- Belgium faces nationwide disruption as unions strike DW
- Belgian airports to be hit by 'major disruption' amid austerity strike BBC
- Belgian government reaches budget deal after months of talks Reuters
- Belgium avoids government collapse as Bart De Wever strikes budget deal politico.eu
- Flights cancelled and trains cut as Belgium hit by nationwide strikes Euronews.com
Pakistan denies launching air strikes on Afghanistan that killed at least 10, mostly children – France 24
- Pakistan denies launching air strikes on Afghanistan that killed at least 10, mostly children France 24
- Afghanistan's Taliban rulers vow response after Pakistani strikes kill 10 in latest clash between neighbors CBS News
- Afghanistan says Pakistan bombed Khost, killing nine children and a woman Al Jazeera
- Attacks Prove Failure Of Military Regime: Taliban On Pak Strikes On Civilians NDTV
- Afghanistan says 9 children killed in Pakistani air strikes, vows to respond Reuters
Controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ends aid operations
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed while seeking food amid chaotic scenes near GHF's sites.
Armenia halts Tejas jet deal after Dubai crash – The Jerusalem Post
- Armenia halts Tejas jet deal after Dubai crash The Jerusalem Post
- India's Tejas jet-maker HAL calls Dubai crash an isolated occurrence Reuters
- "Shocking Move To Continue": US Pilot Quits Dubai Air Show After Tejas Crash NDTV
- Fatal Crash Of India’s Tejas Light Fighter Mars Dubai Airshow The War Zone
- Tejas jet crash highlights India's air force issues DW
Canada: ‘Inconvenient Indian’ author Thomas King says he is not Indigenous
King has announced a genealogist working with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds found no evidence of Cherokee ancestry in his family lineage
A prominent Canadian-American author, who has long claimed Indigenous ancestry and whose work exposed “the hard truths of the injustices of the Indigenous peoples of North America”, has learned from a genealogist that he has no Cherokee ancestry.
In an essay titled “A most inconvenient Indian” published on Monday for Canada’s Globe and Mail, Thomas King said he had learned of rumours circulating in recent years within both the arts and Indigenous communities that questioned his Cherokee heritage.
Continue reading...Family reunited after a decade – now a Trump clampdown could tear them apart
Marven's mother and sister could be sent back to gang-ravaged Haiti as a US protection scheme ends.
South Korean man gets life sentence over blackmail ring that sexually exploited or abused hundreds – CNN
China’s Xi Jinping raises future of Taiwan in call with Donald Trump
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and Xi told Trump that its return was an ‘integral part of the post-war international order’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told Donald Trump that Beijing’s claims to Taiwan remain unchanged, in a phone call that came amid rising tensions over the self-governing island.
Xi told Trump on Monday that Taiwan’s return to China was an “integral part of the postwar international order” forged in the joint US-China fight against “fascism and militarism”, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.
Continue reading...2 dead, 7 injured in Kyiv after large Russian missile attack: Mayor – ABC News
- 2 dead, 7 injured in Kyiv after large Russian missile attack: Mayor ABC News
- Russia strikes Kyiv after U.S., Ukraine report progress on Trump peace plan Axios
- Ukraine war briefing: Russia launches strikes on Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze The Guardian
- Russia Bombards Kyiv Hours After Trump Voices Hope for Ukraine Deal Bloomberg.com
- Russian drones trigger fires in Kyiv dwellings, killing one, officials say Reuters
Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation – CNN
Details of inquiry into teen’s body found in singer D4vd’s car to be kept from public
The medical examiner's office says no details about the 15-year-old's death can be released or posted on its website.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,370
Here are the key events from day 1,370 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
What happens next for Marjorie Taylor Greene after exit from Congress?
The former Trump ally has decided to end her time in Congress early after a public fallout with the president.
Zelensky welcomes amendments to proposed peace plan
There was optimism following the talks in Geneva, but no details emerged on how to bridge the huge divide between Moscow and Kyiv over territory and security guarantees.
Thai woman found alive in coffin before temple cremation
The 65-year-old woman shocked temple staff when they heard a faint knocking and she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation
A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.
Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered.
Continue reading...Music eases surgery and speeds recovery, Indian study finds
A new study finds patients who listen to music during surgery wake faster and need fewer painkillers.
Music eases surgery and speeds recovery, Indian study finds
A new study finds patients who listen to music during surgery wake faster and need fewer painkillers.
UN climate negotiations burned up and then fizzled out – The Verge
- UN climate negotiations burned up and then fizzled out The Verge
- ‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal The Guardian
- Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future The Atlantic
- Emission creep: a contentious COP closes The Economist
- Indigenous Peoples’ Demands Got More Than Lip Service at COP30 Bloomberg.com
Canada’s top diplomat says Ottawa is working fast to advance India trade deal – AP News
- Canada’s top diplomat says Ottawa is working fast to advance India trade deal AP News
- Ottawa close to uranium deal with India worth $2.8 billion, Globe and Mail reports Reuters
- India and Canada Restart Talks, Seeking to Double Trade Bloomberg.com
- Canada's top diplomat says Ottawa is working fast to advance India trade deal ABC News
- Carney, Modi agree to launch negotiations on new Canada-India trade deal CBC
Two climbers dead after fall on Aoraki Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak
Two others rescued as authorities work to recover the bodies of those killed after they fell near the summit
Two mountain climbers have died on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, with two others from the same group rescued, authorities said.
The climbers’ bodies have been found and specialist searchers were working to recover them “in a challenging alpine environment”, the police area commander Inspector Vicki Walker said on Tuesday. None of the climbers have been publicly identified.
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