- Israeli citizens concerned about hostages amid new Gaza City plan BBC
- Hostage families sail toward Gaza calling for Israel to end the war CNN
- Hostages’ families protest against Gaza plan – as it happened The Guardian
- Israeli Leftists Say They Lost Compassion for Palestinians. But Did It Ever Exist? Haaretz
- Israeli sentiment on the war in Gaza is shifting The Economist
Crocs US sales tumble as shoppers choose trainers
The rubber clog-maker claims it is competing with a "clear athletic trend" ahead of the World Cup.
Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions? – The New York Times
- Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions? The New York Times
- Best way to ramp up Western sanctions on Russia is to double down on their enforcement The Kyiv Independent
- Letters | US sanctions have succeeded – in making Putin stronger South China Morning Post
- The Economy of the Russian Federation Will Not Collapse: Hetmancev Explained Under What Conditions This Will Happen 112.ua
- Putin unfazed as his economy holds up The Observer
Far-right Israeli football fans set off pyrotechnics in Latvia’s capital
Beitar Jerusalem fans, who have a history of anti-Arab racism, set off fireworks as Latvian police intervened.
Ukraine’s conscription crisis: Alleged abuse leads to protests, emigration
Officials tasked with boosting army are accused of harshly cracking down on unwilling men, prompting some to flee.
US shrugs off Gaza escalation – drifting further away from allies
The apparent US indifference to the prospect of a long - possibly indefinite - Israeli military occupation marks a telling change in tone.
Starmer calls Gaza City takeover plan wrong and urges Israel to reconsider
UK prime minister says occupation approved by Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet will only bring more bloodshed
Keir Starmer has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to reconsider his plans to take over Gaza City and said the move would only bring more bloodshed.
The British prime minister said Israel’s decision to escalate a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians over the past 22 months while pushing the territory into famine was wrong and would do nothing to secure the release of Israeli hostages.
Continue reading...US pauses most visa applications from Zimbabwe
The announcement marks the latest restriction imposed by the Trump administration on travellers from Africa.
Natsiaa 2025: Gaypalani Waṉambi wins $100,000 award for ‘exquisite’ artwork made with discarded road signs
Waṉambi takes home Australia’s most prestigious First Nations art prize for her artwork Burwu, blossom, which saw her etch thousands of stringybark blossoms and bees
Gaypalani Waṉambi grew up surrounded by art, with her family home in north-eastern Arnhem Land doubling as a studio where her parents and siblings painted on bark and wooden poles. In her late teens, she started assisting her father, esteemed artist Mr W Waṉambi, who taught her how to paint the clan’s ancient designs, using traditional materials such as ochre. As he branched into more experimental forms such as animation and etching on metal, she too began to experiment with these new mediums.
On Friday night, the Yolŋu woman was awarded the $100,000 top prize at the 42nd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art awards (Natsiaas), one of Australia’s richest and most prestigious art prizes, for an artwork that honoured his legacy while forging her own path.
Continue reading...France battles largest wildfire in decades as residents remain displaced
Thousands of residents remain evacuated in Aude as firefighters combat unpredictable flames intensified by strong winds.
NSW police officers jailed for assaulting woman suffering mental health episode during welfare check
Nathan Black, 28, and Timothy John Trautsch, 30, sentenced to at least three years in prison for attack in Sydney in 2023
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Two police officers who punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed a naked woman experiencing a mental health episode will spend the next three years behind bars.
Nathan Black, 28, and Timothy John Trautsch, 30, were sentenced in the Penrith district court in Sydney on Friday.
Continue reading...China warns Philippines over Taiwan remarks amid rising tensions
Beijing warns Manila to stop 'playing with fire' after Marcos signals potential Taiwan conflict involvement.
Mushroom murderer tried to kill husband with pasta, cookies and curry, court was told
One alleged attempt left Simon Patterson in a coma, with his family twice told to say their goodbyes.
Taiwan reports first case of chikungunya virus from China outbreak
The mosquito-borne virus has crossed the Taiwan Strait from southern China, where confirmed cases top 8,000.
Heartbreaking search for missing children after India flash floods
Veer Singh and Kali Devi were away buying groceries when flash floods hit their village on Tuesday.
‘They must not touch the Strait’: Sicily bridge opponents vow to put up a fight – Reuters
- 'They must not touch the Strait': Sicily bridge opponents vow to put up a fight Reuters
- Italy OKs $15.5 billion project to build world's longest suspension bridge from mainland to Sicily AP News
- Record-breaking bridges: How Italy and China are pushing engineering limits ABC News
- Meloni revives €13.5bn Sicilian bridge proposal as part of defence planning Financial Times
- Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily BBC
‘I loved them’ – Police interview Australian mushroom murderer
Footage of police interviewing convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson has been released by the Victorian Supreme Court.
Israel-Gaza war live: security cabinet approves Gaza City take over; opposition leader calls decision ‘a disaster’
Yair Lapid says far-right ministers dragged Benjamin Netanyahu into ‘exactly what Hamas wanted’ after security cabinet approves take over plan
The UK’s ambassador to Israel has said extending the war in Gaza would only lead to more deaths and that occupying Gaza would be a “huge mistake”.
Simon Walters was quoted by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper as saying on Thursday:
The IDF has achieved all that it can achieve in Gaza, and extending the war any further will simply lead to more deaths. Deaths of soldiers, deaths of Palestinians, deaths of hostages.
If you want to defeat Hamas, you cannot achieve that through military force. You need to use politics and diplomacy and you need to give the people of Gaza an alternative to Hamas.
We are working with friends, allies in Europe and in the Middle East to generate a real plan for what happens after the fighting stops, after the war.
It needs to be a description of what the governments will be for Gaza. That has to be governance by Palestinians who are not members of Hamas with a role for the Palestinian Authority.
Continue reading...In my Gaza maternity ward, life and death coexist, but so does hope
A medical intern reflects on the hardship, hunger and resilience of women who bring children into the world amid war.
Why has an AI-altered Bollywood movie sparked uproar in India?
The re-release of a beloved Bollywood classic has caused alarm in India's film industry.