US senators exempt HIV/Aids funding from planned spending cuts
While advancing a bill to claw back $9bn in federal spending, lawmakers spare the Pepfar programme from cuts.
Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump
Forum speakers said Donald Trump’s second term resembles strongman Viktor Orbán’s first years in power
Democrats must organize urgently for the 2026 midterm elections and avoid a “it can’t happen here” mentality to stop Donald Trump from staging a full-scale autocratic takeover, a Hungarian opposition parliamentarian has said.
Katalin Cseh, a critic of Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orbán, told a forum on authoritarianism that the central European country’s experience held vital lessons for Trump’s opponents in their attempts to resist his assaults on US institutions and democratic norms since his return to the White House.
Continue reading...US deports five ‘barbaric’ migrants to Eswatini
The five people convicted of serious crimes come from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen, the US says.
Volcano on Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland erupts for ninth time since 2023
Iceland’s weather agency advises residents to stay indoors because of high levels of toxic gas from 1.5-mile fissure
A volcano erupted on Wednesday on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula in the south-west of the country, the ninth eruption in region since the end of 2023.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said the eruption had begun just before 4am local time (05:00 BST), and live video feeds showed lava spewing from a fissure in the ground.
Continue reading...Could axing two national holidays save France from its mountain of debt?
Prime Minister François Bayrou has angered MPs with a bid to cut two public holidays to rescue the country's finances.
Could axing two national holidays save France from its mountain of debt? – BBC
- Could axing two national holidays save France from its mountain of debt? BBC
- France’s premier wants to ax two holidays to boost growth. Non, people say. The Washington Post
- France Proposes Cutting Two Public Holidays to Avert Budget Crisis The New York Times
- Entre Nous - Scrapping two French bank holidays: Unfair or necessary? France 24
- French Budget Is a ‘Ticking Bomb’ for Euro, ING’s Pesole Says Bloomberg
Could axing two national holidays save France from its mountain of debt?
Prime Minister François Bayrou has angered MPs with a bid to cut two public holidays to rescue the country's finances.
Push to end antisemitism is welcome but envoy’s plan raises concerns, Australia’s race commissioner warns
Giridharan Sivaraman says he hopes to meet Jillian Segal to discuss her proposals and their implications for fundamental rights and freedoms
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Australia’s race discrimination commissioner has warned there is limited detail in how Jillian Segal’s plan to combat antisemitism would be implemented, and said he would work with her to ensure it does not restrict fundamental rights and freedoms.
Giridharan Sivaraman has responded to the antisemitism envoy’s 20-page plan, released last Thursday, which made a range of recommendations, including withholding government funding from universities that “facilitate, enable or fail to act against antisemitism” and monitoring media organisations “to avoid accepting false or distorted narratives”.
Continue reading...Canada’s PM wants to fast-track ‘nation building’ – but can he convince indigenous First Nations? – BBC
- Canada's PM wants to fast-track 'nation building' – but can he convince indigenous First Nations? BBC
- Federal, provincial environmental bills have 'no respect' for Ontario First Nations, says chief CBC
- Canada's First Nations launch constitutional challenge of legislation Reuters
- ‘The government made a mistake’: Mark Carney to meet with Indigenous leaders amid criticism of rapid-development law Toronto Star
- AFN national chief says fast-tracked projects bill should come with plan for infrastructure for reserves National Post
Canada’s PM wants to fast-track ‘nation building’ – but can he?
Indigenous communities have launched a legal challenge against a federal law that would fast-track resource development projects.
Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave – AP News
Three jailed over murder of Swedish hip-hop star in car park
The hip-hop star's killing has been linked to a local gangland conflict.
Gaza’s vulnerable suffer war’s toll: Malnourished, maimed and displaced – Al Jazeera
- Gaza’s vulnerable suffer war’s toll: Malnourished, maimed and displaced Al Jazeera
- The Guardian view on the children of Gaza: when 17,000 die, it’s more than a mistake | Editorial The Guardian
- LIVE: Israel bombs Syrian army HQ; 21 killed at Gaza aid site Al Jazeera
- Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ Financial Times
- UN finds rising child malnutrition in Gaza, where officials say Israeli strikes kill 93 people AP News
A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless – NPR
- A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless NPR
- “Bhutan’s survival hinges on the return of its exiled people” Khabarhub
- Sense of security has been shattered for Bhutanese-Nepali refugees living here [column] LancasterOnline
- Bhutan tried to erase us. Now, Trump’s America is helping | Lok Darjee The Guardian
The mysterious outback murder that shook Australia
Police say they will not stop searching for Peter Falconio's remains, after the man convicted of his murder died.
Oxford University Press to stop publishing China-sponsored science journal
Move follows concerns several papers in Forensic Sciences Research did not meet ethical standards on DNA collection
Oxford University Press (OUP) will no longer publish a controversial academic journal sponsored by China’s Ministry of Justice after years of concerns that several papers in the publication did not meet ethical standards about DNA collection.
A statement published on the website of Forensic Sciences Research (FSR) states that OUP will stop publishing the quarterly journal after this year.
Continue reading...‘A family of traitors’: Trump’s Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro
US president’s attempt to help his rightwing ally avoid jail has sparked wave of anger and given boost to rival Lula
Silvana Marques was one of thousands of Brazilians who flocked to São Paulo’s most famous art museum one afternoon last week. But the 51-year-old teacher wasn’t there to marvel over fog-filled London landscapes at Masp’s new Monet retrospective. She had come to join a protest heaping scorn on Donald Trump.
Beneath the museum’s brutalist hulk, Marques spotted a cardboard effigy of the US president and took a picture with her phone before the Trump dummy was set on fire. “Laranjão safado,” which translates as big orange dirtbag, she wrote under her photo on Instagram. Nearby, demonstrators hoisted a red banner into the air which read: “Nice try Trump. But we’re not afraid.”
Continue reading...Israel strikes Syrian military headquarters in Damascus – Financial Times
- Israel strikes Syrian military headquarters in Damascus Financial Times
- Who are the Druze and why is Israel bombing Syria to protect them? CNN
- Netanyahu implores Israeli Druze not to cross into Syria, says IDF will aid Syrian Druze under attack The Times of Israel
- LIVE: Israel attacks Syria’s Damascus amid fighting in Suwayda Al Jazeera
- Israel Attacks Near Syria’s Military Headquarters. Here’s What to Know. The New York Times
Trump tries to move on amid Epstein files backlash as speaker calls for their release – US politics live
President tries to downplay issue amid growing outrage from conservatives
President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Wednesday to discuss negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted on X.
Israeli and Hamas negotiators have been taking part in the latest round of ceasefire talks in Doha since 6 July, discussing a US-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire that envisages a phased release of hostages, Israeli troop withdrawals from parts of Gaza and discussions on ending the conflict.
Continue reading...20 Palestinians killed at Gaza aid distribution site, says Israeli-backed aid group – AP News
- 20 Palestinians killed at Gaza aid distribution site, says Israeli-backed aid group AP News
- Investigating the cost of Afghan resettlement plan and Gaza aid site deaths BBC
- At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Aid Site The New York Times
- At least 20 Palestinians killed in crush at food distribution site in southern Gaza The Guardian
- At least 21 people killed in stampede, suffocation at GHF site in Gaza Al Jazeera