- South African mother given life sentence for trafficking 6-year-old daughter USA Today
- A South African woman is sentenced to life in prison for selling her young daughter Yahoo
- Joshlin Smith: South Africa's human trafficking problem BBC
- South African Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Trafficking Missing Daughter, 6 The New York Times
- She Sold Her Daughter, 6, for Her 'Eyes and Skin' — Now the Girl Is Still Missing as Mom Learns Her Fate People.com
In Gaza’s Emaciated Children, a Hunger Crisis Is Laid Bare – The New York Times
- In Gaza’s Emaciated Children, a Hunger Crisis Is Laid Bare The New York Times
- Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC BBC
- New aid distribution mechanism threatens Hamas control, Israeli sources say The Jerusalem Post
- What is a famine and who declares one? WTOP
- Israel aid blockage making Gaza 'hungriest region on earth', UN office says Reuters
After 529 days alone in the Australian bush, Valerie the mini dachshund is home – NPR
Macron says Europe must ‘harden’ stance on Israel unless Gaza crisis eases – politico.eu
- Macron says Europe must ‘harden’ stance on Israel unless Gaza crisis eases politico.eu
- Macron Says Israel Can’t Have ‘Free Pass’ in Gaza The New York Times
- Middle East crisis: Israel accuses Macron of ‘crusade against the Jewish state’ – as it happened The Guardian
- Macron threatens sanctions on Israelis over ‘untenable’ Gaza aid crisis Al Jazeera
- Macron's 'recognition' of a Palestinian state is a way to punish Israel - opinion The Jerusalem Post
14,000 troops, 100 ballistic missiles and millions of munitions: What North Korea has sent to Russia, report finds – Yahoo
- 14,000 troops, 100 ballistic missiles and millions of munitions: What North Korea has sent to Russia, report finds Yahoo
- US and allies accuse North Korea and Russia of flagrantly violating UN sanctions in military deals AP News
- Ukrainian cities ‘terrorised’ by North Korean weapons in Russian hands – report The Guardian
- North Korea’s Surging Military Aid to Russia Detailed in Report Bloomberg
- Russia's Reward to North Korea for Troops Revealed Newsweek
US government health report cited non-existent sources, academics say
Authors of several studies cited in the report told news outlets they did not write them and the studies did not exist.
Half of world’s population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say – AP News
Plane carrying Liberian president involved in landing scare
Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.
Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC
Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary general of humanitarian affairs, says "we're seeing food set on the borders and not being allowed in".
Hanoi bans The Economist’s issue featuring Vietnam’s leader on its cover, reports say
Media quoted unnamed distributors who said they could not obtain copies of the magazine or that it had been banned
The latest print edition of the Economist, which features Vietnam’s top leader on its cover, has been banned in the country, the latest instance of media censorship in the communist, one-party state.
The magazine carried an image of the Communist party General Secretary To Lam with stars on his eyes, alongside the headline “The man with a plan for Vietnam”, with an article carrying the subheading: “A Communist party hard man has to rescue Asia’s great success story”.
Continue reading...Hamas says US ceasefire plan accepted by Israel does not meet demands to end war in Gaza
Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, a 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza as soon as deal signed off
Israel has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the White House has said, and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan although its terms did not meet the group’s demands.
As a US-backed system for distributing food in the shattered territory expanded, Israeli media reported that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told the families of hostages held in Gaza that Israel had accepted a deal presented by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.
Continue reading...‘Éclaircissement’: Watch 13-year-old win US National Spelling Bee
Faizan Zaki correctly spelled the French-derived word "éclaircissement" to secure the title and take home the $52,500 prize.
Family of Warlpiri man who died after being restrained by police in supermarket demand independent inquiry
Exclusive: Lawyer for 24-year-old’s family ask NT police to ‘appoint independent body from another state or territory to undertake investigation’ after Alice Springs death
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An independent investigator must be appointed to examine the death of a Warlpiri man in police custody, family members say, while also demanding video footage be released.
The 24-year-old man with disabilities from Yuendemu died on Tuesday afternoon after police restrained him in an Alice Springs supermarket.
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Continue reading...Ukraine’s AI ‘Mothership’ Drone Ready for First Autonomous Strikes – Kyiv Post
- Ukraine’s AI ‘Mothership’ Drone Ready for First Autonomous Strikes Kyiv Post
- Ukraine’s AI-powered ‘mother drone’ sees first combat use, minister says The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine scrambles to set up ‘drone wall’ as it braces for Russian summer offensive CNN
- Ukraine’s ‘drone war’ hastens development of autonomous weapons Financial Times
- If drone companies don't have their kit on the frontline in Ukraine they 'might as well give up,' says UK minister Yahoo
Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries
Exclusive: Climate cost of war is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds
The carbon footprint of the first 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza will be greater than the annual planet-warming emissions of a hundred individual countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the huge civilian death toll, new research reveals.
A study shared exclusively with the Guardian found the long-term climate cost of destroying, clearing and rebuilding Gaza could top 31m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). This is more than the combined 2023 annual greenhouse gases emitted by Costa Rica and Estonia, yet there is no obligation for states to report military emissions to the UN climate body.
Over 99% of the almost 1.89m tCO2e estimated to have been generated between the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack and the temporary ceasefire in January 2025 is attributed to Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza.
Almost 30% of greenhouse gases generated in that period came from the US sending 50,000 tonnes of weapons and other military supplies to Israel, mostly on cargo planes and ships from stockpiles in Europe. Another 20% is attributed to Israeli aircraft reconnaissance and bombing missions, tanks and fuel from other military vehicles, as well as CO2 generated by manufacturing and exploding the bombs and artillery.
Solar had generated as much as a quarter of Gaza’s electricity, representing one of the world’s highest shares, but most panels, and the territory’s only power plant, have been damaged or destroyed. Gaza’s limited access to electricity now mostly relies on diesel-guzzling generators that emitted just over 130,000 tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, or 7% of the total conflict emissions.
More than 40% of the total emissions were generated by the estimated 70,000 aid trucks Israel allowed into the Gaza Strip – which the UN has condemned as grossly insufficient to meet the basic humanitarian needs of 2.2m displaced and starving Palestinians.
Continue reading...‘The ultimate liberty’: how Nigel Farage became a cryptocurrency convert
Reform leader aims to make London a ‘crypto powerhouse’ and has previously hailed an ‘economic insurgency’
As Liz Truss prepared to make a U-turn on her mini-budget in October 2022, Nigel Farage discussed the economic instability on his GB News show. But he was not broadcasting from the channel’s studios in Paddington. Instead, Farage was speaking from a bitcoin conference in Amsterdam.
“With inflation forecast to perhaps get up to 20%, with increasing distrust of fiat currencies, people are looking for alternatives … Are you ready for bitcoin?” he said in his opening remarks.
Continue reading...Presidential vote likely to determine Poland’s place on the EU stage
Close-run race between pro-EU and nationalist candidates pits liberal vision against a radical-right, EU-critical stance
Poland’s presidential election runoff could have far-reaching implications for its place in Europe – either cementing the country’s hard-won seat at the EU’s top table, or heralding a return to altogether trickier times.
The mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, faces off against the historian Karol Nawrocki on Sunday in a neck-and-neck race, pitting a liberal vision of Poland at the heart of European policymaking against a nationalist, radical-right, EU-critical stance.
Continue reading...Poland’s Tight Election Puts Europe on Alert for Another Jolt – Bloomberg
- Poland’s Tight Election Puts Europe on Alert for Another Jolt Bloomberg
- High stakes as Poland heads to round two of presidential election Al Jazeera
- Karol Nawrocki, a possible Polish president with a shadowy past The Economist
- Polish knife-edge presidential vote pits liberal mayor against conservative BBC
- Skeletons in Nawrocki’s closet fail to dent his Polish presidential bid politico.eu
One Nation picks up four Senate spots, with surprise NSW seat for former British soldier Warwick Stacey
Final Senate result confirms pathway for Labor to pass legislation with either Coalition or Greens support alone, or majority of diverse crossbench
Full federal election results: live Australian Senate seat count
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One Nation has gained an unexpected Senate seat in New South Wales, taking Pauline Hanson’s party to four members in the upper house – equalling its best-ever result in a federal election.
Warwick Stacey, a former member of the British army, has snagged the sixth Senate seat in NSW and will join fellow new senator Tyron Whitten who was yesterday elected in Western Australia.
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Continue reading...North Korea’s Surging Military Aid to Russia Detailed in Report – Bloomberg
- North Korea’s Surging Military Aid to Russia Detailed in Report Bloomberg
- US and allies accuse North Korea and Russia of flagrantly violating UN sanctions in military deals AP News
- Ukrainian cities ‘terrorised’ by North Korean weapons in Russian hands – report The Guardian
- 100 Ballistic Missiles, Rocket Launchers. What N Korea Gave Russia: Report NDTV
- Russia's Reward to North Korea for Troops Revealed Newsweek