Tel Aviv suburb hit by rocket fired from Lebanon
A rocket fired from Lebanon injured at least six people and sparked a fire in Tel Aviv on Monday night.
Germany suspects sabotage behind severed undersea cables
The two countries say they are "deeply concerned" as they raise the possibility of sabotage.
Newspaper headlines: PM ‘defiant’ on Ukraine and ‘Clarkson’s farmy army’ – BBC.com
- Newspaper headlines: PM 'defiant' on Ukraine and 'Clarkson's farmy army' BBC.com
- ATACMS: How long-range missiles striking Russia could affect Ukraine war BBC.com
- Biden missile move puts UK and French weapons into play POLITICO Europe
- British prime minister says he has no plans to talk with Putin as he reaffirms support for Ukraine The Associated Press
- Keir Starmer declines to rule out allowing Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia Financial Times
42,000 crowd New Zealand’s Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights – NPR
- 42,000 crowd New Zealand's Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights NPR
- Video: Māori Protesters Lead March to New Zealand’s Parliament The New York Times
- The Internet Is Obsessed With Māori Lawmakers Performing A Haka During A Parliament Session To Protest An Anti-Indigenous Bill Yahoo! Voices
- New Zealand's founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights? The Associated Press
- More than 40,000 protest New Zealand Maori rights bill Al Jazeera English
Thousands flock to NZ capital in huge Māori protests
The country is seen as a world leader for supporting indigenous rights, but many fear that's now at risk.
Watch: New Zealand’s Māori protests explained
The BBC's Katy Watson reports from Wellington on why tens of thousands have taken to the streets.
‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate
Huge rise in attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers killed 171 children in year after 7 October
Mohammad was 12, a football-mad teenager who spent his days dreaming of a career on the pitch and his last minutes practising ball skills. Ghassan was 14, a quiet, generous teenager who ran errands for elderly relatives, with an adoring six-year-old brother who stuck to him like a shadow.
Both boys were shot dead this summer by Israeli soldiers, victims of an unprecedented surge in attacks on children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Continue reading...Car driven into crowd outside China primary school
State media says "several students and adults were injured and fell to the ground".
Top Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders sentenced to jail
Joshua Wong and Benny Tai were convicted for attempting subversion in a controversial national security trial.
‘Many’ children injured in car crash at school in China, reports say
Videos circulating on Chinese social media show screaming children and people lying injured on the ground.
Putin paying for 100,000 North Korean troops helps him delay a second mobilization: ISW – Business Insider
- Putin paying for 100,000 North Korean troops helps him delay a second mobilization: ISW Business Insider
- What we know about North Korean troops in Ukraine BBC.com
- North Korea May End Up Sending Putin 100,000 Troops for War Bloomberg
- North Korean Troops Enter Kursk Where Ukrainians Are Fighting Department of Defense
- Zelenskyy says North Korea may send 100k troops to Ukraine, as war reaches 1,000 days The Guardian
Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital – The Associated Press
- Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital The Associated Press
- Israeli strike in Beirut kills five as Lebanon, Hezbollah accept US ceasefire proposal Reuters
- A risky strike: Several killed after alleged IAF strike in Beirut - report The Jerusalem Post
- LIVE: Deadly new attack on Lebanon’s capital as Hezbollah hits Tel Aviv Al Jazeera English
- Israeli Strikes in Beirut’s Center Shatter a Tenuous Sense of Security The New York Times
Where was Biden? The G-20 photo shows him out of the picture – The Times of India
- Where was Biden? The G-20 photo shows him out of the picture The Times of India
- Biden misses G-20 family photo, White House blames 'logistical' issues Fox News
- A Nostalgic Biden Fades Out of the Picture in Talks With World Leaders The New York Times
- Where's Joe Biden? U.S. president misses G20 Summit group photo in Brazil USA TODAY
- Take two: Biden makes it into G20 leaders’ photo after missing first one The Guardian US
Who are the activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial?
They include prominent campaigners, former lawmakers and ordinary citizens who joined the pro-democracy movement.
Russia vows ‘tangible’ response if US missiles used against its territory
US approval for Ukraine to strike inside Russia is a key move in the war as it reaches its 1,000th day.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 999
These were the key developments on the 999th day of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Trump and Xi Jinping’s ‘loving’ relationship has soured – can they rebuild it?
What their dynamic means for the future of US-China relations
Australia politics live: Dutton calls Labor’s international student caps bill ‘a dog’s breakfast’; RBA fuels expectations for February interest rates cut
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First investment announced as part of National Reconstruction Fund
The science and industry minister, Ed Husic, was on ABC News Breakfast to discuss the government’s first investment via the National Reconstruction Fund – $40m to a Toowoomba mineral processing factory.
The difference in terms of what the [NRF] does is it provides loans, equity, and guarantees to firms that are [working across] seven priority areas to expand and grow their operations.
Given the sizes of the investments, it does take more time to be able to go through to shape up what the investment will look like, how big it’ll be, over what term, the rate of return – because the other important thing to stress to viewers is – this is not about handing out grants, and certainly not doing it on the basis of political colour-coded spreadsheets as we saw with the last government.
In fact, the social media users were less likely to have a negative attitude towards Jewish and Muslim people, irrespective of where they were on the political spectrum.
Continue reading...Marles says Aukus submarines on schedule despite US admiral’s warning of ‘exceptionally fragile’ industry
Shipyards will not meet goal of 1.5 boats a year by 2025 to be on track to provide Australia with three Virginia-class submarines, program chief says
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The admiral who runs America’s submarine building program has confirmed construction is behind schedule and nowhere near the rate required to supply Australia’s Aukus nuclear submarines on schedule.
R Adm Jon Rucker told the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium in Arlington, Virginia, last week that the US had “an exceptionally fragile” military shipbuilding base and could not meet construction rates for its own vessels this year.
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Continue reading...Arthur Frommer, budget travel guide innovator, dies aged 95
Europe on 5 Dollars a Day author revolutionized leisure travel and built one of best-known names in travel industry
Arthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.
Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, his daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday.
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