Incident next to Gujarat border occurs weeks after four-day conflict between countries
Indian border troops have shot dead a Pakistani man they say crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged.
The shooting occurred two weeks after conflict erupted between the two nuclear-armed countries that led to four days of violence and more than 70 people being killed before a ceasefire was agreed.
Continue reading...Incident next to Gujarat border occurs weeks after four-day conflict between countries
Indian border troops have shot dead a Pakistani man they say crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged.
The shooting occurred two weeks after conflict erupted between the two nuclear-armed countries that led to four days of violence and more than 70 people being killed before a ceasefire was agreed.
Continue reading...Frustration is growing amid increasing signs US could wash its hands of Ukraine, but some observers counsel patience
Gen Keith Kellogg, Donald Trump’s somewhat estranged special envoy on Ukraine, is said by some US diplomats to like to joke that the president did indeed say he would solve the Ukraine crisis in 24 hours, he just never specified which 24 hours.
Dark humour may be all that is left to Europeans as they absorb not just Trump’s refusal to impose the promised “bone-crushing sanctions” over Russia’s rejection of a 30-day ceasefire but also the increasing signs that the administration will wash its hands of Ukraine and instead focus on forging a new economic partnership with Russia.
Continue reading...AEC says it is considering recount request while opponent Wilson says he hopes Daniel ‘finds peace’
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Zoe Daniel has requested the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) conduct a recount in the seat of Goldstein after Liberal Tim Wilson emerged 260 votes ahead after the final distribution of preferences.
The AEC automatically recounts votes if the margin is less than 100, but candidates can also request one if they believe they have sufficient grounds to do so.
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Continue reading...Tens of millions of internet users in China’s Henan denied access to five times more websites than usual
China’s authorities appear to have implemented an enhanced version of the country’s internet censorship regime in the central province of Henan, subjecting tens of millions of residents to even stricter controls on access to information than people in the rest of the country.
A research paper published this month by Great Firewall Report, an internet censorship monitoring platform, found that internet users in Henan, one of China’s most populous provinces, were, on average, denied access to five times more websites than a typical Chinese internet user between November 2023 and March 2025.
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