- Israel calls on famine-stricken residents to flee and targets more high-rises in Gaza City Politico
- LIVE: Israeli attacks on school, tents and homes kill at least 21 in Gaza Al Jazeera
- Palestinians Begin a Perilous Flight From Gaza City The Wall Street Journal
- Israeli military warns Gaza City residents to leave, bombs high-rise tower Reuters
- Inside the IDF's Massive Preparations to Take Over Gaza City Haaretz
Postal traffic into US plunges by more than 80% after Trump ends exemption
Dozens of operators have suspended service to the US until a solution is implemented on parcels worth $800 or less
Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal agency said Saturday.
The Universal Postal Union says it has started rolling out new measures that can help postal operators around the world calculate and collect duties, or taxes, after the US eliminated the so-called “de minimis exemption” for lower-value parcels.
Continue reading...West Point cancels ceremony to honor Tom Hanks as ‘outstanding US citizen’
Little known about decision, although Hanks, who has advocated for military memorials, also voted for Biden
In Forrest Gump, the title character, played by Tom Hanks, receives the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Lyndon B Johnson.
In real life, it appears Hanks will no longer receive another military honor.
Continue reading...Trump quietly preparing to travel next month to South Korea, where he could sit down with China’s leader – CNN
- Trump quietly preparing to travel next month to South Korea, where he could sit down with China’s leader CNN
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Shabana Mahmood expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to barracks
New home secretary is expected to unveil plans to use military sites as Labour seeks to harden immigration policy
Shabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks as Labour seeks to harden its immigration policy amid rising numbers of crossings in the channel.
The new home secretary is reportedly set to announce the use of Ministry of Defence sites to house people after a wave of protests outside migrant accommodation over the summer.
Continue reading...Lisbon funicular worker among those killed in crash
Four employees of a non-profit organisation and a transport worker are among those who died.
Hippo capsizes boat in Ivory Coast; 11 people missing, including children and baby – CBS News
More than 7,000 under-fives in Gaza put in malnutrition recovery in two-week period – The Guardian
- More than 7,000 under-fives in Gaza put in malnutrition recovery in two-week period The Guardian
- Gaza is city of “fear, flight and funerals,” says UN official Vatican News
- The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns UN News
- In Gaza, teachers find a way to educate even without classrooms The Globe and Mail
- One child killed every hour in Gaza war: Save the Children Middle East Eye
Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, starring Cate Blanchett, surprise winner of Venice Golden Lion
The Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing account of a Palestinian child’s death in Gaza, won the runner-up Silver Lion
US indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival on Saturday with Father Mother Sister Brother, a three-part meditation on the uneasy tie between parents and their adult children.
Although his gentle comedy received largely positive reviews, it had not been a favourite for the top prize, with many critics instead tipping the Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing true-life account of the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl during the Gaza war. In the end, the film directed by Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania took the runner-up Silver Lion.
Continue reading...Boko Haram kills at least 60 in overnight attack on Nigerian village
Many of those killed had recently returned to the village in Borno State, following years of displacement.
Boko Haram kills at least 60 in overnight attack on Nigerian village
Many of those killed had recently returned to the village in Borno State, following years of displacement.
WA museum tells staff ‘almost all of us are guilty’ of burning fossil fuels in email defending Woodside partnership
Exclusive: Climate advocates reject CEO’s claim he is ‘not qualified’ to comment on risks of gas firm’s plan to extend production to 2070
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The head of the Western Australian Museum has told staff that burning fossil fuels is something “almost all of us are guilty of in one way or another” in an email defending the institution’s renewed research partnership with Woodside.
The museum’s chief executive, Alec Coles, sent the email to staff before a Woodside-sponsored August open day at the Maritime Museum – one of WA Museum’s seven locations. It came amid public criticism of the extension of the “longstanding collaboration”, in which the gas company supports the museum’s biodiversity research along the WA coastline.
Continue reading...‘We are the troops’: Inside Chicago’s split communities as Trump vows to deploy National Guard
Some locals are working to prevent youngsters from sliding into gangs, but others ask the troops to come sooner.
Lisbon funicular cable snapped before deadly crash, report finds
Investigators say it had not been possible to visually inspect section of cable that separated before incident
A cable linking two carriages snapped shortly before Wednesday’s funicular crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people, accident inspectors have said in a report.
An operator tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, investigators added.
Continue reading...Zelenskyy rejects Putin’s invite to Moscow and offers to talk in Kyiv – Euronews.com
- Zelenskyy rejects Putin's invite to Moscow and offers to talk in Kyiv Euronews.com
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- Zelensky on Putin’s Moscow invitation: ‘He can come to Kyiv’ The Hill
- Zelenskyy Challenges Putin To 'Come To Kyiv,' As Russian Drones Strike The Capital Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say
More habitat has been given up legally in 2025 so far than any other year since the animals were listed as threatened, analysis shows
NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging
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More clearing of koala habitat has been approved under Australia’s nature laws in 2025 so far than in any other year since the marsupial was listed as a threatened species, according to an analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.
The destruction of 3,958 ha of bush approved across eight projects, including a coalmine in Queensland, equates to about four Sydney airports’ worth of clearing.
Continue reading...NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging
Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory
Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say
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The Minns government has confirmed its long-awaited great koala national park, announcing it will add 176,000 hectares of forest to existing reserves in mid-north New South Wales to create one of the largest national parks in the state and protect more than 12,000 koalas.
The premier, Chris Minns, and environment minister, Penny Sharpe, said the government would put an immediate moratorium on logging within the park’s boundaries and roll out a jobkeeper style support package for workers at affected timber mills in the region.
Continue reading...Catholic LGBT pilgrimage to Vatican sparks hopes of greater acceptance – politico.eu
- Catholic LGBT pilgrimage to Vatican sparks hopes of greater acceptance politico.eu
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Five people dead as rescue boat overturns in Pakistan floods
More than a dozen rescued after boat capsizes during evacuations in Pakistan's flood-stricken Punjab.
Cable snapped before Lisbon funicular crash, investigators say
The rest of the mechanism worked properly, says a preliminary statement into the crash which killed 16 people.