- Pope Francis continues to improve at Casa Santa Marta Vatican News
- Pope Francis faces new phase of papacy National Catholic Reporter
- Pope is following doctors’ orders for his convalescence, Vatican says Chicago Catholic
- Pope’s condition shows ‘slight improvement’ as medical care continues Catholic News Agency
- Pope Francis continues to improve, respiratory infection less serious Crux | Taking the Catholic Pulse
UK set for warmest day yet this year as firefighters warn of more wildfires
Temperature could hit 24C in central England on Friday with ‘very high to extreme’ risk of wildfires across Britain
The UK could experience its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots.
The Met Office said much of the country would be dry and sunny on Friday, and some of central England could hit 24C (75F) as weather “nearer to what we’d expect in July” continued.
Continue reading...India Passes Contentious Bill Increasing Oversight of Muslim Land Trusts – The New York Times
- India Passes Contentious Bill Increasing Oversight of Muslim Land Trusts The New York Times
- India’s parliament passes bill that would change Muslim land endowments AP News
- India passes controversial bill on Muslim properties after fierce debate BBC
- Battle over waqf bill reaches SC with blitz of petitions Times of India
- Waqf Bill: Narrow margin of defeat in Rajya Sabha surprises Opposition The Hindu
‘It’s only a matter of days’: Palestinians bid farewell as Israel rains bombs on Gaza – Middle East Eye
- ‘It's only a matter of days': Palestinians bid farewell as Israel rains bombs on Gaza Middle East Eye
- War on Gaza: How Palestinians are resisting existential despair Middle East Eye
- CAFOD: Continuing war in Gaza will not bring security or peace Vatican News
- Israel has chosen military occupation over a ceasefire in Gaza. Where does this end? | Sanam Vakil The Guardian
- Does anyone remember phase two of the Gaza hostage deal? - opinion The Jerusalem Post
Australia’s Outback Becomes an Inland Sea After Torrential Rains – SciTechDaily
- Australia’s Outback Becomes an Inland Sea After Torrential Rains SciTechDaily
- Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods The Guardian
- Rain forecast accuracy in the spotlight as Queensland reels from more flooding Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australian PM candidates campaign in country’s north four weeks out from election Social News XYZ
- Floodwaters receding to reveal damage in outback Queensland MSN
Risking Reprisals, Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside – The New York Times
- Risking Reprisals, Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside The New York Times
- What the Anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza Actually Mean Time Magazine
- Protests broke out against Hamas in Gaza. What do Palestinians think about the militant group? AP News
- The Gazan revolt JNS.org
- Anti-Hamas protests erupt in Gaza. Where are our pro-Palestine 'allies' now? | Opinion USA Today
A hot seat for Musk, the trade war and third-term talk: Takeaways from the week – NPR
- A hot seat for Musk, the trade war and third-term talk: Takeaways from the week NPR
- Column | Trump hails ‘liberation.’ The world sees America alone. The Washington Post
- Fox News Politics Newsletter: 'Liberation Day' Backstory Fox News
- Lessons from “Liberation Day”: A guide to tariffs J.P. Morgan Private Bank
- Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ will live in infamy The Independent
South Korea’s president has been removed from power: What happens now?
The constitutional court unanimously upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea’s president has been removed from power: What happens now?
The constitutional court unanimously upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea’s president has been removed from power: What happens now?
The constitutional court unanimously upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
Bollywood actor and director Manoj Kumar dies at 87
Manoj Kumar was best known for his patriotic films in the 1960s and 1970s.
Bollywood actor and director Manoj Kumar dies at 87
Manoj Kumar was best known for his patriotic films in the 1960s and 1970s.
‘Just like that’: Yemeni families destroyed by US air strikes
Ammar was a stone's throw away from his family when the explosion flung him aside. Everyone in the home was killed.
Meet the record-breaking rat with a nose for sniffing out wartime explosives – Guinness World Records
- Meet the record-breaking rat with a nose for sniffing out wartime explosives Guinness World Records
- Ronin the rat sets new landmine-sniffing record BBC
- Rat named Ronin breaks world record for sniffing out wartime landmines in Cambodia CBS News
- Landmine-hunting rat Ronin makes the Guinness World Book of Records Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Hero Rat Sets Record for Detecting More Than 100 Landmines The New York Sun
$500,000 stolen in Australian super fund data breach
Super industry’s peak body says majority of hacking attempts stopped but money lost by a small number of customers
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Hackers have targeted Australian superannuation funds this week, with a small number of customers losing a combined half a million dollars, and compromising some members’ data, the industry’s peak body says.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said in a statement on Friday that hackers attempted to breach the cyber defences of a number of superannuation funds last weekend. While the majority of attempts were stopped, several companies were affected, it said.
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Continue reading...Albanese declares Chinese-controlled Port of Darwin should ‘be in Australian hands’
PM says two options on table: for an Australian-owned company to take control, or for port to return to being a government asset
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The Labor government is on the hunt for a buyer for the port of Darwin despite the Chinese-owned company who holds the lease insisting it is not for sale.
Anthony Albanese revealed the plan after calling in to local Darwin radio on Friday afternoon in a deliberate attempt to get ahead of a similar announcement the Coalition made on Saturday.
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Continue reading...‘You cannot annex another country’: Denmark PM to US on Greenland
Mette Frederiksen visits the Arctic island as the US continues its threats of taking over the region.
Celebrations and sorrow as South Korea president removed from office
South Korea's constitutional court has unanimously voted to uphold the impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol.
IMF warns of ‘significant risk’ to global economy from Trump tariffs as markets plunge
Fund boss Kristalina Georgieva says it is important that US and trading partners avoid escalating trade war
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Donald Trump’s implementation of swingeing tariffs poses a “significant risk” to the global economy, as stock markets were hit by a punishing worldwide sell-off by investors.
Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the IMF, said it was important that the US and its trading partners avoided further escalating Trump’s trade war, while stock markets plunged on Friday as China retaliated against the tariffs.
Continue reading...Man accused of Cassius Turvey murder ‘is lying through his teeth’, court told
Jack Brearley says his co-accused delivered fatal blows to 15-year-old but his version is challenged under cross-examination
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A man accused of murder who blamed his co-accused for the death of Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey has had his version of events challenged while giving evidence in his defence.
During testimony on Thursday at the West Australian supreme court, Jack Brearley, 24, told a jury that prosecutors had it wrong and he did not strike the 15-year-old in the head with a metal pole in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.
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