Ecuador’s president says he was target of foiled chocolate and jam poisoning
Daniel Noboa claims three highly-concentrated toxic substances were found in gifts he was given.
Donald Trump Ripped For ‘Snide’ Comment To Foreign Reporter He Didn’t Understand – HuffPost
- Donald Trump Ripped For ‘Snide’ Comment To Foreign Reporter He Didn’t Understand HuffPost
- Donald Trump roasted for not understanding French journalist’s accent: ‘How does he talk to Melania?’ Times of India
- Fox News viewers brand Donald Trump an 'Alzheimer's case' as they air breaking mishap Irish Star
- Trump shuts down reporter over Israel's vote to annex West Bank after his threat to cut support Daily Mail
- ‘I Cannot Understand a Word She’s Saying’: Trump Frustrated by Reporter With ‘Beautiful Accent’ mediaite.com
Slow-motion footage reveals secrets of snake bites
Scientists working out of a venom laboratory in Paris studied which snakes strike their prey fastest.
Watch: UN official says Gaza ruins ‘like Hiroshima’
Humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher talk to the BBC about scenes of despair he witnessed on a recent trip to the costal enclave.
Trump Seeks Elusive Trade Deal With Xi in High-Stakes Meeting – Bloomberg.com
- Trump Seeks Elusive Trade Deal With Xi in High-Stakes Meeting Bloomberg.com
- ‘Throw of the iron dice’: Inside Trump’s most perilous foreign trip yet Politico
- Trump and Xi to Meet With Stakes High for Both Bloomberg.com
- Trump heads to Asia aiming for trade deal with China. Could farmers lose a key customer? USA Today
- Thursday is set for highly anticipated summit between Trump and Xi Jinping Yahoo Finance
Europe’s Persistence in Supporting Ukraine Is Bearing Fruit – The New York Times
- Europe’s Persistence in Supporting Ukraine Is Bearing Fruit The New York Times
- What international sanctions have been placed on Russia? Reuters
- Europe must go further and faster to break Russia’s war machine The Independent
- A Divided Ukraine and European Security Geopolitical Futures
- Ukraine, Russia and Trump’s sanctions gamble European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
US weighs which side’s red line to cross as it seeks to implement Gaza deal’s 2nd phase – The Times of Israel
- US weighs which side’s red line to cross as it seeks to implement Gaza deal’s 2nd phase The Times of Israel
- There Is No Peace in Gaza The New Yorker
- How the Gaza Deal Got Done Time Magazine
- How Hunger Threatens Peace in Gaza Foreign Affairs
- What’s Next in Gaza with Amit Segal The Free Press
Russian investors trapped as EU mulls using frozen funds – DW
- Russian investors trapped as EU mulls using frozen funds DW
- EU fails to back frozen Russian cash loan - but vows to support Ukraine BBC
- Can Europe Agree on Turning Frozen Russian Assets Into Cash for Ukraine? The New York Times
- Ukrainian president to meet with EU leaders as they make decision on war funding NPR
- E.U. eyes a giant pot of frozen Russian money to help Ukraine in war The Washington Post
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city
Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’
The Delhi regional government is trialling a cloud-seeding experiment to induce artificial rain, in an effort to clean the air in the world’s most polluted city.
The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has been proposing the use of cloud seeding as a way to bring Delhi’s air pollution under control since it was elected to lead the regional government this year.
Continue reading...UK’s biggest weapons firm BAE grounds ‘lifeline’ aircraft delivering food aid
Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain’s arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRC
Britain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, has quietly scrapped support for a fleet of aircraft providing “life-saving” humanitarian aid to some of the world’s poorest countries.
The decision further reduces the distribution of vital aid to countries facing serious humanitarian crises, including South Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Continue reading...Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa rapidly intensifies in the Caribbean – CNN
- Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa rapidly intensifies in the Caribbean CNN
- Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to become a major hurricane and bring 'catastrophic flash flooding and landslides.' See its projected path. Yahoo
- Tropical Storm Melissa A Serious Flood Danger To Jamaica, Haiti; Forecast To Rapidly Intensify To A Hurricane The Weather Channel
- Deadly Tropical Storm Melissa gains strength ahead of potentially catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Hispaniola FOX Weather
- Melissa bringing deadly and destructive rains to the Caribbean Yale Climate Connections
Hungary’s Orbán and Magyar hold competing rallies before 2026 election – Euronews.com
- Hungary's Orbán and Magyar hold competing rallies before 2026 election Euronews.com
- Hungary: Orban, Magyar rally supporters on Memorial Day DW
- Hungarians March In Budapest At Rival Political Rallies On Anniversary Of 1956 Revolt Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Orbán and his main rival plan dueling demonstrations as Hungary’s elections near AP News
- Viktor Orban supporters march in Budapest — and other news in pictures The Times
NBA stars and mafia among dozens arrested in illegal gambling crackdown
It follows a sweeping FBI investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged, mafia-linked poker games.
Gaza doctors struggle to investigate ‘signs of torture’ on unnamed dead returned by Israel
Photographs show bodies with multiple signs of injury and wrists tied behind their backs.
Gaza doctors struggle to investigate ‘signs of torture’ on unnamed dead returned by Israel
Photographs show bodies with multiple signs of injury and wrists tied behind their backs.
‘Kill crew’ allegedly sent photo of kidnapped Sydney woman before murdering her, police say
Police have charged three more men over the death of 45-year-old Thi Kim Tran
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Three men have been charged with murder after allegedly taking part in the “kill crew” that murdered a 45-year-old woman from suburban Sydney.
Thi Kim Tran’s body was found bound and gagged in the back of a burnt-out SUV in the city’s south-west on 17 April.
Continue reading...Louvre heist lift-maker seizes the moment with new ad campaign
The firm touted its "quiet as a whisper" technology for "when you need to move fast".
German bid to close migrant boats loophole could face delay
There are growing doubts Germany will be able to tighten its laws this year, the BBC has learned.
Trump says all Canada trade talks ‘terminated’ over ad criticising tariffs
US president accuses Canada of ‘egregious behaviour’ after release of ad featuring Ronald Reagan criticising tariffs
Donald Trump has announced an immediate end to “all trade negotiations” with Canada over a television advertisement opposing US tariffs that quoted the former US president Ronald Reagan.
The ad, which was paid for by the government of the Canadian province of Ontario, uses excerpts of a 1987 speech where Reagan says “trade barriers hurt every American worker”.
Continue reading...Women launch class action against ADF alleging widespread sexual violence, misogyny and harassment
Female members of the military shouldn’t have to fight off their colleagues on a daily basis, lawyer says
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Women who allegedly suffered widespread and systemic sexual abuse, harassment, discrimination and victimisation while serving in the Australian defence force are taking part in a class action against the commonwealth.
There are four applicants in the class action, whose names are withheld for legal reasons, but any woman subjected to sexual violence, sexual harassment or discrimination while working in the ADF between 12 November 2003 and 25 May 2025 is eligible to join them.
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