Qatar begins supplying natural gas to Syria through Jordan
Qatar will provide 400 megawatts of electricity daily to Syria, where authorities have struggled with power generation.
Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir
Social media company wins US emergency ruling preventing ex-director from publicising her book.
The Palestinians Israel displaces in the West Bank have nowhere to go
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are anxious about the future as Israel steps up aggression against refugee camps.
Spain’s terrible record on defence spending – The Economist
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- Spain's PM says military spending will reindustrialise Spain and EU Euronews
- Spain’s economy is booming – but that’s bad news for its military plans The Telegraph
Measles highest in 25 years in Europe, WHO says
Children under five constituted more than 40% of the cases reported in Europe and Central Asia last year.
Canadians who visit US for more than 30 days will be fingerprinted
New requirement hardens enforcement of existing law that hasn’t been applied consistently to Canadians entering the United States
Canadians who visit the US for more than 30 days will be required to register with authorities and have their fingerprints taken, as the Trump administration tightens migration rules amid soaring tensions between the North American neighbors.
The new requirement, effective from 11 April, will harden enforcement of an existing law, which states that all foreign nationals 14 years old or older who plan to stay in the US for 30 days or more must register with the authorities.
Continue reading...‘Bad’ hate crime laws quickly passed after terror ‘con job’ must be reversed, crossbenchers insist
Independents and legal experts say Labor and the Coalition’s team-up to ‘ram laws through parliament’ was rushed, lacked transparency and was ‘bad politicking’
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Labor and the Coalition have been accused of “bad politicking” by teaming up to pass tough hate crime laws in the wake of a series of antisemitic incidents, including one revealed this week to be a “fake terrorism plot”.
Crossbench MPs also backed a review – or a reversal – of the laws, after the revelations about the caravan plot.
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Continue reading...Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too
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George Upjohn vividly remembers his interaction with the driver of an SUV after a collision that happened while cycling in Sydney’s south.
“I had blood all over my shins and when I hobbled up and asked why she didn’t turn her head to check to her side before veering into my lane, she said she didn’t need to because the sensor in her car would have alerted her to me. She said I must have been at fault and rode into her,” the 32-year-old claims.
Continue reading...Politics is Clive Palmer’s ‘golf’ – and he’ll keep pouring money into it as long as his wife will let him
Mercurial mining magnate answers questions at the National Press Club through Tim Tams, telling journalists: ‘It’s my money. If I lose it, I lose it’
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Clive Palmer faced a conundrum in Canberra on Thursday: whether to answer a question on China and Taiwan from one of the press gallery’s most esteemed journalists, or swallow the chunk of chocolate biscuit he’d just bitten into.
In the end, he did both, telling Andrew Probyn from Nine News that “once the American commitment goes, Taiwan wouldn’t be able to defend itself” through a mouthful of Tim Tam.
Continue reading...Elon Musk’s Starlink could be used to transmit Australian election voting results
Contract comes to light after questions raised about the increasing role of Musk in Australia’s communications systems
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The Australian Electoral Commission is planning on using Elon Musk’s Starlink services as back up for transmitting voting results information in the upcoming federal election.
In a contract published late last year, the AEC appointed Telstra responsible for the agency’s fixed line and Starlink services until mid-2027, in a deal worth $1.38m. A spokesperson for the AEC confirmed Starlink could be used in the upcoming election for sensitive election data.
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Continue reading...Trump says ‘nobody is expelling Palestinians,’ weeks after saying they should be moved to Arab states – Yahoo
Argentina football fans join pensioners facing protest crackdown
Football fans in Argentina have joined pensioners in weekly protests against government funding cuts.
Southern Africa regional bloc to withdraw troops from DRC amid M23 advance
The SADC mission that has suffered losses this year will conduct a 'phased withdrawal' of its troops.
MEGA Backfire! Trump’s Policies Make Europe Great Again – Investor’s Business Daily
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- Donald Trump has pushed Europe back into “whatever it takes” mode The Economist
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- Three weeks that changed the world: How Trump turned against Ukraine and Europe Reuters
- A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era The New York Times
Woman arrested in US for allegedly holding stepson captive for 20 years
Police say the man, who set a fire to escape, was held captive by his stepmother from age 11. He weighed 68 pounds when he was freed.
Sporadic, slow rebuilding deepens wounds of Ukrainian town bombed by Russia
Amid unsteady reconstruction efforts, pain persists in Borodyanka, a town where hundreds of civilians were killed.
Polish president urges U.S. to move nukes to Poland – Axios
- Polish president urges U.S. to move nukes to Poland Axios
- Vance says he would be shocked if Trump wanted nuclear weapons further east into Europe Reuters
- A nuclear Poland? Logistics, political challenges ahead of potential Warsaw deal Breaking Defense
- Trump Urged to Deploy U.S. Nukes Closer to Russia The Daily Beast
- Poland calls on US to place nukes within its borders amid Russia threat Fox News
‘Killed in front of our eyes’: How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
Passengers tell the BBC of the 30-hour siege and their escape.
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- Pakistani military says 21 hostages killed, remaining rescued after train hijacking NBC News
- Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijacking and the commandos who ended the siege The Associated Press
‘Killed in front of our eyes’: How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
Passengers tell the BBC of the 30-hour siege and their escape.