Japan to vote for new PM amid political uncertainty: All you need to know
LDP's Sanae Takaichi needs to find coalition partners from opposition to become Japan's first female prime minister.
Artillery shrapnel hits vehicles on California highway during Marines celebration
California Governor Gavin Newsom had shut down the freeway, even though White House officials said it was safe.
Ukraine war briefing: Energy war continues with strikes on Russian oil and gas plants – The Guardian
- Ukraine war briefing: Energy war continues with strikes on Russian oil and gas plants The Guardian
- Ukrainian drones strike major Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to trade land for peace ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,334 Al Jazeera
- Giant Russian gas plant suspends intake from Kazakhstan after Ukrainian drone strike Reuters
- Ukraine updates: Russian gas plant hit in long-range strike DW
Rodrigo Paz Pereira wins Bolivia’s presidential runoff marking a new shift to the right
Sunday’s election marked the first time since 2005 that no candidate from Evo Morales’ Mas party was on the ballot
Centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 58, won Bolivia’s presidential runoff on Sunday and will be the country’s next president, marking a shift to the right after nearly 20 years of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party.
With just over 97% of ballots counted in the electoral court’s “preliminary” tally, Paz Pereira secured 54.6% of the vote, while rightwing former president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga received 45.4%.
Continue reading...Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration
Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail
A live artillery shell exploded prematurely during a marines live-fire demonstration that launched over a southern California freeway in celebration of the military branch’s 250th anniversary, raining shrapnel down on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and a motorcycle that was part of JD Vance’s detail, according to a police report.
The New York Times reported that fragments that fell from the 155mm shell landed on vehicles parked on a ramp on Interstate 5 – a major artery through southern California – which governor Gavin Newsom had ordered closed after learning that military officials had no plans to close the freeway.
Continue reading...Live: Israel kills 97 Palestinians in Gaza since start of ceasefire
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.
These confederate statues caused US protests. Knocked down, they’re the centre of a new art show
The 18 decommissioned Confederate monuments have been deconstructed and displayed to make a statement on the horrors of slavery.
India sparkles as millions celebrate Diwali festival
Known as the festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the victory of good over evil.
Thieves steal treasured jewelry from Louvre in 7-minute daylight heist – The Washington Post
- Thieves steal treasured jewelry from Louvre in 7-minute daylight heist The Washington Post
- Louvre Robbers Take ‘Priceless’ French Jewels The New York Times
- Jewelry heist at the Louvre is latest problem to beset France’s most famous museum CNN
- Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum AP News
- Masked thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewels from the Louvre Museum NPR
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,334
Ukraine attacks Russian gas processing plant as Zelenskyy calls for more international pressure on Putin.
Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations: An apology call and a moment of human connection – CBS News
- Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations: An apology call and a moment of human connection CBS News
- The ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared Kushner’s Gaza ceasefire deal The Guardian
- Witkoff says he connected with Hamas leader al-Hayya over shared experience of losing a son The Times of Israel
- ‘A Big Day’: How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal The New York Times
- Scoop: Direct meeting between Trump envoys and Hamas leaders sealed Gaza deal Axios
Florida politician faces backlash over calls for mass deportation of Indians
Chandler Langevin faced censure from Palm Bay council and calls to resign from series of posts condemned as ‘vile’
A city councilmember in Florida is facing backlash from national Indian American organizations, members of Congress, and local residents after posting a series of social media messages that insulted Indian people living in the US and called for them to be deported en masse.
Chandler Langevin, a Palm Bay council member elected last year, made derogatory comments about Indian people across several posts on the social media platform X over roughly three weeks this fall. He claimed that Indians come to America to “drain our pockets” before returning to India, “or worse … to stay”.
Continue reading...Protests and food poisonings test Indonesian president’s first year in office
Prabowo Subianto's promises of dynamic economic growth and social change have faced major challenges.
Tel Aviv derby called off by police after ‘violent riots’
The derby between Maccabi and Hapoel is cancelled before kick-off after police say "smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown".
China will soon have a new Five Year Plan. Here’s how they have changed the world so far
Beijing's leaders are deciding on a blueprint that sets China's economic goals for the next decade.
Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire – NPR
- Israel strikes Gaza as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire NPR
- Renewed fighting tests Gaza ceasefire and Israel briefly halts aid AP News
- Two IDF soldiers killed amid 'severe' ceasefire violation, 'it's not the last,' analyst says Fox News
- Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend NBC News
- Live: Israel launches ‘wave’ of air strikes on Gaza as truce teeters Al Jazeera
Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo, WHO says
Barring new cases, the patient's recovery kicks off a 42-day countdown to declaring the country's 16th outbreak over.
Landslide win for pro-EU Turkish Cypriot candidate raises hopes for peace
Veteran leftwinger Tufan Erhürman wins after campaign on reviving stalled talks to reunify island
Turkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus.
Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island, defeated the incumbent nationalist, Ersin Tatar, by nearly 27 percentage points – a landslide win that surprised even his most ardent supporters.
Continue reading...After ‘No Kings’ protests, where does Democratic opposition go next?
Millions of Americans joined anti-Trump protests, but Democrats are less popular than the president and divided over how to fight back.
George Santos says prison sentence was ‘disproportionate’ but ‘large slice of humble pie’
Disgraced former congressman who was meant to serve seven years for fraud and identity lashes out at critics
Disgraced former US congressman George Santos said on Sunday that his prison sentence had been “disproportionate”, but that he had been served “a very large slice of humble pie”, while lashing out at his critics in his first interview since Donald Trump commuted his sentence.
Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, Santos said he was “all politicked out”, and called for his former campaign staffer, Sam Miele, to also receive a commutation.
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