Chicago mayor signs order to resist potential Trump crackdown
The order is the latest chapter in an escalating feud between the White House and Illinois state officials over violent crime and immigration.
The trade in US body parts that’s completely legal – but ripe for exploitation
Human remains can mean profits. But there is an emotional debate about the ethics of the industry.
Tories would maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction, Badenoch to say
Conservative leader says it is ‘absurd’ to shift away from fossil fuels and leave ‘vital resources untapped’
The Conservative party will aim to “maximise extraction” of oil and gas in the North Sea if it wins power, Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce.
Badenoch will use a speech in Aberdeen in the coming days to set out her plans to extract as much oil and gas as possible instead of shifting away from fossil fuels, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
Continue reading...Xi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull – The New York Times
- Xi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull The New York Times
- While Trump Rattles the World, China Basks in the Limelight The Wall Street Journal
- SCO summit in China: Who’s attending, what’s at stake amid Trump tariffs? Al Jazeera
- Trump’s double humiliation as Xi embraces Modi and Putin The Telegraph
- China is playing a calculated diplomatic game and this week is about showing off what it can do Sky News
Reeling from Trump’s tariffs, India and China seek a business reboot
India's prime minister hopes to draw nearer to some of the world’s largest economies.
More than 500 workers at Voice of America and other broadcasters to be laid off
Acting CEO of parent agency makes announcement one day after judge blocks her from firing VOA director
The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said. The move could ratchet up a months-long legal challenge over the news outlets’ fate.
Kari Lake, acting CEO of the US Agency for Global Media, announced the latest round of job cuts late Friday, one day after a federal judge blocked her from removing Michael Abramowitz as VOA director.
Continue reading...Houthis confirm their prime minister killed in Israeli strike
Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi and several other Houthi officials were killed in the attack, the Iran-backed movement says.
Houthis confirm their prime minister killed in Israeli strike
Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi and several other Houthi officials were killed in the attack, the Iran-backed movement says.
Trump administration moves to fire most Voice of America journalists
Termination notices have been issued to more than 500 employees of VOA and its parent agency.
Watch: The best looks from the Venice red carpet so far
Actor Julia Roberts makes her Venice Film Festival debut promoting her new movie After The Hunt.
Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary
Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health department
Bernie Sanders has joined in on growing public calls for Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign, after recent chaos across US health agencies.
In an op-ed published in the New York Times on Saturday, the Vermont senator accused Kennedy of “endangering the health of the American people now and into the future”, adding: “He must resign.”
Continue reading...Three dead after protests over death of taxi driver in Indonesia
The demonstrations - which also focus on cost-of-living and politicians expenses - are seen as a key test for President Prabowo Subianto.
DOJ reassigned top attorneys. They quit after feeling sidelined. – The Washington Post
DOJ reassigned top attorneys. They quit after feeling sidelined. The Washington Post
Three killed and dozens injured in train derailment in Egypt
The train had been travelling from Marsa Matruh to the Egyptian capital Cairo when it came off the tracks.
Prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government killed in Israeli strike – Reuters
- Prime minister of Yemen's Houthi government killed in Israeli strike Reuters
- Houthis Say Prime Minister Was Killed in Israeli Attack The New York Times
- Yemen’s Houthis confirm Israeli strike killed group’s prime minister Al Jazeera
- Yemen’s Houthis say prime minister of rebel-controlled government killed in Israeli airstrike CNN
- Key Houthi Leader Killed in Israeli Airstrike The Wall Street Journal
What’s behind widespread unrest in Indonesia?
Violence spreads after police vehicle kills delivery driver on motorcycle.
IDF Strike on Gaza City Bakery Kills 11 Palestinians, Including Children, Medics Say – Haaretz
- IDF Strike on Gaza City Bakery Kills 11 Palestinians, Including Children, Medics Say Haaretz
- LIVE: Child, aid seekers shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza Al Jazeera
- A Gaza City Neighborhood Is Now a Wasteland, Satellite Images Show The New York Times
- Israel Pounds Gaza City Suburbs, Netanyahu to Convene Security Cabinet U.S. News & World Report
- Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza City, kills 16 people around enclave, medics say Reuters
3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building amid week of protests – PBS
- 3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building amid week of protests PBS
- Indonesia’s president cancels China trip and TikTok suspends live video as deadly protests continue CNN
- Indonesia accepts protesters' demand to cut lawmakers perks amid unrest Reuters
- Three dead after protests over death of taxi driver in Indonesia BBC
- 3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building ABC News
New York City declares Harlem legionnaire’s disease outbreak over
Local hospital’s cooling tower was found to be harboring the bacteria after seven people died and 90 were hospitalized over three weeks
New York City has declared the deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak in central Harlem over, nearly three weeks since it began.
On Friday, city health officials announced that there have been no new cases among residents who live or work in the area since 9 August. As of Friday, there have been 114 cases of legionnaires’ disease, with 90 people hospitalized – six of those remaining in hospital – and seven deaths.
Continue reading...Investigation launched into ‘horrific murder’ of Ukrainian politician in Lviv
Former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy shot dead as EU ministers meet to discuss measures to force Moscow to the negotiating table
A Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker was shot dead in Lviv on Saturday, authorities said, as European foreign ministers met to discuss increasing pressure on Moscow to end its war against Ukraine.
Andriy Parubiy, a member of parliament who served as parliamentary speaker from 2016 to 2019 and a key figure in Ukraine’s 2013 pro-European Maidan revolution, was shot dead, prosecutors said. A murder investigation has been launched and the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, condemned the killing as a “horrific murder”.
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