- France heads for political crisis as PM Bayrou risks all on confidence vote BBC
- Majority of French want new elections if government falls, polls show Reuters
- France is in big trouble, again The Economist
- Fears of a French Government Collapse Send Its Borrowing Costs Soaring The New York Times
- French far right joins chorus calling for new elections politico.eu
Australia Could Deploy Forces to Philippine Bases in New Agreement – USNI News
- Australia Could Deploy Forces to Philippine Bases in New Agreement USNI News
- Australia, Canada and Philippines stage air defense drills off disputed shoal guarded by China AP News
- Australia, Canada, Philippine ships hold drills in tense South China Sea Al Jazeera
- US Allies Send Warships to Contested Waters Claimed by China Newsweek
- To counter Beijing in South China Sea, Manila and Canberra forge defence pact South China Morning Post
France to sue Kick for alleged negligence over livestream death – The Guardian
- France to sue Kick for alleged negligence over livestream death The Guardian
- French streamer dies live online during extreme challenge CNN
- French prosecutors open inquiry into Kick after livestream death Reuters
- French streamer dies live online after months of apparent mistreatment The Guardian
- Autopsy Reveals New Details About Influencer Jean Pormanove’s Death During Livestream People.com
Scientists claim they’ve finally solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle with shocking theory – UNILAD
- Scientists claim they’ve finally solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle with shocking theory UNILAD
- The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved, Says Scientist yahoo.com
- Bermuda triangle mystery cracked: Now the truth really seems stranger than fiction The Economic Times
- Chilling reality of deadly ‘Alaska Triangle' that’s been the site of 20,000 disappearances LADbible
- Oceanographer: 30-meter killer waves sank the missing ships in the Bermuda Triangle ᐉ News from Fakti.bg - Curious fakti.bg
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires
More than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a portrait by an Italian master has been spotted on the website of an estate agent advertising a house for sale in Argentina.
A photo shows the painting, Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra’ Galgario, hanging above a sofa in the living room of the property, in a seaside town near Buenos Aires.
Continue reading...Residents flee as Palestinians report overnight IDF shelling of Gaza City outskirts – The Times of Israel
- Residents flee as Palestinians report overnight IDF shelling of Gaza City outskirts The Times of Israel
- LIVE: Palestinian families displaced as Israel pushes deeper into Gaza City Al Jazeera
- Families leave Gaza City after night of bombardment, Israelis protest Reuters
- How not to despair as Israel's genocide rages on Middle East Eye
- GAZA / JABALIA DISPLACED POPULATION UN Media
France to sue Kick for alleged negligence over livestream death
Minister says Australian platform ‘did not do everything possible to stop the broadcast of dangerous content’
France will sue the Australian streaming platform Kick for alleged negligence after a user died during a livestream, a government minister has said.
The platform has come under scrutiny in France after a 46-year-old Frenchman died earlier this month during a 12-day livestreaming marathon on his channel, which specialised in him enduring abuse or humiliation dished out by other participants.
Continue reading...Illinois governor hits back at Trump in Chicago national guard feud: ‘not in good shape’
Governor Pritzker says Trump is ‘not in good shape’ as president weighs sending troops into Chicago against local wishes
The Democratic governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, has hit back at Donald Trump for commenting on his weight, saying the Republican president is himself “not in good shape” amid escalating tension over the possible deployment of the national guard on the streets of Chicago.
Trump said on Monday that Pritzker “ought to spend more time in the gym”. While successfully campaigning in 2024 for a second presidency that began in January, Trump said that the Illinois governor is “too busy eating” to lead his state.
Continue reading...Men charged with hugging and kissing are among those publicly caned in Indonesia – NBC News
- Men charged with hugging and kissing are among those publicly caned in Indonesia NBC News
- 2 men publicly caned in Indonesia for kissing upi.com
- Two gay men publicly caned in Indonesia after being caught kissing yahoo.com
- Activists condemn public flogging of two men under Indonesia’s Islamic criminal law Jurist.org
- Indonesia Caning New Castle News
Transport minister gets speeding ticket after posting video of himself driving 140 mph on highway in Turkey – CBS News
France returns slain king’s skull to Madagascar
King Toera was killed by French troops 128 years ago and his head kept in a Paris museum's archive.
Madagascar’s King Toera: France returns skull of monarch killed during colonial era – BBC
- Madagascar's King Toera: France returns skull of monarch killed during colonial era BBC
- France returns human skulls to Madagascar, 128 years after French massacre Al Jazeera
- France returns colonial-era human remains to Madagascar Le Monde.fr
- France returns three colonial-era human skulls to Madagascar Reuters
- France returns skull of beheaded king to Madagascar Caledonian Record
France returns slain king’s skull to Madagascar
King Toera was killed by French troops 128 years ago and his head kept in a Paris museum's archive.
US House committee requests Epstein ‘birthday book’ from his estate
A panel investigating the disgraced late financier's crimes has subpoenaed an alleged file with notes from associates.
Oklahoma man charged after 11-year-old girl gives birth at home
DNA test tied man to newborn in case prosecutor calls among most serious, as girl’s mother also accused
An Oklahoma man is facing charges of child sexual molestation after an 11-year-old girl in his orbit gave birth in her home, and her mother is accused of enabling abuse in a case that a local assistant district attorney called possibly “the most serious … I have ever prosecuted”.
The charges that the Muskogee county district attorney’s office filed against Dustin Walker, 34, on Monday came after a DNA test confirmed he was the father of the newborn at the center of the case, the Oklahoma news outlet KWTV reported, citing officials.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Russia raises August oil export plan after drone strikes disrupt refineries, sources say – Reuters
- Exclusive: Russia raises August oil export plan after drone strikes disrupt refineries, sources say Reuters
- Russian oil refineries, terminals burn as Ukraine hits Putin's war economy Reuters
- The Ukrainian Attacks That Are Forcing Russia to Ration Its Fuel The Wall Street Journal
- Fire at Rostov Oil Refinery Extinguished Nearly a Week After Ukrainian Drone Attack The Moscow Times
- Ukraine knocks out nearly one-fifth of Russia's oil refining capacity Euronews.com
Couple who died in Isle of Wight helicopter crash named
Justyna Czoska, a horse riding instructor, and her partner, Wojtek Kowalkowski, died along with a third person
A couple who died in a helicopter crash during the bank holiday on the Isle of Wight have been named by relatives.
Justyna Czoska, 52, a horse riding instructor, and her partner, Wojtek Kowalkowski, 49, from Bloxham, Oxfordshire, died after the aircraft crash-landed at about 9.24am on Monday between Shanklin and Whiteley Bank. The helicopter had taken off from Sandown airport 20 minutes earlier.
Continue reading...We left New York City to buy a home in a Maryland beach town. After a few months, we realized we’d made a mistake. – Business Insider
2 Police Officers Killed in Shooting in Rural Australia – The New York Times
- 2 Police Officers Killed in Shooting in Rural Australia The New York Times
- Manhunt under way after two police officers shot dead in rural Australian town BBC
- Porepunkah police shooting LIVE updates: Search for suspected gunman Dezi Freeman continues after two officers shot dead The Age
- Police say 2 officers "murdered in cold blood" in Australia, triggering intense manhunt CBS News
- Alleged Porepunkah shooter once described police as 'terrorist thugs' Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia expels Iran ambassador over antisemitic attacks – Axios
- Australia expels Iran ambassador over antisemitic attacks Axios
- Australia Says Iran Was Behind Antisemitic Arson Attacks on Its Soil The New York Times
- Kosher Australian eatery was torched by inept Iran-directed criminals – report The Times of Israel
- Iran link to Australian synagogue attack uncovered via funding trail, spy agency says Reuters
- Melbourne man charged over synagogue arson linked to Iran ABC News