Pakistan signs US-Iran MoU
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a US-Iran memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war.
The G7 has nudged open a window for diplomacy in Ukraine – The Economist
- The G7 has nudged open a window for diplomacy in Ukraine The Economist
- Russia’s war in Ukraine comes back into Trump’s focus with no end in sight The Washington Post
- U.S. Allies Use G-7 to Focus Trump’s Attention Back to Ukraine WSJ
- Macron hails US alignment with G7’s ‘shared commitment’ on Ukraine The Guardian
- G7 leaders' statement on geopolitical issues. elysee.fr
A Giant Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth’s Core And May Have Shifted Japan – ScienceAlert
- A Giant Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth's Core And May Have Shifted Japan ScienceAlert
- An earthquake hit Japan so hard it made the entire country move Scientific American
- A 2011 earthquake bounced a seismic wave off Earth’s core, nudging Japan east Science News
- Powerful seismic waves from Japan's 2011 earthquake struck Earth's core and bounced back up, moving the island eastward Phys.org
- A Seismic Wave from the 2011 Japan 9.0 Earthquake Shifted the Entire Country — Now We Know Why Discover Magazine
‘Cynical to get power’: Michel Barnier on Boris Johnson, Brexit and the EU’s future
Former negotiator believes in an unstable world, it is ‘perfectly possible’ the UK can rejoin the EU with old opt-outs
A couple of years ago, Michel Barnier spent a weekend with Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley. It was not some ghoulish Brexit spin-off of The Traitors, but the result of the former EU negotiator’s wife, Isabelle, being a close friend of Johnson’s French cousin, Anne du Boucheron, the owner of Château de la Baronnière, a 19th-century estate in Mauges-sur-Loire, in western France.
“We spent a weekend together in a French castle. Very friendly. Long promenades in the forest,” Barnier recalls of Johnson senior, with whom he discussed the former prime minister’s motivation to back Brexit. “It was interesting. Boris was much more European at the beginning. Even if he was critical. I don’t see it as a motivation but it is, perhaps, a method or attitude: to be pragmatic in some way. Cynical. Cynical to get power.”
Continue reading...UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says
Exclusive: Former chief Brexit negotiator says staying out of euro and Schengen area would be ‘perfectly possible’
Michel Barnier has said Britain could regain its special terms if it rejoined the EU and claimed it was becoming clearer every day to the British people that they would be stronger in Europe.
In an interview before the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum next week, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator said he could not see any obstacle to the UK keeping the pound and remaining outside the passport-free Schengen travel area should the country rejoin.
Continue reading...Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations
Updated document, which emphasises harm done to African women, is being considered by other Caribbean countries
Barbados’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, has announced a new manifesto from Caribbean leaders asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” for reparations over damage caused by hundreds of years of enslavement.
Mottley was speaking at a “historic” conference in Ghana to advance the push for reparatory justice after the United Nations adopted a landmark resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
Continue reading...Macron’s diplomatic efforts bring Trump closer to European views – AP News
- Macron’s diplomatic efforts bring Trump closer to European views AP News
- France's Macron hosts Trump at Versailles Palace Reuters
- How a Versailles dinner became the stage for Trump’s surprise Iran deal signing AP News
- Macron's 'Versailles diplomacy' yields mixed results after a decade in power France 24
- Trump Guzzles Caviar Before Signing Treaty at Versailles The Daily Beast
Treasury Targets Hizballah-Aligned Officials and Intensifies Pressure on Global Financial Network – U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)
- Treasury Targets Hizballah-Aligned Officials and Intensifies Pressure on Global Financial Network U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)
- US Treasury imposes sanctions on Lebanese officials, others for aiding Hezbollah Reuters
- Lebanese officials, companies sanctioned by US for support of Hezbollah The Jerusalem Post
- US imposes sanctions on Suleiman Franjieh and Mahmoud Qmati Naharnet
- US issues new sanctions targeting Hezbollah-linked individuals and entities Crypto Briefing
Defiant Netanyahu refuses to pull troops out of Lebanon despite Iran peace deal – New York Post
- Defiant Netanyahu refuses to pull troops out of Lebanon despite Iran peace deal New York Post
- Israel demarcates expanded Lebanon occupation zone, challenging US-Iran pact Reuters
- Israeli ambassador to U.S. says Israel is 'not going to withdraw from South Lebanon' NPR
- After 4 troops killed, Netanyahu insists Israel will remain in Lebanon buffer zone 'as long as necessary'; Hezbollah will pay 'very heavy price' The Times of Israel
- US-Iran deal leaves the future of Lebanon uncertain – and subject to Israel playing the spoiler The Conversation
NATO Defence Ministers make good progress ahead of the Ankara Summit – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Defence Ministers make good progress ahead of the Ankara Summit North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
The Major Oak, Ancient Tree of Robin Hood Legend, Has Died – The New York Times
- The Major Oak, Ancient Tree of Robin Hood Legend, Has Died The New York Times
- Ancient Sherwood Forest oak tree reputed to have sheltered Robin Hood has died CNN
- Major Oak: Ancient 'Robin Hood' tree is dead, experts say BBC
- Robin Hood's Oak Tree Hideout Dies After 1,200 Years in Sherwood Forest People.com
- ‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies The Guardian
Bowen: US-Iran deal raises inescapable question of what the war was for
While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.
Bowen: US-Iran deal raises inescapable question of what the war was for
While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.
Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery
A refinery and a shopping centre burned after almost 200 Ukrainian drones were launched towards an area to the south-east of the Russian capital.
‘Skeleton Bridge’ where bungee jumper was thrown 130 feet to her death set to be blown up to prevent more tragedies – New York Post
- ‘Skeleton Bridge’ where bungee jumper was thrown 130 feet to her death set to be blown up to prevent more tragedies New York Post
- Rope Jumper Falls to Her Death After Operators Fail to Secure Harness The New York Times
- Three instructors charged in bridge-jumping death of woman not secured to rope NBC News
- Woman, 21, Plummets 131 Feet to Her Death After Bungee Jump Staff Allegedly Forgot to Attach Safety Cord People.com
- Brazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach cord BBC
Meet the Elite Ukrainian Drone Units, ‘Ace’ Pilots Targeting Russian Fuel Trucks, Logistics – Kyiv Post
- Meet the Elite Ukrainian Drone Units, ‘Ace’ Pilots Targeting Russian Fuel Trucks, Logistics Kyiv Post
- How Ukraine Uses A.I. to Knock Deadly Russian Drones Out of the Skies The New York Times
- A Ukrainian drone team hitting targets deep inside Russia NPR
- Ukrainian drones are cutting Russian logistics and reshaping the battlefield Atlantic Council
- Ukraine's newest attack drones are delivering the kind of strikes that its HIMARS couldn't for years Business Insider
Why Afghans Are Smashing Their Smartphones – Newser
- Why Afghans Are Smashing Their Smartphones Newser
- Afghanistan Issues Ban on Smartphones for Civil Servants and Military The New York Times
- Taliban order ban on smartphones as officials shown destroying devices The Guardian
- ‘Heartbreaking’: Afghan government staff abandon smartphones following Taliban order CTV News
- Taliban Reject Reports of Budget for Smartphone Ban, Call Them Baseless thekabultribune.com
Early prototype of Stonehenge unearthed 3 miles from prehistoric landmark – NBC News
- Early prototype of Stonehenge unearthed 3 miles from prehistoric landmark NBC News
- In Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge, Scientists See Hints of Solstice Ritual The New York Times
- New discovery may have been Stonehenge prototype CNN
- Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists | Stonehenge The Guardian
- Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site BBC
Finland Lifts a Nuclear Weapons Ban, Eyeing an Uncertain World – The New York Times
- Finland Lifts a Nuclear Weapons Ban, Eyeing an Uncertain World The New York Times
- Finland tears up nuclear weapons ban in NATO shift politico.eu
- Finland's parliament backs lifting total ban on nuclear weapons Euronews
- Finland Lifts Nuclear Weapons Ban as Security Risks Grow Bloomberg.com
- Finland Not to Place US Nuclear Weapons on Its Territory: Prime Minister تسنیم
Pauline Hanson says she ‘had to have a conversation’ about immigration and the Aboriginal flag with new Farrer MP
David Farley was told One Nation’s policy was to fly only the Australian flag, party leader tells conference
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One Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, says she “had to have a conversation” with the new Farrer MP, David Farley, after he appeared to defy her policies on immigration and flying Indigenous flags.
Shortly before winning Farrer in May’s byelection – the first federal lower house seat One Nation has won outright – Farley said Labor’s current immigration intake of 306,000 was “probably not” too much.
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