Crackdown on South Africa’s unsafe streets ordered by president to keep women safe
The murders of 12 women near Johannesburg has caused a outcry about the scale of violence against women.
South Korea says Zelenskyy’s revelation of a secret POW transfer was likely a play for more support – AP News
- South Korea says Zelenskyy's revelation of a secret POW transfer was likely a play for more support AP News
- South Korea demands apology from Ukraine over disclosure of North Korean POW transfer CNN
- South Korea made no military aid pledge to Ukraine over transfer of North Koreans, lawmaker says Reuters
- South Korea summons Ukraine envoy over North Korean prisoner-of-war row BBC
- Why is South Korea so angry with Ukraine over two North Korean prisoners of war? The Guardian
Poundland management in talks to lead bid that could save 11,000 jobs
Ex-Asda boss Andy Bond linked to plan, with buyout team understood to be negotiating with financial backer
Poundland’s management team are in “advanced talks” to lead a bid for the ailing cut-price retailer that could save up to 11,000 jobs.
The former Asda boss Andy Bond, who ran Poundland for a number of years from 2016 then stepped up to its former parent Pepco before leaving in 2025, is understood to be part of the negotiations to take on the business.
Continue reading...South Korea calls for apology from North Korea after mine injures three soldiers
Blast during search operation near border fuels political tensions amid attempts to revive diplomatic channels
South Korea has demanded an apology from North Korea over a landmine blast that injured three soldiers, saying they were hurt by North Korean mines on the southern side of the border.
Kang Hyun-woo, the director of operations at South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff, demanded an apology and “responsible measures” from Pyongyang over the blast, which occurred on 21 September during a search operation south of the border.
Continue reading...‘If people are in a bunker, business stops’: Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses
Minister tells Guardian of trade-offs Kyiv facing as it tries to keep normal life moving amid Russian strikes
Missile alerts are costing Ukraine an estimated $45m (£34m) for every hour they bring business to a halt, according to the country’s economy minister, as Kyiv searches for ways to keep the economy running under an intensifying Russian bombardment.
Russia has increasingly targeted the infrastructure underpinning Ukraine’s economy, striking industrial sites, warehouses, logistics hubs and datacentres in what Oleksandr Kravchenko, the minister for economy and the environment, described as an effort to “destroy pretty much the entire economy”.
Continue reading...Andy Burnham: UK could ‘go all the way’ by rejoining EU
PM says he is looking at all options and ministers will examine ‘what is doable’ and the ‘pros and cons’
Andy Burnham has opened the door to the UK rejoining the EU, saying Britain could “go all the way”, as he prepares to reconsider Labour’s post-Brexit red lines.
The prime minister used a series of interviews after his emotional Labour conference speech to spell out how wide-ranging his consideration of Britain’s future with Brussels could be because Brexit had caused “more harm than good”.
Continue reading...World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use – The Guardian
- World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use The Guardian
- Scientists deliver ‘starkest warning yet’ of profound changes sweeping the planet’s oceans CNN
- “Transforming before our eyes”: ocean absorbing record heat Oceanographic Magazine
- How Europe’s intensifying marine heatwaves threaten its fisheries Reuters
- Salty seas get saltier and world ocean more acidic as heatwaves bring ‘profound change’ Financial Times
South Korea embraces a huge shark slowly circling a canal in the country’s biggest port city – AP News
- South Korea embraces a huge shark slowly circling a canal in the country’s biggest port city AP News
- Shark stranded in South Korean canal draws 600,000 visitors as rescue bid fails Reuters
- South Korea: Lost shark draws over half a million visitors DW.com
- AI image accompanies wayward shark's rise to fame in South Korea Yahoo
- Shark trapped in canal becomes South Korean tourist attraction The Independent
David Shoebridge wants the Greens to ‘seize this moment’. Is his more combative style the answer?
New leader says his party must connect with millions of disaffected voters and ‘make them believe in politics again’
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As One Nation’s polling surged this year, and Pauline Hanson ate away at the votes of first the Coalition and then Labor, one curious mainstay emerged; the Greens remained seemingly anchored to the 10-12% range, no matter which poll you look at.
That’s despite the fact that, arguably, there’s rarely been more fertile political ground for the Greens leader to reap rewards; a centrist Labor government with a big majority but increasingly on the nose, a resurgent anti-immigration populist party backed by Australia’s richest mining billionaire, a Coalition in disarray, a cost-of-living crisis set ablaze by rising interest rates and inflation, and a public increasingly alarmed about the nexus of big tech, big datacentres and shadowy AI oligarchs operating with impunity.
Continue reading...An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is returning home – NPR
- An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is returning home NPR
- Evicted Woman Set to Return Home as Spain Announces Plans to Fix Housing Crisis The New York Times
- How Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling a new movement The Guardian
- Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman's removal from flat BBC
- Protesters camped out across Spain demand passage of housing measures reuters.com
Somali pirates killed oil tanker crew before rescue, official tells BBC
Piracy off the Somali coast has increased in recent years after dropping when international naval operations began in 2011.
Shark stranded in South Korean canal draws 600,000 visitors as rescue bid fails – Reuters
- Shark stranded in South Korean canal draws 600,000 visitors as rescue bid fails Reuters
- Large Shark Trapped in City Canal Attracts More Than 600,000 Visitors People.com
- 600K Flock to Korean Canal to Spot 'Bukangi' newser.com
- AP Strange SummaryBrief at 7:21 a.m. EDT KTVO
- Large shark stuck in South Korean city canal draws 600,000 visitors The Guardian
Investigators announce break in Mexico’s most notorious unsolved crime – The Washington Post
- Investigators announce break in Mexico’s most notorious unsolved crime The Washington Post
- Search for dozens of missing college students in Mexico leads to human remains, 17 new suspects CBS News
- Mexican authorities present 4 new lines of investigation in Ayotzinapa case Mexico News Daily
- Mexico Links Vanished Students to Funeral Home Newser
- New evidence emerges in case of Mexico's 43 missing students upi.com
Breaking: Dubai-Tel Aviv flight reports suspected hijacking, Air Force jets scrambled – Ynetnews
- Breaking: Dubai-Tel Aviv flight reports suspected hijacking, Air Force jets scrambled Ynetnews
- Flight to Israel diverted after pilot broadcasts emergency signal, sources CNN
- Hijacking ruled out as flydubai flight to Tel Aviv lands at Saudi airport The Times of Israel
- Flydubai aircraft activates hijack-related code en route to Tel Aviv The Jerusalem Post
- Dubai-Tel Aviv flight reports suspected hijacking; Israeli fighter jets scrambled Ynetnews
Malaysia begins Myanmar repatriations despite warnings from UN and rights groups
Kuala Lumpur plans to send a total of 5,000 Myanmar nationals back to the war-torn country despite persecution concerns
Malaysia began sending back about 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday, the government confirmed, as it launched a scheme that rights groups say may endanger migrants and asylum seekers by returning them to the war-torn country.
The group is the first of 5,000 Myanmar citizens that Kuala Lumpur says agreed to “voluntary” repatriation from detention centres amid a huge uptick in anti-migrant sentiment in Malaysia.
Continue reading...Scientists deliver ‘starkest warning yet’ of profound changes sweeping the planet’s oceans – cnn.com
- Scientists deliver ‘starkest warning yet’ of profound changes sweeping the planet’s oceans cnn.com
- How Europe’s intensifying marine heatwaves threaten its fisheries reuters.com
- World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use The Guardian
- Salty seas get saltier and world ocean more acidic as heatwaves bring ‘profound change’ Financial Times
- Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: research Japan Today
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
A record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat was sunk into the world’s seas last year, leaving ocean waters hotter, higher and less hospitable, a report has found.
The explosive addition of thermal energy, which was almost 40 times greater than all the energy humanity used that year, comes amid far-reaching changes to the deep water bodies fundamental to life on Earth.
Continue reading...Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’
Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits
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The New South Wales independent planner has approved the biggest coalmine project to ever go before it, allowing mining to continue until 2045 at a Hunter Valley project described by climate groups as a “carbon bomb”.
The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has greenlit the Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) Continuation Project after a contentious assessment that drew in climate and environment groups, unions, state authorities and more than 10,000 public submissions.
Continue reading...Seoul suspects Zelenskyy revealed North Korean POW transfer to win arms support – Euronews.com
- Seoul suspects Zelenskyy revealed North Korean POW transfer to win arms support Euronews.com
- S Korea demands Ukraine apology over disclosure of N Korea’s POW transfer Al Jazeera
- South Korea says Zelenskyy's revelation of a secret POW transfer was likely a play for more support AP News
- Seoul accuses Ukraine of violating secrecy pact on North Korean soldiers Financial Times
- South Korea made no military aid pledge to Ukraine over transfer of North Koreans, lawmaker says reuters.com
China Expands Military Footprint With New Support Base in Laos – Bloomberg.com
- China Expands Military Footprint With New Support Base in Laos Bloomberg.com
- China carves new military presence in Southeast Asian neighbour reuters.com
- China takes strategic military step overseas with new Laos air force centre South China Morning Post
- China opens joint military facility in Laos The Manila Times
- China opens rare joint military support centre in Laos reuters.com