South Korea ‘at breaking point’ ahead of ruling on President Yoon’s impeachment – The Guardian

  1. South Korea ‘at breaking point’ ahead of ruling on President Yoon’s impeachment  The Guardian
  2. South Korea's acting president urges calm, tighter security ahead of impeachment ruling  Reuters
  3. What to expect after South Korea’s Constitutional Court rules on the impeachment of President Yoon  AP News
  4. Seoul suspends cultural activities ahead of impeachment ruling  The Korea Herald
  5. South Korea’s President Will Learn His Fate on Friday  The New York Times
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Waqf bill: India Lok Sabha passes controversial bill on Muslim properties – BBC

  1. Waqf bill: India Lok Sabha passes controversial bill on Muslim properties  BBC
  2. 'No one is above Constitution': BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Waqf Bill  Times of India
  3. India’s parliament set to debate controversial law on Muslim endowments  AP News
  4. Indian parliament’s lower house passes controversial Muslim endowments bill  Al Jazeera
  5. India: Lower house passes contentious Muslim land bill  DW
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Hungary says it is withdrawing from ICC as Israeli leader visits – Reuters

  1. Hungary says it is withdrawing from ICC as Israeli leader visits  Reuters
  2. Hungary says it will pull out of ICC as it hosts Israel’s Netanyahu – who is wanted by the court  CNN
  3. Netanyahu defies international arrest warrant on visit to Hungary  NBC News
  4. Hungary to withdraw from International Criminal Court  BBC
  5. Hungary to pull out of ICC as Netanyahu visits Budapest  The Guardian
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Rubio Visits NATO Amid European Alarm Over Trump’s Agenda – The New York Times

  1. Rubio Visits NATO Amid European Alarm Over Trump’s Agenda  The New York Times
  2. Turmoil churns below the surface as Rubio meets NATO allies  politico.eu
  3. A wary Europe awaits Rubio with NATO’s future on the line  AP News
  4. Rubio arrives in Brussels for NATO talks amid unease over Trump’s agenda  Fox News
  5. NATO allies brace themselves for more harsh truths from US' Marco Rubio  Euronews.com
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UK ministers will respond to US tariffs with ‘calm heads’, Starmer tells business chiefs

Prime minister says tariffs will be ‘a challenge’ but UK is better placed with 10% rate than EU at 20%

Keir Starmer has told heads of business in Downing Street that “clearly there will be an economic impact” from US tariffs but that ministers would respond with “cool and calm heads”.

The prime minister gathered senior business figures in No 10 after Donald Trump announced he would introduce 10% blanket tariffs on imports from the UK, and 25% on car imports.

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RPA hospital closes HIV psychiatry clinic with 200 patients after staff resignations

Exclusive: Former staff tell Guardian Australia some HIV patients have since required acute mental health care, as hospital also loses specialist pain and eating disorder support staff

The resignation of psychiatrists from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital has led to the closure of an HIV psychiatry clinic with 200 patients, as well as a loss of specialist psychiatrist services for patients in the pain clinic and the most unwell eating disorder patients.

Minutes from a Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) and Balmain hospital medical staff council on 10 February, seen by Guardian Australia, also contain slides from a presentation about psychiatrist resignations that state “there is no HIV psychiatry clinic”.

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‘Game on’: Kim Williams has ‘no doubt’ a Coalition government would initiate a review of the ABC

ABC chair backs public broadcaster after Peter Dutton’s comments warning it would need to demonstrate ‘excellence’

The chair of Australia’s public broadcaster says he has “no doubt” a Coalition government would initiate a review of the ABC, but that the organisation has nothing to apologise for in its quest for “excellence” and “efficiency”.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt within the event of Mr [Peter] Dutton acceding to office that there would be a very early call for an efficiency and, apparently, an excellency review for what the ABC does. Game on,” Kim Williams said during a speech at the Melbourne Press Club on Thursday.

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Brisbane woman charged with murder after allegedly giving terminally ill partner lethal dose of pain medication

Police say David Mobbs was in ‘last stages of his life’ with motor neurone disease and had been in and out of hospital before his death

A pensioner has been charged with murder after being accused of administering a lethal dose of prescription medication to her terminally ill partner.

Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, was arrested more than a year after the death of David Ronald Mobbs, 56, at Alexandra Hills, in Brisbane’s south-east, in December 2023.

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Myanmar’s military government announces temporary ceasefire to aid quake efforts – CNN

  1. Myanmar’s military government announces temporary ceasefire to aid quake efforts  CNN
  2. Myanmar earthquake: BBC finds huge devastation and little help for survivors in Mandalay  BBC
  3. Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 with hundreds still missing  ABC News
  4. Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire as earthquake deaths pass 3,000  NPR
  5. How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok  The New York Times
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C of E vicars call for ’urgent and decisive action’ on increasing their pensions

Lead signatory of letter to Church Times says it is ‘moral and Christian imperative’ to ensure dignified retirement

Church of England vicars are demanding an increase in pensions amid claims that many face an impoverished old age, with some forced to rely on food banks or move in with adult children.

Almost 2,000 C of E clergy have joined an action group on Facebook in the past few weeks and 700 signed a letter to the Church Times calling for “urgent and decisive action”.

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