Congress members condemn Israeli settler attack on Washington Post photographer – The Washington Post

  1. Congress members condemn Israeli settler attack on Washington Post photographer  The Washington Post
  2. Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attack  BBC
  3. Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank  The Washington Post
  4. Israeli settlers burn olive trees, injure journalist in West Bank attack  Reuters
  5. Israeli settlers beat Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in West Bank attacks  NPR
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Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record – Al Jazeera

  1. Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record  Al Jazeera
  2. Brazil sees record fall in Amazon deforestation as key election looms  BBC
  3. Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms  The Guardian
  4. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to all-time low  Reuters
  5. Brazil: Amazon deforestation lowest in nearly 40 years  DW.com
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Iran Is Giving Houthis Targeting and Intelligence for Attacks on Saudi Arabia – WSJ

  1. Iran Is Giving Houthis Targeting and Intelligence for Attacks on Saudi Arabia  WSJ
  2. Iran cultivated Houthis for years before opening new war front, Yemeni insider says  Iran International
  3. How Yemen’s Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Iran’s Power—And America’s  Newsweek
  4. What do the Houthis want?  Financial Times
  5. How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point  Reuters
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With no food deliveries since May, starving residents flee Russian-occupied territory – The Washington Post

  1. With no food deliveries since May, starving residents flee Russian-occupied territory  The Washington Post
  2. Starving Ukrainians Are Risking Death to Escape Their Front-Line Town  WSJ
  3. From Oleshky to Mariupol, crises across Russian-occupied Ukraine deepen  The Kyiv Independent
  4. Russia Ukraine Civilians Trapped  WV News
  5. 'People survive on one meal a day': Oleshky official warns against giving Russia more territory  Euronews.com
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The World’s Oldest Shipwreck? Maybe, but ‘We’re All Excited by Maybe.’ – The New York Times

  1. The World’s Oldest Shipwreck? Maybe, but ‘We’re All Excited by Maybe.’  The New York Times
  2. World’s oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey  CNN
  3. Archaeologists in Turkey may have found the world’s oldest shipwreck  FOX Weather
  4. Could this ancient shipwreck be the oldest ever found?  Scientific American
  5. Divers Found the Oldest Shipwreck on Earth 100 Feet Down—Then They Looked Inside Its Jars  Popular Mechanics
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Pope pictured for first time since surgery and cancer diagnosis – BBC

  1. Pope pictured for first time since surgery and cancer diagnosis  BBC
  2. Pope Leo Found to Have Lung Cancer During Surgery, Vatican Says  The New York Times
  3. Pope's health should not be taken 'for granted', says top Vatican diplomat  BBC
  4. Pope Leo XIV seen for first time since lung cancer surgery amid major recovery milestone  Fox News
  5. Column | I’m an oncologist. Here’s what nonsmokers need to know about lung cancer.  The Washington Post
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Mortgage repayments are now cheaper than rent in some Australian suburbs. Is yours among them?

As house prices plateau, the gap between the cost of buying and renting is narrowing in dozens of suburbs

High rents and falling property prices have opened a rare window for Australian tenants to become homeowners, with mortgage repayments cheaper than rent in dozens of suburbs.

Guardian Australia’s analysis of Cotality data shows that median rents in inner-city Melbourne, suburban Canberra and Darwin are now nearly matching weekly home loan repayments.

In one in 10 suburbs and towns across the country, repayments are less than $200 a week higher than rent, for the typical property. In some suburbs, they are actually cheaper.

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Gone to the dogs: racing fans mourn closure of ‘Wenty’, Sydney’s historic greyhound track

Thousands pack Wentworth Park for the final time before the stadium is demolished and returned to parkland

The end of an era has fallen upon an Australian sporting landmark as the greyhound races at an inner-city track kicked off for the very last time.

Thousands packed into Wentworth Park in central Sydney on Friday night, where greyhound races have been held since 1932, for the last race meeting before the track’s planned demolition.

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Family of US man who died on Six Flags ride question if death was preventable

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem died after reportedly ‘passing out’ and falling off Goliath rollercoaster in Georgia

The family of a man who was ejected from a rollercoaster at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia and died has publicly questioned whether the death could have been prevented.

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was riding the Goliath rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta alongside his niece during a family trip to celebrate her birthday when he was thrown from the ride. His niece witnessed her uncle’s death, a relative told the Atlanta ABC News affiliate WSB-TV.

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Iran-backed militias sending money back to cash-starved IRGC, U.S. says – Axios

  1. Iran-backed militias sending money back to cash-starved IRGC, U.S. says  Axios
  2. EXCLUSIVE: Iran ships some LPG, jet fuel despite US blockade, data shows  Reuters
  3. Centcom commander says naval blockade cost Iran $25B in oil revenue  The Hill
  4. Iran's Economy is Grappling Under the U.S. Blockade. But it Still Reportedly Managed to Export Some Fuel.  Yahoo Finance
  5. Iran broke? $25 billion oil loss, $350 million crypto frozen as militias send money back to IRGC, says US  The Times of India
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Missiles hit Aden airport as Saudi-led coalition intercepts missile headed for Yanbu – Reuters

  1. Missiles hit Aden airport as Saudi-led coalition intercepts missile headed for Yanbu  Reuters
  2. Yemen's Houthis hit palace in Aden, coalition details attacks on Saudi infrastructure  Reuters
  3. Yemen’s government says Houthis fired two missiles at Aden airport  Al Jazeera
  4. Houthi Missiles Strike Government Headquarters in Yemen  The New York Times
  5. Iran-aligned Houthis target Yemeni presidential palace, prime minister remains unharmed  CNN
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Tens of Thousands Lose Power After Russian Strikes – Newser

  1. Tens of Thousands Lose Power After Russian Strikes  Newser
  2. Ukraine Civilian Casualties Surge as Russia Intensifies Strikes  Bloomberg.com
  3. Gemma Connell, Director of the Crisis Response Division at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on Behalf of Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator — Briefing to the U  The America Times
  4. At the UN General Assembly called for the immediate return of the Zaporizhzhia NPP  UA.NEWS
  5. The EU has called on member states to cease all support for Russia in the war  UkrMedia News
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