Taiwan lowers Typhoon Ragasa death toll to 14; China starts cleanup
The weakened storm remains a rain threat to Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia.
Israel in Lebanon
Israeli military action in Lebanon has been described as "limited, localised and targeted". But what does that mean?
Malawi’s ex-president wins election in comeback at age 85
Peter Mutharika defeated the incumbent, Lazarus Chakwera, the election commission announces.
Video: Drone activity shuts down Denmark’s Aalborg airport
Video shows a low-flying object near Denmark’s Aalborg airport which was closed to civilian and military flights.
Colombia’s cocaine crisis
The struggle to defeat armed groups.
Xi Declares Success in Chinese Region at Center of Rights-Abuse Claims – The Wall Street Journal
- Xi Declares Success in Chinese Region at Center of Rights-Abuse Claims The Wall Street Journal
- Xi on Xinjiang visit urges ‘every effort’ to achieve social stability South China Morning Post
- Xi visits Xinjiang to mark region’s anniversary Radio Free Asia
- 70 years on, how Xinjiang achieves all-round progress in development news.cgtn.com
- China's Xi urges efforts to maintain social stability in Xinjiang Reuters
The professor who beat fraud allegations to become Malawi’s president…again
The president-elect of the southern African nation has a long and controversial political career.
Woman in Spanish cold case identified after 20 years
Russian citizen Liudmila Zavada, 31, was found dead in July 2005 by a road in the northeastern Spain.
Woman in Spanish cold case identified after 20 years
Russian citizen Liudmila Zavada, 31, was found dead in July 2005 by a road in the northeastern Spain.
Italy, Spain send navy ships to protect Gaza flotilla after drone attacks
Italy and Spain intervene to ensure Gaza flotilla's safety in the Mediterranean after drones drop 'flashbang' devices.
LIVE: Israel bombing, ground invasion of Gaza amplify with 30 killed
Relentless attacks continue with Israel's army also targeting central and southern Gaza as global condemnation rises.
BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza
Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.
‘Bloodiest day’: How Gen-Z protest wave hit India’s Ladakh, killing four
Protesters, until now peaceful, have been demanding statehood and special protections for the region bordering China.
Low birthrates in England could lead to ‘closure of 800 primary schools by 2029’
Primary pupil numbers could fall by 4% over next five years leading to reduction of 162,000 pupils, study finds
Declining numbers of children across England could lead to the equivalent of 800 primary schools falling empty or being closed by the end of the decade, according to research by a thinktank.
The national decline in pupils at state primary schools is mainly driven by low birthrates but is magnified in London by increasing numbers of people moving out of the capital or leaving the state system to move abroad or send their children to private schools, according to the Education Policy Institute.
Continue reading...Social media and weight loss drugs drive UK rise in facelifts in men and people in their 40s
Number of procedures on men up by 26% as experts say cosmetic surgery has become normalised despite risks
Growing numbers of men and younger people are getting facelifts, a trend driven by social media, advances in surgical techniques and the rise of weight loss drugs.
Figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps) show facelifts are on the rise in the UK. In 2024 there were 1,882 procedures, up 8% from the previous year. Women accounted for the majority, with numbers rising by 7% to 1,742. But the steepest increase came from men: procedures grew by 26%, from 111 in 2023 to 140 in 2024.
Continue reading...Generational change or gender breakthrough, whoever Japan’s next PM is will have a mountain to climb
Two candidates have emerged as favourites to lead Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of the party vote next week
The next leader of Japan’s ruling party will either be the country’s first female prime minister or its youngest leader since the war. But the significance of those milestones will be quickly lost in the party’s attempts to rebuild after two bruising elections that have cast doubt over the future of one of the world’s most successful political machines.
Two of the five candidates vying to replace Shigeru ishiba – who announced his resignation earlier this month – as the next president of the Liberal Democratic party (LDP) have emerged as clear favourites in what analysts are describing as a last-ditch attempt to unify a party battered by a major funding scandal and the cost-of-living crisis.
Continue reading...NATO divided on how to respond to repeated Russian incursions – CNN
- NATO divided on how to respond to repeated Russian incursions CNN
- Why Russia’s Airspace Violations Are Pressuring NATO to Respond Bloomberg.com
- Is Russia testing NATO with aerial incursions in Europe? Al Jazeera
- German and Swedish jets intercept Russian military plane over Baltic Sea NPR
- Fighter jets waving at Nato and Alaska incursions: Every time Russia has tested the airspace of Ukraine’s allies The Independent
Colombia’s president calls US attacks on alleged drug boats ‘act of tyranny’
Gustavo Petro told the BBC that "there is no need to kill anyone" in efforts to crackdown on maritime drug smuggling.
‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity
When the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Jerusalem this month, the itinerary his Israeli hosts laid on involved more archaeology than anything else. On his first day, Benjamin Netanyahu took Rubio underground to excavations near the Western Wall. On the second day, Israel’s prime minister gave his American visitor the honour of inaugurating a tunnel burrowed under a Palestinian district, along a Roman-era street nicknamed the Pilgrimage Road, in a “City of David” archaeological park established by an Israeli settler organisation.
Both events were intended to emphasise Jerusalem’s Jewish roots and its status, Netanyahu stressed, as “our eternal and undivided capital”.
Continue reading...Paris court to rule on Nicolas Sarkozy corruption charge
Former president and others accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal election funding from Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi
A Paris court is to rule whether the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is guilty of receiving millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, in the biggest political financing scandal in modern French history.
Judges will deliver their verdict on Thursday after the state prosecutor recommended a seven-year jail term for Sarkozy, who went on trial with 12 other people – including three former government ministers – accused of criminal conspiracy to receive funds from a foreign dictator. Sarkozy and the other accused have denied wrongdoing.
Continue reading...