North Korea vows to teach ‘war criminal state’ Japan lesson over missile test – South China Morning Post

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  1. North Korea vows to teach ‘war criminal state’ Japan lesson over missile test  South China Morning Post
  2. North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong issues military threat over Japan missile test  Al Jazeera
  3. North Korea Warns of More Military Steps Over Japan’s Rearmament  Bloomberg.com
  4. Japanese Destroyer Launches Tomahawk for the First Time in Drill with U.S. Navy  USNI News
  5. North Korea warns of 'military options' over Japan rearmament drive  Euronews.com
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Iran Is Staking Everything on Controlling the Strait of Hormuz – WSJ

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  1. Iran Is Staking Everything on Controlling the Strait of Hormuz  WSJ
  2. How long can Iran weaponise Hormuz?  The Economist
  3. Iran Found a ‘More Powerful Weapon Than a Nuclear Bomb’—And It’s Working  Newsweek
  4. With Hormuz in the spotlight, the Navy can do better  Breaking Defense
  5. As confusion reigns over Hormuz talks, Fortune gets exclusive access to a UN-backed plan to reopen the strait  Fortune
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US revokes Brazil ambassador’s visa in escalation of diplomatic feud

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Move is retaliation for Lula’s government refusal to approve Trump’s nominee for ambassador in Brasília

Donald Trump’s administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the US in a sharp escalation of a diplomatic feud with the country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The US state department said Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti’s visa had been cancelled in retaliation for Brazil’s refusal to approve Trump’s nominee for ambassador in Brasília and its decision last month to deny visas to two US diplomats seeking to visit ahead of an October election.

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Ukraine war briefing: Russian soldier in Crimea shoots comrades and civilians – theguardian.com

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  1. Ukraine war briefing: Russian soldier in Crimea shoots comrades and civilians  theguardian.com
  2. A serviceman in Russian-held Crimea shoots fellow soldiers and civilians, killing 4  AP News
  3. Soldier kills four in gun rampage in Russian-occupied Crimea  BBC
  4. Russian soldier opens fire on his own platoon  The Telegraph
  5. Russian civilians killed in Crimea as Ukraine war takes its toll on Black Sea shores  France 24
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Shiite Muslims join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid fears of US-Iran escalation – AP News

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  1. Shiite Muslims join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid fears of US-Iran escalation  AP News
  2. The Biggest Red Banner of Vengeance Rises in Karbala  Tehran Times
  3. Iran Operates 1,100 Arbaeen Flights, Serving 141,000 Pilgrims  تسنیم
  4. Arbaeen Pilgrimage: World's largest peaceful gathering  Mehr News Agency
  5. Why Arbaeen Has A Deep Significance That Brings Millions To Iraq  Religion Unplugged
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Netanyahu says no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed – AP News

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  1. Netanyahu says no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed  AP News
  2. Trump and Netanyahu May Be at Odds Again Over Gaza Plan  nytimes.com
  3. Israel conveys concerns to the U.S. about Hamas disarmament deal  NBC News
  4. Israeli official says troops won't pull back in Gaza without 'genuine' Hamas disarmament  BBC
  5. Israel’s response to Trump’s Gaza peace plan: Silence from Netanyahu and a weekend of deadly strikes  CNN
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This summer isn’t breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say – AP News

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  1. This summer isn’t breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say  AP News
  2. El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year  theguardian.com
  3. Strong El Niño Could Push 49 Million More People Into Acute Hunger, UN Agency Says  U.S. News & World Report
  4. What the ‘strongest El Niño on record’ actually means (for humans)  CNN
  5. El Niño continues strengthening towards record territory, likely to reach 'Super' status by year's end  FOX Weather
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Daniel Andrews defends actions as opposition labels Labor ‘a gangster government’ after Ibac report released

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Victorian corruption watchdog finds ‘serious and concerning’ conduct by senior Andrews government members in dealings with union boss

Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has defended the actions of senior members of his government, whom the state’s anti-corruption watchdog found engaged in “serious and concerning” conduct in their dealings with the leader of the firefighters’ union.

A long-awaited report by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, stopped stopped short of making any findings of corrupt conduct.

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Cambridge professor who allegedly plagiarized his Ph.D also accused of falsely claiming he worked at 3 other schools – New York Post

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  1. Cambridge professor who allegedly plagiarized his Ph.D also accused of falsely claiming he worked at 3 other schools  New York Post
  2. Cambridge Professor Jason Arday’s Work Challenged Ahead of Book Launch  nytimes.com
  3. Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor  theguardian.com
  4. Jason Arday: I am not a liar, says star academic accused of plagiarism  The Times
  5. Cambridge’s diversity poster boy faces questions over ‘miracle’ 600-mile run  The Telegraph
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Brazil downgrades diplomatic ties with Argentina after Milei insults Lula – Reuters

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  1. Brazil downgrades diplomatic ties with Argentina after Milei insults Lula  Reuters
  2. Brazil cuts diplomatic presence in Argentina after Milei insults Lula  AP News
  3. Brazil wants Argentine ambassador out  Euronews.com
  4. Argentina leader doubles down on calling Brazil’s president a ‘thief’  Inquirer.net
  5. Brazil downgrades relations with Argentina: media  Global Times
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Cruises thrown into chaos as drought strands ships, leaves passengers scrambling – Fox News

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  1. Cruises thrown into chaos as drought strands ships, leaves passengers scrambling  Fox News
  2. Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias  theguardian.com
  3. Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river trade  AP News
  4. Europe's heat wave fuels drought, wildfires and fears about energy supplies  npr.org
  5. Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers  BBC
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‘Did you send that report?’ The Icac bombshell that came late for Damien Tudehope

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The former Liberal finance minister was questioned by Icac counsel assisting, Peggy Dwyer, on Tuesday

The bombshell came in the last five minutes of former finance minister and rightwing powerbroker Damien Tudehope’s examination before the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac).

At 3.30pm on Tuesday, Tudehope was shown an email which he sent in February 2023, attaching a leaked draft parliamentary report into branch stacking in the Hills area by the Reformers, the shadowy group at the centre of Icac’s Operation Rosny.

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