- Syrian rebels seize control of Aleppo city in a lightning offensive Al Jazeera English
- The illusion of Assad’s grip on Syria shatters, as Russia, Iran and Hezbollah let their guard down CNN
- Syrian rebel advance brings exiled Aleppo residents back to city Al Jazeera English
- Islamist rebels in Syria catch Assad, Putin, Iran regimes off guard giving US new mideast headache Fox News
- Syria Rebels Take Aleppo Airport and Attack Hama, Officials and a Monitor Say The New York Times
Syrian rebels seize control of Aleppo city in a lightning offensive
Syrian rebels wrest control of Aleppo city from the Syrian government forces after eight years.
Unprecedented protests sweep Georgia after government scraps EU bid – POLITICO Europe
- Unprecedented protests sweep Georgia after government scraps EU bid POLITICO Europe
- Protesters in Tbilisi Clash With Georgian Police The New York Times
- Georgia's pro-EU president vows to stay 'until someone is legitimately elected' BBC.com
- Georgia's president says government is 'illegitimate' Euronews
- A changed Georgia is no longer a haven for Russia’s political exiles The Washington Post
Thousands mourn ex-Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut
Thousands of mourners have gathered in southern Beirut where Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated.
Trump picks anti-‘deep state’ crusader Kash Patel to lead FBI
Patel has vowed to downsize the top intelligence body and pursue 'conspirators' in the government and media.
World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza work after car carrying staff hit by Israeli strike – BBC.com
- World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza work after car carrying staff hit by Israeli strike BBC.com
- Israel Accuses World Central Kitchen Worker of Role in Oct. 7 Attack The New York Times
- Israel kills Gaza aid workers from World Central Kitchen, Save The Children Al Jazeera English
- World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike, Gaza health ministry says NPR
- Israel kills charity worker in Gaza saying he was Hamas militant The Guardian
Trump Demands ‘Commitment’ From BRICS Nations on Using Dollar – Bloomberg
- Trump Demands ‘Commitment’ From BRICS Nations on Using Dollar Bloomberg
- Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency CNN
- Donald Trump warns Brics it will lose access to US if it dumps dollar The Times of India
- Trump warns BRICS countries if they try to replace dollar: '100% tariffs' Fox Business
- Donald Trump Sends New Warning to China-Led Bloc Over US Dollar Newsweek
Romanians vote in parliamentary elections as far right hopes to make gains
Parliamentary elections come a week after a right-wing candidate won most votes in first round of presidential election.
Georgia’s pro-EU president vows to stay ‘until someone is legitimately elected’
Georgia's pro-EU president vows to stay 'until someone is legitimately elected'
Feminist hit movie Her Story touted as China’s answer to Barbie
Directed by a woman with a cast of female leads, the film is the latest to be centred around female experiences and prove a box office success in China
The recent box office success of Her Story, a Chinese comedy directed by a woman with a cast of female leads, has led commentators to dub the movie China’s answer to Barbie.
The second feature film by Chinese director Shao Yihui, Her Story revolves around a newly unemployed single mother with a daughter and their young female neighbour, as they explore their experiences and struggles as women in Shanghai.
Continue reading...Al-Julani, leader behind Aleppo attack, reportedly killed in Russian strike – The Jerusalem Post
- Al-Julani, leader behind Aleppo attack, reportedly killed in Russian strike The Jerusalem Post
- Syria, Russia forces step up air raids in a bid to slow opposition advance Al Jazeera English
- Syrian and Russian jets step up strikes on rebels after opposition seizes much of Aleppo CNN
- At least 25 killed as Russian, Syrian jets intensify bombing of Syrian rebel territory Reuters
- Syria's civil war reignites in dramatic fashion as Russia joins airstrikes on rebels who seized Aleppo CBS News
The ‘magical’ advent calendar that’s as big as a town hall – NPR
Calls to fix palliative care before allowing assisted dying – BBC.com
- Calls to fix palliative care before allowing assisted dying BBC.com
- British Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Assisted Dying in Landmark Decision The New York Times
- Diane Abbott raises fears GPs will find it cheaper to promote assisted dying The Guardian
- British lawmakers push forward a divisive bill to legalize assisted dying NPR
- British Parliament Gives Initial Approval for Bill for Assisted Suicide National Review
Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to EVs, plus cuts in fines for firms
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says there is ‘no route to net zero’ that ignores concerns of businesses after wave of closures
• Jonathan Reynolds: If we delay the UK’s drive for electric vehicles, our rivals will overtake us
There is “no route to net zero” that ignores the real concerns of businesses, a cabinet minister has warned, as the government prepares to reduce financial penalties handed to carmakers not selling enough electric cars.
Ministers are also looking at how cheaper loans could be introduced to help people buy an electric vehicle (EV), after a wave of job losses and closures in which carmakers blamed the onerous fines they were facing.
Continue reading...More than 600 Brazilians deported by Home Office on three secret flights
Record number of deportees includes children who may have spent most of their lives in the UK
More than 600 Brazilians, including 109 children, have been secretly removed from the UK – on the three largest Home Office deportation charter flights in history – since the Labour government came to power, the Observer has learned.
The Home Office has never before removed any nationality in such large numbers on individual deportation charter flights. It is thought that children have never before been removed on these flights.
Continue reading...Claws are out as Jaguar heads down EV rebrand road
A new electric model will be unveiled this week. Will it turn round the culture war embroiling the marque?
When German manufacturer BMW took over the Mini brand and launched the Mini Cooper in 2001, some people were outraged. Drivers with previous models even slapped on bumper stickers reading “this is a real Mini”. The BBC reported that executives insisted the car “is not a small BMW”.
The storm died down, and Mini has gone on to sell more cars each year (about 300,000) than ever before, many of them emblazoned with union jack tail-lights – whatever the ownership of the factory.
Continue reading...‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen
Families placed in hotels in England are being forced to live on snack foods, putting young people’s health at risk
Homeless children placed in hotels are developing rickets and other diet-related health problems because their parents lack anywhere to cook.
The Magpie Project, which works with homeless mothers in the east London borough of Newham, where more households are living in temporary accommodation than anywhere in the country, said families living in hotels were eating an unhealthy diet of takeaways and snack foods because they had no cooking facilities or anywhere to store fresh produce.
Continue reading...‘Women are suffering unnecessarily’: Australians to get subsidised endometriosis treatment
Without a subsidy, patients could pay $750 a year to treat the condition which has no cure and can last decades
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More than one million Australians living with endometriosis will have access to a treatment subsidised by the federal government for the first time in three decades.
The health minister, Mark Butler, announced on Sunday that a daily tablet will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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The health minister, Mark Butler, is holding a press conference in Adelaide to announce the endometriosis drug Visanne will be added to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme. It’s the first listing of an endo treatment in three decades.
This is a condition that impacts more than 1 million women – one in seven women and teenage girls – and for too long, too many women have been made to suffer in silence.
[They’ve] been told by many healthcare professionals, it has to be said, that this is “normal”. That it is a normal part of period pain or many other explanations for debilitating, crippling pain.
This is all about providing cheaper medicines and cutting-edge treatment to Australian patients generally, but [particularly] in the area of endometriosis, which has attracted such inadequate support for hundreds of thousands of Australian women.
This listing is beyond time.
The major contributor to the record has been the minimum temperatures, which averaged 17.2ºC over the spring season for the site, and were elevated by cloud cover, precipitation, and most notably, humidity.
Continue reading...Taiwan president stops in Hawaii during Pacific tour, drawing ire from China
Lai Ching-te’s US stopover on trip to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau – three diplomatic allies of the self-governed island – prompts Beijing’s protests
The Taiwanese president, Lai Ching-te, has begun a two-day US stopover in Hawaii as part of a Pacific tour after declaring his democratically governed island a key force for promoting global peace and stability.
The trip has sparked fury from China, which views Taiwan as its own territory and opposes any foreign interactions or visits by the island’s leaders. China’s foreign ministry said on Sunday it had lodged “serious protests” with the US.
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