Brazilian legend Marta, Zambia’s Banda inspire Orlando Pride to NWSL title
Zambian striker Barbra Banda scored the only goal as Orlando beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 in the championship game.
How India’s Chennai mints world-beating chess champions, one move at a time
As Gukesh Dommaraju aims to win the world championships starting Monday, a city of chess stars cheers him on.
Can RFK Jr make America’s diet healthy again?
Kennedy's plans to ban dyes in cereals and fluoride in water could get major pushback from the food industry.
Trump depends on the EU and UK to act as peacemakers more than he thinks
The US doesn’t need to spend more on Ukraine. Britain can bring funding to the table – and help Trump reboot alliances
With Donald Trump the very meaning of words is up for negotiation. What does he really mean when he promises to “build a wall”? When he pledges to end the Russo-Ukrainian war in one day?
His supporters say they don’t take him literally but seriously – but who decides what “serious” is? The very ambiguity can be part of Trump’s appeal. There’s something exhilarating in the sense one is in an exclusive negotiation with the president to define reality. It’s as if he’s welcoming you backstage from the reality show of politics to the discrete board room where meaning is made.
Continue reading...Deadly Israeli strike in Beirut adds to fears the war is escalating – The Washington Post
Russia ‘aggressive’ and ‘reckless’ in cyber realm and threat to Nato, UK minister to warn
Pat McFadden will tell cyber summit that Russia ‘won’t think twice about targeting British businesses’ and danger to Nato must not be underestimated
Russia is “exceptionally aggressive and reckless in the cyber realm” and “no one should underestimate” the threat to Nato, a senior UK minister will warn in a speech on Monday.
Pat McFadden, whose portfolio includes national security, will tell a Nato cybersecurity conference in London that Moscow “won’t think twice about targeting British businesses”, according to excerpts of his address released on Sunday by his ministry.
Continue reading...Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated – KSL.com
- Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated KSL.com
- Philippine vice president makes public assassination threat against country's president Fox News
- Philippine VP's assassination threat against president a national security matter, official says Reuters
- Philippine vice president says she would have Marcos assassinated if she is killed CNN
- Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens Marcos assassination if she is killed Al Jazeera English
U.N. Reaches $300 Billion Climate Financing Deal as Trump Looms – The Wall Street Journal
- U.N. Reaches $300 Billion Climate Financing Deal as Trump Looms The Wall Street Journal
- World agrees to climate deal on financial aid for developing countries after summit nearly implodes CNN
- Climate summit ends with a long-fought deal — and a lot of anger POLITICO
- Here’s what to know about the new funding deal that countries agreed to at UN climate talks The Associated Press
- COP29 Climate Talks Get a Deal on Money, but Only After a Fight The New York Times
Venezuelan security forces have surrounded the Argentine embassy, opposition leaders say – CNN
Labor dumps misinformation bill after Senate unites against it
Communications minister Michelle Rowland will also not unveil any gambling ad ban legislation in the last sitting week of the year
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The Albanese government has dumped its controversial mis- and disinformation bill, conceding there is “no pathway” to getting the proposal passed through the Senate.
The communications minister, Michelle Rowland, insisted misinformation and disinformation remained a grave concern for democracy, national security and online safety, but said the government would not proceed with the proposal. It is the second time Labor has pulled the bill, after an initial version also failed to gain support and raised concerns about freedom of speech online.
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Continue reading...‘Don’t forget us’: Teenage refugee reminds Gen Z of silenced Afghan girls
Nila Ibrahimi won the International Children's Peace Prize for her work giving Afghan girls a voice.
Parents of teenagers who died in suspected Laos methanol poisoning hope deaths ‘not in vain’
Bianca Jones’s father urged Laos government to investigate deaths to the ‘fullest’ and ensure it could not happen again
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Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones’s devastated families have pleaded with Laos authorities to get to the bottom of a mass methanol poisoning tragedy.
The Australians, both 19, are among six foreign tourists who have died from a suspected methanol poisoning event in Laos.
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Continue reading...Disappearance of Rabbi in UAE prompts Mossad investigation – BBC.com
- Disappearance of Rabbi in UAE prompts Mossad investigation BBC.com
- Rabbi feared kidnapped, killed by terrorists after going missing, prompting investigation Fox News
- An Israeli citizen is missing in the UAE. Israel says ‘information’ suggests a terror incident CNN
- Israeli Spy Agency Investigates Missing Jewish Community Leader in U.A.E. The Wall Street Journal
- Chabad ‘deeply concerned’ by emissary’s disappearance, calls on public to pray for him The Times of Israel
French mass rape trial: Abused Pelicot family torn apart in public – BBC.com
- French mass rape trial: Abused Pelicot family torn apart in public BBC.com
- Thousands protest against sexual violence in France Al Jazeera English
- Thousands march across Europe protesting violence against women Euronews
- Thousands protest against femicides and sexual and sexist violence in France The Associated Press
- Revealed: the post-court lunches and jokes shared by Pelicot accused The Times
Parents of surviving Bali Nine inmates ‘quietly hopeful’ as minister confirms talks under way to return them to Australia
Five remaining members would continue to serve sentences upon returning under proposal, trade minister Don Farrell says
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The parents of the surviving Bali Nine members are “quietly hopeful” their children will be repatriated to Australia in a deal with the Indonesian government, according to a pastor who has been in close contact with them for 20 years.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, raised their repatriation during a meeting with the Indonesian president, Prabowo Subianto, on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Peru last week. Senior Australian ministers have confirmed negotiations between the two nations are ongoing.
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Continue reading...‘We knew Christmas before you’ – the Band Aid fallout
Forty years on, the Band Aid song continues to generate debate about the way it presents Africa.
India’s ‘rebel’ Muslim princess who shot tigers and drove a Rolls-Royce
Abida Sultaan defied stereotypes around women in general and Muslim women in particular.
Trump backs staunchly anti-Muslim Florida lawmaker to run for US Congress
Florida State Senator Randy Fine, who celebrated Israel's killing of a US citizen, gets president-elect's support.
What the ‘show me the money’ climate summit tells us about the new Trump era – POLITICO
- What the ‘show me the money’ climate summit tells us about the new Trump era POLITICO
- COP29: How is the world doing on tackling climate change? BBC.com
- ‘It’s really an honour’: people of oil-rich Azerbaijan welcome climate summit The Guardian
- COP29: The Dictatorship of the Petroletariat Democracy Now!
- Editorial: Let’s not let political chaos distract us from the unfolding climate catastrophe Los Angeles Times
School bullies have moved online. But is banning all under-16s from social media really the answer? – Yahoo! Voices
- School bullies have moved online. But is banning all under-16s from social media really the answer? Yahoo! Voices
- Australia rejects Elon Musk's claim that it plans to control access to the internet Yahoo! Voices
- Australia launches 'landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16 Reuters
- Australia wants to ban kids from social media. Will it work? BBC.com
- Social media ban for UK under-16s ‘not on the cards’ for now, says minister The Guardian