- This summer isn’t breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say AP News
- El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year theguardian.com
- Strong El Niño Could Push 49 Million More People Into Acute Hunger, UN Agency Says U.S. News & World Report
- What the ‘strongest El Niño on record’ actually means (for humans) CNN
- El Niño continues strengthening towards record territory, likely to reach 'Super' status by year's end FOX Weather
Armed man arrested near Trump’s golf course ahead of president’s visit
The arrest happened shortly before President Trump was due to host a fundraising dinner at the coastal golf course in California.
Daniel Andrews defends actions as opposition labels Labor ‘a gangster government’ after Ibac report released
Victorian corruption watchdog finds ‘serious and concerning’ conduct by senior Andrews government members in dealings with union boss
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Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has defended the actions of senior members of his government, whom the state’s anti-corruption watchdog found engaged in “serious and concerning” conduct in their dealings with the leader of the firefighters’ union.
A long-awaited report by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, stopped stopped short of making any findings of corrupt conduct.
Continue reading...Cambridge professor who allegedly plagiarized his Ph.D also accused of falsely claiming he worked at 3 other schools – New York Post
- Cambridge professor who allegedly plagiarized his Ph.D also accused of falsely claiming he worked at 3 other schools New York Post
- Cambridge Professor Jason Arday’s Work Challenged Ahead of Book Launch nytimes.com
- Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor theguardian.com
- Jason Arday: I am not a liar, says star academic accused of plagiarism The Times
- Cambridge’s diversity poster boy faces questions over ‘miracle’ 600-mile run The Telegraph
Brazil downgrades diplomatic ties with Argentina after Milei insults Lula – Reuters
- Brazil downgrades diplomatic ties with Argentina after Milei insults Lula Reuters
- Brazil cuts diplomatic presence in Argentina after Milei insults Lula AP News
- Brazil wants Argentine ambassador out Euronews.com
- Argentina leader doubles down on calling Brazil’s president a ‘thief’ Inquirer.net
- Brazil downgrades relations with Argentina: media Global Times
Iran war live: Tehran-Oman talks on Hormuz ‘positive’; ship hit in Red Sea
Iran says talks with Oman are proceeding 'positively' as US officials say a deal could be possible soon.
Cruises thrown into chaos as drought strands ships, leaves passengers scrambling – Fox News
- Cruises thrown into chaos as drought strands ships, leaves passengers scrambling Fox News
- Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias theguardian.com
- Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river trade AP News
- Europe's heat wave fuels drought, wildfires and fears about energy supplies npr.org
- Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers BBC
US revokes visa of Brazilian ambassador amid deepening diplomatic spat
An official has indicated that the visa revocation does not mean Brazil's ambassador will be expelled from the US.
‘Did you send that report?’ The Icac bombshell that came late for Damien Tudehope
The former Liberal finance minister was questioned by Icac counsel assisting, Peggy Dwyer, on Tuesday
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The bombshell came in the last five minutes of former finance minister and rightwing powerbroker Damien Tudehope’s examination before the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac).
At 3.30pm on Tuesday, Tudehope was shown an email which he sent in February 2023, attaching a leaked draft parliamentary report into branch stacking in the Hills area by the Reformers, the shadowy group at the centre of Icac’s Operation Rosny.
Continue reading...Sri Lanka shuts schools as floods and mudslides kill 7
Torrential rains and flooding have damaged 129 houses and forced the evacuation of nearly 3,500 people, officials say.
Mysterious elephant deaths in Kenya raise questions around pesticides
A wave of Kenyan elephant deaths has been blamed on pesticides, but experts tell the BBC they are doubtful.
‘My grandmother subjected my baby to female genital mutilation behind my back’
In Colombia, where FGM is still practised by some members of an indigenous group, a landmark bill banning the practice has been enacted.
Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations
Miller calls women accusing him liars as Republican senator Bernie Moreno says former son-in-law unfit for Congress
Max Miller, the beleaguered US Republican representative from Ohio, has vowed to defy a rising groundswell of resignation calls from his own party over domestic abuse allegations after his ex-father-in-law, Bernie Moreno, a GOP senator, said he was unfit to serve in Congress.
In a combative interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Miller turned the tables by attacking Moreno, accused three women – including his ex-wife – of lying by saying he had been violent towards them, and invoked Donald Trump in insisting that he would not resign.
Continue reading...Campaign warns of perils UK waters can pose for dogs and owners
Dogs Trust points to hundreds of incidents over recent years, some involving deaths of pets or people
With its gentle rippling water, tall purple flowers and rustling trees, Earlswood Lakes near Solihull in the West Midlands seems the perfect spot for dogs to paddle. But their owners have been warned that the otherwise idyllic open water could prove perilous to pets.
“We’ve had all this hot weather and millions of families are now spending time around open bodies of water, and it’s easy to not realise the dangers,” said Emma-Jane Thomas, rehoming manager at Dogs Trust Kenilworth during a walk around Earlswood.
Continue reading...Charity Commission to investigate donations to illegal Israeli settlements
Official action by regulator for England and Wales comes after formal complaint made by Labour MP about the funds
An official investigation has been launched into charities in England and Wales donating funds to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine.
The Charity Commission will aim to establish the amount of charitable funds going to illegal settlements, whether the spending was in furtherance of their purposes and any regulatory action that may be necessary.
Continue reading...ICE detainee reveals video of drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures
‘Disturbing’ footage shared by California detainee surfaces amid wider complaints about conditions in ICE detention
Attorneys for a man detained in a California immigration detention center have released footage showing him holding up a bottle of water from inside the facility that appeared to be contaminated with worm-like creatures.
The footage came from a video call with Carlitos Ricardo Parias, a Los Angeles man who has been detained for months at the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, north-east of LA.
Continue reading...Jetstar to charge fees up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in overhead lockers
Airline says struggling to find room in overhead lockers on planes a ‘stressful part of the airport experience’
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Jetstar will charge its passengers up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in the overhead locker, in a major change to the budget airline’s carry-on rules.
In a press release on Wednesday morning, the airline announced it would remove the 7kg weight limit for carry-on bags, beginning in February 2027. There will still be size restrictions.
Continue reading...Naplan results 2026: reading and writing worsens in Australian schools as one in three students fail to meet benchmarks
Education minister Jason Clare says the results showed ‘real challenges’ but numeracy scores were heartening
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Reading and writing scores are going backwards for almost every age group in Australia’s national standardised school tests, with one in three students still failing to meet Naplan benchmarks.
This year’s tests were taken in March by 1.2 million students across years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to measure literacy and numeracy proficiency, with results released on Wednesday by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (Acara).
Continue reading...MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds
UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’
MI6 has been ranked as the most powerful foreign intelligence service in Europe ahead of France and the Netherlands, according to a peer review.
The British intelligence agency scored 251 points in the research and was commended for its expertise in recruiting high-level informants and penetrating the ruling elites in Russia, China, Iran and Turkey, according to the review by 60 professionals from 25 countries.
Continue reading...‘I was slut-shamed’ – Indian women ‘cockroach’ protesters doxxed and abused
Women tell the BBC how they were harassed for participating in the CJP protest and posting about it online.