- Australia bans foreigners from buying existing homes Yahoo
- Australia to put two-year ban on foreigners buying existing homes amid housing crunch Reuters
- Labor matches Coalition ban on foreign housing investment ABC News
- Australia bans foreigners from buying homes to tackle surging property prices The Independent
Video: Protesters around the world condemn Trump’s ‘takeover’ plan for Gaza
Demonstrators in cities across the globe are protesting against US President Donald Trump's 'takeover' plan for Gaza.
Taiwan detects 24 Chinese military aircrafts near island
Chinese jets tell Canadian warship transiting through the Taiwan Strait to change course.
Contraception for capybaras: Buenos Aires suburb’s rodent plan stirs debate
Government in Nordelta approves plans to control numbers of world’s largest rodent – but not all are in agreement
A contraception debate is gripping one of Argentina’s most notable luxury neighbourhoods – not for its wealthy residents, but for its original occupants, the capybaras.
In recent years, the lovable rodents have been accused of overrunning the Nordelta, a meticulously landscaped and manicured suburb north of Buenos Aires.
Continue reading...Serbian students protest gov’t corruption in their tens of thousands
Tens of thousands of students in Serbia are demanding accountability, in the latest wave of anti-government protests
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages? – The Associated Press
- Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages? The Associated Press
- Israel and Hamas Make 6th Exchange, Keeping Cease-Fire Intact for Now The New York Times
- Three Israeli hostages released in Gaza CNN International
- Interrogations, isolation, undrinkable water: Hostages describe torture in Hamas captivity Haaretz
- Thanking Trump, PM says 'can't share when gates of hell will be open' but 'they surely will if all our hostages are not released' The Times of Israel
Thousands mark Statehood Day of Serbia with anticorruption protest
Student rally in the central city of Kragujevac has drawn thousands of people demanding an end to rampant corruption.
PM refused to approve entry of mobile homes, earthmoving equipment to Gaza – report – The Times of Israel
- PM refused to approve entry of mobile homes, earthmoving equipment to Gaza – report The Times of Israel
- Displaced Palestinians wait for aid amid the rubble of Gaza’s destruction Al Jazeera English
- Israel considers placing caravans in Gaza in coordination with US The Jerusalem Post
- Too few tents entering Gaza threatens the truce. Here’s what’s happening The Associated Press
- ‘Unacceptable’ – Arab League Slams Pace of Aid Entering Gaza Palestine Chronicle
At least 15 dead after stampede at New Delhi railway station, city’s chief minister says – Reuters India
- At least 15 dead after stampede at New Delhi railway station, city's chief minister says Reuters India
- 7-Year-Old Child Among the at Least 18 People Killed in Stampede at Train Station: Reports PEOPLE
- 2,600 Extra Tickets Sold in 2 Hours, Could Extra Trains, Better Security Have Prevented It? The Indian Express
- Indian crowd crush survivors describe chaos as death toll rises Yahoo
- Colour-Codes, War Rooms: Crowd-Control Overhaul After Delhi Station Stampede NDTV
DR Congo’s M23 rebels enter centre of strategic city Bukavu
The governor of the eastern DRC's second largest city confirms the rebels' presence after a rapid advance.
Israeli raids, assaults continue across occupied West Bank
Some of the attacks were by Israeli settlers backed by soldiers.
Stampede at New Delhi railway station kills at least 18 people
A stampede at a railway station in New Delhi, India has killed at least 18 people and injured dozens more.
AP PHOTOS: 6-month-old twin panda cubs climb and sleep at their debut in Hong Kong – The Associated Press
- AP PHOTOS: 6-month-old twin panda cubs climb and sleep at their debut in Hong Kong The Associated Press
- Hong Kong’s newest stars? Meet the panda cub twins NBC News
- Panda Mania sweeps Hong Kong as naming contest is underway for first locally-born cubs WKRC TV Cincinnati
- Panda-stic! Twin cubs attract hundreds of visitors on debut BBC
- Hong Kong’s Ocean Park to consider extending panda cub enclosure opening hours South China Morning Post
RSF escalates attacks on Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam refugee camp
The paramilitary group is trying to tighten its grip on Darfur, a traditional stronghold.
Queensland council denies ‘trying to make homelessness illegal’ as residents threatened with $8,000 fines
People living in tents at Suttons Beach Park, Redcliffe, forced to move to avoid fines for ‘storing goods on public land’
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A Brisbane council has issued compliance notices threatening fines of more than $8,000 while implementing its second homeless clearance in a day.
On Friday, four of the approximately eight homeless residents at Suttons Beach park in Redcliffe were given just two days to vacate the area.
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Continue reading...From the Gulf of America to Fort Bragg, what’s behind Trump’s name changes?
Donald Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and other landmarks suggests his greater vision for America
‘They may be Russian some day’: was this the week that changed the war in Ukraine?
As Donald Trump and his officials rip up three years of US rhetoric on supporting Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking an unenviable diplomatic tightrope
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had some tough weeks in the past three years, but this past one may be up there with the worst of them.
Back on Monday, in an hour-long interview with the Guardian at his Kyiv offices, the Ukrainian president was in a cautiously optimistic frame of mind. He said he had received “positive signals from the Americans” over upcoming negotiations. His team was working to fix a date for a meeting with Donald Trump, he said, and he was sure that the US president understood the importance of coordinating his position with Kyiv before talking to Russia.
Continue reading...Rubio expected to push Trump plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza on trip to Israel
US secretary of state is making his first trip to region and is expected to advocate Trump’s plan to create ‘Riviera of the Middle East’
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will discuss the Gaza ceasefire with Israel’s prime minister in Jerusalem, launching a Middle East tour a day after the latest hostage-prisoner exchange.
On his first visit to the region as Washington’s top diplomat, Rubio is expected to push the US president Donald Trump’s widely condemned proposal to take control of the Gaza Strip and relocate its more than 2 million residents – which experts say would amount to ethnic cleansing.
Continue reading...Hours after release, freed hostages talk of Hamas torture, psychological torment – The Times of Israel
- Hours after release, freed hostages talk of Hamas torture, psychological torment The Times of Israel
- Moms of freed young Israeli hostages detail what their daughters endured as Hamas captives CNN
- 'Keith Waited for Us. Day After Day, Hour After Hour, for 484 Days. He Was Totally Alone' Haaretz
- Torture, interrogation, and lice infestation: Hostages reveal first details of captivity The Jerusalem Post
- ‘Dad, I Came Back Alive!’ Israeli Hostages Start to Give Glimpses of Ordeal. The New York Times
Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees
Higher tuition costs have already been ‘wiped out’ by government tax hikes, critics claim
A fall in international students applying for visas risks prolonging the existential threat facing some of England’s universities, sources in higher education say, amid warnings that an increase in tuition fees has already been “wiped out” by the government’s tax rises.
Despite the decision by ministers to increase fees for UK students this year to £9,535 – the first rise in eight years – figures across the universities sector said the financial situation remained dire, with further course closures and redundancies being widely considered.
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