statement on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns – The Moscow Times
- Russian Economy Slipped Into ‘Technical Stagnation,’ Sberbank CEO Warns The Moscow Times
- Russia's Putin denies economy is stagnating, as evidence suggests otherwise Reuters
- Putin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis Foreign Policy
- Russian economy is stagnating amid Ukraine war, says Sberbank CEO Euronews.com
- Putin Ally Issues Dire Warning About Russian Economy Newsweek
Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families
As ITV’s Long Lost Family airs, campaigners say retaining archives is crucial for those separated by forced adoptions at unmarried mothers’ homes
Ministers have been urged to digitise records essential to reuniting families separated by the UK’s unmarried mothers’ home scandal by campaigners who fear they could be lost in Angela Rayner’s local government reorganisation project.
Hundreds of thousands of British women were coerced to give up babies at church-linked homes, which worked alongside statutory agencies, between the 1940s and 1980s.
Continue reading...Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’
Shutting long-running literary journal, which published emerging writers as well as the cream of Australia’s literary talent, described as ‘enormous loss’
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One of Australia’s longest running literary journals has been scrapped, in what has been described as an act of “utter cultural vandalism” on the part of the University of Melbourne.
After 85 years, Meanjin, run by the university’s subsidiary Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), will publish its last edition in December. Although the journal’s editor, Esther Anatolitis, worked her last day at Meanjin on Thursday, the spring and summer quarterly editions of the journal are already at the printers.
Continue reading...NBA to investigate Kawhi Leonard-LA Clippers endorsement deal
NBA says it will open an investigation into a report that Clippers paid Leonard $28m for no-show job at a company.
Video: Israeli attacks pound displacement camps in Gaza
Fires were seen burning in a displacement camp in Gaza City where Israeli forces attacked Palestinians in tents.
Climate change driving conditions for Iberian wildfires: Study
Portugal and Spain account for two-thirds of one million hectares of land destroyed by wildfire in Europe in 2025.
Trump asks US supreme court to overturn trade tariffs ruling
Move follows federal appeals court decision that sweeping ‘liberation day’ levies on imports had overstepped presidential powers
Donald Trump has asked the US supreme court to overturn a lower court decision that most of his sweeping trade tariffs were illegal.
The US president filed a petition late on Wednesday to ask for a review of last week’s federal appeals court ruling in Washington DC, which centred on his “liberation day” border taxes introduced on 2 April, which imposed levies of between 10% and 50% on most US imports, sending shock waves through global trade and markets.
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