Why Haiti’s gangs are gaining ground despite the presence of an international armed force – Miami Herald

  1. Why Haiti’s gangs are gaining ground despite the presence of an international armed force  Miami Herald
  2. Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages  Al Jazeera English
  3. More than 100 suspected gang members have been killed as vigilantism grows in Haiti  Miami Herald
  4. Haiti’s Many Problems and Very Few Solutions, Explained  The New York Times
  5. As violent gangs extend control in Haiti, UN commits to staying the course  UN News
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Russia Supplies Antiaircraft Missiles to North Korea, the South Says – The New York Times

  1. Russia Supplies Antiaircraft Missiles to North Korea, the South Says  The New York Times
  2. Russia supplied air defense missiles to North Korea in return for its troops, South Korea says  The Associated Press
  3. North Korean Troops in Russia Are 'Fair Target', Pentagon Warns  Newsweek
  4. Russia supplied anti-air missiles to North Korea, Seoul says  DW (English)
  5. South Korea official says Russia provided anti-air missile to North Korea  Reuters
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Penguin returns to the sea after long trip from Antarctica to Australia – New York Post

  1. Penguin returns to the sea after long trip from Antarctica to Australia  New York Post
  2. 'Good luck, Gus': Emperor penguin found in Australia is released back into the wild  NBC News
  3. Lost Antarctic penguin's 2,000-mile odyssey to Australia beach ends with return to Southern Ocean  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Gus the emperor penguin, found 3,000km from home on West Australian beach, back in the ocean  ABC News
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Student is arrested on charges of spying on the US for Russia – The Associated Press

  1. Student is arrested on charges of spying on the US for Russia  The Associated Press
  2. Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Accused of Spying for Russia and Iran  The New York Times
  3. US embassy security guard arrested in Norway on spying allegation  The Independent
  4. Norwegian guard at US Embassy in Oslo arrested over allegations of spying for Russia and Iran  CNN
  5. Student Charged With Spying on US Embassy for Russia, Iran  Newsweek
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Canada denies it has evidence linking Modi to killing of Sikh separatists

Trudeau adviser shuts down foreign ministry’s allegations that Indian government was behind intimidation plot

Canada, which expelled six Indian diplomats over allegations they were involved in a plot against Sikh separatists, has denied it has evidence Narendra Modi was linked to violence on Canadian soil.

The Canadian foreign ministry last month alleged Amit Shah, considered the number two in Modi’s government, was behind a campaign of intimidation in Canada. Ottawa says it has evidence linking Indian government agents to the 2023 murder of the Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.

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Scholz to lead SPD into snap German election after Pistorius withdraws

Chancellor’s popular rival says he is unavailable to stand, leaving Scholz as the default candidate

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will be nominated as the candidate to lead his Social Democratic party (SPD) into the February general election after his more popular defence minister, Boris Pistorius, pulled out of the race.

After weeks of calls for a change at the top of the ticket, Pistorius released a video on Thursday in which he said he was “not available” to stand as the SPD flag-bearer in the snap election triggered after Scholz sacked his finance minister, Christian Lindner, imploding the three-year-old ruling coalition.

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Middle East crisis: Netanyahu thanks Orbán for invite after ICC warrant, saying Hungary on ‘side of justice and truth’ – as it happened

Israeli PM thanks his Hungarian counterpart after he extends invite in defiance of moves by International Criminal Court

The US have said they “fundamentally reject” the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for senior Israel officials and said the court does not have jurisdiction over the matter.

On Thursday, arrest warrants were issued by the court for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the late Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza.

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Burnayi Lurnayi: Bendigo development aims to provide safe homes for Aboriginal women

Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation says the development will help Indigenous women stay in the increasingly unaffordable regional city

Traditional owners have partnered with community housing providers in central Victoria to build a new housing project aimed at addressing the high rates of homelessness faced by Aboriginal women.

The development, named Burnayi Lurnayi, meaning “young women” in Dja Dja Wurrung language, is being built in the Bendigo suburb of Flora Hill, in a partnership between the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (Djarra) and community housing organisation YWCA.

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Greens and some independents are biggest winners from Labor’s proposed donation cap, data shows

Labor and Coalition would have missed out on $4.1m and $4.7m in donations after public funding boost, while the Greens would have been $2.9m better off

The Greens and independent MPs who ran low-cost campaigns have emerged as the biggest winners from Labor’s proposed donation cap and increased public funding of elections, data shows.

According to a Guardian Australia analysis of 2021-22 data, the Greens would have lost just $2.7m in donations if Labor’s proposed $20,000 cap had been law at the time, a sum more than made up for by a $5.6m increase in public funding. In net terms, the Greens would have been $2.9m better off.

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Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant

Viktor Orbán says he will not enforce ICC decision that requires court members to detain Israeli PM if he enters their country

Hungary’s illiberal prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said he will invite his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit in defiance of an international criminal court arrest warrant, as world leaders split over the ICC’s momentous decision.

The world’s highest criminal court issued warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu, his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas commander Ibrahim al-Masri, commonly known as Mohammed Deif, who is believed to be dead, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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