- China says military drills encircling Taiwan designed to test its ability to ‘seize power’ CNN
- Taiwan deploys jets to monitor Chinese drills around island – video The Guardian
- China stages mock missile strikes on Taiwan, jets with live missiles used in drills Reuters
- China says war games around Taiwan to test ability to ‘seize power’ Al Jazeera English
- China warns of Taiwan 'war' as military drills encircle island Voice of America - VOA News
Video shows aftermath of deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea
Dozens of people are feared dead after a “massive” landslide swept through a village in northern Papua New Guinea.
Singapore Airlines changes seatbelt rules, route after fatal turbulence – Al Jazeera English
- Singapore Airlines changes seatbelt rules, route after fatal turbulence Al Jazeera English
- What Turbulence Did to Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 The New York Times
- Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after turbulence killed one, injured dozens The Associated Press
- Singapore Airlines tightens seatbelt rules after turbulence flight death The Guardian
- What is it like to fly a plane during turbulence? BBC.com
Papua New Guinea: Many feared dead in massive landslide – BBC.com
- Papua New Guinea: Many feared dead in massive landslide BBC.com
- Landslide Buries Village in Papua New Guinea, Killing at Least 3 The New York Times
- More than 100 people believed killed by a landslide in Papua New Guinea NBC News
- Papua New Guinea landslide: hundreds feared dead in remote northern region The Guardian
- More than 100 feared dead in remote region of Papua New Guinea hit by deadly landslide CNN
UN approves resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide annually over Serb opposition – The Associated Press
- UN approves resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide annually over Serb opposition The Associated Press
- General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Srebrenica Genocide, Designating International Day of Reflection, Commemoration | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases Welcome to the United Nations
- UN declares 11 July Srebrenica massacre remembrance day BBC.com
- The theatrics of genocidal impunity Al Jazeera English
- UN General Assembly declares Srebrenica genocide remembrance day Reuters
In pictures: North India boils as temperatures near 50C
Parts of northern India are experiencing a brutal heatwave, with temperatures crossing 48C.
Many feared dead in massive Papua New Guinea landslide
The landslide struck in the early hours, burying 100 houses in six highland villages.
Wreckage of US World War Two submarine found after 80 years
The USS Harder sank Japanese ships in audacious missions during the war.
China Taiwan: Beijing really doesn’t like Taiwan’s new president – BBC.com
- China Taiwan: Beijing really doesn't like Taiwan's new president BBC.com
- Future of Nvidia, Apple, Chips Industry Rests in Taiwan's New President's Hands Bloomberg
- Analyzing Lai Ching-te's Inaugural Address: More Continuity Than Difference Council on Foreign Relations
- China warns of reprisals against Taiwan after president’s inauguration speech The Guardian
- Lai Ching-te aims to strengthen Taiwan but maintain the status quo The Economist
Russia unlikely to ‘swallow the West whole’, Hungary’s Orban says – Yahoo! Voices
Australia news live: students at two universities pack up pro-Palestine camps; Queensland rejects carbon capture project over aquifer fears
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- Daniel Duggan loses fight against extradition to US over allegedly training Chinese pilots, magistrate rules
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Taiwan interested in critical-minerals trade with Australia
Taiwan’s representative to Australia, Douglas Hsu, spoke to ABC RN just earlier about China’s military drills around Taiwan and trading with Australia.
We will continue to show our interest in engaging with Australia on the trade front. I think in the past few months, especially on critical minerals, I had a few opportunities to travel to West Australia and Northern Territory to talk with the businessman in the critical minerals industries.
I found that well, first of all, I was very surprised or impressed by the scale of Australia’s mining industry, and we’ll definitely look forward to bringing more Taiwanese business to work even more closely with Australian partners.
It’s really about ensuring services can do early work that can stop children from experiencing harm, helping kids before they get to crisis point and intervening early to break that cycle of violence and abuse.
Continue reading...Daniel Duggan loses fight against extradition to US over allegedly training Chinese pilots, magistrate rules
The Australian former US marine pilot faces a potential prison sentence of up to 60 years on charges of arms trafficking and money laundering
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Australian man Daniel Duggan, a former US marine pilot wanted in America over allegations he trained Chinese fighter pilots, is eligible to be extradited to the United States where he faces a potential prison sentence of up to 60 years, a magistrate has ruled.
Duggan appeared in court for the first time since his arrest 19 months ago, dressed in a grey suit jacket, white shirt and blue tie. From behind the security glass of the dock he blew kisses to his family and supporters, and made a love-heart symbol towards his wife, Saffrine, mouthing the words “I love you” to her.
Continue reading...Saint Peter: Sydney eatery that cooks ‘most fascinating parts’ of fish makes World’s 50 Best Restaurants long list
Chef Josh Niland ‘quite emotional’ to learn his seafood spot named in extended list of restaurants ranked 51 to 100
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has released its extended list – and the Sydney seafood spot Saint Peter has become the only Australian restaurant to make the cut, receiving praise for spearheading a movement.
In a tweet this week, World’s 50 Best described Josh Niland’s Saint Peter as a “ground-breaking” restaurant that “takes the great Australian seafood tradition to previously unexplored heights”.
Continue reading...Potentially habitable planet size of Earth discovered 40 light years away
Queensland- and Scotland-based PhD students co-lead team celebrating ‘Eureka moment’ spotting Gliese 12b
An Australian university student has co-led the discovery of an Earth-sized, potentially habitable planet just 40 light years away.
Shishir Dholakia, a PhD candidate in astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland, is part of an international team that published the discovery in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Continue reading...What do China’s drills around Taiwan tell us?
The Chinese military says the exercises aimed to "test its ability to seize power" on the island.
More than 200 EU staff sign letter expressing concerns over Gaza crisis
Exclusive: Signatories cite union’s ‘continued apathy’ to plight of Palestinians and seek official call for ceasefire
More than 200 staff members of EU institutions and agencies have signed a letter expressing “growing concern” over the union’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, arguing that it runs contrary to its core values and aim of promoting peace.
The letter, signed by 211 people in their personal capacity as citizens and addressed to the EU’s top three officials, begins by condemning the 7 October attacks “in the strongest terms”.
Continue reading...UK ministers to be challenged in human rights court over protest injunctions
Friends of the Earth will argue private companies are allowed to create their own public order laws that stifle demonstrations
The government is to be challenged at the European court of human rights over its use of “confusing and opaque” anti-protest injunctions.
The environmental group Friends of the Earth (FoE) is to argue such injunctions allow private companies to create bespoke public order laws that stifle peaceful protest.
Continue reading...‘Superstar’ Indigenous artist and activist dies aged 67
The artist used ephemera to convey how white Australia failed to come to terms with the country’s Indigenous peoples
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Destiny Deacon, the trailblazing First Nations artist and activist known for her works using “Koori Kitsch” to subvert colonial interpretations of Indigenous culture, has died aged 67.
Deacon’s death was announced on Friday by Sydney’s Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, which has represented the artist for more than two decades.
Continue reading...Biden says Kenya in line to be 1st sub-Saharan non-NATO ally – DW (English)
- Biden says Kenya in line to be 1st sub-Saharan non-NATO ally DW (English)
- Obama makes an appearance at White House’s Kenya state dinner CNN
- Speaker Mike Johnson earns condemnation for his treatment of Kenya's president MSNBC
- Who was Jill Biden wearing for the state dinner? Sergio Hudson. The Washington Post
- White House state dinner honors Kenya's Ruto The Associated Press
Melbourne boxer Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim survives second shooting in two years
Victoria police confirm man, 32, was not wounded when shots fired in Thomastown on Friday morning
A former Mongols bikie has survived a shooting in suburban Melbourne, two years after an assassination attempt outside a cemetery.
Shots were fired at Suleiman “Sam” Abdulrahim, a professional boxer who goes by the name “The Punisher”, as he left his Thomastown home early on Friday morning.
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