North Korea’s Kim orders navy to build 10,000-tonne destroyer: State media
Kim Jong Un has continued to visit military sites before a visit by China's Xi Jinping on Monday and Tuesday.
What’s new at World Cup 2026? From match ball sensors to AI and robot dogs
Technology, more specifically AI, will play a big role in the new additions at the upcoming World Cup.
Australian snow season begins amid El Niño fears
Webcams showed snow blanketing the ground in some areas. In others, it was patchy or nonexistent
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Australia’s snow season has officially begun, with resorts predicting a good season despite climactic threats and the cost-of-living crisis.
Between 20cm and 40cm of snow fell across the Victorian and New South Wales alps before the long weekend, with the falls bolstered by snowmakers.
Continue reading...US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf in latest test of ceasefire
The US military strikes Iranian drones and radar sites and Tehran says it has targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
Von der Leyen warned about China. Europe didn’t listen. Will it now? – Euronews.com
- Von der Leyen warned about China. Europe didn't listen. Will it now? Euronews.com
- EU and Chinese Trade Chiefs Meet To Defuse Heightened Tensions Bloomberg.com
- Europe has had enough of China’s export surge Atlantic Council
- EU weighs rules to cut reliance on China through broader supply chains Reuters
- Why Europe should put up trade barriers against Chinese goods Noahpinion
Armenia heads to polls amid Russian pressure and threat of ‘Ukrainian scenario’
Relationship between Vladimir Putin and traditional ally has slowly unravelled under current PM Nikol Pashinyan
The bottling line at the Abovyan cognac factory in Armenia is running at full tilt.
Women in white coats and hairnets work the conveyor with practised speed – labelling, stacking, loading pallets – racing to fill a truck.
Continue reading...Gulf countries targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with US, in latest threat to fragile ceasefire – The Guardian
- Gulf countries targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with US, in latest threat to fragile ceasefire The Guardian
- Live updates: Tehran strikes Gulf neighbors after US attack on Iranian military sites CNN
- Iran Fired Drones Toward Strait of Hormuz With U.S. Shooting Down at Least 4, U.S. Military Says The New York Times
- Missiles, Sirens: Videos Show Kuwait, Bahrain's Response To Iranian Attacks NDTV
- Middle East: Iran says targeted US bases in Gulf DW.com
New York Knicks hold off San Antonio Spurs 105-104 for 2-0 NBA Finals lead
Spurs in need of an unprecedented comeback when the best-of-seven series shifts to New York for games three and four.
Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian baby dead near Hebron
An Israeli soldier has shot and killed seven-month-old Palestinian infant Sam Abu Haikal.
India’s ‘Cockroach’ youth movement founder arrives in New Delhi to protest Modi – Reuters
- India's 'Cockroach' youth movement founder arrives in New Delhi to protest Modi Reuters
- India’s youth are fuming. A Boston University graduate wants to fix that CNN
- India news: 'Cockroach' party holds protest at Jantar Mantar DW.com
- Why India’s Gen-Z ‘Cockroach’ Movement Is a Worry for Modi Bloomberg.com
- Cockroach Janta Party protest LIVE: 'Youth of the country will no longer fear' Abhijeet Dipke leads students, youth at Jantar Mantar protest The Hindu
Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US
The ban came as a second infected calf was identified in Texas, and the US state declaring a state of disaster over the outbreak.
Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US
The ban came as a second infected calf was identified in Texas, and the US state declaring a state of disaster over the outbreak.
Ebola spread in central Africa could match 2014 record outbreak, US health officials say
Modelling from US CDC shows Ebola spread could be on ‘dangerous trajectory’, but experts warn outbreaks can be very hard to predict
Central Africa’s Ebola outbreak could spread to be similar in scale to the worst outbreak in history, west Africa’s 2014-2016 outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people, according to a new analysis by US health officials.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday published a range of scenarios generated by computer models, from 10,000 cases to more than 20,000. In the west Africa outbreak, more than 28,000 cases were reported.
Continue reading...A President, His Prime Minister and the Bitter Rift Dividing Senegal – The New York Times
- A President, His Prime Minister and the Bitter Rift Dividing Senegal The New York Times
- Senegal's Sonko pulls his party from new government, raising risk to IMF deal Reuters
- Ousted Senegal PM Ousmane Sonko re-elected party chief amid crisis africanews.com
- Senegal’s Sonko Reelected Pastef Chief as Rift With Faye Grows Bloomberg.com
- How a shake-up in Senegal could strengthen Trump's hand in the Sahel Responsible Statecraft
US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe
US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate
A deepening US-European rift over the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina has broken open with a dispute over a top administrative post, leading to a US threat to “reconsider” its role in international peacekeeping.
The American embassy in Sarajevo issued the threat after European states refused to back the US preferred candidate to become the new High Representative for the international community. At a meeting this week in Sarajevo of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) – a multinational group tasked with overseeing the implementation of the 1995 Dayton peace agreement – Washington supported an Italian diplomat, Antonio Zanardi Landi, while the UK, France, Germany and most European states backed France’s envoy to the Western Balkans, René Troccaz.
Continue reading...Giant banquets rile radical left in France
The feasting phenomenon run by Le Canon Français has become a hot political issue.
Doctor’s ‘grossly irresponsible prescribing’ played direct role in two deaths, Tasmanian coroner finds
Dr David Jackson gave ‘effectively an unlimited supply for a drug binge’ to one addict, inquest finds
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A former medical practitioner who was the subject of multiple red flags played a direct role in the deaths of two patients through grossly irresponsible drug prescribing, a coroner has found.
Nicholas Brown, Matthew Winwood, Toni Wiki and Belinda Kemp, who were all drug dependent, died in Tasmania between September 2016 and August 2017.
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Continue reading...Iran says staff blocked from entering US after players given World Cup visas
Iranian officials say technical staff have been denied visas, hours after the US said players could enter the country.
Arab states can no longer pretend Tehran’s threat is manageable – ایران اینترنشنال
- Arab states can no longer pretend Tehran’s threat is manageable ایران اینترنشنال
- Saudi Arabia Joins UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar And All Other Middle East Nations In Bloodshed As Iran Unleashes Coordinated Strikes On Airports, Oil Refineries, And Air Defence Systems Shattering 2026 Regional Stability And Tourism Travel And Tour World
- Iran’s daring game in the Gulf Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- World Insights: Iran war spurs Mideast security recalibration, strategic diversification Xinhua
- Will the Iran Threat Produce Greater GCC Unity? Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Rumours and speculation as fans forecast date of Taylor Swift’s wedding
Swifties worldwide are looking for clues about the superstar's nuptials to American football star Travis Kelce.