A Perilous Train Ride Home in Pakistan on the Jaffer Express – The New York Times
A Perilous Train Ride Home in Pakistan on the Jaffer Express The New York Times
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Canavan defends Coalition decision to preference One Nation ahead of independent in Farrer: ‘Socialists and communists always go last’
Matt Canavan said he understood why voters in Farrer, set for a byelection next Saturday, were disillusioned with the federal opposition.
I‘ve been down there for 20 days, 15 nights – and 10 of those I’ve been in a swag – over the past month.
I’m doing everything I can to fight for them. I’d love to fight for that great part of our country again, it’s a wonderful part of our nation where we pioneered the use of irrigation and dams. It still produces 40% of our food, 60% of our fruit.
Under my leadership, [in] my view, socialists and communists always go last.
I think we need to really see how the overseas conflict evolves, how prices evolve for oil. But I think, you know, it is doing what it was intended to do. It’s not a silver bullet, but it is providing material support for people. And as I said, it’s providing support for people who are really doing it tough when they can’t shift away from using petrol.
Continue reading...Polanski takes combative approach as Greens enter media spotlight
From legitimate scrutiny to lurid scare stories, the Green party’s rise has brought a sudden spike in attention
It is the lot of smaller parties that grow rapidly that they tend to endure something of a trial by the media in the UK. The attention from some of the newspapers and broadcasters to the Green party before this week’s elections has occasionally borne an unlikely resemblance to the height of Clegg-mania in the spring of 2010, when the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, was rewarded for his positive polling with the unlikely Daily Mail headline “Clegg in Nazi slur on Britain”.
All manner of colourful tales have emerged about Green policies and personnel as the party has risen up the national opinion polls, making them something of a target for news editors and reporters. That attention has ranged from legitimate questions over the views of members to more eccentric warnings of a dire future for everyone in Britain from exotic animals to members of the clergy.
Continue reading...US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies – Al Jazeera
- US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies Al Jazeera
- Israel Acquiring Low-cost Systems From U.S. to Intercept Drones Haaretz
- Trump administration fast-tracks $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies Financial Times
- US Approves Nearly $9 Billion in Weapons Sales to Mideast States Bloomberg.com
- U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners The New York Times
Norway’s Northern Lights Nightmare – The New York Times
Norway’s Northern Lights Nightmare The New York Times
An Insurgency Threatens U.S. Mining Ambitions in Pakistan – The New York Times
An Insurgency Threatens U.S. Mining Ambitions in Pakistan The New York Times
Nato meetings with TV and film-makers prompt claims it is seeking ‘propaganda’
Exclusive: Two ‘intimate conversations’ held with writers, directors and producers, with a third due in June
Nato is holding closed-door meetings with film and TV screenwriters, directors and producers across Europe and the US, the Guardian can reveal, prompting accusations the alliance is seeking to use the arts to generate “propaganda” for the bloc.
The alliance has held three meetings with film and TV professionals in Los Angeles, Brussels and Paris and is due to continue its “series of intimate conservations” next month in London, meeting with screenwriter members of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), which represents professional writers in the UK.
Continue reading...Trump says Iran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews new peace proposal
Iran says the ‘ball is in the United States’ court’ as Trump says he is likely to reject new proposal from Tehran
Donald Trump said on Saturday he was going to review a new peace proposal from Tehran but cast doubt over its prospects, saying Iran had not yet “paid a big enough price”.
Two semiofficial Iranian news outlets, Tasnim and Fars, believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said Iran had sent the US a new 14-point proposal via Pakistan.
Continue reading...Barnaby Joyce blames campaign ‘pressure’ after One Nation Farrer candidate contradicts party on immigration
David Farley says net overseas migration of 306,000 ‘probably not’ too much despite party policy to cap migrants at 130,000 per year
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Barnaby Joyce has blamed “the pressure of a campaign” for One Nation’s Farrer candidate contradicting party policy on immigration and appearing to endorse Labor’s current intake.
The One Nation MP also claimed voters won’t worry about Gina Rinehart’s million-dollar donation of a private plane to Pauline Hanson’s party, claiming journalists were more interested than ordinary people in the lucrative gift from Rinehart’s company.
Continue reading...Jefferson Lewis charged with murder over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby near Alice Springs
Warlpiri girl went missing on Saturday 25 April from a town camp and was found dead five days later
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Northern Territory police have charged Jefferson Lewis with murder over the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.
The Warlpiri girl went missing on Saturday 25 April from her bed in a town camp near Alice Springs.
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Continue reading...Tucker Carlson Cornered After Denying Trump ‘Antichrist’ Comment – The Daily Beast
- Tucker Carlson Cornered After Denying Trump ‘Antichrist’ Comment The Daily Beast
- How We Chose What to Ask and When to Challenge Tucker Carlson The New York Times
- Inside the High-Stakes Interrogation of Tucker Carlson streamlinefeed.co.ke
- Observers agog as 'liar' Tucker Carlson has his words thrown in his face: 'What a kook' rawstory.com
- NYT Corners Tucker Carlson On Trump ‘Antichrist’ Remarks: ‘Those Words Never Left My Lips’ HuffPost
Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a ‘rat’ – Reuters
- Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a 'rat' Reuters
- Taiwan president visits Eswatini days after blaming China for cancelled trip BBC
- Taiwan president defiant on visit to Eswatini; China calls him a 'rat' NBC News
- Taiwan's 12 remaining diplomatic allies Reuters
- Taiwan Outfoxes China in Test of Wills Over Tiny African Country WSJ
Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal ‘anticipated’, Spain and Italy could be next – NPR
- Germany says U.S. troop withdrawal ‘anticipated', Spain and Italy could be next NPR
- Trump threatens more cuts after US announced withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany CNN
- Trump says cutting US troops in Germany 'a lot further' dw.com
- Germany says US troop drawdown should spur Europe, but top Republicans worried Reuters
- How Germany May Have Misjudged Trump’s Anger on Iran The New York Times
Austria: Police arrest suspect over poisoned HiPP baby food – dw.com
- Austria: Police arrest suspect over poisoned HiPP baby food dw.com
- Man arrested after rat poison found in HiPP baby food jars in Austria BBC
- Austria arrests man suspected of lacing jars of baby food with rat poison Dawn
- Infant Formula Poisoning Blackmail Suspect Arrested 조선일보
- Suspect Arrested in Baby Food Tampering Case Devdiscourse
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2026 – Institute for the Study of War
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russian Territorial Gains Diminish in April Despite Increased Assault Activity UNITED24 Media
- Russia's offensive stalls as troops lose 116 square kilometers in a month, ISW says RBC-Ukraine
- In April, Russian troops occupied 141 sq. km of Ukrainian territory, - DeepState. INFOGRAPHICS Цензор.НЕТ
- Russian forces suffered a net loss of controlled Ukrainian territories for the first time since 2024 - ISW Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
Iran War Gives U.S.’s Rivals a Real-Time Look at Its Firepower – WSJ
- Iran War Gives U.S.’s Rivals a Real-Time Look at Its Firepower WSJ
- Lessons in Military Deterrence from the Iran War: US Strategy in Contested Waters Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
- WSJ: Iran war exposes gaps in US defence systems Middle East Eye
- The Iran War Is Teaching the Pentagon Every Lesson It Needs for a China Conflict — and Some of Those Lessons Are Deeply Uncomfortable National Security Journal
Person found dead in car after it plows into health club in Portland, Oregon
Investigators find explosives in car, which crashed into Multnomah Athletic Club shortly before 3am Saturday
A person was found dead after a vehicle plowed into a health club in downtown Portland, Oregon, early Saturday morning, police said. Investigators later found explosives inside the car.
Portland police and the Portland fire and rescue department responded to the Multnomah Athletic Club shortly before 3am after the vehicle crashed through the front entrance and caught fire. Once the blaze was brought under control, a person was found dead inside the vehicle, police said in a statement.
Continue reading...Man charged over bomb hoax after Peter Kay show evacuated
Arena in Birmingham cleared after report of suspicious bag, with comedian pulled from stage mid-performance
A man has been charged over a bomb hoax after a live show by comedian Peter Kay in Birmingham was stopped when a “potentially suspicious bag” was found around the venue.
The Utilita Arena Birmingham was evacuated and a 19-year-old man was taken into custody, West Midlands police said on Friday evening.
Continue reading...The rise of political violence under Trump
Redi Tlhabi speaks to Professor Robert Pape on the rise of political violence in the US.
Fighting reaches outskirts of Kostiantynivka, a Ukrainian stronghold – Reuters
- Fighting reaches outskirts of Kostiantynivka, a Ukrainian stronghold Reuters
- Ukraine war briefing: Russia tries for a foothold in Ukraine’s eastern ‘fortress belt’, continues attacks on civilians The Guardian
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: Fighting escalates as Putin’s troops attempt to invade new Ukrainian city The Independent
- Russia’s inching advance in Ukraine approaches eastern fortress belt South China Morning Post
- Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi reports on work on front line ukranews.com