Rainstorms trigger severe flooding in south China
Heavy rainfall in southern China has caused severe flooding and landslides, affecting over 300,000 people.
Exclusive: Air India warned for flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides – Reuters
- Exclusive: Air India warned for flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides Reuters
- Air India Plane Crash Highlights Dangers of Crowded Airport Zones The New York Times
- Airline in Deadly Boeing Crash Warned for Safety Breach on Other Aircraft The Daily Beast
- Unbearable twist of fate: Tiffin delivery man ‘saves’ 80 doctors; loses daughter, mother in Ahmedabad pla Times of India
- Air India says one engine on crashed plane was new BBC
Potential US military escalation in Iran is a “coercive lever”
Andreas Krieg says Israel is shaping Trump’s view on Iran’s nukes – increasing the chances of US military involvement.
Gulf States Caught Off Guard by Speed of Israel’s Iran Attack – Bloomberg.com
- Gulf States Caught Off Guard by Speed of Israel’s Iran Attack Bloomberg.com
- The Arab world thinks differently about this Iran war The Economist
- What the Israel-Iran conflict means for the wider region NPR
- Gulf monarchies hold rival Iran close as Israel conflict rages Financial Times
- Israel Further Alienates Would-Be Arab Allies in Attacking Iran The New York Times
Victoria Liberals bail out John Pesutto with $1.5m loan to avoid bankruptcy
Party approves last-minute loan to help former leader pay $2.3m defamation costs against Moira Deeming
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The Victorian Liberal party will provide a $1.5m loan to former leader John Pesutto to ensure he can pay Moira Deeming’s legal fees and avoid bankruptcy.
The loan was debated by the 19-member administrative committee on Thursday night and ultimately endorsed after a secret ballot, which was proposed to limit any factional retribution within a deeply divided party.
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Continue reading...US free-speech rights shredded despite Trump vow to be first-amendment champion
Experts say free speech under attack in ways not seen since Nixon – and critics of president’s agenda are being targeted
A cornerstone of the Maga movement during the Biden administration was to accuse a mixture of the so-called “woke left” and the justice department of forcing America into the grips of a free speech crisis.
Common complaints were that nobody “can say anything any more” without being canceled or arrested for extremism. In the same breath, Maga broadly described the January 6 insurrection, which killed a police officer, as peaceful, accusing the Democrats of a communist conspiracy.
Continue reading...Guardian Australia’s In the Box investigation wins award at Walkley Foundation’s Mid-Year Media Prizes
Ben Smee and Melissa Davey’s investigation uncovered stories of incarcerated children who were born with severe intellectual disabilities
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A groundbreaking Guardian Australia investigation into incarcerated teenagers born with severe intellectual disabilities has been awarded the Media Diversity Australia prize at the Walkley Foundation’s Mid-Year Media Prizes.
In the box: how children with FASD end up in police cells, by Queensland correspondent Ben Smee and medical editor Melissa Davey, uncovered the stories of children who, branded repeat offenders, spend their days locked in adult watch houses despite living with the effects of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Continue reading...Thai prime minister’s leaked phone call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen sparks outrage and political turmoil – AP News
- Thai prime minister's leaked phone call with Cambodia's Hun Sen sparks outrage and political turmoil AP News
- How a leaked phone call between a former strongman and a young leader could topple a government CNN
- Asean credibility at stake as Thailand-Cambodia tensions escalate: analysts South China Morning Post
- Thailand’s Prime Minister Faces Calls to Resign After Leak The New York Times
- Thai PM apologises over leaked call with Hun Sen as crisis threatens to topple government The Guardian
Iran launches missile attacks as Israel strikes nuclear sites
Iranian missiles damage Israeli hospital while Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites amid escalating conflict.
Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean’ hopes to unearth ships and treasure
Exploration of Bahamas seabed will be first time notorious New Providence hideout has been searched
The Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries.
But almost nothing is known about the life and times of actual pirates.
Continue reading...Hurricane Erick slams into Mexico’s coast as Category 3 storm
US National Hurricane Center warns of risk of 'life-threatening flooding and mudslides'.
New Rio de Janeiro law requires public hospitals to display anti-abortion signs
Opponents view the controversial act as part of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict abortion access
A new law has just come into force in Rio de Janeiro requiring all public hospitals and clinics run by the municipal government to display anti-abortion signs bearing messages such as: “Did you know that the unborn child is discarded as hospital waste?”
Reproductive rights activists view the act as the latest example of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict access to abortion in a country that already has some of the world’s most restrictive laws.
Continue reading...No Rock Stars, No Mercedes: A Russian Expo Shows the Cost of Divorce With the West – The New York Times
- No Rock Stars, No Mercedes: A Russian Expo Shows the Cost of Divorce With the West The New York Times
- Vladimir Putin’s investment forum fails to attract western companies Financial Times
- Russia's flagship economic forum offers scant hope of foreign investment revival Reuters
- In Saint Petersburg, 'Putin's Davos' features the Kremlin elite and their allies Le Monde.fr
- St. Petersburg Economic Forum 2025 Opens With ‘Multipolar’ Focus The Moscow Times
Israel attacks Iran’s Arak reactor as Iranian missile hits Israeli hospital
Iranian media report air defences were activated in the area of the Khondab nuclear facility, formerly called Arak.
Finnish parliament votes to exit landmines treaty due to Russia threat – Reuters
- Finnish parliament votes to exit landmines treaty due to Russia threat Reuters
- Finland's lawmakers vote to leave land mine treaty as Nordic country boosts defenses against Russia AP News
- Finland's parliament votes to withdraw from landmine treaty due to Russia threat Euronews.com
- Finland votes to withdraw from landmine treaty, citing Russian threat The Kyiv Independent
- MPs approve Finland's withdrawal from Ottawa landmine treaty Yle
What are the risks of bombing a nuclear site? – BBC
Trump embraces Pakistan: ‘Tactical romance’ or a new ‘inner circle’?
Trump hosts Pakistan army chief Asim Munir for an unprecedented White House lunch, as the US and Pakistan reset ties.
Lithuanian hunters refuse to kill bear that ambled around capital for two days
Government issued permit to shoot young female who entered Vilnius, despite only small number left in Baltic country
A young female bear caused a stir after wandering out of the forest and into the leafy suburbs of the Lithuanian capital.
For two days, the brown bear ambled through the neighbourhoods of Vilnius, trotted across highways and explored backyards – all while being chased by onlookers with smartphones and, eventually, drones.
Continue reading...IAEA chief: No evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon
IAEA says no proof of Iranian nuclear weapons plan, despite Israeli attacks and accusations of IAEA bias from Tehran.
Hurricane Erick ‘extremely dangerous’ as it nears Mexico
The storm is expected to make landfall on Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Thursday.