Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting at the border?
The roots of the South East Asian neighbours' dispute goes back to more than a century ago.
Will contractor disgust bring down Israel’s ‘hunger games’ in Gaza? – Responsible Statecraft
- Will contractor disgust bring down Israel's 'hunger games' in Gaza? Responsible Statecraft
- The for-profit companies behind Israeli-U.S. nonprofit Gaza aid plan The Washington Post
- Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Boasts Success as Palestinians Starve The Intercept
- GHF offers to deliver UN aid for free as aid piles at Kerem Shalom Crossing The Jerusalem Post
- Security personnel shot at Palestinians at Gaza aid distribution centre, claims ex-guard Sky News
BBC and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation
News organisations say local journalists are increasingly unable to feed themselves in Gaza, facing the same "dire circumstances as those they are covering".
Twelve killed in Thailand-Cambodia military clashes on disputed border
The fighting marks an escalation of a century-old conflict between the two South East Asian neighbours.
Tesla’s European sales slump as Musk warns of ‘rough quarters’ ahead
Electric carmaker struggles to emerge from sales rut on continent despite updating its bestselling Model Y
Tesla sales in Europe have collapsed by one-third this year, data shows, after Elon Musk warned the electric carmaker faced “a few rough quarters” ahead.
According to the figures published on Thursday by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), sales of Tesla vehicles in Europe slumped by 33% to 110,000 in the first half of 2025, compared with 165,000 in the first half of 2024.
Continue reading...Ukraine hits Sochi — oil depot burns, flights grounded in Russia’s top Black Sea resort – Euromaidan Press
- Ukraine hits Sochi — oil depot burns, flights grounded in Russia’s top Black Sea resort Euromaidan Press
- Battle over the Black Sea: Russia, Ukraine strike top resort cities Fox News
- Moscow airports temporarily closed after Ukraine drone attacks BBC
- Drones hit oil depot near Sochi Українська правда
- Russian S-400s Fail to Stop Drones That Hits Oil Depot Steps From Where Putin Phoned Trump UNITED24 Media
Australian tourist found dead in Thai hotel room was on phone when he died, police say
The 21-year-old was discovered by housekeeping staff on holiday island Phuket
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An Australian tourist has been found dead in a Thai hotel room, one day before his flight home.
The 21-year-old was discovered by housekeeping staff at a hotel on holiday island Phuket on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Saudi Arabia accused of banning women’s rights activists from leaving the country
Former political prisoners face lengthy travel restrictions to stop them speaking out, says human rights organisation
Saudi Arabia is banning large numbers of its own citizens from leaving the country in a “cruel” attempt to silence criticism, say human rights activists.
High-profile women’s rights campaigners, including Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed for the right for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Maryam al-Otaibi, one of three sisters targeted by the authorities for their activism, appear to have been given long travel bans. These restrictions frequently extend to family members.
Continue reading...State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority – NPR
Passenger plane crashes in Russia’s far east with 49 people onboard feared dead
Officials say they do not expect to find survivors after wreckage of Angara Airlines flight found on mountainside
A passenger plane has crashed in Russia’s far east after disappearing from radar, with 49 people on board feared dead, local officials have said.
The flight, operated by Siberia-based Angara Airlines, vanished from radar on Thursday and lost contact with air traffic controllers while approaching its destination of Tynda, a remote town in the Amur region bordering China.
Continue reading...Wreckage found after plane carrying 48 people goes down in Russian far east
The Angara airlines An-24 plane had disappeared from radar as it approached an airport in Amur region.
Labor and Greens unite to condemn One Nation senators for snubbing acknowledgment of country
Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy says stunt by Pauline Hanson’s party was ‘incredibly childish’ and disrespectful
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Labor and the Greens have united to condemn One Nation senators for turning their back on parliament’s acknowledgement of country statements, describing them as “incredibly childish” and “hurtful” stunts.
One Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, stood in the chamber as the Indigenous affairs minister, Malarndirri McCarthy, government Senate leader, Penny Wong, and Greens leader, Larissa Waters, all made statements criticising the rightwing minor party’s “deliberate acts of disrespect”.
Continue reading...White House pushes back after reports Trump is named in Epstein files
It came as a US judge denied a justice department's bid to unseal Florida court files on Epstein.
Australia’s largest private hospital operator to close majority of psychology clinics to be ‘flexible, sustainable’
Seventeen of Ramsay Health Care’s 20 clinics will close by the end of August, with only Cairns, Charlestown and Joondalup to remain operating
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Ramsay Health Care, Australia’s largest private hospital operator, has announced it will be closing the majority of its psychology clinics, described by the peak body as “very sad news” for those needing mental health care.
The hospital network said it would progressively close 17 out of its 20 clinics by the end of August, in order to transition Ramsay Psychology to a “more flexible and sustainable model”.
Continue reading...Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court
Vanuatu climate change minister says ICJ opinion gives Pacific island nations ‘much greater leverage’ in dealing with partners such as Australia
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Australia could face international legal action over its fossil fuel production and failure to rapidly cut emissions, Vanuatu’s climate minister says, after a potentially watershed declaration by the world’s top court.
An International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion published in The Hague on Wednesday found countries had a legal obligation to take measures to prevent climate change and aim to limit global heating to 1.5C above preindustrial levels, and that high-emitting countries that failed to act could be liable to pay restitution to low-emitting countries.
Continue reading...Columbia University to pay $200m to settle anti-Semitism claims
Settlement marks victory in US President Donald Trump's efforts to exert greater control over third-level education.
Fiddle-laden fake trailer reignites debate about Hollywood’s Irish stereotypes
Clip turned out to be a stunt, but strength of reaction speaks to genuine affront at Ireland’s portrayal on big screen
A man in a bar with a flat cap, bloodied knuckles and a dreamy look lays down his whiskey and writes a letter. “Dear Erin,” he begins, and a soundtrack of fiddles swells as he yearns for his lost love in the distant land of America.
The trailer for the upcoming film – tagline: “she was the Irish goodbye he never forgot” – ran in recent weeks in cinemas and online and was accompanied by a poster showing green mountains, shamrocks and a rainbow.
Continue reading...Thailand, Cambodian troops trade fire in latest clash over disputed border
The clash is the latest in a long-running deadly border dispute between the Southeast Asian neighbours.
Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote reef to find out
The BBC's Katy Watson went to Australia's Ningaloo reef, the site of a mass bleaching event, to find out if the damage can be undone.
Iranian helicopter confronts US warship approaching territorial waters
Iranian state media describe the confrontation as 'tense', while US military says the encounter was 'professional'.