Meteor Garden’s boy band F4 thrills fans with surprise reunion
The Taiwanese boy band shot to stardom in the early 2000s after starring in the hit TV drama Meteor Garden.
A military exercise drawing together 19 nations and 35,000 forces begins in Australia – AP News
- A military exercise drawing together 19 nations and 35,000 forces begins in Australia AP News
- The Trump spectacle is hard to ignore as Albanese meets Xi Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australia Fires First HIMARS Long-Range Rocket in War Game With US U.S. News & World Report
- Australia says China likely to 'observe' military drills with US, seeks military base in South Pacific CNA
- Talisman Sabre 2025 Begins with Record Participation and Enduring Purpose army.mil
India wants air conditioners to be made with milder temperature settings to save energy – AP News
It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers – The New York Times
- It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers The New York Times
- European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths, scientists estimate Reuters
- Extreme heat is a killer. A recent heat wave shows how much more deadly it’s becoming CNN
- Is climate change behind extreme heat and record cold? DW
- Global warming contributed to 1,500 more deaths during Europe's heat wave, study says NBC News
Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ – Financial Times
- Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ Financial Times
- UNRWA chief says Gaza has become 'graveyard of children' as medicine, fuel shortages threaten hospitals ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Struck down by malnutrition, pregnant Gazan woman can only pray for a healthy baby Reuters
- A harrowing journey to find food in Gaza NPR
- LIVE: UN says 86 percent of Gaza under Israeli forced displacement orders Al Jazeera
Dig begins at site in Ireland believed to hold remains of nearly 800 infants
Archaeologists, anthropologists and forensic experts aim to identify infants buried at former mother and baby home in Tuam
A century after Irish nuns first began to bury hundreds of infants in what would become a mass, unmarked grave, archaeologists and other specialists will start excavating the site in Tuam, County Galway.
A mechanical digger is to slowly start scraping earth on Monday at the 5,000-sq-metre (53,820 sq ft) site where the Bon Secours order is believed have interred 796 infants who died at the St Mary’s mother and baby home between 1925 and 1961.
Continue reading...Search ends for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sink ship in Red Sea – AP News
- Search ends for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sink ship in Red Sea AP News
- 'All Crew Muslim': ships look to dodge Red Sea attacks with messages Reuters
- Houthis Took Sailors Hostage After Attacking Ship, U.S. Says The New York Times
- Houthis now becoming more emboldened after sinking two ships in Red Sea - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- Two Ships Desperately Tried to Fight Off Houthi Attacks. Help Never Arrived. - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
Small plane crashes after takeoff at London Southend Airport – AP News
- Small plane crashes after takeoff at London Southend Airport AP News
- Southend airport to remain closed after fireball plane crash BBC
- Pilots ‘waved to children’ before aircraft crashed after take-off at Southend Airport The Independent
- Small plane crashes at London Southend Airport CNN
- What Flight Radar data says on aircraft that crashed seconds after takeoff at London Southend airport The Times of India
How Trump public broadcasting cuts could hit rural America
The Senate will decide soon on whether to claw back $1.1bn (£800m) from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari dies at age 82 – CNN
- Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari dies at age 82 CNN
- Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s Former President, Dies at 82 The New York Times
- Former Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari dies aged 82 BBC
- Here’s how Nigerians remember Buhari, who ruled both as a dictator and a democrat AP News
- Nigeria’s ex-President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London aged 82 Al Jazeera
Ukraine secret service says it killed Russian agents suspected of Kyiv assassination
SBU intelligence agency claims to have ‘liquidated’ members of Russia’s FSB who were suspected of killing Colonel Ivan Voronych last week
Ukrainian intelligence agents killed members of a Russian secret service cell wanted on suspicion of having shot dead a colonel last week, the SBU said.
The SBU intelligence agency said in a statement that the operation had sought the arrest of the agents of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), who it believes were behind the killing of Colonel Ivan Voronych – also a member of the SBU security service – in Kyiv on Thursday.
Continue reading...Ukraine secret service says it killed Russian agents suspected of Kyiv assassination – The Guardian
- Ukraine secret service says it killed Russian agents suspected of Kyiv assassination The Guardian
- Russia's agents killed after intelligence officer shot dead, says Ukraine BBC
- Ukraine says it killed Russian agents suspected of assassinating intelligence officer CNN
- Ukraine, Russia trade blows in escalating spy war upi.com
- Russian agents killed after allegedly assassinating Ukraine colonel in bold daylight attack, Kyiv says CBS News
Macron says Europe’s freedom faces greatest threat since WW2 – BBC
- Macron says Europe's freedom faces greatest threat since WW2 BBC
- Macron Increases Military Spending, Saying Freedom Is Threatened The New York Times
- Macron promises billions more for French defense budget politico.eu
- Watch live: France holds Bastille Day military parade as Macron announces boost in defence spending France 24
- France's Macron announces plan to accelerate military spending Reuters
Europe’s freedom faces greatest threat since WW2, Macron says
The French president has called for his country's defence spending to rise by €3.5bn (£3bn) in 2026.
IDF said to warn against Gaza ‘humanitarian city’; ex-PM brands it ‘concentration camp’ – The Times of Israel
- IDF said to warn against Gaza ‘humanitarian city’; ex-PM brands it ‘concentration camp’ The Times of Israel
- ‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM The Guardian
- Lapid, Olmert slam Israel’s plans for ‘concentration camps’ in Gaza’s Rafah Al Jazeera
- Israel’s Military Lawyers Raise Concerns About New Plan to Move Hundreds of Thousands of Gazans The Wall Street Journal
- 'I asked for a realistic plan': Netanyahu pushes IDF for alternatives to Gaza humanitarian city The Jerusalem Post
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says – The Japan Times
- U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says The Japan Times
- US demands clarity from allies on their role in potential war over Taiwan, FT reports Reuters
- Washington’s war demands – Australia right to refuse committing to a hypothetical conflict with China over Taiwan The Conversation
- Australia rebuffs calls to commit to joining hypothetical US-China conflict The Guardian
- China was the big disruptor in our region. Now the US is determined to take that title Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Met Office: Extreme weather the UK’s new normal – BBC
- Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal BBC
- The Guardian view on a climate reckoning: an annual address could set a new standard for political accountability The Guardian
- UK sea level rising faster than global average, study finds Financial Times
- Miliband’s climate statement not so much historic as histrionic The Telegraph
- Extreme weather 'becoming the norm' - as minister warns UK's way of life 'under threat' Sky News
Viktor Orban’s playbook is admired abroad but weakening at home – BBC
- Viktor Orban's playbook is admired abroad but weakening at home BBC
- Viktor Orban’s economic luck runs out The Economist
- Orbán seized Hungary by the neck – and the right followed in his wake The Observer
- The rise of Viktor Orban and the erosion of democracy in Hungary KALW
- Orbán expects landslide win in a fair fight in the 2026 election The Budapest Times
The ‘strongman’ PM who inspired Trump’s playbook – but now finds his power crumbling
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban finds his power under threat, but not in the way one might expect.
The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico
The US is accusing its southern neighbour of breaking a long-held water sharing agreement.