- Exclusive | U.S. Looks for More Countries to Take Migrants - WSJ WSJ
- How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda The Nation
- Trump is considering sending migrants to RWANDA eight months after Keir Starmer shelved similar Tory deal with Daily Mail
- US seeks agreements with Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe to accept deported migrants - Exclusive by WSJ Caliber.Az
- Trump administration seeks new deportation deals with nations across Africa, Asia, and Europe Moneycontrol
Junta chief to leave quake-striken Myanmar for summit, aid groups clamour for access – Reuters
Airlines warned Heathrow about power supply days before shutdown – BBC
- Airlines warned Heathrow about power supply days before shutdown BBC
- Airlines warned Heathrow about power supply risks days before outage, MPs told The Guardian
- Fire Briefly Disrupts Heathrow Airport Train Service The New York Times
- Heathrow bosses were warned about power supply after stolen cables turned off runway lights, MPs told Sky News
- Disastrous Heathrow power cut will cost airlines up to £100m, MPs told London Evening Standard
British activist in solitary confinement in India despite acquittal, family say
Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal claims he is being ‘mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detention
The British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4 March, his family have claimed.
Johal is still facing the exact same charges in a parallel case in a clear example of double jeopardy, his brother Gurpreet said when giving testimony at Westminster to an all party committee on arbitrary detention. He said the Indian courts have not granted his brother bail, despite the prosecutor’s failure to produce any credible evidence or witnesses in the Punjab court.
Gurpreet said UK consular staff met his brother in jail on Tuesday and were told he had been put into solitary confinement with a 24-hour guard, adding no explanation had been given.
Continue reading...Who’s winning the race for the Arctic’s resources?
Russia says it is open to economic cooperation with the West in the Arctic.
Sanctioning Iran-Backed Houthi Network Procuring Weapons and Commodities from Russia – U.S. Department of State (.gov)
- Sanctioning Iran-Backed Houthi Network Procuring Weapons and Commodities from Russia U.S. Department of State (.gov)
- US sanctions network helping to get weapons for Houthis The Hill
- US sanctions Houthi network for procurement of Russian weapons, Ukrainian grain Anadolu Ajansı
- US sanctions Russia-based network for helping Yemen’s Houthis The Times of Israel
- US Treasury sanctions Houthi pipeline for Russian arms and stolen Ukrainian grain The Jerusalem Post
Desperation Grows in Gaza as U.N. Shutters Bakeries – The New York Times
- Desperation Grows in Gaza as U.N. Shutters Bakeries The New York Times
- Gaza bakeries shut and painkillers on ration after month of Israeli blockade BBC
- Updates: Israeli claim that there’s enough food in Gaza ‘ridiculous’ – UN Al Jazeera
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- Bakeries close across Gaza as World Food Programme warns food supplies are set to run out in two weeks CNN
Trump’s tariffs: how might Europe respond to unleashing of trade war?
Bloc’s options include retaliating with tariffs on US goods and services and forming closer ties with other countries
Donald Trump is getting ready to impose sweeping and immediate tariffs on all foreign goods, thereby unleashing a trade war and upending the multilateral trading system that the US helped to build after the second world war.
Here is how Europe might respond:
Continue reading...Newborns treated with antibiotics respond less well to vaccines, study shows
An Australian study found that babies with early exposure to antibiotics had lower levels of antibodies against jabs in later infancy
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Babies who are treated with antibiotics as newborns have reduced immune responses to vaccines in later infancy, likely due to changes in the gut microbiome, new research suggests.
The Australian study tracked 191 healthy babies from birth, finding that those who received antibiotics in the first few weeks of life had significantly lower levels of antibodies against multiple vaccines at seven and 15 months.
Continue reading...Sydney Hit by 18-Foot Waves: ‘Never Seen Anything Like It’ – Newser
- Sydney Hit by 18-Foot Waves: 'Never Seen Anything Like It' Newser
- Massive swells smash windows at Sydney's Bondi Beach BBC
- Monster surf batters Bondi Icebergs pool and leaves trail of carnage across Sydney beaches The Guardian
- High waves cause damage on Sydney waterfront AP News
- Peak Bondi act after wild waves cause chaos News.com.au
Netanyahu’s aides fronting for Qatar? Sadly, more plausible than the PM’s ‘deep state’ defense – The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu’s aides fronting for Qatar? Sadly, more plausible than the PM’s ‘deep state’ defense The Times of Israel
- Two arrested as investigation into ‘QatarGate’ in Israel deepens CNN
- Top advisers to Netanyahu arrested in corruption case DW
- Israel’s Threats from Within The Free Press
- Qatargate Could Be One Blow Too Many for Netanyahu Haaretz
Turkey’s protests over the arrest of an Erdogan rival take a new angle: Boycott shopping – AP News
- Turkey’s protests over the arrest of an Erdogan rival take a new angle: Boycott shopping AP News
- Turkish democracy in turmoil: inside the 4 April Guardian Weekly The Guardian
- Turkey’s cautionary tale: The fall of the courts is the fall of freedom The Hill
- Turkey protests: Pro-democracy demonstrators return to Istanbul's streets for huge rally BBC
- Turkey denounces opposition calls for a day of no shopping Reuters
Germany says online child sex abuse platform “KidFlix” busted in major international operation – CBS News
- Germany says online child sex abuse platform "KidFlix" busted in major international operation CBS News
- Global crackdown on Kidflix, a major child sexual exploitation platform with almost two million users Europol
- Police take down 'Kidflix' child abuse platform, Europol says Yahoo
- Child porn streaming service KidFlix used by nearly two million paedophiles to watch boys and girls suffer hor Daily Mail
- Police shuts down KidFlix child sexual exploitation platform BleepingComputer
NATO allies have pledged over $21 bln in aid to Ukraine in 2025, Rutte says – Reuters
- NATO allies have pledged over $21 bln in aid to Ukraine in 2025, Rutte says Reuters
- NATO membership for Ukraine is set in stone, Washington summit commitments remain in force, Alliance official says Українська правда
- We must build a stronger, fairer, more lethal NATO: Alliance chief Anadolu Ajansı
- News: NATO Foreign Ministers to discuss building a ‘stronger, fairer, more lethal NATO’, 02-Apr.-2025 NATO
- NATO chief urges bilateral defense cooperation with Korea Korea.net
Young Sicilian woman killed in broad daylight by stalker
A 27-year-old man has confessed to the murder of university student Sara Campanella but has not said why.
‘Australia is a landlord’s market’: rents still at record high despite slow growth, report shows
Kingsford Smith, Bradfield, Sydney, and Warringah in New South Wales and Fadden in Queensland are the five most expensive electorates, data shows
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Rents are growing at the slowest rate in four years thanks in part to increased supply, but are still at record highs, Domain’s March Quarterly report has revealed.
It comes as Anglicare Australia launches a heat map showing rental affordability in each electorate, with Kingsford Smith, Bradfield, Sydney, and Warringah in New South Wales and Fadden in Queensland the five least-affordable electorates in the country.
7.7% in Darwin to $700 per week;
6.2% in Perth to $690 per week;
5.1% in Adelaide to $620 per week;
4.8% in Brisbane to $650 per week;
3.6% in Hobart to $570 per week;
3.35% in Sydney to $775 per week;
2.2% in Canberra to $700 per week; and
1.8% in Melbourne to $580 per week.
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Continue reading...Major staff cuts on table at Victorian magistrates court, threatening Allan government’s crime crackdown
Potential cuts expected to more than 25% of backroom staff, underlining challenge for state government crippled by debt but trying to bolster public safety
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The Victorian magistrates court is considering cutting more than a quarter of its backroom staff despite its workload likely increasing as the Allan government presses ahead with “tough on crime” policies.
Leaked documents show it is proposed that 24 out of 92 staff from the courts’ corporate services department are made redundant, including those working in family violence and legal policy areas.
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Continue reading...‘Proud to’: Liberal MP spruiks tougher gambling proposal, but says Coalition plans good ‘first step’
Exclusive: Keith Wolahan launched ads supporting stronger stance two days after federal election called, but also says Coalition policy important ‘first step’
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A Liberal moderate who was part of a bipartisan parliamentary committee that urged the federal government to adopt a total ban on gambling advertising has paid for campaign material, stating he was “proud to” do so, inadvertently highlighting different policy positions within the Coalition.
The Coalition has resisted calls from advocates to take a policy to the election that would ban gambling advertising outright, instead pledging to ban “gambling ads one hour before, during and one hour after live sports broadcasts”.
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Continue reading...Wrongful deportation of man to El Salvador “threat to everybody”
Al Sharpton examines Trump’s wrongful deportation of a Maryland man and asks how this could happen in the US.
Hollywood remembers ‘wonderful’ actor Val Kilmer
He starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and The Doors.