ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander – BBC.com

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  1. ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander  BBC.com
  2. Fetterman says 'F--- that' amid bipartisan backlash over arrest warrants targeting Israel's Netanyahu, Gallant  Fox News
  3. ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: Israel-Hamas War Live Updates  The New York Times
  4. Warrants put Israeli PM and others in a small group of leaders accused of crimes against humanity  The Associated Press
  5. Netanyahu: International Criminal Court is 'biased' and 'enemy of humanity'  Sky News
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Greens say leaked pokies reform report ‘a huge concern’ – as it happened

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Heatwave conditions are building over parts of Victoria and New South Wales today.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, much of Victoria will experience heatwave conditions, with maximum temperatures in the mid to high 30s.

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Putin confirms Russia fired new ballistic missile at Ukraine – POLITICO Europe

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  1. Putin confirms Russia fired new ballistic missile at Ukraine  POLITICO Europe
  2. Live updates: Russia hit Ukraine with new medium-range ballistic missile, Putin says  CNN
  3. Putin’s Ukraine missile a warning to west before second age of Trump  The Guardian
  4. 'New' Russian missile used against Ukraine not hypersonic, defense officials say  Fox News
  5. Putin says Ukraine war is going global  Reuters
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WiseTech’s billionaire founder Richard White cleared of allegations by company review

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Company’s shares sink with revised revenue outlook in wake of former CEO’s high-profile resignation last month

A company-ordered review into Richard White, the embattled billionaire founder of Australian software giant WiseTech, has cleared the former chief executive of bullying and intimidation allegations.

The law firms that reviewed a series of allegations against White, including alleged misuse of company funds, also concluded that their investigations had uncovered “no impropriety”, according to an update presented to shareholders on Friday.

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North Korean leader says past diplomacy only confirmed US hostility – ABC News

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  1. North Korean leader says past diplomacy only confirmed US hostility  ABC News
  2. Kim Jong Un’s Message to Trump: We’re Not Interested  The Wall Street Journal
  3. North Korea's Kim accuses US of stoking tension, warns of nuclear war  Reuters
  4. Trump claimed Kim Jong Un missed him. The North Korea leader has a different message  The Independent
  5. North Korean leader calls for expanding his nuclear forces in the face of alleged US threats  The Associated Press
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‘We’ve got a responsibility’: Queensland truth-telling head vows to complete inquiry despite premier’s plan to scrap it

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Commission chair reopens submissions and says report will be finished and tabled in parliament

The head of Queensland’s Indigenous truth-telling and healing commission has vowed to complete the inquiry, defying the government’s plan to eliminate it.

The chairperson, Josh Creamer, restarted the historic inquiry on Friday, 23 days after the new premier, David Crisafulli, ordered it to halt work.

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David Crisafulli promised to set serious KPIs for his ministers. Are they worth the paper they’re printed on?

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Queensland’s new premier vowed to sack cabinet members who didn’t meet public targets. A month in, accountability questions are being raised

David Crisafulli staked his government’s success – and his own future – on meeting targets.

During last month’s election he vowed to resign if crime figures didn’t decline and to sack ministers who couldn’t deliver on key performance indicators (KPIs) set for each portfolio.

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Trump names Pam Bondi as attorney general pick after Gaetz steps aside

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Ex-Florida attorney general is longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during first impeachment trial

Donald Trump announced that he would nominate for attorney general Pam Bondi, the former Florida state attorney general, hours after the former representative Matt Gaetz withdrew in the face of opposition from Senate Republicans who had balked over a series of sexual misconduct allegations.

The move to name Bondi reflected Trump’s determination to install a loyalist as the nation’s top law enforcement official and marked another instance of Trump putting his personal lawyers in the justice department.

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California man arrested after climbing into hospital ceiling and getting stuck

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Police say man, believed to be under influence of drugs, walked into ER restroom in Upland and did not come out

A patient believed to be under the influence of drugs caused chaos at a California hospital when he climbed into the ceiling of an emergency room, got stuck and had to be freed by firefighters.

The Latin Times reported that the unnamed man was a walk-in patient who entered San Antonio regional hospital in Upland and was last seen on surveillance footage entering a restroom.

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Alabama executes third man this year with controversial nitrogen gas

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Carey Dale Grayson was killed on Thursday for 1994 murder by technique that previously caused visible signs of distress

Alabama carried out its third execution this year using the controversial new method of nitrogen gas, a technique that in previous state killings caused visible signs of distress.

Carey Dale Grayson was put to death on Thursday evening for the 1994 murder of a hitchhiker. The prisoner had a mask strapped to his face through which nitrogen was pumped, causing fatal oxygen deprivation.

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