US pastor kidnapped during church service in South Africa found after shoot-out
Three people died in the "high-intensity shootout" that led to Josh Sullivan's rescue, officials say.
Curry, Butler help Warriors beat Grizzlies in play-in
A combined 75 points by Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry against the Grizzlies help Warriors qualify for the playoffs.
Biden attacks Trump in first speech since leaving White House
The ex-president uses the speech to criticise the Trump administration's cuts to the welfare agency.
Biden attacks Trump in first speech since leaving White House
The ex-president uses the speech to criticise the Trump administration's cuts to the welfare agency.
‘Let Rome burn’: Coalition MP says allowing blackouts the only way to turn voters off renewable energy
Exclusive: Power outages in major cities would help build opposition to climate policies, Colin Boyce tells podcast
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The Coalition MP Colin Boyce says he believes the way to turn voters against renewable energy is to “let Rome burn for a while” and allow power blackouts to occur in major cities.
Guardian Australia reported on Wednesday that Boyce had described blackouts as a “big political opportunity” at a meeting of climate science deniers in late 2023.
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Continue reading...China to snub UK energy summit amid row over infrastructure projects
Exclusive: Absence of world’s biggest clean energy producer will be welcomed by US pushing oil and gas exports
China is to snub a major UK summit on energy security next week, the Guardian has learned, amid a growing row over the country’s involvement in UK infrastructure projects.
The US will send a senior White House official to the 60-country summit, to be co-hosted with the International Energy Agency. Leading oil and gas companies are also invited, along with big technology businesses, and petrostates including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Continue reading...Protester tasered and arrested at Republican town hall
Six people were removed after congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took the stage.
Irregular migrant crossings into Europe fall 30% in first quarter of 2025
Human rights groups say drop is partly due to EU policies that turn blind eye to rights abuses in countries such as Libya and Tunisia
Irregular crossings at Europe’s borders have fallen by 30% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, in a decrease that rights groups partly attributed to EU policies that have emphasised deterrence while seemingly turning a blind eye to the risk of rights abuses.
The decline was seen across all the major migratory routes into Europe, the EU’s border agency Frontex said in a statement, amounting to nearly 33,600 fewer arrivals in the first three months of the year.
Continue reading...Scoop: Trump holds situation room meeting on Iran nuclear deal negotiations – Axios
- Scoop: Trump holds situation room meeting on Iran nuclear deal negotiations Axios
- Opinion | Witkoff Walks It Back on Iran WSJ
- US Wants Iran to Limit Nuclear Program Rather Than Dismantle It Bloomberg
- Iran’s Negotiating Position Gets Worse and Worse The Atlantic
- Khamenei downplays US talks prospects as some Iranians' hopes stir, currency gains Reuters
Peru’s ex-President Ollanta Humala guilty of money laundering – BBC
- Peru's ex-President Ollanta Humala guilty of money laundering BBC
- Peru’s former first lady seeks asylum in Brazilian Embassy as she and ex-President Humala sentenced to prison CNN
- Peru’s former president sentenced to 15 years in jail for money laundering Financial Times
- Brazil grants asylum to wife of Peru's former president Humala Reuters
- Brazil to Lean Toward Granting Asylum to Peru’s Convicted Former First Lady Bloomberg
Peru’s ex-president and first lady sentenced to 15 years jail
A court ruled that Humala, who governed Peru from 2011 to 2016, took illegal campaign contributions.
The untold story of how Trump shocked Europe in a few short days – politico.eu
- The untold story of how Trump shocked Europe in a few short days politico.eu
- Trump the unifier? How Europe could benefit from Trump’s policies Euronews.com
- World’s Friendliest Superpower? As Trump Upends Globe, Europe Positions Itself. The New York Times
- Why Europe Must Avoid a Strategic Trap in a Post-American World Internationale Politik Quarterly
- The US Is the West’s Achilles’ Heel, but Not All Is Doomed Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Hong Kong halts postal service for US-bound goods over Trump’s ‘bullying’ tariffs
Post office says it ‘definitely’ won’t collect tariffs on Washington’s behalf and Hongkongers should prepare to pay exorbitant fees
Hong Kong Post said on Wednesday it had suspended goods mail services by sea to the US and will suspend its air mail postal service for items containing goods from 27 April due to “bullying” US tariffs.
When sending items to the US, people in Hong Kong “should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the US’s unreasonable and bullying acts”, Hong Kong Post said in a statement.
Continue reading...New speed climbing record set in the Swiss Alps
A climbing pair shatter the record for completing the daunting north faces of a famed trio of Swiss mountains.
Watch: New speed climbing record set in the Swiss Alps
A climbing pair shatter the record for completing the daunting north faces of a famed trio of Swiss mountains.
Hacked pedestrian crossings play fake messages from Musk and Zuckerberg
Officials in Silicon Valley are investigating and have disabled the audio feature on the pedestrian crossings.
Four journalists who were accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny are convicted of extremism – AP News
- Four journalists who were accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny are convicted of extremism AP News
- Journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny convicted of extremism NBC News
- Russia Jails 4 Journalists for Working With Navalny’s Organization The New York Times
- Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court CNN
- Russian journalists jailed for 5-1/2 years for alleged extremist ties to Navalny Reuters
Paramilitaries declare rival government in Sudan
The country is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world two years into a bloody civil war.
Nvidia expects $5.5bn hit as US tightens chip export rules to China
The chip manufacturing giant, which has been at the heart of the AI boom, will require licences to export its H20 AI chip to China.
‘Nothing has been done’ – judge warns Trump officials in deportation case
Warning of "no tolerance for gamesmanship", the judge said she would determine whether to hold the government in contempt of court.