Brazil flooding death toll rises to 64 as search efforts continue
Government agency says more extreme weather expected after rains trigger floods, landslides in Minas Gerais state.
Afghanistan’s Taliban says open to talks after Pakistan bombs major cities
The Taliban says its leaders willing to negotiate with Pakistan as both sides claim to inflict heavy losses in fighting.
Hong Kong-linked company decries search of Panama Canal port offices
The search of CK Hutchison's subsidiary marks the latest turn in rising US-China tensions over the vital trade canal.
These filmmakers know exactly how to get you hooked on bizarre one-minute dramas
The business depends on packing a punch right away because the first five to 10 episodes are free.
Polls, preferences, potential defections: can Victoria’s Liberal party ward off the rising threat of One Nation?
Opposition leader Jess Wilson is under pressure to reveal her position on a deal with Pauline Hanson’s party as the state election approaches
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While internal divisions have long been the Victorian Liberal party’s main obstacle to winning government, a new threat is emerging on its right flank: One Nation.
Just four years ago, One Nation received just 8,077 lower house first-preference votes out of more than 3.6m cast in Victoria – equivalent to 0.22% of the total – and won a single seat in the upper house.
Continue reading...Who runs Venezuela now? Trump, oil and the fight for power
Mehdi Hasan debates ex-Venezuelan opposition envoy Vanessa Neumann on US regime change, oil and the fight for democracy.
Why is Trump objecting to al-Maliki’s comeback?
The US has opposed the return of Nouri al-Maliki as Iraq's prime minister.
Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat
Home secretary will defy ‘plain wrong’ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim voters
Shabana Mahmood will press on with hardline immigration policies despite calls for a reversal from unions and left-leaning Labour MPs after the Green party’s byelection victory.
Senior Labour sources insisted that the home secretary would continue to roll out changes to asylum policy, dismissing as “plain wrong” claims that it would further alienate Muslim voters.
Continue reading...The faces of Mexico’s disappeared haunt this city’s streets. Families worry they will be wiped away – AP News
What the Warner Bros deal could mean for streaming, cinemas and news
If Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros goes ahead it could significantly reshape Hollywood.
OpenAI vows safety policy changes after Tumbler Ridge shooting – BBC
- OpenAI vows safety policy changes after Tumbler Ridge shooting BBC
- Shooter had second ChatGPT account, OpenAI reveals as it overhauls safety protocols Politico
- Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago WSJ
- When Chatbots Are Used to Plan Violence, Is There a Duty to Warn? - The New York Times The New York Times
- OpenAI outlines steps to boost safety measures in response to Canada school shooting Reuters
OpenAI vows safety policy changes after Tumbler Ridge shooting
Canada's AI minister will meet CEO Sam Altman next week after the suspect's ChatGPT account was not flagged to police despite internal company concerns.
Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat
Dozens of well-known groups faced shutdown under a new Israeli law, although the reprieve might be temporary.
Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat
Dozens of well-known groups faced shutdown under a new Israeli law, although the reprieve might be temporary.
Joe Biden takes selfies with passengers as he takes commercial flight
The former president was stuck at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, after an hour-long ground stop delayed departures.
Trump advisers scramble to justify US military intervention in Iran
Tehran’s ICBMs cannot currently reach the US, experts say, and White House has claimed its nuclear programme has been destroyed
Donald Trump’s likely casus belli for an attack on Iran – which would be the largest US intervention since the Iraq war – is fraught with contradictions, and his top advisers have been left to cover for him as the White House makes the case for intervention.
In his State of the Union address this week, Trump alleged that Iran posed a direct threat to the US and that the country was “working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America”. But that claim has not been backed up with evidence by the White House or the Pentagon, and US intelligence reports from just last year say that it would take Iran 10 years to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the US.
Continue reading...We’ve overestimated Russia for too long – The Kyiv Independent
- We've overestimated Russia for too long The Kyiv Independent
- Four years into the Ukraine war, Moscow sees vindication, not failure Al Jazeera
- ‘Time Is Not on Russia’s Side’ The New York Times
- Vladimir Putin is caught in a vice of his own making The Economist
- Russia can keep fighting Ukraine war throughout 2026, says military thinktank The Guardian
Pope concludes Lenten retreat with prayer and reflection – Vatican News
- Pope concludes Lenten retreat with prayer and reflection Vatican News
- Church governance begins with holiness, not bureaucracy, Bishop Varden says at Curia retreat OSV News
- A ‘chatbot’ can’t replace angels, Bishop Varden tells Pope Leo, Roman Curia Crux
- Bishop Varden tells Vatican retreat: Not every fall ends in joy EWTN News
- An Angel Is a ‘Guardian of Holiness,’ Explains Bishop Varden National Catholic Register
Drone jammed near French aircraft carrier was Russian, says Sweden
Sweden's prime minister said it was a serious but not unexpected incident - and a "Russian way of acting that we recognise from other places".
Two dead and 38 injured after tram derails in Milan
Investigation under way after vehicle ploughs into building
A tram derailed and crashed into a building in Milan on Friday, killing two people and injuring 38 others.
One of the dead was hit by the tram as it derailed while the second victim was a passenger, the city’s mayor, Giuseppe Sala, told reporters at the scene.
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