- Donald Trump’s ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories Financial Times
- ’Shock. Frustration. Anger.’ Trump’s tariff letters roil Asian allies Politico
- Warburg Predicts Comparable US Tariffs Across Asean Countries Bloomberg
- Malaysia calls for stronger inter-ASEAN trade amid tariffs uncertainty Reuters
- Malaysia’s Anwar warns of weaponised trade as Trump’s tariffs loom Al Jazeera
What is Israel’s real plan for post-war Gaza?
Israel's Netanyahu discusses Gaza ceasefire in third meeting with Trump at the White House this year.
‘Critical point’: UN pleads for fuel for Gaza amid Israeli blockade
'Hospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are on the brink,' UN humanitarian agency says.
Celebrity chef dismayed over recipe used by Australia’s mushroom killer – France 24
- Celebrity chef dismayed over recipe used by Australia's mushroom killer France 24
- 'You did it': How doctor realised mushroom cook was a killer BBC
- ‘Mushroom murder’ trial: Jury finds Australian woman deliberately killed lunch guests with poisoned Beef Wellington CNN
- The mushroom poisoning trial captivated Australia. Why Erin Patterson did it remains a mystery AP News
- The mushroom murders resemble an Agatha Christie plot – and film studios, publishers and streaming platforms know it The Guardian
’Shock. Frustration. Anger.’ Trump’s tariff letters roil Asian allies – Politico
- ’Shock. Frustration. Anger.’ Trump’s tariff letters roil Asian allies Politico
- Malaysian PM warns Southeast Asia that trade war is not a ‘passing storm’ AP News
- Malaysia calls for stronger inter-ASEAN trade amid tariffs uncertainty Reuters
- How Trump’s tariff threats could impact relationship between U.S. and Asian allies PBS
- Donald Trump’s ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories Financial Times
Australia news live: Chalmers ‘urgently seeking more detail’ after Trump flags 200% pharmaceutical tariffs; head-on collision on Sydney Harbour Bridge
Treasurer says Trump’s tariff threats on foreign pharmaceuticals and copper ‘very concerning developments’. Follow the latest news live
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Chalmers says millions of people were hoping for interest rate relief yesterday
Jim Chalmers says “there were millions of people who were hoping for more rate relief yesterday and didn’t get it”.
As per letters sent to various countries yesterday, in addition to letters that will be sent today, tomorrow, and for the next short period of time, TARIFFS WILL START BEING PAID ON AUGUST 1, 2025. There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change. In other words, all money will be due and payable starting AUGUST 1, 2025 - No extensions will be granted. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Continue reading...Why ‘pan-Africanist’ influencers pushed rumours of a coup
Unpicking the disinformation behind a social media trend spreading tension ahead of Ivory Coast's election.
After Diddy: Why hip-hop is still struggling to have its own ‘MeToo’ moment
The Combs verdict in itself is unlikely to lead to wider changes in the industry, according to insiders
Trump Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell – The New York Times
- Trump Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell The New York Times
- A Grandfather Clock, Windmills and Tariffs: Inside Trump’s Rollicking Cabinet Meeting WSJ
- Fact check: Debunking 11 of Trump’s false claims at Cabinet meeting CNN
- In Cabinet meeting, Trump takes a golden opportunity to talk interior decor The Washington Post
- Trump talks tariffs, Russia, Iran at Cabinet meeting; Supreme Court allows mass federal layoffs NBC News
How do criminal courts work without juries around the world?
US defendants can waive right to jury trial and in Germany jury trials were abolished in 1924
One of the most significant recommendations in a review of the criminal courts in England and Wales, expected to be published this week, is likely to be the scrapping of jury trials for certain offences.
The idea in Sir Brian Leveson’s independent inquiry is that it will help reduce the record backlog in the courts. But for many the right to a jury trial, except for the most minor offences, is synonymous with the right to a fair trial and watering it down would be hugely controversial.
Continue reading...ASA cracks down on online pharmacies advertising weight loss injections
Watchdog releases nine new rulings setting clear precedents for online selling
Online pharmacies are no longer allowed to run adverts for weight loss injections, the advertising watchdog has ruled, as part of a crackdown on what has been described as a “wild west” culture of online selling.
In the UK, advertising prescription-only medications (POMs) – which includes all weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro – to the public is illegal. However, a Guardian investigation previously found some online pharmacies either breaking these rules outright, or exploiting grey areas to peddle the medications to the public.
Continue reading...Spanish-language journalist still in Ice custody despite being granted bond
Mario Guevara, arrested in Georgia while covering a protest, still detained after Ice refused his family’s bond payment
A week after an immigration judge granted him bond, a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest last month remains in federal custody.
Police just outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while he was covering a protest on 14 June, and he was turned over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) several days later. He was being held at an immigration detention center in Folkston – in south-east Georgia, near the Florida border – when an immigration judge last week granted him bond.
Continue reading...Iran’s FM Araghchi, Saudi Crown Prince MBS hold ‘fruitful’ talks in Jeddah
Tehran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi visits Saudi Arabia for the first time after Iran's 12-day war with Israel.
RecipeTin Eats cook upset her beef wellington recipe ‘entangled’ in Erin Patterson murder case
Convicted murderer told trial she made multiple changes to Nagi Maehashi’s recipe in preparing the fatal lunch two years ago
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Nagi Maehashi, the cook behind RecipeTin Eats, says it is “upsetting” to have become “entangled in a tragic situation” after Erin Patterson told her triple murder trial she used the beef wellington recipe for the fateful lunch.
In a post to Instagram on Tuesday, Maehashi requested that journalists of Australia “please stop calling and emailing and texting and DM’ing me about the Erin Patterson case”.
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Continue reading...Hostages released from Gaza detail sexual violence as Israeli report concludes Hamas used it as ‘weapon of war’ on October 7 – CNN
- Hostages released from Gaza detail sexual violence as Israeli report concludes Hamas used it as ‘weapon of war’ on October 7 CNN
- Israeli report accuses Hamas of using sexual violence as a weapon of war on Oct. 7 AP News
- Hamas used sexual violence as part of 'genocidal strategy', Israeli experts say BBC
- Rape as weapon of war: Report lays groundwork for prosecuting Oct 7. sexual violence The Times of Israel
- New Israeli report says Hamas used sexual violence as a 'weapon of war' in Oct. 7 attack NBC News
Travelers no longer required to take off shoes for security at some US airports
TSA ends screening check in place for almost 20 years after Richard Reid’s failed attempt to take down flight in 2001
For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers are no longer be required to take off their shoes during security screenings at certain US airports, Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, announced on Tuesday.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has abandoned the additional security step that has for years bedeviled anyone passing through US airports, according to media reports.
Continue reading...Chelsea’s Pedro hits debut double in Club World Cup semi to down Fluminense
Joao Pedro hits a brace on debut against former club Fluminense to send Chelsea into FIFA Club World Cup 2025 final.
South Sudan says 8 men deported from the US are now in its custody – AP News
- South Sudan says 8 men deported from the US are now in its custody AP News
- Judge clears way for U.S. to deport 8 men to South Sudan Politico
- U.S. deports men from Asia and Latin America with criminal records to South Sudan after legal saga CBS News
- Opinion | Justice Sotomayor Endorses a Judicial Mutiny WSJ
- Does Justice Kagan stand alone? SCOTUSblog
Trump set to announce 50 percent tariff on copper
The US imports roughly half of copper needs each year, used in construction, transportation and electronics.
US supreme court clears way for Trump officials to resume mass government firings
Justices lift lower court order that froze ‘reductions in force’ federal layoffs while litigation in case proceeded
The US supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume plans for mass firings of federal workers that critics warn could threaten critical government services.
Extending a winning streak for the US president, the justices on Tuesday lifted a lower court order that had frozen sweeping federal layoffs known as “reductions in force” while litigation in the case proceeds.
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