- Israeli Cabinet Moves to Fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara The New York Times
- Knesset committee to select MK for panel that will weigh firing of attorney general The Times of Israel
- A legal showdown looms in Israel as Netanyahu moves to oust top officials The Associated Press
- Defying protests, Israeli cabinet votes no confidence in attorney general Reuters
- Emboldened by escalating fronts, Netanyahu wages a deceptive war on Israel's democracy Haaretz
Israel’s strikes on Hamas leaders in recent days haven’t hit key military commanders – The Times of Israel
- Israel’s strikes on Hamas leaders in recent days haven’t hit key military commanders The Times of Israel
- Palestinian deaths in Gaza rise above 50,000 as Israel expands its military campaign NPR
- Lethal Israeli Strikes Halve Hamas’ Top Leadership in Gaza Bloomberg
- Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory’s south The Associated Press
- At least 19 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, including senior Hamas leader Fox News
Keir Starmer says he ‘likes and respects’ Donald Trump
PM agrees with US president that Europe must bear greater burden for its collective self-defence
Keir Starmer has spoken of how he personally “likes and respects” the US president, Donald Trump, and understands what he is trying to achieve.
The prime minister made the comments in an interview with the New York Times, saying: “President Trump has a point when he says there needs to be a greater burden borne by European countries for the collective self-defence of Europe.”
Continue reading...South African ambassador expelled by Trump receives hero’s welcome at home
Ebrahim Rasool addresses supporters, calling his persona non grata status a badge of dignity after his US expulsion.
Turkish court jails Istanbul Mayor pending trial on corruption charges
A Turkish court has ordered Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to be held in jail ahead of a trial on corruption charges.
Six personnel killed in attack on Somali border: Kenyan police
Police said the attack was carried out by suspected al-Shabab fighters who launched an assault at dawn.
Alcohol safety ads to target young Australian travellers amid push for answers over methanol deaths
Penny Wong says families of Laos poisoning victims Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles ‘foremost in mind’ as Smarttraveller campaign announced
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The Australian government will launch a new alcohol safety campaign targeting young travellers as the families of Melbourne teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, who died after drinking alcohol tainted with methanol while on holiday in Laos, continue to push for answers.
The friends, both 19, died in November last year while on holiday in Laos, in a suspected mass methanol poisoning that resulted in the deaths of six foreign tourists.
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Continue reading...‘Apoplectic’ environment groups halt Coalition attack ads to take aim at Albanese over species’ ‘death warrant’
Exclusive: Australia’s top green organisations suspend anti-nuclear power ads to fund campaign against Labor’s move to protect salmon industry
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Australia’s leading environment organisations have abruptly suspended advertising campaigns attacking the Coalition’s plan to introduce nuclear power and are instead funding ads accusing Anthony Albanese of signing “the death warrant” of an endangered species.
The shift from criticising the Coalition to Labor on the cusp of an election campaign was agreed by the bosses of green groups – including the Australian Conservation Foundation, Greenpeace, the WWF Australia and the Climate Council – at what campaigners described as an emergency meeting on Saturday.
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Continue reading...What a $5,000 ticket will and won’t get you at one of Canberra’s budget night fundraising soirees
As you decipher how the budget may alter your life on Tuesday night, your politicians will be raking in the cash by wining and dining donors and lobbyists
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As you decipher how the federal budget may alter your life on Tuesday night, your politicians will be raking in the cash by wining and dining donors and lobbyists in Canberra.
This year’s budget night fundraisers – often concealed from the general public – could be something of a final hoorah. New laws capping campaign spending will soon make these budget night soirees less important, at least financially.
Tickets will have to be publicly disclosed as gifts, meaning there will be a record of those who sipped champagne with politicians and filled the party coffers. But these changes won’t apply until 2026. For now, the show goes on.
Continue reading...Trump threatens to seize Panama Canal, chief defiant
Ricaurte Vasquez defends Panama's sovereignty as Trump pledges to reclaim the canal, raising fears of US intervention.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 50,000 Palestinians since October 2023
Number of people killed tops 50,000 as Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza, causing further suffering to Palestinians.
Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week
Israel continues to batter territory in renewed offensive as death toll from nearly 18 months of war passes 50,000
Malnutrition is spreading in Gaza, medics and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory are warning, as a total Israeli blockade of all supplies enters its fourth week.
There has been no sign that Israel will open entry points to allow essential aid to flow or ease its new offensive in Gaza, which started on Tuesday with a wave of airstrikes that killed 400 people, mostly civilians, ending two months of relative calm. On Sunday, Palestinian officials said the total death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict had passed 50,000.
Continue reading...Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week – The Guardian
- Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week The Guardian
- Children in Gaza ‘deeply traumatized’ as Israel expands military operations again PBS NewsHour
- 'My son cries all night from hunger': Gazans face food shortage as Israel resumes bombing Haaretz
- Gaza is being starved and bombed again. Why are we allowing it? Al Jazeera English
- Gaza and Israel’s Renewed Policy of Deprivation Just Security
The battle for Khartoum: Sudan war comes full circle – Financial Times
- The battle for Khartoum: Sudan war comes full circle Financial Times
- Sudan’s Military Sweeps Across Capital, Hoping to Turn the War The New York Times
- Five key moments in the battle for Khartoum BBC.com
- Sudan army close to reclaiming Presidential Palace from militia as two-year war rages CNN
- Sudan's military says it has retaken Khartoum's Republican Palace, seat of country's government Fox News
As Israel Expands Offensive, Death Toll in Gaza Passes 50,000, Health Ministry Says – The New York Times
- As Israel Expands Offensive, Death Toll in Gaza Passes 50,000, Health Ministry Says The New York Times
- Israel ups risk of ‘all out war’ in Gaza as it escalates campaign NBC News
- Israel’s Renewed Offensive in Gaza Displaces Palestinians Once Again The New York Times
- With the IDF's rapid advance into Gaza, Hamas may be facing a real challenge - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- At least 19 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, including senior Hamas leader Fox News
More than 50,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run ministry says
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Chinese premier meets pro-Trump senator and calls for ‘dialogue over confrontation’
Meeting comes as China hopes to reach a deal to avert further tariff pressure from Washington
Republican senator Steve Daines, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday, as China hopes to reach a deal to avert further tariff pressure from Washington.
The meeting marks the first time a US politician has visited China since Trump took office in January. Earlier this month, China’s ministry of foreign affairs promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any other war”.
Continue reading...FACT CHECK: The New Syrian Government and Minorities
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China reportedly mulling participation in Ukraine peacekeeping mission – POLITICO Europe
- China reportedly mulling participation in Ukraine peacekeeping mission POLITICO Europe
- China considering sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, German media say TVP World
- China is considering deploying a contingent to Ukraine - media Українські Національні Новини
- China seeks a role in Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction South China Morning Post
- China Towards the Coalition of the Willing? Here's Why Beijing Wants to Help Ukraine. Anti-... FIRSTonline (English version)
What the assault on Columbia University is really about
The right is trying to take ideological control over US higher education under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism.