US plans to send $1bn in new military aid to Israel: Reports
Request for tank ammunition, tactical vehicles for Israel despite Biden's earlier pause on bombs over Rafah assault.
India top court bails NewsClick editor arrested in Chinese funding case
Prabir Purkayastha was arrested last year after NYT report said outlet was backed by network pushing Chinese propaganda.
Ukraine wants green light to strike Russian soil with US weapons: report – Business Insider
Hunger striking royal reform activist dies in custody in Thailand
Netiporn Sanesangkhom had been in jail since her arrest in January under Thailand's strict royal defamation laws.
Georgia parliament passes ‘foreign agent’ bill, triggering massive protests
The measure, described as authoritarian and Russian inspired, was approved despite warnings from the EU and the US.
NBA playoffs: NY Knicks and Nuggets on the verge of finals with 3-2 lead
Brunson's 44 points gave the Knicks a 121-91 win over Pacers, while MVP Jokic led the Nuggets to victory in Game 5.
Caitlin Clark scores 20 in first WNBA game but Indiana lose to Connecticut
Indiana Fever lost 92-71 to Connecticut Sun in the season opener that was sold out for Clark's debut game in the WNBA.
Canadian Nobel-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92
Munro was renowned for her short stories, which focussed on the frailties of the human condition.
Budget 2024 live updates: reaction and fallout from the Australia federal budget – latest news
Treasurer grilled on inflation and migration after National Press Club address. Follow today’s news and 2024 federal budget reaction live
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Jim Chalmers said the government didn’t create a new system for the energy payments (so everyone gets it) because it is done through the energy retailers, who don’t have people’s income data.
It’s not a cash payment paid directly to you – instead, it is paid through the energy sector, which takes money off your bill. In this case, $75 a quarter.
I don’t see it in political terms. I think primarily the motivation of this budget is to help people who are doing it tough. More help is on the way for people who are doing it tough via the tax system, via their energy bills and with rent assistance and cheaper medicines and in other ways as well. That’s our primary motivation.
Once you go beyond providing this to people on pensions and payments, you have to design a whole new system in order to create a new distinction. We are providing this energy bill relief to every household. We think that’s a good way to help things make things easier. Some of the other measures are more targeted.
Continue reading...Hospital surgical teams with more women improve patient recovery, study finds
Researchers say that a critical mass of female anaesthesiologists and surgeons in operative teams can reduce postoperative complications
Hospital surgical teams that include more female doctors improve patient outcomes, lower the risk of serious complications and could in turn reduce healthcare costs, according to the world’s largest study of its kind.
Studies show diversity is important in business, finance, tech, education and the law not only for equity but for output. However, evidence supporting the value of sex diversity in healthcare teams has been limited.
Continue reading...India’s silent youth crisis: College-educated but poorer than a farm hand
Two-thirds of India's unemployed youth are educated — a fraction which has doubled since 2000.
Brexit border IT outages delay import of perishable items to UK by up to 20 hours
Lorries carrying meat, cheese and cut flowers held up by new checks, with retailers rejecting some orders
Lorries carrying perishable food and plants from the EU are being held for up to 20 hours at the UK’s busiest Brexit border post as failures with the government’s IT systems delay imports entering Britain.
Businesses have described the government’s new border control checks as a “disaster” after IT outages led to lorries carrying meat, cheese and cut flowers being held for long periods, reducing the shelf life of their goods and prompting retailers to reject some orders.
Continue reading...US military constructs hulking metal pier amid Biden’s $320 million gamble to get aid into Gaza – Fox News
- US military constructs hulking metal pier amid Biden's $320 million gamble to get aid into Gaza Fox News
- USAID official says Gaza floating pier expected to be operational 'in coming days' The Times of Israel
- 2 Navy Destroyers Will Help Protect Military's Gaza Aid Pier, Official Confirms Military.com
- The US is wrapping up a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea. But danger and uncertainty lie ahead The Associated Press
- US-built Gaza pier could start operating in next few days Military Times
At least two killed in riots after France backs New Caledonia vote changes
Two days of rioting rock the Pacific territory after France's adoption of controversial electoral reforms.
Charlise Mutten murder trial hears weeping mother’s police call to report schoolgirl missing
Kallista Mutten called triple zero to report daughter missing four days before nine-year-old’s body was found, NSW supreme court hears
Charlise Mutten’s crying mother said she had not seen her daughter for two days when she called police to report her missing several days before the young girl’s body was found.
Justin Laurens Stein, 33, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the schoolgirl on or around 12 January 2022, at Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
Continue reading...ANU warns of potential breaches if pro-Palestinian encampments aren’t dismantled
Comes after Deakin University similarly requested that student protesters remove camps
The Australian National University has become the second to request pro-Palestine students disband their on-campus encampments, as the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) backed the protesters.
On Wednesday morning, a small group of students attended a meeting with management at the ANU in Canberra, where they said they were advised to disband their camps by Friday or risk breaching the university’s code of conduct.
Continue reading...Singapore to get guitar-playing new PM in first transfer of power for 20 years
Lee Hsien Loong will stand down and hand power to his deputy Lawrence Wong at a challenging time for the city state
Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, will stand down on Wednesday and hand power to his deputy Lawrence Wong, the first change of power in the city state in two decades.
Wong, 51, a US-trained economist credited with managing the country’s response to the pandemic, will be the fourth prime minister to lead Singapore, and is the first leader to have been born after the country’s independence in 1965. He is also only the second leader who is not a member of the founding Lee family. He will be inaugurated in a ceremony on Wednesday night.
Continue reading...New Caledonia protests: Macron urges calm as 130 arrested amid anger over voting change
Unrest flares as lawmakers in France support increasing the number of French nationals eligible to cast ballots in the territory’s elections
More than 130 people have been arrested in New Caledonia, the government said, after violent protests rocked the French Pacific archipelago and Paris adopted the constitutional changes that angered pro-independence forces.
Protests against the changes turned violent on Monday night, with shots fired at security forces, vehicles torched and shops looted in the worst unrest the French overseas territory has seen since the 1980s.
Continue reading...William Crowther: controversial statue toppled in Hobart one night before removal decision due
Controversial monument of a Tasmanian premier who beheaded the body of an Indigenous man damaged and graffitied
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A controversial statue of William Crowther has been toppled in Franklin Square, Hobart, after its legs were cut through the night before a decision on its removal.
It was dumped face-down on the ground beside its podium, which was graffitied in red with the word “decolonize” and “what goes around”.
Continue reading...Ex-Capitol officer Harry Dunn loses congressional primary in Maryland
First-time candidate, who lost after pro-Israel group spent millions supporting another Democrat, defeated by senator Sarah Elfreth
Former US Capitol police officer Harry Dunn has lost his congressional primary election in Maryland, after a pro-Israel group spent millions of dollars supporting another Democrat in the crowded race.
Dunn, a first-time candidate who gained national attention after publishing a book about his experiences protecting lawmakers during the January 6 insurrection, lost to state senator Sarah Elfreth in Maryland’s third congressional district.
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