The cost of genocide: Israel’s war on Gaza by the numbers
Billions of dollars have been spent, directly and indirectly, by Israel since starting its military operations in Gaza in October 2023.
Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK in fresh attack on Chagos deal
The president's comments come just a day after the US gave its official backing to the UK's Chagos deal.
South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection
Ex-leader sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour over failed martial law declaration in 2024
A South Korean court has sentenced the former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment with labour over his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, finding him guilty of leading an insurrection and making him the first elected head of state in the country’s democratic era to receive the maximum custodial sentence.
The Seoul central district court found that Yoon’s declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024 constituted insurrection, carried out with the intent to disrupt the constitutional order.
Continue reading...Alleged Australian IS fighters transferred from Syria to Iraq where they could face death penalty
Dfat says it is aware Australians are among 5,704 detainees transferred out of Syrian prisons and into Iraqi custody
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A group of Australian men suspected of being former Islamic State fighters are among more than 5,000 detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq, where they potentially face charges which could carry the death penalty.
Iraq’s national centre for international judicial cooperation confirmed last Friday it had taken custody of the 5,704 alleged former fighters from 61 countries, including citizens of Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
Continue reading...Iran builds concrete shield at military site amid acute US tensions
Satellite images reveal Iran fortifying its Parchin military complex against aerial strikes.
Legal doping in sport: Records or Ethics?
Samantha Johnson looks at the Enhanced Games and how doping, once sport’s red line, is now being marketed as innovation.
‘Holding hands’: How Nigeria turned Trump’s threats to military partnership
Trump and Nigeria appeared headed for a clash over bogus claims of a Christian massacre. Now the US is helping Nigeria.
Como’s Fabregas, Milan’s Allegri and an alleged pull of Saelemaekers’ shirt
AC Milan manager Massimo Allegri sent off in controversial Serie A draw but Como boss Cesc Fabregas is left apologising.
White House presses Iran to make deal, while ramping up military presence
US media reports that Trump has discussed attack options with advisers, and a strike could happen as early as Saturday.
White House says Iran would be ‘wise’ to make deal, as US ramps up military presence
US media reports that Trump has discussed attack options with advisers, and a strike could happen as early as Saturday.
Sydney businessman falsely claimed security advice given to Chinese spies came from Kevin Rudd, court hears
The former PM is expected to testify in the foreign interference trial of businessman Alexander Csergo
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Security and defence advice falsely claimed to have come from the former prime minister Kevin Rudd was supplied to Chinese intelligence agents by an Australian businessman, a jury has heard.
Rudd is expected to testify in the foreign interference trial of businessman Alexander Csergo, which began on Thursday.
Continue reading...Ministers must end ‘barking mad’ restraints on civil service pay, union leader warns
Exclusive: Prospect boss Mike Clancy cites problems retaining technical and digital experts
Ministers must end “barking mad” restraints on civil service pay or risk being unable to recruit the technical and digital specialists it needs to keep pace, a union leader has warned.
Mike Clancy, the Prospect general secretary, said the government should end the “rightwing trope” that restrained the pay of highly skilled civil servants and left government unable to compete with the private sector. He said it should be realistic for senior specialists in competitive fields to be paid more than the prime minister.
Continue reading...Vatican declines participation in Trump’s Board of Peace – NewsNation
- Vatican declines participation in Trump’s Board of Peace NewsNation
- Vatican will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ CNN
- Pope snubs Trump’s Gaza peace board politico.eu
- Cardinal Parolin: The Vatican ‘will not participate in Trump’s Board of Peace’ EWTN News
- Pope Leo rejects Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invite and backs UN to solve global crises The Independent
Money Talks as India Searches for Its Place in Global A.I. – The New York Times
- Money Talks as India Searches for Its Place in Global A.I. The New York Times
- Bill Gates' foundation says sudden withdrawal was 'to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit’s key priorities' Fortune
- “No technology has me dreaming bigger than AI” blog.google
- America-India Connect infrastructure connects four continents Google Cloud
- India’s Reliance Industries to Invest $110 Billion in AI The Wall Street Journal
Retailers in UK plan to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs
BRC survey finds finance bosses expect technology to improve productivity, with 69% pessimistic about the economy
UK retailers are planning to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs and pessimism about the economy.
Almost two-thirds (61%) of finance bosses at retail companies said they planned to reduce working hours or cut overtime, according to the latest survey from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the trade body that represents most big retailers. More than half (55%) said they would cut head office jobs and 42% said they would reduce jobs in stores.
Continue reading...Councils in England call for ‘radical’ means testing of Send school transport
Demand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warn
Families who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) should be means tested for school transport, according to councils in England, who say demand is rising “at an unsustainable rate”.
Local authorities are urging the government to be “radical” in its Send reforms, which are expected imminently, warning that annual costs on home-to-school transport for children with Send could rise to £3.4bn by 2030-31, up from £2bn last year.
Continue reading...Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds
Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets
Beef and lamb receive 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, a report has found, despite scientists urging people to get more of their protein from less harmful sources.
Analysis by the charity Foodrise found the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) provides “unfair” levels of support to meat-heavy diets that doctors consider unhealthy and climate scientists consider environmentally destructive.
Continue reading...Float featuring Brazil’s Lula comes last at Rio Carnival
See the floats from the famous festival as the city's top samba schools compete for first prize.
Australian presenter apologises for drinking before slurred Olympics report
Danika Mason also blamed the cold, after talking about coffee and iguanas in her live cross.
‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pour into ocean
Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular coastline in New Zealand
A tide of anger is rising in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, as the city’s toilets continue to flush directly into the ocean more than two weeks after the catastrophic collapse of its wastewater treatment plant.
Millions of litres of raw and partially screened sewage have been pouring into pristine reefs and a marine reserve along the south coast daily since 4 February, prompting a national inquiry, as the authorities struggle to get the decimated plant operational.
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