Trump tariffs raise the specter of sharper economic downturn for South Korea and Japan – CNBC

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  1. Trump tariffs raise the specter of sharper economic downturn for South Korea and Japan  CNBC
  2. Trump has delayed his monster tariffs. Here’s why you should care  CNN
  3. Trump’s trade blitz produces few deals but lots of uncertainty  The Hill
  4. Trump threatens 'no extensions' on new Aug. 1 tariff deadline, warns of higher import taxes  NBC News
  5. Confused about where things stand with Trump's tariffs? Here's a handy primer  NPR
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Air India jet’s fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears – Reuters

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  1. Air India jet's fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears  Reuters
  2. Air India crash investigation focuses on movement of engine fuel control switches  The Air Current
  3. Toll of Air India disaster rests at 260 as focus turns to crash report  Yahoo
  4. India Set to Release Report on Deadly Air India Crash This Week  Bloomberg
  5. Boeing Stock Dips as Wait Drags on for Fatal 787 Air India Crash Report. What We Know.  Barron's
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USAID review raised ‘critical concerns’ over Gaza aid group days before $30 million US grant – CNN

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  1. USAID review raised ‘critical concerns’ over Gaza aid group days before $30 million US grant  CNN
  2. Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza  NPR
  3. US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza  AP News
  4. Foreseeable flaws in Gaza aid project led to shooting of Palestinians  The Washington Post
  5. GHF head Johnnie Moore slams UN over Gaza aid, helping Hamas  The Jerusalem Post
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Donald Trump’s ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories – Financial Times

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  1. Donald Trump’s ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories  Financial Times
  2. ’Shock. Frustration. Anger.’ Trump’s tariff letters roil Asian allies  Politico
  3. Warburg Predicts Comparable US Tariffs Across Asean Countries  Bloomberg
  4. Malaysia calls for stronger inter-ASEAN trade amid tariffs uncertainty  Reuters
  5. Malaysia’s Anwar warns of weaponised trade as Trump’s tariffs loom  Al Jazeera
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Celebrity chef dismayed over recipe used by Australia’s mushroom killer – France 24

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  1. Celebrity chef dismayed over recipe used by Australia's mushroom killer  France 24
  2. 'You did it': How doctor realised mushroom cook was a killer  BBC
  3. ‘Mushroom murder’ trial: Jury finds Australian woman deliberately killed lunch guests with poisoned Beef Wellington  CNN
  4. The mushroom poisoning trial captivated Australia. Why Erin Patterson did it remains a mystery  AP News
  5. The mushroom murders resemble an Agatha Christie plot – and film studios, publishers and streaming platforms know it  The Guardian
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’Shock. Frustration. Anger.’ Trump’s tariff letters roil Asian allies – Politico

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  1. ’Shock. Frustration. Anger.’ Trump’s tariff letters roil Asian allies  Politico
  2. Malaysian PM warns Southeast Asia that trade war is not a ‘passing storm’  AP News
  3. Malaysia calls for stronger inter-ASEAN trade amid tariffs uncertainty  Reuters
  4. How Trump’s tariff threats could impact relationship between U.S. and Asian allies  PBS
  5. Donald Trump’s ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories  Financial Times
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Australia news live: Chalmers ‘urgently seeking more detail’ after Trump flags 200% pharmaceutical tariffs; head-on collision on Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Treasurer says Trump’s tariff threats on foreign pharmaceuticals and copper ‘very concerning developments’. Follow the latest news live

Chalmers says millions of people were hoping for interest rate relief yesterday

Jim Chalmers says “there were millions of people who were hoping for more rate relief yesterday and didn’t get it”.

As per letters sent to various countries yesterday, in addition to letters that will be sent today, tomorrow, and for the next short period of time, TARIFFS WILL START BEING PAID ON AUGUST 1, 2025. There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change. In other words, all money will be due and payable starting AUGUST 1, 2025 - No extensions will be granted. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Trump Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell – The New York Times

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  1. Trump Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell  The New York Times
  2. A Grandfather Clock, Windmills and Tariffs: Inside Trump’s Rollicking Cabinet Meeting  WSJ
  3. Fact check: Debunking 11 of Trump’s false claims at Cabinet meeting  CNN
  4. In Cabinet meeting, Trump takes a golden opportunity to talk interior decor  The Washington Post
  5. Trump talks tariffs, Russia, Iran at Cabinet meeting; Supreme Court allows mass federal layoffs  NBC News
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How do criminal courts work without juries around the world?

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US defendants can waive right to jury trial and in Germany jury trials were abolished in 1924

One of the most significant recommendations in a review of the criminal courts in England and Wales, expected to be published this week, is likely to be the scrapping of jury trials for certain offences.

The idea in Sir Brian Leveson’s independent inquiry is that it will help reduce the record backlog in the courts. But for many the right to a jury trial, except for the most minor offences, is synonymous with the right to a fair trial and watering it down would be hugely controversial.

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ASA cracks down on online pharmacies advertising weight loss injections

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Watchdog releases nine new rulings setting clear precedents for online selling

Online pharmacies are no longer allowed to run adverts for weight loss injections, the advertising watchdog has ruled, as part of a crackdown on what has been described as a “wild west” culture of online selling.

In the UK, advertising prescription-only medications (POMs) – which includes all weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro – to the public is illegal. However, a Guardian investigation previously found some online pharmacies either breaking these rules outright, or exploiting grey areas to peddle the medications to the public.

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Spanish-language journalist still in Ice custody despite being granted bond

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Mario Guevara, arrested in Georgia while covering a protest, still detained after Ice refused his family’s bond payment

A week after an immigration judge granted him bond, a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest last month remains in federal custody.

Police just outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while he was covering a protest on 14 June, and he was turned over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) several days later. He was being held at an immigration detention center in Folkston – in south-east Georgia, near the Florida border – when an immigration judge last week granted him bond.

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RecipeTin Eats cook upset her beef wellington recipe ‘entangled’ in Erin Patterson murder case

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Convicted murderer told trial she made multiple changes to Nagi Maehashi’s recipe in preparing the fatal lunch two years ago

Nagi Maehashi, the cook behind RecipeTin Eats, says it is “upsetting” to have become “entangled in a tragic situation” after Erin Patterson told her triple murder trial she used the beef wellington recipe for the fateful lunch.

In a post to Instagram on Tuesday, Maehashi requested that journalists of Australia “please stop calling and emailing and texting and DM’ing me about the Erin Patterson case”.

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