‘Stop, stop, stop’: Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collision
An Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew initially landed safely from Montreal on Sunday evening before colliding with a firefighting vehicle.
Nigerian police arrest 15 after viral videos of alleged sexual assault at festival
The videos sparked widespread anger, leading to the hashtag #StopRapingWomen to trend on social media.
Europe’s ‘staggering’ clean power gains undermined by failure to phase out fuel-burning machines
The EU’s reluctance to replace petrol cars and gas boilers keep it hooked on foreign fuels, say industry groups
Europe has made “staggering progress” in producing clean power but neglected efforts to phase out fuel-burning machines, the head of an industry group said as the global oil crisis deepens.
Adrian Hiel, director of the Electrification Alliance, said the EU has “radically transformed” its power supply and must now focus on getting “more electricity into the stuff we use every day”.
Continue reading...Queensland government criticised over ‘absurd’ decision to appoint former police officer to Legal Aid board
Barrister who represented Indigenous Palm Island community says appointing Darren Robinson to the Legal Aid board is a ‘slap in the face to the family of Mulrunji Doomadgee’
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A barrister who acted for Mulrunji Doomadgee’s family says it is “unacceptable” for a former police officer criticised for his conduct in investigating the 2004 death in custody to serve on the Queensland’s Legal Aid board.
Andrew Boe represented Doomadgee’s family and the Palm Island community council at an aborted coronial inquest in 2005 and then in subsequent inquests in 2006 and 2010.
Continue reading...Madrid protest against US blockade of Cuba
Protesters gathered outside the US embassy in Madrid as sanctions pushed Cuba into an electricity blackout.
‘False flag attack’: Iran denies claims it fired missiles at Diego Garcia
Esmaeil Baghaei denies the long-range missile attack, which could change the calculus of the war for US allies.
US-Israeli war on Iran strains food, water and fuel prices in India
Locals in northern India have a growing concern over costs of essential resources due to the Iran war.
‘NATO joining US-Israel’s war on Iran is between slim and none’
‘NATO joining US-Israel's war on Iran is between slim and none’
‘Substantial evidence’ of double-tap strike in killing of Gaza’s Hind Rajab
Avaaz analyses the timeline of events to conclude that violations show Israel systematically kills first responders.
New UN climate report says the past decade was the hottest on record
A new UN report confirms the past decade was the hottest on record.
Pope Leo says aerial military strikes should be banned – Reuters
- Pope Leo says aerial military strikes should be banned Reuters
- Pope Leo says aerial bombing should be banned in fresh condemnation of war The Guardian
- ‘This is regression’: Pope Leo calls for ban on aerial military strikes amid Iran war The Independent
- Opinion | Pope Leo tells broadcasters to reject Trumpian war propaganda MS NOW
- Pope Leo XIV: “War Is Not a Spectacle” EWTN Vatican
Russia’s Primorsk Oil Port Hit by Drones With Fuel Tank on Fire – Bloomberg.com
- Russia’s Primorsk Oil Port Hit by Drones With Fuel Tank on Fire Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine hits major Russian oil port near Finland France 24
- Ukraine Strikes Primorsk Port in Northwestern Russia, Damaging Fuel Reservoirs The Moscow Times
- General Staff confirms strikes on Transneft – Port Primorsk terminal and Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery Ukrinform
- Saratov Oil Refinery Burns for Second Day After Ukrainian Drone Strike Мілітарний
UK PM Starmer says no threat from Iran on Britain, calls for de-escalation
UK PM Keir Starmer says routine assessments conclude that the UK is not a target of Iran amid global tensions.
‘Sahel is no longer fooled’ Niger civil society leader
Niger civil society leader Abdourahamane Oumarou has called for mass protests across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Trump shares SNL skit mocking Starmer as he speaks to UK PM over Iran war
Trump shares SNL-style skit mocking Starmer's panic over his call, the day the two leaders spoke about the war in Iran.
UK police investigate Jewish charity ambulance arson as hate crime
Four ambulances owned by Hatzola Northwest were torched in what PM Keir Starmer described as 'deeply shocking'.
Taiwan opposition leader says that improving ties with China is not anti-US
Cheng Li-wun, leader of the Kuomintang, said ‘improving ties with Beijing does not require being anti-US.’
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. and Iran Held ‘Very Good’ Talks on Ending Conflict – The New York Times
- Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. and Iran Held ‘Very Good’ Talks on Ending Conflict The New York Times
- ‘Unprecedented’: Israel, US carry out extensive strikes across Iran Al Jazeera
- Explosions Heard in Tehran as Israel Says It Completes Wave of Strikes WSJ
- Witnesses report blasts and strikes across Iran | Iran International ایران اینترنشنال
- Photos show explosions in Tehran, not 'US military bases' Yahoo
France’s former Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin dies at 88
Jospin was head of government from 1997 to 2002 and is credited with bringing in the 35-hour working week.
Dow futures jump 1,000 points after Trump says U.S. and Iran have held ‘productive’ talks: Live updates – CNBC
- Dow futures jump 1,000 points after Trump says U.S. and Iran have held 'productive' talks: Live updates CNBC
- Iran war live: Trump halts US attacks on Iran’s energy sites for five days Al Jazeera
- Iran threatens strikes on Gulf power plants following Trump's Strait of Hormuz ultimatum NPR
- NATO Allies ‘Coming Together’ to Secure Strait of Hormuz, Mark Rutte Says WSJ
- As Trump’s Deadline Nears, Iranians Dread the Darkness The New York Times