- Pope to Diplomatic Corps: Build peace with justice, truth, and hope Vatican News
- Moving back in: Pope Leo expected to live at Vatican's Apostolic Palace Reuters
- All Eyes on Sunday: Leo XIV’s First Words May Cast His Image on Church’s Future National Catholic Register
- The Small, Tight-Knit Religious Order That Molded Pope Leo XIV The New York Times
- Vance and Rubio to travel to the Vatican for Pope Leo XIV's inauguration NBC News
Ancient Indian skeleton gets a museum home six years after excavation
The skeleton had been kept in a makeshift shed since its excavation in 2019 due to bureaucratic wrangling.
Trump says US ‘very close’ to a nuclear deal with Iran: Live updates – The Independent
- Trump says US ‘very close’ to a nuclear deal with Iran: Live updates The Independent
- Trump says US is ‘very close’ to a nuclear deal after Iran ‘agreed’ to its terms CNN
- Trump: Iran nuclear issue will be solved ‘one way or another’ The Times of Israel
- Trump warns Iran faces 'violence like people haven't seen before' if nuclear deal fails Fox News
- Trump’s Middle East trip reveals sometimes contradictory foreign policy approach The Washington Post
‘Napalm Girl’ may be work of different photographer, World Press Photo says
Photo from Vietnam war is now at centre of controversy after documentary claimed it was taken by someone else
The World Press Photo group has suspended the attribution of authorship for one on the most famous press photographs ever taken, after a new documentary challenged 50 years of accepted journalism history.
The photo, officially titled The Terror of War but colloquially known as Napalm Girl, remains one of the most indelible images of the US war in Vietnam. Since its publication in June 1972, it has been officially attributed to Nick Ut, a Vietnamese photographer working with the Associated Press in Saigon.
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- Bradfield and Goldstein face nervous weekend wait for election result but Tim Wilson ‘very confident’
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After a marathon legal battle spanning seven years, disgraced special forces veteran Ben Roberts-Smith will learn this morning whether he has cleared his name of war crime allegations, Australian Associated Press reports.
The Victoria Cross recipient sued Nine newspapers and journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters for defamation over their reports in 2018 which claimed he had committed war crimes.
Continue reading...Vengeful at Home, Trump Takes His Forgiving Side on Middle East Tour – The New York Times
- Vengeful at Home, Trump Takes His Forgiving Side on Middle East Tour The New York Times
- Trump’s West Asia tour: Shifting diplomacy, a ‘gifted’ plane and what it all means for India The Indian Express
- Trump sheds his MAGA isolationism during Middle East trip CNN
- 'Perfecto': Wealthy Gulf rulers bring A-game to Trump charm offensive USA Today
- Trump resets America’s Middle East policy in surprising ways The Economist
Bradfield and Goldstein face nervous weekend wait for election result but Tim Wilson ‘very relaxed’
AEC considers sending staff to airport ‘at late hours’ to collect final postal and overseas votes before midnight deadline
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Liberal Tim Wilson has said he is “very relaxed” despite his lead over Zoe Daniel in the Melbourne seat of Goldstein slipping to 206 votes with late postal and overseas ballots from as far away as Nairobi still to be counted.
Candidates in the Sydney seat of Bradfield also face an anxious weekend, with no more counting to take place until Monday. On Friday afternoon, Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian led the independent candidate, Nicolette Boele, by just 43 votes.
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Continue reading...Push to save John Pesutto from bankruptcy after $2.3m Moira Deeming defamation costs order
Online fundraiser launched as former Victorian Liberal leader hopes to avoid being forced to resign from parliament if he is unable to pay the sum
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Friends of the former Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto have launched an online fundraiser in a bid to help him “avoid the possibility of bankruptcy” after he was ordered to pay more than $2.3m in costs following his loss in a defamation case brought by the Liberal MP Moira Deeming.
The federal court registrar Alison Legge handed down the decision during a short hearing on Friday in which she ordered Pesutto pay $2,308,873.11 in legal costs.
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Continue reading...Thai construction magnate facing charge over Bangkok tower collapse surrenders to police – AP News
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- Construction magnate surrenders to police over Bangkok tower collapse in earthquake NPR
- Construction tycoon among 17 wanted in Thailand over deadly tower collapse CNN
- Thai court issues 17 arrest warrants over Bangkok skyscraper collapse BBC
- Thai construction tycoon and 14 others surrender to police over fatal Bangkok tower collapse Reuters
Trump’s decision to lift Syria sanctions fuels dreams of economic revival
Analysts say that sanctions relief will be a boon to Syria, but may take some time to affect the country.
From ‘architecturally tricky’ to ‘awe-inspiring’: winners of NSW’s 2025 National Trust heritage awards revealed
Country hospital brought back from the ashes wins top heritage prize
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A colonial country hospital almost totally destroyed by fire more than two decades ago has won the top prize in the National Trust of Australia (NSW) heritage awards.
The recognition of heritage architecture and conservation projects in the built and natural environment takes place across each state annually. New South Wales staged its awards on Friday, announcing 20 winners across 10 categories.
Continue reading...US senators seek to block Trump’s UAE, Qatar defence deals
Senators accuse US President Donald Trump of engaging in 'corruption of US foreign policy' with defence deals.
Colombian police arrest suspect in Peru mine workers’ killings
Thirteen men were kidnapped and killed at a gold mine in Pataz district earlier in May.
What is famine, and why is Gaza at risk of reaching it soon?
One in five in Gaza face famine as Israel's blockade continues. What does starvation do to the human body?
Rubio says all NATO members will agree at June summit to 5% defense spending over next decade – Axios
- Rubio says all NATO members will agree at June summit to 5% defense spending over next decade Axios
- Germany backs 5% NATO defense spending target DW
- Germany to comply with Trump's 5% defence spending target, foreign minister suggests Euronews.com
- Germany backs Donald Trump goal for Nato to spend 5% of GDP on defence Financial Times
- NATO mulls US demand for a big increase in defense spending as some struggle to meet today's goal AP News
The Pope Leo XIV effect: Rome hopes for papal blessings of a US tourist boom
Traders anticipating increase in high-spending Americans are already working up Leo-themed beers and ice-creams
Even before the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel emitted its last puff of white smoke, signalling to the world that the Roman Catholic church had a new pope, Atlante Star, a hotel with a privileged view over St Peter’s Basilica from its rooftop terrace, began to receive inquiries about room availability over the following few days.
Then, about an hour later, when the Chicago-born cardinal Robert Prevost was declared Pope Leo XIV, the inquiries turned into bookings as the tourists, mostly from the US, rushed to secure a place to stay in Rome in time for the pontiff’s inaugural Sunday mass on 18 May.
Continue reading...Top Australian soldier loses appeal over war crimes defamation case
Ben Roberts-Smith says he now intends to appeal the landmark judgement in the High Court.
Mexico demands compensation from YouTube star MrBeast after pyramid chocolate video
Celebrity used trips to ancient Maya cities to advertise his own-brand snacks, drawing criticism from Mexico’s archaeology and history institute
Mexico is seeking compensation from YouTube celebrity MrBeast’s production company, accusing it of using images of the country’s ancient archaeological sites to advertise a chocolate brand.
A video of the social media star visiting Maya ruins has been viewed around 60m times since 10 May on YouTube, where he has 395 million subscribers.
Continue reading...US ‘troubled’ by humanitarian situation in Gaza, Rubio tells BBC
The secretary of state's comments come as Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 114 people, according to hospitals and rescuers
Ex-FBI boss investigated for seashell photo seen as threat to Trump
Trump says the image was a call to assassinate him - but the former FBI chief says he opposes violence.