- Ali Khamenei: Backed into a corner, Iran’s ruthless leader faces fight for survival France 24
- Who Is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader? The New York Times
- Netanyahu tells ABC he's not ruling out taking out Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ABC News
- Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, US official tells AP AP News
- Sources close to Khamenei warn of growing risk he could miscalculate The Times of Israel
Kim Jong Un to Send Another 6,000 People to Kursk, Russia Says – Business Insider
- Kim Jong Un to Send Another 6,000 People to Kursk, Russia Says Business Insider
- North Korea to send thousands to help rebuild Russia's Kursk region BBC
- North Korea Will Send 5,000 Workers to Russia, Kremlin Says The New York Times
- Kim Jong Un is sending another 6,000 people to Kursk, after an estimated 6,000 of his troops were killed or wounded there Yahoo
- Putin Aide Shoigu Meets Kim as Pyongyang Plans More Military Aid Bloomberg.com
What you need to know about the Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash – Reuters
- What you need to know about the Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash Reuters
- How the Air India crash investigation is unfolding BBC
- AI plane crash: Insurers in a fix as both policyholders and nominees among dead Mint
- AI 171 crash probe widens: Ahmedabad airport ground staff quizzed, phones seized, sabotage angle not rule Times of India
- 787-operated 13 flights cancelled: No safety concern in A-I 787s, DGCA flags maintenance issues The Indian Express
Death toll rises after Russia’s deadliest attack on Kyiv for months
Ukrainian officials say a drone smashed into the building, leaving a number of people dead and wounded.
Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years
Andrew Jassy tells white collar workers that such technology means fewer people will be needed for some jobs
The boss of Amazon has told white collar staff at the e-commerce company their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence in the next few years.
Andrew Jassy told employees that AI agents – tools that carry out tasks autonomously – and generative AI systems such as chatbots would require fewer employees in certain areas.
Continue reading...Erin Patterson could have eaten same lunch as guests and suffered less severe poisoning, defence says
Murder accused’s barrister also warns jurors against using ‘dangerous and seductive’ hindsight reasoning to find mushroom lunch cook guilty
Erin Patterson’s barrister says the jury in her triple murder trial cannot be convinced she did not eat the same beef wellingtons as her lunch guests, and should ignore evidence from the only other survivor of the meal that she served herself on a different coloured plate.
Colin Mandy SC also said in his closing address that Patterson was “not on trial for being a liar”, and warned jurors against using “dangerous and seductive” hindsight reasoning to find her guilty.
Patterson, 50, is facing three charges of murder and one of attempted murder in the Victorian supreme court.
Continue reading...Four teenagers charged over alleged six-hour gang-rape of girl in Sydney
Police accuse four males – aged 14, 16, 18 and 19 – of attacking a 17-year-old in her car in Liverpool in city’s south-west
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An alleged six-hour gang-rape of a teenage girl in a car at the hands of four youths has been described by senior New South Wales police as a degrading incident that “beggars belief”.
A 14-year-old boy was the youngest of the group who allegedly took part in the sexual assault across south-western Sydney in December 2024.
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Continue reading...A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’
The death of Turki al-Jasser was the first high-profile killing of a journalist since the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi
The tweet posted by Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser in 2014 was chillingly prescient: “The Arab writer can be easily killed by their government under the pretext of ‘national security’,” he wrote.
On Saturday, the Saudi interior ministry announced that al-Jasser had been executed in Riyadh, for crimes including “high treason by communicating with and conspiring against the security of the Kingdom with individuals outside it”.
Continue reading...Israeli tornado striking Iran, Israel’s defense minister says in threat – The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli tornado striking Iran, Israel's defense minister says in threat The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli air power reigns over Iran, but needs US for deeper impact Reuters
- Katz amid ongoing Israeli operation in Iran: ‘This is how dictatorships fall’ The Times of Israel
- Israel strikes state-run Iranian TV during live broadcast while Trump issues warning to Tehran NBC4 Washington
- Israel Strikes Iran State Broadcaster, Widening Attacks The New York Times
Nearly 800 babies likely inside hidden septic tank at home for unwed mothers: officials – WSYX
- Nearly 800 babies likely inside hidden septic tank at home for unwed mothers: officials WSYX
- Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers' home AP News
- Grim excavation begins at site believed to contain remains of around 800 babies Fox News
- Dig for remains of 800 infants at former 'mother and baby home' in Ireland begins Sky News
- She Said the Remains of 800 Babies Were Buried Beneath a Home — and People Dismissed Her People.com
Iran’s Supreme Leader Says ‘The Battle Begins’ After Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ (Live Updates) – Forbes
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Says ‘The Battle Begins’ After Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ (Live Updates) Forbes
- Israel-Iran Live Updates: Trump Considering U.S. Strike on Iran, Calls for ‘Unconditional Surrender’ WSJ
- Khamenei: Any US strikes will have ‘serious irreparable consequences’ The Times of Israel
- Israel-Iran live updates: 'War will be met with war' Khamenei warns US ABC News
- Israel-Iran latest: Iran’s supreme leader threatens ‘irreparable consequences’ if Trump joins Israel in strikes The Independent
Watch Indonesian volcano spew ash over 11km into the sky
The twin-peaked Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupted on Tuesday creating a vast plume.
Australia lifts blood, plasma donation ban for gay men
The Lifeblood service says the changes will have no impact on safety but will boost the donor pool.
North Korea Will Send 5,000 Workers to Russia, Kremlin Says – The New York Times
- North Korea Will Send 5,000 Workers to Russia, Kremlin Says The New York Times
- North Korea to send thousands to help rebuild Russia's Kursk region BBC
- North Korea's Kim met Russia's top security official, state media says Reuters
- North Korea plans to send military construction workers and deminers to Russia NPR
- Ukraine war briefing: North Korea sending another 5,000 into Kursk – Russian claim The Guardian
Bali flights cancelled after Indonesia volcano erupts
Lewotobi Laki-Laki spewed an ash tower more than 11km into the air on Tuesday.
Israeli strikes have not knocked out Iran’s nuclear programme – or its nuclear ambitions
Damage done since Friday could be rebuilt within months, and the attacks are likely to fuel both government and popular desire for a nuclear deterrent
In just a few days of war, Israel has killed more than a dozen of Iran’s top nuclear scientists, taken out much of its top military hierarchy and attacked key parts of its nuclear programme.
It has been a powerful display of Israeli military and intelligence dominance, but has not critically damaged Iran’s widely dispersed and heavily protected nuclear programme, Israeli military commanders and international nuclear proliferation experts agree.
Continue reading...How Iran Lost – Foreign Affairs
- How Iran Lost Foreign Affairs
- Will Iran’s hated regime implode? The Economist
- Iran’s Leaders Face a Reckoning as Israeli Strikes Intensify Bloomberg.com
- Iran’s regime fights for survival Financial Times
- The Campaign against Iran: Situation Assessment, Dilemmas, and Implications inss.org.il
Iran state TV urges public to delete WhatsApp, claiming app gathered info for Israel – The Times of Israel
- Iran state TV urges public to delete WhatsApp, claiming app gathered info for Israel The Times of Israel
- Iran Urges Users to Delete WhatsApp The New York Times
- Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work The Conversation
- Meta 'concerned' by Iran telling citizens to stop using WhatsApp, spokesperson says CBS News
- Meta ‘concerned’ Iran could ban WhatsApp after snooping claims Al Jazeera
Iran fires pair of overnight missile barrages at Israel; Khamenei: ‘The battle begins’ – The Times of Israel
- Iran fires pair of overnight missile barrages at Israel; Khamenei: ‘The battle begins’ The Times of Israel
- Thousands of Iranians flee Tehran bombing; Trump said to consider joining Israel in strikes Reuters
- FM to envoys at site of deadly Iranian strike: 'No negotiations taking place, we will achieve our goals' The Times of Israel
- One number could define the Iran-Israel conflict’s outcome CNN
- Fear Stalks Tehran as Israel Bombards, Shelters Fill up and Communicating Grows Harder U.S. News & World Report
‘Spectacular’ moment an enormous tornado crosses a rainbow
Stormchasers captured footage of the major twister swirling near Dickens, Nebraska.