More than 100 venomous snakes found in Sydney yard
Reptile handlers say they initially found 40 red-bellied black snakes - before some began giving birth.
What’s behind Trump’s ban on transgender women in US women’s sports?
The directive could strip federal funding from schools that allow trans women and girls to compete in women's events.
Trump’s Greenland Play: The View From Moscow – The National Interest Online
- Trump’s Greenland Play: The View From Moscow The National Interest Online
- Denmark gets ready to defend Greenland from Trump … with warm socks POLITICO Europe
- Nato allies discussed sending troops to Greenland after Trump threats The Telegraph
- Commentary: US push to buy Greenland could create an opening for China CNA
- On Greenland, Trump’s choice is warmed-over McKinley or a landmark security deal Atlantic Council
India cuts key interest rate for first time since 2020 amid slowing growth
Reserve Bank of India announces first rate cut in nearly five years as world's most populous nation faces slowdown.
How Europe can outsmart Trump’s tariffs – UnHerd
- How Europe can outsmart Trump’s tariffs UnHerd
- Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick The New York Times
- Europe races to confront America’s trade war The Economist
- Donald Trump threatens 'out of line' EU with tariffs BBC.com
- What Trump’s transatlantic trade war would mean for Europe FRANCE 24 English
‘Inhuman’: As Modi visits Trump, outrage over shackled Indian deportees
On Wednesday, the US deported 104 Indians on the longest such military flight used so far, before Modi's visit.
Netanyahu says ‘worth listening carefully’ to Trump’s proposal for Gaza – The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu says ‘worth listening carefully’ to Trump’s proposal for Gaza The Times of Israel
- Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan May Sound Death Knell for the Two-State Solution The New York Times
- NDTV Analysis: In Donald Trump's Gaza "Takeover" Plan, A Big Hamas Question NDTV
- The End of ‘Palestine’ Tablet Magazine
- In Michigan, some Arab American voters revisit their support for Trump after he suggests "take over" of Gaza Strip CBS News
Australia news live: BoM warns of life-threatening flash floods in Queensland and severe storms in north-east Victoria
Flood-hit Townsville, Cardwell and Ingham could face more dangerous flooding. Follow the latest news live
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O’Neil makes housing announcements in lead-up to election
The housing minister, Clare O’Neil, is in Parramatta today and will travel to Bennelong later, announcing 28 new social and affordable homes
Funding is incredibly important here. I know all of our Australians at home who are watching are really deeply concerned about those devastating differences we see between health outcomes, even important things like infant mortality.
All of the indicators that we use to determine equality of life are very different between our First Nations communities, particularly in remote areas.
I think our prime minister has been quite sober and rational about this, but it is not a reasonable idea, and it’s not shrewd as described by Peter Dutton.
So I think the prime minister has done the right thing. And Peter Dutton is out there playing politics.
But the issue, I think, here that we’re missing is that Gaza has completely been destroyed … It’s devastating to see those kind of images. So there needs to be a rebuild. There needs to be a place that people can come back to in a safe haven for them to call home.
Continue reading...‘We’re still there’: Ukraine marks the 6-month anniversary of its Kursk incursion – POLITICO Europe
- ‘We’re still there’: Ukraine marks the 6-month anniversary of its Kursk incursion POLITICO Europe
- As Trump pushes for ceasefire talks, Ukraine sees Kursk as a potential bargaining chip CNN
- Ukraine war briefing: Putin admits situation ‘very difficult’ in Kursk as Kyiv forces mount new offensive The Guardian
- Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: Six Month Assessment Institute for the Study of War
- Ukraine launches fresh assault in Russia's Kursk region Euronews
Antoinette Lattouf v ABC hearing live: content chief denies giving ‘shambolic’ evidence about Lattouf’s social media posts
Unlawful termination claim at federal court examining how and why Lattouf was taken off ABC Radio Sydney after posting about Israel-Gaza on social media
Strong exchanges over Lattouf’s views on Israel-Gaza
Oliver-Taylor is being strongly questioned about his understanding of Lattouf’s political views before she was removed from her presenting gig on ABC Radio Sydney.
Certainly at the time that you removed Ms Lattouf, you understood very well her position on the Gaza-Israel war.
I can’t recall what I knew at that exact time. Clearly in the 12 or 14 months that have passed I understand her position. What I was being told was that there was posting and other things going on during that time. I don’t want to sit here and say I knew her exact position. I could guess her position, but I cannot remember at this point in time whether I knew her position.
Continue reading...Former police officer should be jailed for fatally shooting 95-year-old with Taser, court told
Clare Nowland’s manslaughter case was ‘unlike any other that I have had to confront’, judge tells Kristian White’s sentencing hearing
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Former police officer Kristian White should be imprisoned for fatally shooting a 95-year-old great-grandmother with a Taser and still has not expressed genuine remorse for the crime, the crown prosecutor has told the NSW Supreme Court.
White was convicted of manslaughter last year over the death of Clare Nowland, whom he shot with a Taser at an aged care home in the southern NSW town of Cooma in the early hours of 17 May 2023.
Continue reading...Wooing Chinese tourists, Thai leader says she has ‘Chinese blood in her’ – Reuters
- Wooing Chinese tourists, Thai leader says she has 'Chinese blood in her' Reuters
- Clip of Thai PM speech on scam centres manipulated to add fake subtitles Yahoo! Voices
- Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra starts 4-day visit to China South China Morning Post
- Thailand and China Should Deepen Relations Amid ‘Unprecedented Changes’, Xi Says The Diplomat
- China’s Xi lauds Thailand’s efforts to crack down on scam call centres Nation Thailand
It’s Russian Men Against Ukrainian Machines on the Battlefields in Ukraine – The Wall Street Journal
- It’s Russian Men Against Ukrainian Machines on the Battlefields in Ukraine The Wall Street Journal
- War of attrition strains Ukraine’s army POLITICO Europe
- ‘Everybody is tired. The mood has changed’: the Ukrainian army’s desertion crisis | Ukraine The Guardian
- Facing relentless Russia, Ukraine confronts shortages of men and morale The Christian Science Monitor
- Ukraine's disappearing army The Week
Trump’s gutting of USAID sends chill through Southeast Asia
NGOs across Southeast Asia say they will struggle to continue their work without US funding.
Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick – The New York Times
- Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick The New York Times
- Europe races to confront America’s trade war The Economist
- How to counter Trump's trade war? Anti-coercion, antitrust, and targeted tariffs in view Euronews
- Where are the pain points of a transatlantic trade war? POLITICO Europe
- Trans-Atlantic turning point: Donald Trump tests EU-US ties DW (English)
Mystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solved
A runic inscription on one of the Galloway hoard’s elaborately decorated arm rings has been deciphered
When the Galloway hoard was discovered in a ploughed field in western Scotland in 2014, it proved to be the richest collection of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland. Now the long-standing mystery of who might have owned it when it was buried more than 1,000 years ago may have been solved.
The spectacular silver and gold treasure had in fact belonged to everybody – “the community” – just as it does today, having been acquired in 2017 by National Museums Scotland (NMS).
Continue reading...Watchdog to investigate two former figures at bankrupt Woking council
Exclusive: Local authority in Surrey declared itself effectively bankrupt in 2023 after series of risky investments
Two former senior figures at bankrupt Woking council are to be investigated by the UK’s accounting watchdog after it racked up more than £2bn in debt on a failed investment spree.
The Surrey council declared itself effectively bankrupt in 2023 after ploughing vast sums of borrowed money into skyscrapers, a luxury hotel and other risky commercial investments, in what was one of the biggest financial failures in local government history.
Continue reading...ABC executive tells court there was ‘pressure from above’ over Antoinette Lattouf’s position
Chris Oliver-Taylor tells unlawful termination hearing of events leading up to decision to sack journalist three days into casual contract
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The ABC executive who sacked Antoinette Lattouf for sharing a Human Rights Watch post has conceded he felt “pressure from above” after the then ABC chair, Ita Buttrose, sent him all the complaints she was receiving.
Under cross-examination in the federal court which is hearing Lattouf’s unlawful termination claim, the outgoing ABC content chief, Chris Oliver-Taylor, said there was a “strong view” from colleagues about “having someone who has published strong views, either way, on air”.
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Continue reading...US cedes ground to China with ‘self-inflicted wound’ of USAid shutdown, analysts say
Sudden suspension of aid funding a ‘perfect opportunity’ for Beijing to fill the gap and grow its own soft power
Donald Trump’s shutdown of USAid has already had disastrous effects on humanitarian aid and development programmes around the world, but it has also ceded ground to the US’s chief rival, China, analysts have said.
The result of the sudden 90-day suspension of USAid funding – which accounts for 40% of global foreign aid – has been chaos: employees locked out of offices, humanitarian shipments left to rot, and lifesaving assistance stopped. Around the world, development programmes previously assisted by the USAid are panicking, warning of disastrous risks of escalating famine, death and disease.
Continue reading...Why a Bangladesh mob burned down home of independence icon Mujibur Rahman – Al Jazeera English
- Why a Bangladesh mob burned down home of independence icon Mujibur Rahman Al Jazeera English
- Bangladesh's government warns of stern action after house where independence was declared is razed The Associated Press
- Mujibur Rahman's Vandalised Home Witnessed Indian Rescue Mission, Massacre NDTV
- Bangladesh protesters torch ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's father's home Reuters
- South Asia Brief: Uncertainty Reigns in Bangladesh Foreign Policy