- The Long Road to Peace and Trump’s Short Attention Span The Bulwark
- What Donald Trump gets right in the Middle East The Economist
- To Democrats, Trump is Hitler. To Israel, the president's a hero. What gives? | Opinion USA Today
- Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s focus on reaching the Gaza peace deal PBS
- Column | Trump declares a new ‘dawn’ in Middle East. It could be a false one. The Washington Post
Three Australians accused of premeditated murder in Bali villa could face the death penalty
Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was fatally gunned down in a Bali villa in June
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Three Australians accused of shooting a Melbourne man in a Bali villa are set to be charged with premeditated murder, an offence punishable by the death sentence.
Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was fatally gunned down in the bathroom of Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach, in Bali’s Badung district in June.
Continue reading...Australians took more than $1.4bn from their super last year for everything from weight loss to dental work
Watchdog says some business and practitioners are taking advantage of the compassionate release of superannuation process
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Australians withdrew more than $1.4bn from their superannuation accounts for compassionate reasons in the last financial year, with much of that used to fund medical procedures ranging from dental work to weight loss treatments.
Of the 112,400 applications in 2024-25 for compassionate super access, 93,500 were made on medical grounds, up from 71,900 the year prior. There was a particularly sharp rise in applications to use superannuation to fund dental services, with the number doubling in two years to 32,875 requests.
Continue reading...Watch: Police fire tear gas at protesters in Peru
Police fired tear gas at protesters who could be seen sheltering in doorways.
Australia’s rainforests are releasing more carbon than they absorb, warn scientists – BBC
- Australia's rainforests are releasing more carbon than they absorb, warn scientists BBC
- Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source The Guardian
- Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source Nature
- One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it? New Scientist
- Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hamas accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire by ‘killing at least 24 people’ since Friday – as it happened – The Guardian
- Hamas accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire by ‘killing at least 24 people’ since Friday – as it happened The Guardian
- LIVE: Aid ‘critically low’ in Gaza a week into ceasefire amid Israeli delay Al Jazeera
- Israel, Hamas trade blame over truce violations amid delay in return of dead hostages Reuters
- Two said killed by Israeli fire in north Gaza; IDF: suspects crossed ‘Yellow Line’ The Times of Israel
- Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza The Intercept
Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil
The US president says the move is "a big stop", but there has been no confirmation so far from Delhi.
U.S. falls from world’s 10 most powerful passports list for 1st time ever – Axios
- U.S. falls from world's 10 most powerful passports list for 1st time ever Axios
- How powerful is your passport? The Economist
- Canadians have visa-free access to more countries than Americans: report Global News
- US falls out of top 10 in passport power rankings NewsNation
- US passport weakens to record low as global mobility shifts USA Today
Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti’s capital – NPR
‘Gen Z’ protesters lead global wave of generational discontent – AP News
- ‘Gen Z’ protesters lead global wave of generational discontent AP News
- Frustrated Gen Z Threatens to Topple African Governments The New York Times
- The Gen-Z Movement: This is why we’re risking our lives to protest Amnesty International
- Is Gen Z Reshaping Africa’s Political Landscape? Foreign Policy Research Institute
- Young people around the world are leading protests against their governments The Conversation
Jim Bolger, former New Zealand prime minister who drove reconciliation with Māori, dies at 90
Tributes flow from across political spectrum for man known for high ideals but also remembered for controversially slashing welfare and health spending
Former New Zealand prime minister Jim Bolger, whose political legacy was defined by his deep commitment to reconciliation with Māori as well as his brutal cuts to welfare and deregulation of the labour market, has died aged 90.
Bolger died peacefully surrounded by his wife, Joan, nine children and 18 grandchildren, his family said in a statement on Wednesday. Bolger suffered kidney failure last year and had been undergoing dialysis.
Continue reading...A reward to Gazans for locating hostages’ bodies and the fear of ‘civil war’: This is what is happening in Gaza now – Ynetnews
- A reward to Gazans for locating hostages' bodies and the fear of 'civil war': This is what is happening in Gaza now Ynetnews
- As Gaza ceasefire hinges on returning remains, Waltz says U.S. to help find the missing, including Americans CBS News
- Mediators said seeking pressure on Israel to advance Gaza talks before bodies returned The Times of Israel
- Official: U.S. to offer cash rewards to Gaza civilians for helping locate hostage remains Haaretz
- Israel, US and Arab Partners Launch Task Force To Recover Bodies of Deceased Hostages The Media Line
US may take strategic stakes in rare earths companies to tackle China ‘power grab’
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent raises possibility of taking more direct stakes in companies to protect national security in wake of Beijing’s curbs on rare earths exports
The Trump administration has criticised China’s increased restrictions on rare earth exports as a threat to global supply chains, and said it would seek to tighten control over strategic sectors by taking more stakes in key companies to counter Beijing.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent told an event on Wednesday that China’s dramatic new restrictions on rare earth minerals and magnets demonstrated the need for the US to be self-sufficient in critical materials or rely more on trusted allies.
Continue reading...Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference – The Guardian
- Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference The Guardian
- China Hosts a Summit on Women’s Rights, While Stifling Activism The New York Times
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun’s Regular Press Conference on October 9, 2025 fmprc.gov.cn
- Ghana's former First Lady hails China's leadership in women's empowerment People's Daily
- UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous concludes the official visit to the People’s Republic of China, strengthens global partnerships for gender equality and women’s empowerment UN Women Asia and the Pacific
French Socialist party to fight for wealth tax as it seeks to capitalise on crisis
Party has promised to stand back as weakened prime minister prepares for crucial no-confidence vote
The French Socialist party says it will fight to introduce a flagship wealth tax to raise revenue by targeting France’s richest people, as the divided parliament prepares to begin debating next year’s budget.
Boris Vallaud, the head of the Socialist party grouping in parliament, said on Wednesday that taxing very high-wealth individuals in France was “one of our principal battles and we’re going to put all our energy into it”.
Continue reading...Agnes Wanjiru’s niece urges Labour to extradite ex-soldier while still in power
Esther Njoki says family has seen ‘big change’ under Labour, after long fight for justice over aunt’s 2012 death in Kenya
The niece of Agnes Wanjiru, who was killed in Kenya, said she hopes the former British soldier charged with her aunt’s murder will be extradited while the Labour government is still in power.
On her first trip outside Kenya, Esther Njoki travelled to London, where she was invited to parliament to meet the defence secretary, John Healey, whom she urged not to delay the potentially years-long extradition process.
Continue reading...‘I need to do everything now’: the Ukrainian combat medic-turned playwright
Since Alina Sarnatska’s first play premiered a year ago, she has documented wartime Ukraine with unflinching frankness
Eighteen months ago, Alina Sarnatska was serving as a combat medic on Ukraine’s frontline – including in the hellish battle for Bakhmut – and had barely been to the theatre.
Six months later, she was preparing to watch the premiere of her first play in Kyiv. Now Sarnatska, 38, has several dramas under her belt and is emerging as one of Ukraine’s most powerful voices in the theatre.
Continue reading...Why China still loves its five-year plans – Financial Times
- Why China still loves its five-year plans Financial Times
- CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Beijing gears up for a big strategy meeting as tensions with Washington deepen CNBC
- Purges, personnel, and policy: a primer on China’s Fourth Plenum Brookings
- China to keep its 'all about production' economic playbook as rivalry with US intensifies Reuters
- Self-Strengthening for Strategic Competition: What to Watch at China’s Fourth Plenum Asia Society
South Korea bans travel to parts of Cambodia amid deepening scam crisis that has left 80 missing
An additional 60 South Koreans remain detained by Cambodian authorities after a crackdown on scam operations
South Korea has issued its most serious travel warning for parts of Cambodia, issuing a “code black” ban that orders citizens to leave areas in which the government has identified surging employment scams and detention cases targeting its nationals.
The travel prohibition covers the border towns of Poipet and Bavet, along with the Bokor Mountain region in Kampot province, 140km south-west of Phnom Penh, where a 22-year-old Korean student was allegedly tortured to death in August.
Continue reading...October 15, 2025 – Gaza ceasefire news – CNN
- October 15, 2025 – Gaza ceasefire news CNN
- Hamas Says It Has Returned All Hostage Remains It Can Recover The New York Times
- Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages as military says another body was not that of a hostage AP News
- Israel-Hamas peace deal may hinge on return of all Israeli hostage remains, but is that possible? CBS News
- Hamas returns remains of two more hostages and says 'significant efforts' needed to retrieve others NBC News