- Lukashenko: Before 2025 election, ‘still afraid of the people’ Al Jazeera English
- Lukashenko says critics 'chose' prison as Belarus holds election scorned by West Reuters
- What you need to know about the very predictable Belarus elections The Washington Post
- Voting under way in Belarus with Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule Al Jazeera English
- Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce The Associated Press
Lukashenko: Before 2025 election, ‘still afraid of the people’
As Belarus votes amid repression, what drives Alexander Lukashenko, the president likely to secure a seventh term.
Neale Daniher, former AFL player and motor neurone disease advocate, named Australian of the Year
Indigenous scientist Dr Katrina Wruck awarded Young Australian of the Year, and charity co-founder Brother Olly Pickett named Senior Australian of the Year
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Former AFL player and coach Neale Daniher AO has been named as the 2025 Australian of the Year, for his work advocating for a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) since his diagnosis more than a decade ago.
The 63-year-old was bestowed the honour at a ceremony in Canberra on Saturday, and said it was hard to believe that a “boy from outback Australia from a small town” could be given such an award.
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Continue reading...The Traitors nail-biting finale brings latest series to an end
After 12 episodes, eight ‘murders’ and 14 banishments, winner or winners revealed on BBC One show
Warning: this article contains spoilers
After 12 episodes, eight “murders” and 14 banishments, the winners of The Traitors were revealed after a nail-biting finale.
Project manager Jake Brown and former soldier Leanne Quigley will share a prize pot of £94,600.
Continue reading...Watch: Moment four Israeli hostages released by Hamas
Video shows four women being transferred into waiting Red Cross vehicles in Gaza City.
Four Israeli soldiers released by Hamas from Gaza as part of ceasefire deal
Israel is expected to release dozens of Palestinians held in Israeli jails as part of the ceasefire deal.
Spooky kettles and a girl in white: Adele’s ‘scary’ mansion not all that’s haunting Sussex village
Owners claim singer ‘blighted’ sale of property she once rented but Partridge Green has no shortage of ghostly tales
At first it was the strange rumblings that would wake her. Then bright lights would fill the bedroom as a face appeared, looking down on her. Her husband, who worked nights, never believed her until one day, he saw it too.
Shaken by the sightings, the couple sold the cottage and moved far away from Partridge Green, a quaint, isolated village in West Sussex. Thirty years later, a short distance away from where these night-time hauntings took place, the village welcomed a surprising new arrival.
Continue reading...Protests in Slovakia after Prime Minister Fico tilts towards Russia
Massive turnout in nationwide rallies, as Fico brandishes intel report alleging 'coup d’etat' in league with foreigners.
Spain plans 100% house tax on foreigners: Will it fix the housing crisis?
Socialist PM Sanchez announces several measures, including 100 percent tax on foreigners, to tackle the housing crisis.
Calls for Ireland to boost defence of subsea internet cables
Some say recent suspected sabotage of transatlantic cables serving Europe and UK means Ireland must be able to defend itself
They are the bedrock of the internet, keeping everything from TikTok to emergency services, business, banking systems and political and military communications running smoothly.
But deep under the sea, the network of cables around British and Irish shores are being considered as increasingly attractive targets for military, terrorist or criminal actors after several incidents in the Baltics where internet cables were severed and internet communications were disrupted.
Continue reading...US hits record arms sales in 2024 driven by Ukraine demand
US arms export growth was driven by countries seeking to replenish weapons stocks that were donated to Ukraine.
Cambodia to punish Khmer Rouge genocide denial with jail under draft law
People who ‘deny the truth of the bitter past’ could be jailed for up to five years under the law, which still needs parliament approval
Cambodia’s government has approved a draft law that will jail for up to five years anyone denying atrocities, including genocide, committed by the Khmer Rouge.
The draft law – which aims to prevent a repeat of the Khmer Rouge’s crimes and provide justice for victims – was approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister, Hun Manet, on Friday, the government spokesperson Pen Bona said.
Continue reading...Philippines stops research survey in disputed sea amid China’s ‘harassment’
Several Chinese coastguard vessels accused of making 'aggressive manoeuvres' towards Philippine fisheries boats.
Between bombs and books: The lasting impact of war on Lebanese students
A young man from Beirut's Dahiyeh suburbs, another from a south Lebanon village - both students marked by war forever.
Pete Hegseth confirmed as US defence chief in tiebreaker Senate vote
Hegseth's nomination had been rocked by allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct.
Rain causes power outage for tens of thousands of Perth homes as long weekend brings hot weather
Heat moving east with temperatures over 40C expected in South Australia and Victoria
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Light drizzle after a long dry spell is to blame for a series of fires that have cut power to tens of thousands of homes in Western Australia, while extreme heat is set to dominate the remainder of the long weekend in Victoria and South Australia.
A spokesperson from Western Power said dozens of pole top fires had left 38,000 homes in the Perth and midwest regions of WA without power on Saturday morning.
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Continue reading...Western Australia bushfires: homes reportedly lost and thousands told it is too late to leave
Three properties lost near Arthur River, about 200km southeast of Perth, while another property near Yellanup destroyed and many homes without power
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At least four homes have been burnt down as large bushfires sweep Australia’s west, with thousands of residents told it is too late to leave their properties
Hot weather and strong winds have fuelled several bushfires in Western Australia, including one in the Wheatbelt region that has burnt about 11,000ha.
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Continue reading...Grace Tame wears anti-Murdoch shirt to PM’s morning tea in snipe at ‘morbidly wealthy oligarchs’
Advocate and 2021 Australian of the Year previously went viral for interaction with former PM Scott Morrison at 2022 event
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Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame has used a morning tea with the prime minister to take aim at Rupert Murdoch – but says her message goes well beyond the billionaire media mogul.
The 2021 winner wore a T-shirt that read “Fuck Murdoch” when she was greeted by Anthony Albanese and his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, at the event for recipients of the 2025 awards held at the Lodge in Canberra on Saturday.
Continue reading...Three people in hospital in Sydney after suspected botulism cases linked to anti-wrinkle injections
Woman in intensive care as NSW Health urges community to only receive cosmetic injections from authorised practitioners
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A Sydney woman is in intensive care and a further two people are being treated in hospital with suspected cases of botulism linked to unregulated home anti-wrinkle injections.
The case prompted New South Wales Health to issue an alert urging the community to only receive cosmetic anti-wrinkle injections from authorised practitioners or risk “serious harm and … death”.
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Continue reading...Carl Bloch’s lost masterpiece Prometheus Unbound finds fame again in Athens
Work that made its creator a superstar then mysteriously disappeared is mesmerising art lovers once more
It was commissioned by a Greek king, made its creator a superstar and in his native Denmark attracted crowds like no other painting before. Then it mysteriously disappeared.
Now, nearly nine decades after it was last seen gracing the stairwell of the royal palace that would become the Athens parliament, Carl Bloch’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, has found fame again in Greece.
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