Lebanon Latest: Israel attacks kill journalist and target first responders
A fragile ceasefire holds as Israeli strikes kill a journalist and target first responders in Lebanon.
12 Russian FSB officers killed in drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk, Ukraine’s military says – The Kyiv Independent
- 12 Russian FSB officers killed in drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk, Ukraine's military says The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine kills 12 Russian FSB officers in drone strike The Telegraph
- Ukrainian Drones Are Cutting Off Ammo Resupply To Russian Artillery Forbes
- Azov Disrupts Enemy Logistics in Donetsk Using Hornet Drones Backed by Former Google CEO Militarnyi
- Ukraine war latest: 12 Russian FSB officers killed in Ukrainian drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk The Kyiv Independent
US to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian boats laying mines in Hormuz, Trump says
US says it intercepted another tanker carrying Iranian oil as Trump underscores alleged infighting within Iran's leadership.
After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers’ week has a new director: ‘I don’t envy anyone in this position’
Rosemarie Milsom, who formed and runs Newcastle writers festival, will take over from Louise Adler after the literary festival imploded over invitation to Randa Abdel-Fattah
In January, as the implosion of Adelaide writers’ week made headlines around Australia and the world, Rosemarie Milsom was watching closely.
The Adelaide festival board, which oversees AWW, had overridden the literary festival’s director, Louise Adler, and disinvited the Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah over past comments she’d made about Israel and Zionism. This decision resulted not in a quieter, less-controversial festival as the board members may have hoped, but a boycott by 200-odd writers, the resignation of Adler – followed by the whole board – a potential defamation lawsuit against the South Australian premier and the collapse of AWW.
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Continue reading...Why are FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets so expensive?
Fans are critical of FIFA's pricing of tickets, accusing the world body of pricing them out of the global tournament.
How Iran war has triggered soaring cost of medicines
Pharmacists in some countries have seen the cost of painkillers more than quadruple.
‘A history of the Earth’: Twelve Apostles revealed to be as old as 14m years
Tectonic plate movements over millions of years have lifted and tilted the layers, with records of ancient earthquakes in the rocks
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Microscopic fossils embedded in limestone have helped reveal the true age of Victoria’s Twelve Apostles as 8.6m to 14m years old.
The conclave of giant golden pillars is visited by 2.8 million tourists each year, a highlight for those travelling along the Great Ocean Road south-west of Melbourne.
Continue reading...Trump Has Already Spent at Least $4.7 Billion Attacking Latin America – The Intercept
- Trump Has Already Spent at Least $4.7 Billion Attacking Latin America The Intercept
- DoD spent $4.7 billion for Venezeula, Caribbean operations: Report Responsible Statecraft
- What Did the U.S. Attack on Venezuela Cost? Institute for Policy Studies
- From Boat Murders to Kidnapping Maduro, Trump Spending Billions on 'Donroe Doctrine' Militarism Common Dreams
Two trains collide head-on in Denmark, leaving five critically hurt
The accident happened early on Thursday at a level crossing north of Copenhagen.
Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety – 404 Media
- Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety 404 Media
- Grok tells researchers pretending to be delusional ‘drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards’ The Guardian
- Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds Futurism
- Chatbot Safety Tests Underestimate Real-World Harm as Grok Endorses Suicide to Delusional Users SOFX
- Scientists pretended to be delusional in AI chats. Grok and Gemini encouraged them. Digital Trends
Russian Officials Say Town’s Air Is Toxic, Days After Strike on Oil Refinery – The New York Times
- Russian Officials Say Town’s Air Is Toxic, Days After Strike on Oil Refinery The New York Times
- Fire brought under control at Russia's Tuapse oil terminal Reuters
- Toxic rain falls on Russian city after refinery blaze Financial Times
- Ukraine Blows Up Druzhba Pump Station After Restoring Druzhba Oil Deliveries to Hungary Kyiv Post
- Defense forces strike oil facilities in Samara and Nizhny Novgorod regions Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
2 IDF aircraft mechanics charged with spying for Iran, leaking fighter jet info – The Times of Israel
Tourist’s ‘pre-wedding challenge’ damages historic Florence statue – CNN
- Tourist’s ‘pre-wedding challenge’ damages historic Florence statue CNN
- Tourist charged with damaging historic Florentine fountain in pre-wedding prank The Guardian
- Tourist charged for climbing Florence's Neptune Fountain in pre-wedding stunt Wanted in Rome
- Hen-do reveller ‘causes £4k damage’ after grabbing Neptune statue's willy the-sun.com
- Tourist, 28, Charged Over Pre-Wedding Statue Prank The Daily Beast
MrBeast’s company sued by ex-employee over sexual harassment claim
Beast Industries has strongly denied claims of sexual harassment and workplace gender bias.
Trump administration reclassifies cannabis as less dangerous
Medical marijuana was moved into a lower category of drugs in order to increase research and access.
Philippines’ Duterte Is Headed to The Hague – Newser
- Philippines' Duterte Is Headed to The Hague Newser
- Ex-Philippines leader to go on trial over dozens of murders committed when he was mayor and president CNN
- ICC confirms crimes against humanity trial of ex-Philippine leader Duterte Al Jazeera
- Rodrigo Duterte Will Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity, Court Rules The New York Times
- Philippines’ ex-president Rodrigo Duterte to face trial for crimes against humanity The Guardian
How Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was pursued and killed by Israel
Details of how Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was “pursued” and killed by Israeli forces have been released.
Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist draws international condemnation – The Guardian
- Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist draws international condemnation The Guardian
- Lebanese PM accuses Israel of war crimes after strike kills journalist CNN
- Lebanese journalist killed in targeted Israeli airstrikes, officials say BBC
- Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil killed in Israeli strike on a house where she took cover, paper says AP News
- Israeli Strikes Kill a Journalist and Injure Another in Lebanon The New York Times
Pilot’s selfie led to mid-air collision in F-15K fighter jet, says South Korea’s air force – The Guardian
- Pilot’s selfie led to mid-air collision in F-15K fighter jet, says South Korea’s air force The Guardian
- South Korean fighter jets collided due to pilots taking pictures, report finds BBC
- 2021 collision of South Korean warplanes caused by pilots taking video, report says ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Exclusive: Air Force Pilot Collides F-15Ks Taking Commemorative Photo 조선일보
- Fighter Jets Collide After Distracted Pilots Whip Out Their Phones The Daily Beast
Iran takes seized ships to port, countries check on seafarers’ safety – Reuters
- Iran takes seized ships to port, countries check on seafarers' safety Reuters
- Iran escalates Hormuz 'tit-for-tat,' seizes ship tied to billionaire close to Trump, Macron Fox News
- How Iran raised Hormuz stakes by capturing ships Al Jazeera
- Iran attacks ships in Strait of Hormuz as thousands more U.S. forces head for Middle East CBS News
- Hormuz Traffic Grinds to a Halt After Iran Seizes First Vessels Bloomberg.com