- Russia paid North Korea up to $13.8B for help fighting Ukraine, South Korean intelligence says The Kyiv Independent
- North Korea Has Reaped $13Bln From Military Aid to Russia, South Korean Intelligence Says The Moscow Times
- North Korea reaps huge economic boost from Ukraine war Nikkei Asia
- North Korea’s battlefield dividend Lowy Institute
- Russia Needs North Korea More Than It Wants to Admit Korea Economic Institute of America -
China’s Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station – Space
- China's Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station Space
- Tianzhou-10 successfully docks with China Space Station, delivers spacecraft series’ 10th consecutive supply run with innovations Global Times
- China's Tianzhou-10 carries 41 science experiments to space station news.cgtn.com
- Update: China launches Tianzhou-10 cargo craft to send space station supplies Xinhua
- First local payload to support nation's carbon targets reaches Tiangong chinadailyasia.com
EU sanctions Russian individuals over forced deportation of Ukrainian children – Euronews.com
- EU sanctions Russian individuals over forced deportation of Ukrainian children Euronews.com
- Teen bedroom art installation shines spotlight on Ukraine’s stolen children The Guardian
- EU targets Russians with sanctions over the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children AP News
- Ukrainian children unlawfully deported and forcibly transferred to Russia: EU sanctions 16 individuals and seven entities consilium.europa.eu
- EU, UK sanction Russians over deportations of Ukrainian children Al Jazeera
Israeli attacks kill at least four in southern Lebanon
Israeli strikes follow forced displacement warnings for nine towns in southern and eastern Lebanon.
Dozens of Nigerian fishermen feared dead after Chad air strikes on Boko Haram
A fishermen's leader tells the BBC that 40 people are feared dead - either in the strikes or drowning as they tried to flee.
European Union Hits Israeli Settlers With Sanctions – The New York Times
- European Union Hits Israeli Settlers With Sanctions The New York Times
- EU agrees sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlers, Hamas leaders Al Jazeera
- EU announces sanctions against violent Israel settlers The Guardian
- EU’s top diplomat ‘hopeful’ bloc will vote to sanction violent West Bank settlers The Times of Israel
- EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence BBC
‘Total lack of respect’: Macron interrupts speaker to ask for silence
The French president stood up during a conference in Kenya to tell the audience to quieten down, saying it was “impossible” for speakers to be heard.
Iran denies proposal sent to US contains ‘excessive demands’
Iran says Tehran’s response to the latest US proposal to end the war was “not excessive."
Israeli troops jailed for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
IDF says two soldiers will spend weeks in military prison over incident it said was viewed with great severity
Two Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for the desecration of a Christian object after one stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon and the other photographed it.
The photo of the soldier, a cigarette dangling from his own mouth, went viral and sparked widespread outrage. It was the latest act by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon to be denounced as anti-Christian.
Continue reading...Who could challenge Keir Starmer for the UK PM’s job? Meet the candidates
The British prime minister has promised change as he battles to fend off leadership challenge.
Supermarket foods claiming to be ‘natural’ or ‘sustainable’ mostly just using marketing terms, researchers find
Survey of 27,000 Australian supermarket items found some products boasting environmental benefits had significantly higher emissions than unlabelled counterparts
Foods in supermarkets boasting environmental terms such as “natural” or “sustainable” are mostly just using marketing speak, rather than verified claims, Australian researchers have found.
More than 27,000 packaged foods sold at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA and Harris Farm supermarkets in Sydney were assessed by researchers from the George Institute for Global Health.
Continue reading...Motorcycle Winds Up Hanging From Traffic Light in Canada After Dramatic Crash With BMW 3-Series – Road & Track
- Motorcycle Winds Up Hanging From Traffic Light in Canada After Dramatic Crash With BMW 3-Series Road & Track
- Motorcyclist seriously injured after crash leaves bike dangling from traffic light near Surrey-Delta border CBC
- Motorcycle left hanging off traffic light after crash in Canada KFOX
- ‘Geometry just launched it up’: Motorcycle instructors weigh in on viral B.C. crash CTV News
- Watch: Motorcycle left dangling from traffic light after crash LiveNOW from FOX
Israeli killings in Lebanon rise: Is even the pretence of a ceasefire over?
Israel and Hezbollah have increased their attacks on each other, despite official ceasefire.
Victorian politics still exposed to ‘dark money’ and foreign donations as MPs struggle to agree on urgent reforms
Exclusive: state is now without caps on political donations or disclosure requirements, months out from November election
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“Unlimited dark money” will keep flooding into Victorian politics after Labor failed to reach agreement with the Liberals or the Greens about donation reforms the Allan government vowed to fast-track through parliament.
Victoria is now without caps on political donations or disclosure requirements, months out from the November election after the high court struck down the state’s donation laws last month.
Continue reading...Royal Opera House calls for release of Georgian bass singer jailed over democracy protests
Casting director urges Keir Starmer to intervene in case of Paata Burchuladze, 71, jailed for seven years after singing at anti-regime demonstrations
The Royal Opera House in London has urged Keir Starmer to intervene in the case of Paata Burchuladze, a world-renowned bass singer who has been imprisoned in Georgia since October on a charge of leading a coup against the country’s authoritarian leader.
The 71-year-old has performed at the Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and collaborated with the likes of Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras. He was arrested after joining a protest outside the presidential palace in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Last week he was given a seven-year jail sentence which Burchuladze suggested to the court was equivalent to a life sentence given his age.
Continue reading...Muslim Votes Matter says anonymous bid to create political party under same name an attempt to ‘mislead’ voters
Exclusive: Push to register unaffiliated party with identical name to grassroots group follows Avi Yemini’s plan to use ‘Free Palestine party’ to funnel votes to One Nation
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Muslim Votes Matter (MVM) has complained to the Victorian Electoral Commission over an anonymous bid to register a political party under the same name ahead of the state election, accusing it of deliberately misleading voters.
MVM was established before the 2025 federal election as a grassroots advocacy and lobbying movement, responding to concerns about the lack of political representation for Muslim and minority groups in Australia.
Continue reading...Washington dinner shooting suspect pleads not guilty
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump.
Washington dinner shooting suspect pleads not guilty
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump.
Iran war effect: Why is Modi asking Indians to avoid foreign trips, gold?
PM urges Indians to work from home and avoid foreign trips during the global energy crisis due to the Iran war.
Six people found dead inside train car at rail yard near Texas-Mexico border
Discovery was made by Union Pacific employee inspecting stopped train at the yard in Laredo before it continued its journey north
Rail workers in Texas found six people dead inside a boxcar at a yard close to the Mexican border on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
The discovery was made by a Union Pacific employee inspecting the stopped train at the yard in Laredo before it continued its journey north, a spokesperson for the Laredo police department said, citing the railroad freight company.
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