The “broader legacy” of Jean-Marie Le Pen and France’s far right
Hugo Drochon, talks about the death of French far-right politician, Jean-Marie Le Pen
The world’s most powerful passport has a clear winner this year — in 2024 it was a six-way tie – CNBC
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- This country has the most powerful passport: See where the US ranks USA TODAY
- U.S. Drops To No. 9 In World’s Most Powerful Passport Index Forbes
- The World’s Most (and Least) Powerful Passports in 2025 Henley & Partners
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Japanese crime leader pleads guilty in U.S. to trafficking nuclear materials – NBC News
- Japanese crime leader pleads guilty in U.S. to trafficking nuclear materials NBC News
- Japanese Crime Boss Pleads Guilty in Plot To Sell Nuclear Material To Iran OilPrice.com
- Japanese mafia leader caught in U.S. sting pleads guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran CBS News
- Yakuza leader pleads guilty in New York to trafficking nuclear materials, narcotics charges CNBC
- Alleged Yakuza boss Takeshi Ebisawa admits to smuggling nuclear material ABC News
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released by Iran – The Washington Post
- Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released by Iran The Washington Post
- Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home Reuters
- Italy Says Cecilia Sala, Journalist Detained by Iran, Has Been Released The New York Times
- An Italian journalist is freed from detention in Iran and returns home The Associated Press
- Iran Releases Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala The Wall Street Journal
Missing Hiker Found Alive After 13 Days Lost in Kosciuszko National Park – The New York Times
- Missing Hiker Found Alive After 13 Days Lost in Kosciuszko National Park The New York Times
- Missing Australian hiker found after surviving two weeks on muesli bars and berries NBC News
- Medical student found in ‘remarkable condition’ after going missing for 2 weeks in remote mountain range New York Post
- The stunning moment hikers found Hadi on a hillside Sydney Morning Herald
A top Iranian general said Russia was actually bombing the empty desert while saying it was attacking Syrian rebels – Business Insider
- A top Iranian general said Russia was actually bombing the empty desert while saying it was attacking Syrian rebels Business Insider
- Top Iranian General Admits ‘Big’ Defeat in Syria The New York Times
- The Iran Opportunity: What America Needs to Do to Achieve a Breakthrough Foreign Affairs Magazine
- Jan. 8: Families of US-Israeli hostages to attend Trump inauguration The Times of Israel
- Iran Pulls Most Forces From Syria, in Blow to Tehran’s Regional Ambitions The Wall Street Journal
Wales trails behind most European countries in arts and sports funding, report finds
Cross-party Senedd report finds Wales is third from bottom in spending on culture and sports, with Iceland biggest spender
It is known as the land of song and as one of the world’s most passionate sporting nations.
But a report has concluded that despite its proud heritage, Wales is languishing behind almost all other European countries in terms of spending on recreational, sporting and cultural services.
Continue reading...Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes and Eugene Levy among celebrities to lose homes in California fires
Crystal ‘heartbroken’ after losing family home of 46 years in historic fires that have killed five and destroyed more than 1,100 buildings
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Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton and Eugene Levy are among celebrities who have lost their homes in the wildfires tearing through several neighbourhoods of Los Angeles, which have killed at least five people and destroyed more than 1,100 buildings so far.
Six wildfires were raging across Los Angeles county. The affluent Pacific Palisades, where many famous Hollywood names live, has been devastated since the fires began on Tuesday. On Wednesday night, another fire broke out in Runyon Canyon in the Hollywood Hills, with the Los Angeles fire department ordering an immediate evacuation of parts of the neighbourhood.
Continue reading...Hiker who left muesli bars in Kosciuszko hut praises Hadi Nazari’s survival skills
Sherman left two muesli bars in national park’s most remote hut while Nazari was lost in wilderness – along with a short logbook message: ‘enjoy’
- Berries, creek water and two muesli bars: how missing hiker survived in Kosciuszko
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Sydney hiker Sherman left two Uncle Tobys muesli bars inside a hut in dense bush on the side of a steep range in the Kosciuszko national park just after Christmas.
He didn’t know it at the time but Victorian man Hadi Nazari had gone missing a day earlier in the remote New South Wales park. Sherman now believes the bars Nazari found and consumed during his two-week ordeal could be those he left behind on 27 December.
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Continue reading...Paris Hilton and Adam Brody among celebrities to lose homes in wildfires
Actor James Woods breaks down in tears on live TV as he describes how his Pacific Palisades property was razed.
Chinese urged to trade in kitchen gadgets
A list of subsidised household goods has been expanded as Beijing tries to increase domestic spending.
‘We’re done’: owner of Walter White’s house in Breaking Bad puts it on market – for $4m
Modest family home in Albuquerque has a price tag fit for a meth kingpin – but owner Joanne Quintana warns buyers to prepare for hundreds of visitors a day
The modest suburban home used as Walter White’s family abode in Breaking Bad is officially on the market for US$4m – almost 10 times the median sale price in its neighbourhood.
The ranch-style house in Albuquerque, New Mexico has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a back yard pool, which featured in crucial scenes in the show. The median price of a house in the same postcode is $421,000, according to real estate company Zillow.
Continue reading...Mornington Peninsula beach box’s $910,000 to $1m listing higher than median Melbourne home
High asking price for boat shed a contrast to struggling housing market in the region, expert says
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A beach box on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula has gone on the market with an asking price of up to $1m – higher than the median value of a home in Melbourne.
The owners of Beach Box 28, on Shelley beach in Portsea, are selling the blue boat shed with a price guide of $910,000 to $1m.
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Continue reading...Japanese crime boss admits to conspiring to sell nuclear material to Iran
Takeshi Ebisawa faces a maximum punishment of life in prison after pleading guilty to six counts in a Manhattan court.
Chad say military foiled armed assault on presidential complex, 19 killed
The attack came just hours after China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with government officials in the capital N'Djamena
Sydney teenager allegedly used AI to create deepfake pornography of students
Police are investigating after schoolboy allegedly circulated images of female students using fake social media accounts
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A teenage boy at a south-western Sydney high school has been reported to police after allegedly using artificial intelligence platforms to create pornography featuring other students.
The student is alleged to have created explicit deepfake images of female students and circulated them using fake social media accounts.
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Continue reading...Andrew Forrest fires back at ExxonMobil’s claims of ‘smear campaigns and lawfare’
Iron ore billionaire says he is ‘personally delighted’ at lawsuit as fossil fuel giant has ‘opened themselves up to cross-examination’ in a US court
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Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is among a group accused of orchestrating “smear campaigns and lawfare” against the global oil and gas sector “for politics, publicity, and private gain” in a dramatic defamation claim launched in US courts by fossil fuel company ExxonMobil.
But the iron ore billionaire, who is not himself a defendant in the case, said he is “personally delighted” at the court action and that “Exxon has walked themselves into the court and opened themselves up to cross-examination”.
Continue reading...Brussels will be watching whether Musk breaks EU law in far-right livestream – POLITICO Europe
- Brussels will be watching whether Musk breaks EU law in far-right livestream POLITICO Europe
- Musk is courting the far right in Germany — and there's not much European leaders can do about it CNBC
- France urges EU to get tough on Musk's political comments as bloc struggles for a response Reuters
- Will the EU attempt to rein in Musk's X? | Radio Schuman Euronews
- Spain’s Sanchez says Musk incites hatred, warns against fascism in Europe Al Jazeera English
Trump’s chaos agents descend on Europe — and squabble – POLITICO Europe
- Trump’s chaos agents descend on Europe — and squabble POLITICO Europe
- Opinion | Nations Prepare for a Post-European World The Wall Street Journal
- Can American Abandonment Help Europe? Foreign Affairs Magazine
- A flailing economy has left the EU exposed to Trumpian outbursts Mint
- A fractured alliance: Europe, Trump 2.0, and the dynamics of a changing global order Observer Research Foundation
A Russian missile attack in southern Ukraine has killed at least 13 civilians, officials say – Yahoo! Voices
- A Russian missile attack in southern Ukraine has killed at least 13 civilians, officials say Yahoo! Voices
- Russian strike kills 13, injures 113 in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Reuters
- Russian Strike Kills 13 in Southeastern Ukraine The New York Times
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,050 Al Jazeera English
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: US pledges $500m in weapons and ammunition for Kyiv to fight Putin’s forces The Independent