- ‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream The Guardian
- Carney Lifts Climate Laws for New Alberta Pipeline The New York Times
- Pipeline deal is not a ‘baked cake,’ Canada's energy minister says Politico
- Carney's new Alberta oil pipeline deal already faces opposition BBC
- Carney Loses Cabinet Minister Guilbeault After Oil Deal Bloomberg.com
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe
Keir Starmer’s attempt to reset relations with the EU have suffered a major blow, after negotiations for the UK to join the EU’s flagship €150bn (£131bn) defence fund collapsed.
The UK had been pushing to join the EU’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) fund, a low-interest loan scheme that is part of the EU’s drive to boost defence spending by €800bn and rearm the continent, in response to the growing threat from Russia and cooling relations between Donald Trump’s US and the EU.
Continue reading...Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns amid claims South Africans tricked to fight for Russia
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla quits as MP after being accused of recruiting 17 men who are trapped in war-torn Ukraine
A daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma has resigned as an MP, after being accused of tricking 17 South African men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia to train as bodyguards for the Zumas’ uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, 43, the most visible and active in politics of her siblings, volunteered to resign and step back from public roles while cooperating with a police investigation and working to bring the men home, the MK chair, Nkosinathi Nhleko, said at a press conference in Durban.
Continue reading...German president honours victims of Nazi bombing atrocity on Guernica visit
Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Basque town for remembrance ceremony marking ‘terrible crimes’ of 1937
Eighty-eight years after Luftwaffe pilots took part in the most infamous atrocity of the Spanish civil war, Germany’s president has visited the Basque town of Guernica to honour the victims of the Nazi bombing and to urge that the “terrible crimes” committed there are never forgotten.
Hundreds of civilians were killed and hundreds more injured on 26 April 1937 when planes from the German Condor Legion, operating alongside aircraft from fascist Italy, spent hours bombing Guernica on market day. Adolf Hitler had loaned the Luftwaffe unit to Gen Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces to help them in their coup against the republican government, and to allow Nazi Germany’s pilots to practise the blitzkrieg tactics they would later use in the second world war.
Continue reading...RSF military push for Kordofan leaves Sudan at risk of partition
RSF already has control of western Sudan in war with Sudan's army, leaving country facing potential split.
National Guard member dies after shooting in Washington DC
Sarah Beckstrom, 20, succumbed to her injuries, while a second guardsman remains in critical condition, Donald Trump says.
Lightning detected on Mars for the first time, scientists say
Researchers heard electric crackles on 28 hours of recordings made over two Martian years.
Eight more arrested over fire in Hong Kong that killed at least 128 people
Authorities say 89 bodies are unidentified and 79 people remain injured after Wednesday's blaze.
Israeli Raid in Southern Syria Kills at Least 13, Syrian Officials Say – The New York Times
- Israeli Raid in Southern Syria Kills at Least 13, Syrian Officials Say The New York Times
- Israeli raid in southern Syrian village kills 13, Syrian state media reports Reuters
- Updates: Israel strikes Palestine, Lebanon, Syria threatening stability Al Jazeera
- Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says CNN
- Report: IDF mulling expanded op in Syria, checking whether Sharaa’s forces fired on troops The Times of Israel
Tunisia hands prison terms to dozens of opposition figures
The defendants were accused of attempting a coup - but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.
Death toll from floods in Thailand reaches 145 as receding water reveals widespread damage – AP News
- Death toll from floods in Thailand reaches 145 as receding water reveals widespread damage AP News
- Thai prime minister acknowledges flood response failures as death toll rises to 162 ABC News
- Thai family trapped by floods clings to furniture for 48 hours to survive Reuters
- 'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia BBC
- Deadly Flooding in Thailand Prompts Rescues and Evacuations The New York Times
Where did house cats come from? Ancient DNA shakes up their origin story – CNN
- Where did house cats come from? Ancient DNA shakes up their origin story CNN
- Genome study reveals milestone in history of cat domestication Reuters
- When did cats become domesticated? New DNA evidence changes the story. National Geographic
- Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis New Scientist
- Cats became our companions way later than you think BBC
‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream
The Canadian PM’s breakthrough oil deal with Alberta cost him a cabinet minister and will still face stiff opposition
When the people of the Haida nation won a decades-long battle for recognition that an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia in Canada was rightfully theirs, it was a long overdue victory.
The unprecedented deal with the provincial and the federal governments meant the Haida no longer had to prove that they had Aboriginal title to the land of Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai, “the islands at the boundary of the world.”
Continue reading...Zelenskyy’s top aide resigns after search by anticorruption investigators
Ukrainian president says chief of staff Andriy Yermak has submitted his resignation amid wide-scale corruption inquiry.
Hungary’s Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow
Russia's leader praised what he called Orban's "balanced position on the situation in Ukraine".
US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
The directive comes hours after President Trump said the US will pause migration from "third-world countries".
Trump pauses immigration from ‘Third World’ countries: What that means
US president's announcement comes after two National Guard members were shot and an Afghan national was named a suspect.
Hong Kong apartment fire tests Beijing-backed rule as anger mounts – The Washington Post
- Hong Kong apartment fire tests Beijing-backed rule as anger mounts The Washington Post
- A visual timeline of the few hours it took a small fire to grow into Hong Kong’s worst blaze in decades CNN
- Hong Kong mourns victims of apartment blaze that killed 128 and counting Reuters
- Hong Kong tower blocks fire death toll rises to 128 BBC
- A Hong Kong Fire Survivor’s Escape, in His Own Words The New York Times
Exclusive gun club linked to Andrew Hastie awarded almost $20,000 in government grants
Liberal MP has declared conflict of interest with Port Bouvard Pistol and Small Bore Rifle Club, of which he is a patron
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An exclusive gun club with links to the Liberal MP Andrew Hastie was awarded three government grants worth a total of almost $20,000 after being nominated by his office.
Hastie has declared a conflict of interest with the Port Bouvard Pistol and Small Bore Rifle Club. He is a patron, and has competed there at least twice.
Continue reading...Ex-president’s daughter resigns over allegations she duped South Africans to fight for Russia
Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.