Preview: USA vs Canada – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 opening match
History, reputation and bragging rights will be on the line as USA host Canada in the first match of the T20 World Cup.
On this year’s Global Day of Parents, I still long to be with my children
In a country that claims to be a champion of families, I remain separated from my children due to my political activism.
Tin Oo, NLD founder with Aung San Suu Kyi, dies aged 97 in Myanmar
Former armed forces chief was imprisoned after failed revolt against junta and later campaigned with Nobel laureate under National League for Democracy banner
Tin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and co-founder with her of the National League for Democracy, has died at the age of 97.
Tin Oo died on Saturday morning at Yangon general hospital, said Moh Khan, a charity worker citing a family member. Charity workers in Myanmar handle funeral arrangements.
Continue reading...South Africa elections live results 2024: By the numbers on day 3
Results show the ruling ANC will lose its majority and be forced to seek coalition partners.
Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment – The Associated Press
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- Hostages of Israeli revenge in Gaza: Torture and inhumane treatment against Palestinian prisoners and detainees Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
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‘This is a bad day for America’ – voters split on Trump verdict
We asked independent voters and Republicans who have doubts about Trump if conviction changes anything.
Why are South Korean babies and children suing their government?
The youngest plaintiff in the climate case against South Korea was a 20-week-old embryo.
The winners and losers of Australia’s proposed electoral redistribution explained
Labor has lost a key seat in Victoria but could replace it by picking up a newly created electorate in Western Australia
The Australian Electoral Commission has announced proposed new boundaries for federal electorates in Victoria and Western Australia to be used at the next election.
A number of seats have been changed dramatically, with one seat abolished – the electorate of Higgins in Victoria – and a new one created.
Continue reading...Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before – The Hill
- Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before The Hill
- The Most Dangerous Job in Mexican Politics: Running for Mayor The Wall Street Journal
- Mexicans go to the polls amid record violence against candidates, officials Fox News
- Mayoral candidate in Mexico assassinated at campaign stop CNN
- Mexican candidate assassinations hit grim record ahead of Sunday's election Reuters
Meet Chase Oliver, the youthful US presidential candidate
Meet Chase Oliver, the Libertarian presidential nominee giving voters an alternative option in a Trump v Biden rematch.
Biden faces new break with pro-Israel Democrats over ICC sanctions – Axios
- Biden faces new break with pro-Israel Democrats over ICC sanctions Axios
- Netanyahu criticizes Biden administration for not backing ICC sanctions The Hill
- The Prosecutor's Circumvention of Article 18 Complementarity? A Flaw in the ICC's Palestine Investigation Just Security
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- Netanyahu ‘surprised, disappointed’ by US refusal to sanction ICC over warrants The Times of Israel
Gina Rinehart retains top spot on rich list as 200 wealthiest Australians see fortunes grow by 11%
Technology figures including Afterpay founders rise up AFR rich list rankings, reflecting ‘changing nature’ of Australian economy
Australia’s rich have continued to grow their fortunes, with the tech and property sectors creating more of our top earners, according to this year’s Australian Financial Review’s rich list.
Gina Rinehart has kept her top spot for the fifth year in a row on the annual list, which reveals the total wealth of the 200 richest people in Australia increased 11% to $624.9bn, even as the country struggled with high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.
Continue reading...We have no Plan B if Ukraine falls, says Estonia
Estonia is pouring money and weapons into Ukraine’s war effort to try to push back the Russians.
France mourns nurse known as Angel of Dien Bien Phu
The French president said she showed "exemplary courage and devotion" amid suffering.
‘The death of Slim Shady’: Controversial legacy of Eminem’s peroxide-blond alter ego
The star claims he will kill off his alter ego on his forthcoming album, The Death of Slim Shady.
Marian Shields Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86
Robinson, who moved to White House when Barack Obama won presidency, helped to care for granddaughters Malia and Sasha
Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
Robinson’s death was announced in an online tribute by Michelle Obama, and included details of the time she spent living in the White House, as an informal first grandmother to the Obama children.
Continue reading...Biden says Trump’s claim of rigged trial is ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’ in White House speech – as it happened
The president said ‘Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself’ and ‘no one is above the law’. This blog is now closed.
While Donald Trump and his team argued for a change of venue for the New York hush money trial because Manhattan was so heavily Democrat, New York was where Trump made his name. The 58-storey Trump Tower has been a part of the skyline since 1983. His hit reality show, The Apprentice, took place here.
After the verdict was read yesterday, New Yorkers reacted with both jubilation and horror.
Continue reading...China food security law comes into force, aims for absolute self-sufficiency – Reuters
Things Can Only Get Better group ban Labour from using song
D:Ream members regret association with Tony Blair and do not want song played at July general election
The pop group that sing Things Can Only Get Better – which became an anthem for Labour at the 1997 general election victory – will deny any request from Keir Starmer to use the track at this year’s election.
D:Ream’s founding members Peter Cunnah and Alan Mackenzie said they were dismayed to hear their song play through a loudspeaker as the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, called a 4 July general election on a wet afternoon in Downing Street.
Continue reading...Biden unveils Israeli proposal to end Gaza war
It would begin with a six-week ceasefire and the withdrawal of IDF forces from populated areas.