Five takeaways from Trump and Mamdani’s surprisingly cordial meeting
It was billed as potentially the political showdown of the year - instead, both men gave one another praise.
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe – Slashdot
- Iran's Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe Slashdot
- Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens | Iran International ایران اینترنشنال
- Iran water crisis: Taps run dry as Tehran evacuation looms NBC News
- Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years CNN
- Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe Scientific American
G20 summit in South Africa: Who’s attending and what’s on the agenda?
US President Donald Trump is boycotting the summit but South African leaders say the meeting will go ahead.
Major MAGA figure Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns after Trump clash
Greene says 'standing up for American women raped at 14' should not lead to being branded a 'traitor' by Trump.
Christian converts are among the Iranians being sent home from US
Iranians who have converted to Christianity and had their asylum claims rejected speak to the BBC.
Our babies were taken after ‘biased’ parenting test – now we’re fighting to get them back
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned – BBC
US Supreme Court blocks order on likely racial bias in new Texas voter map
Texas redrew its voting map as part of President Donald Trump's plan to win extra Republican seats in Congress in 2026.
India’s blind women cricketers chase history at first T20 World Cup
Most players come from underprivileged, rural backgrounds and learned the sport in the last few years.
Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene to quit Congress after Epstein files feud
A falling out with the US president erupted amid her relentless calls to release documents on the late paedophile.
Gunmen abduct more than 200 pupils from Nigerian Catholic school
The Christian Association of Nigeria said 215 students and 12 members of staff were taken during the raid on Friday.
Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from office effective January 2026
Georgia representative had said she had received death threats and was called a ‘traitor’ by Trump over Epstein vote
Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday evening she will be resigning from office effective 25 January.
The Republican congresswoman who was denounced by Donald Trump over her support for the release of the Epstein files, explained her decision in a 10-minute social media video posted on X.
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,367
Here are the key events from day 1,367 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
COP30: Summit struggles to reach fossil fuel phase out deal – DW
- COP30: Summit struggles to reach fossil fuel phase out deal DW
- 'A lot of fighting': Fossil fuel row breaks out at UN climate summit BBC
- ‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks The Guardian
- EU threatens to block ‘weak’ COP30 deal Politico
- UN climate summit deadlocked on fossil fuels and finance Financial Times
Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh plans to execute its former leader. There’s one big thing in the way: India – CNN
- Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh plans to execute its former leader. There’s one big thing in the way: India CNN
- Hasina's conviction for crimes against humanity is testing India-Bangladesh ties BBC
- Why India likely won’t return Hasina to face Bangladesh death penalty Al Jazeera
- Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely NDTV
- 'Yunus can't touch my mother': Sheikh Hasina's son slams death verdict; thanks India for saving her life Times of India
Survivor of Chilean blizzard that killed Briton says staff told trekkers they could proceed
Tom Player speaks out about incident in which Victoria Bond died along with two Mexicans and two Germans
A survivor of the blizzard that killed a British woman and four others in Chilean Patagonia has said that tourists were concerned about adverse weather conditions ahead of the trek, but were told by staff it was “normal” and they could proceed.
Tom Player, a London-based composer, told the Guardian that during the brutal blizzard about 30 volunteers worked together in an attempt to try to rescue hikers.
Continue reading...Will Trump’s no-show eclipse South Africa’s G20 moment?
The host nation's goal of advocating for developing nations may be overshadowed by the absence of the US president.
Will Trump’s no-show eclipse South Africa’s G20 moment?
The host nation's goal of advocating for developing nations may be overshadowed by the absence of the US president.
It’s official: Turkey will be boss of COP31 climate talks – Politico
- It’s official: Turkey will be boss of COP31 climate talks Politico
- Turkey and Australia confirm agreement on COP31 split-hosting deal Reuters
- Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity | Thom Woodroofe and Dean Bialek The Guardian
- Next year’s UN climate talks set for Turkey after Australia withdraws bid to be the venue AP News
- Turkey set to host COP31 after reaching compromise with Australia BBC
Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics argue.
Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando, of Bradford University, are about to publish a book that they believe should be a wake-up call to the world.
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