White House takes control of press pool that covers Trump
It will determine which outlets participate in the rotating pool that reports from the Oval Office and Air Force One.
Nato Article 5: Can Europe still count on the US coming to its defence? – BBC.com
- Nato Article 5: Can Europe still count on the US coming to its defence? BBC.com
- Trump, Not Putin, Forces Europe to Get Serious About Defense The Wall Street Journal
- Europe Prepares to Face Russia as Trump’s America Steps Back The New York Times
- Europe’s Message to Trump: Don’t Abandon Ukraine Bloomberg
- 5 signs that a U.S.-Europe split is widening NPR
Can Europe still count on the US coming to its defence?
Trump has engaged Putin and hinted the US may not defend European allies, causing alarm about Nato's future.
Israel strikes targets in southern Syria after demanding demilitarisation
Military sites hit as Tel Aviv says it ‘will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon’
Israeli warplanes have carried out several airstrikes on military targets outside Damascus and in southern Syria, as Israeli officials warned the country’s army not to move south of the capital city.
Israeli jets struck military sites late on Tuesday in the town of Kiswah, south of Damascus, as well as in the southern province of Deraa, local Syrian media reported.
Continue reading...FBI looking into James Comey’s off-the-books ‘honeypot’ operation targeting 2016 Trump campaign – Washington Times
- FBI looking into James Comey's off-the-books 'honeypot' operation targeting 2016 Trump campaign Washington Times
- BREAKING: The FBI has launched an investigation into former FBI Director James Comey for his "honeypot" operation targeting Trump in 2016, according to the Washington Times. The announcement comes just days after Kash Patel was sworn in as the new x.com
- FBI Director Kash Patel starts purge of 'undercover' James Comey agents who 'infiltrated' Trump's campaign Daily Mail
- Trump’s FBI Reportedly Launches Investigation Into James Comey NewsBreak
- FBI Investigating James Comey’s Alleged Plan To Infiltrate Trump Campaign With ‘Honeypot’ Agents The Daily Wire
American woman in custody after newborn thrown from Paris hotel window – ABC7 Los Angeles
- American woman in custody after newborn thrown from Paris hotel window ABC7 Los Angeles
- US woman in custody after allegedly throwing newborn out of Paris hotel window The Guardian US
- American Teen Accused of Throwing Infant Out of Paris Hotel Window Was on ‘Gap Year’ Trip PEOPLE
- American tourist arrested in Paris after allegedly throwing newborn baby out of hotel window: reports Fox News
- 18-year-old American woman arrested in Paris for hurling baby from window The Independent
If Hamas Won’t End the War, Israel Will – Commentary Magazine
- If Hamas Won’t End the War, Israel Will Commentary Magazine
- Dispute over disarming Hamas bedevils efforts to extend Gaza ceasefire The Washington Post
- As the clock ticks down on the Gaza ceasefire, Israel prepares for more war CNN
- Witkoff says he may head to Mideast on Sunday depending on progress in cease-fire talks Haaretz
- Uncertainty surrounds Gaza ceasefire's future as deadline approaches - analysis The Jerusalem Post
Australia news live: Hastie warns ADF is ‘going to get weaker’ as China tests US allies with ‘gunboat diplomacy’
Shadow defence minister told ABC RN China is testing US allies as Trump ‘resets relationships in Europe’. Follow today’s news live
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ABC pays tribute to Antony Green as he announces upcoming election will be his last on-air
Continuing from our last post: the ABC’s director of news, Justin Stevens, has paid tribute to Antony Green as he announces the upcoming election would be his last on-air with the national broadcaster.
For more than three decades he has performed one of the ABC’s most important roles with precision, impartiality, dedication and unprecedented expertise.
He has the ABC’s immense gratitude and respect. I’m sure our audience joins me in thanking him and wishing him well as he prepares for his final federal election broadcast.
It’s time to retire. I turn 65 this coming weekend. I work on a three-year election cycle with federal elections, I won’t be presenting elections in three years’ time when I’m 68, so this will be my last on-camera election for the ABC.
I’ll stay on for a couple of years, handing over work and doing other things, but essentially I’m deciding to retire and work less.
There are 80 or 90 of them, a book on every election since 1990, state and federal … I [also] redesigned computer system. When I first started this, you had to be in the tally room to get the numbers. It was the only way to get data from the Electoral Commission to the ABC computer, so you had to be there. It’s a completely different world now.
Continue reading...Chile hit by major blackout, leaving millions without electricity
State of emergency and overnight curfew declared after blackout strands commuters and knocks out traffic lights
Authorities in Chile have declared a state of emergency and overnight curfew after a sweeping blackout stranded commuters, knocked out traffic lights, paralyzed countless businesses and left millions of people in the South American country without electricity.
The National Electrical Coordinator, Chile’s grid operator, said a disruption had occurred in a high-voltage transmission line that carries power from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile to the capital of Santiago in the country’s central valley.
Continue reading...Syria Begins National Dialogue but Without Kurdish-Led Militia – The New York Times
- Syria Begins National Dialogue but Without Kurdish-Led Militia The New York Times
- Syria dialogue conference a 'historic opportunity', Sharaa says BBC.com
- Key takeaways from Syria’s National Dialogue conference Al Jazeera English
- Syrians back freedoms, constitutional process at landmark dialogue Reuters
- Syria calls for Israel's withdrawal from its lands, in closing statement of national dialogue summit The Times of Israel
Billion Indians have no spending money – report
India's population is 1.4 billion but its consuming class is only 140 million, or about as big as Mexico.
Billion Indians have no spending money – report
India's population is 1.4 billion but its consuming class is only 140 million, or about as big as Mexico.
Myanmar villagers reveal ‘desperate’ illegal kidney sales
Two Burmese men tell the BBC they used forged documents and middlemen to undergo surgery in India.
Donald Trump orders new tariff investigation into US copper imports
President opens new front in assault on global trade norms as advisers claim China moving to dominate copper market
Donald Trump on Tuesday opened yet another front in his assault on global trade norms, ordering a new investigation into possible tariffs on copper imports to rebuild US production of a metal critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, semiconductors and a wide range of consumer goods.
Trump, looking to thwart what his advisers see as a move by China to dominate the global copper market, signed an order directing commerce secretary Howard Lutnick to start a new national security investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same law that Trump used in his first term to impose 25% global tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Continue reading...Sydney nurse who allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients in viral video charged
Strike Force Pearl investigators arrested and charged Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, but no charges have been laid against her former colleague Ahmed Rashid Nadir
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A public hospital nurse who allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients in a viral video posted by an Israeli influencer has been charged with three offences.
Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who worked at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital, was charged with three offences including threatening violence, using a carriage service to threaten to kill and using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.
Continue reading...Chinese Navy Task Group Operating in Australia’s EEZ; U.S., Japan Hold Ballistic Missile Exercise – USNI News
- Chinese Navy Task Group Operating in Australia's EEZ; U.S., Japan Hold Ballistic Missile Exercise USNI News
- New Zealand says China has agreed to consider concerns about its recent military drills The Associated Press
- Meet the Type 055 – multi-role destroyers steering China’s blue-water navy goals South China Morning Post
- US Ally Releases Photos of Chinese Warships Near Coast Newsweek
Grow a Spine: Democrats Have a Lot to Learn From the German Left – The Intercept
- Grow a Spine: Democrats Have a Lot to Learn From the German Left The Intercept
- How TikTok Helped Germany’s Left to a Surprise Election Showing The New York Times
- Resurgence of Germany’s Left exposes fragmented, polarised electorate Reuters
- After Germany’s Election, the Left Can Hope Again Jacobin magazine
- Germany’s Left comes back from the dead POLITICO Europe
Couple’s trauma after body placed next to them on flight
Cabin crew placed the body of a passenger who died mid-flight in an empty seat beside the pair.
Israel says it is conducting strikes in southern Syria – ABC News
- Israel says it is conducting strikes in southern Syria ABC News
- Israel Strikes Syria Hours After Country’s Leader Demands Withdrawal The New York Times
- Israel strikes targets in southern Syria after demanding demilitarisation The Guardian
- Netanyahu says Israel won’t allow Syrian forces ‘south of Damascus’ The Associated Press
- Katz confirms Israeli strikes in southern Syria: 'We will not allow it to become southern Lebanon' The Times of Israel
US judge blocks Trump’s suspension of refugee resettlement program
US district judge in Seattle says Trump’s executive order exceeded his powers by shutting down program
A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to suspend the US’s refugee admission system after ruling that the move exceeded his powers.
The ruling, from US district judge Jamal Whitehead, stated that Trump’s executive order affecting refugee admissions, issued on the day of his inauguration, amounted to an illegal usurpation of the powers of Congress.
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