Why is this game only legal across Australia one day a year?
Two-up is a coin toss betting game that was played by Australian soldiers during World War One - it’s now only legal across Australia on 25 April.
A New Idea to Save the AMOC? Dam the Bering Strait. – The New York Times
- A New Idea to Save the AMOC? Dam the Bering Strait. The New York Times
- A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot The Guardian
- A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents is weakening and closer to collapse than thought, new studies find CNN
- 2 studies warn 'Day After Tomorrow' ocean current is in trouble USA Today
- Crucial Atlantic current closer to collapse than we thought — leading to global catastrophe: ‘Need to prepare now’ New York Post
Kosovo court jails three Serb separatists over 2023 Banjska attack
Attack in the village of Banjska led to a clash with police that left one police officer and three of the gunmen dead.
Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads
Capital punishment remains controversial in the US, with critics warning of innocent people being put on death row.
Alcaraz’s French Open threepeat dream ended by wrist injury
Carlos Alcaraz lost world number one spot to Jannik Sinner after their Monte Carlo final and now misses Roland Garros.
South Africa’s top envoy to Ghana summoned over attacks on foreigners
A Ghanaian national was confronted by South Africans in a viral clip and questioned about his immigration status.
UK Imposes Lifetime Smoking Ban for People Born After 2009 – The Daily Signal
- UK Imposes Lifetime Smoking Ban for People Born After 2009 The Daily Signal
- Proposed Lifetime Smoking Ban to Become Law in Britain The New York Times
- Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament | Smoking The Guardian
- Opinion | Butt out, cigarette banners The Washington Post
- Let the Kids Smoke The Free Press
Three Kosovo Serbs jailed over deadly gun battle and monastery siege
Kosovo's court sentences two men to life imprisonment and another to a 30-year term for the 2023 attack.
How Israel targeted and killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil
Amal Khalil was killed while reporting on an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon during a 10-day ceasefire.
As Putin Orders That the Economy Be Fixed, Russia Grasps for Solutions – The New York Times
- As Putin Orders That the Economy Be Fixed, Russia Grasps for Solutions The New York Times
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 20, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russia’s Economic, Civil, And Political Challenges During The Ukraine War Forbes
- Putin’s Oil Windfall Won’t Revive His Slowing Wartime Economy Bloomberg.com
- Is Russia’s economy really on its last legs? The Spectator
The Gaza playbook: Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli destruction in Lebanon – CNN
- The Gaza playbook: Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli destruction in Lebanon CNN
- Couple discovers Lebanon home destroyed by Israel from satellite image BBC
- Lebanon decries Israeli demolition of homes in areas occupied after ceasefire AP News
- Devastation at every turn greets UN aid mission to south Lebanon UN News
- What's it like to return home amid war? NPR
Pirates hijack oil tanker off the coast of Somalia
Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.
Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries – Al Jazeera
- Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries Al Jazeera
- 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
- Black Rain, Toxic Air and Bird Deaths: Russian Black Sea Town Reels From Refinery Strike The Moscow Times
- Ukraine Blows Up Druzhba Pump Station After Restoring Druzhba Oil Deliveries to Hungary Kyiv Post
Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries
Despite US sanctions waiver, Russian oil exports could fall to lowest levels since 2023, sources say.
Iran foreign minister to embark on three-nation tour as US peace talks remain stalled
Abbas Araghchi to visit Pakistan, Oman and Russia to see if talks can be reopened, with both sides still in stalemate
The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is planning a tour of Pakistan, Russia and Oman in an effort to see if there is a basis to reopen peace talks that can end with a permanent US-Israeli commitment to cease its attacks on Iran, now one of Tehran’s key demands.
Araghchi is also likely to discuss a potential permanent new arrangement on governing the strait of Hormuz with Oman, which oversees the south of the strait.
Continue reading...Who is making decisions in Iran?
Iran's new supreme leader is supposed to have the final say, but in practice the picture is far murkier.
Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
Revised figures increase fears about how the energy-intensive sites could worsen the climate emergency
The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, after officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from the technology by a factor of more than 100.
According to new data quietly published this week, energy use by AI datacentres in the UK could cause the emission of up to 123m tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) – about as much as generated by 2.7 million people – over the next 10 years.
Continue reading...Israeli police investigate after officers ‘cut Palestinian flag’ from skullcap
The British Israeli man says he was detained after someone took offence at his kippah embroidered with Israeli and Palestinian flags.
Police across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records show
Exclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police work
Law enforcement and local government officials across the US have over the last year expressed concerns that immigration operations were interfering with police work and leading to threats to officers, according to internal emails and briefings shared with the Guardian.
The development comes as the US public has become afraid and distrustful of officers in their communities due to the Trump administration’s aggressive and at times indiscriminate immigration crackdown.
Continue reading...Mandelson under formal investigation by EU’s anti-fraud office
The EU's anti-fraud office confirms it has "sufficient information" to launch an investigation, but does not say if it involves fraud.