‘No to the father, no to the son’: Thousands march in Rio against Bolsonaro
Students and other protesters marched against Flavio Bolsonaro after he advanced to Brazil's presidential run-off.
How toxic haze is causing Singapore’s landmarks to disappear
The BBC’s Tessa Wong breaks down how one of Indonesia’s worst wildfire seasons is impacting countries around South East Asia.
Rubio in Greece digs into past to tout Trump’s ‘America first’ approach
In the shadow of the Parthenon, the secretary of state gave a selective reading of history as he urged Europe to ‘awaken from its slumber’
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, delivered a classically inspired apologia for Donald Trump’s “America first” foreign policy on Wednesday, giving a sweeping speech to the backdrop of the Parthenon in Athens that appeared tailor-made for campaign ads if he runs for president in 2028.
In the speech, the top US diplomat drew historical parallels from the founders, philosophers and conquerers of antiquity to the modern American spirit – as well as his family’s own journey to the United States – as he called on Europe to “awaken from its long slumber” and reject a “future of atrophy and servitude and decline”.
Continue reading...Judge orders officials to preserve Pike execution evidence
A Nashville judge ordered Tennessee officials to preserve evidence from Christa Pike’s failed execution
Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’
Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow
The family of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate have said the University of Glasgow “will be held to account”.
Ethan Scott Brown, 23, was due to graduate in December 2024 after studying geography.
Continue reading...3 years later, Netanyahu faces reckoning over Oct. 7 in Israeli election – Axios
- 3 years later, Netanyahu faces reckoning over Oct. 7 in Israeli election Axios
- Will Netanyahu Escape His Reckoning? The New Yorker
- An anniversary vote on Bibi The Economist
- Israelis scarred by Oct. 7 attack weigh Netanyahu’s political future The Washington Post
- Poll: Netanyahu bloc tops Eisenkot's by 5 seats, neither secure majority Haaretz
Big Shakeup in Latest Security Council Votes on UN SecGen Race – PassBlue
- Big Shakeup in Latest Security Council Votes on UN SecGen Race PassBlue
- Costa Rica's Grynspan ahead in race to be next UN chief, sources say Reuters
- The Race for UN Secretary-General Just Got More Complicated Global Dispatches
- What happens if the UN cannot agree on Antonio Guterres’s successor? The National
- UN-doing the United Nations: Can its next chief fix a system under severe strain? The Times of India
Pro-Palestine university groups march in London on October 7 anniversary
Pro-Palestine students took to the streets of London on October 7, despite police calls to postpone the march.
Trump on why he thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
US President Donald Trump said it would be a ‘great discredit’ to the Nobel Peace Prize committee.
Multiple demonstrations in Seattle 3 years after October 7 attack – FOX 13 Seattle
- Multiple demonstrations in Seattle 3 years after October 7 attack FOX 13 Seattle
- Pro-Palestinian march in Capitol Hill concludes with no arrests; property damaged reported MyNorthwest.com
- Pro-Palestinian protesters march in Capitol Hill; SPD plans arrests for property damage KIRO 7 News Seattle
- Hundreds of anti-Israel protests planned worldwide around October 7 anniversary The Times of Israel
- 261007_EmilySchultz_WalkoutforPalestine-9.jpeg www.dailyuw.com
Neil Gorsuch Corrects Trump DOJ Lawyer During Supreme Court Arguments – Newsweek
- Neil Gorsuch Corrects Trump DOJ Lawyer During Supreme Court Arguments Newsweek
- Justices wrestle with procedural dispute over Air Force’s munition detonations in Guam SCOTUSblog
- Hazardous Waste and Burn Pits: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Air Force Activity at Andersen Air Base Military.com
- Supreme Court wrestles with fight over Air Force munitions-disposal site on Guam The Washington Post
- US Supreme Court hears challenge to air force UXO detonations in Guam Al Jazeera
South Africa host Australia who battle more than ‘Sandpapergate’ memories
WTC holders South Africa host Australia, who struggled against Bangladesh, in Tests for first time since 2018 scandal.
Harmanpreet Kaur: The captain who changed how India’s women played cricket
Kaur's magical innings instilled belief in the Indian women's cricket team before she led them to a first world title.
Gaza child’s autoimmune condition triggered amid Israel’s war
Gaza child’s autoimmune condition triggered amid Israel’s war
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts
Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic
Labour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis has found.
The Institute for Government (IfG) thinktank says the government’s plans to largely replace education, health and care plans (EHCPs) in England with more widespread support in mainstream schools may be too optimistic and take longer to complete than its 2030 timeline.
Continue reading...María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis
‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election
María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died.
News of her death came two weeks after Maricarmen, as she had come to be known across Spain, was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than seven decades.
Continue reading...Inside SpaceX’s new look for AI data centres in orbit
Inside SpaceX’s new look for AI data centres in orbit
Chinese runner dropped by sponsor after riding bike during marathon
Sun Yuanyuan was seemingly pictured on the back of another person's bike during part of the Berlin Marathon.
US Republicans, independents express low trust in election integrity: Poll
A Gallup survey highlights a deep – and historic – partisan divide over confidence in the country's elections.
Israelis mourn 7 October attack victims three years after deadly Hamas raid
Memorial events have taken place in Israel on the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack that sparked the devastating Gaza war.