- Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends ABC News
- Kenyan court tries Belgian teens on ant smuggling charges DW
- Kenyan agents bust plot to smuggle giant ants for sale to foreign insect lovers Reuters
- Ant smugglers caught with hundreds of prized insects in Kenya BBC
- Belgian teens among four charged in Kenya over trafficking of rare ants RFI
Britain’s race to take control of its last major steel plant from Chinese owner – CNN
- Britain’s race to take control of its last major steel plant from Chinese owner CNN
- China accuses UK politicians of ‘arrogance’ in British Steel row The Guardian
- British Steel: UK cautious over future Chinese steel investment BBC
- My Take | Don’t blame China’s Jingye for failing to save UK steel industry South China Morning Post
- A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations The New York Times
National Herald: India’s Gandhis charged in money laundering case amid opposition outcry – BBC
- National Herald: India's Gandhis charged in money laundering case amid opposition outcry BBC
- National Herald: BJP Slams 'Gandhi Development Model', Congress Replies NDTV
- Herald-linked firm got ‘bogus’ early rents: Enforcement Directorate Hindustan Times
- Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia accused in India money laundering case, ANI reports Reuters
- Not a whiff of crime, it's a hit job by BJP to divert focus: Cong Times of India
India’s Gandhis charged in money laundering case amid opposition outcry
India's financial crimes agency has accused the Gandhis of illegally acquiring properties of a newspaper.
Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court – CNN
- Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court CNN
- Journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny convicted of extremism NBC News
- Russia Jails 4 Journalists for Working With Navalny’s Organization The New York Times
- Russian journalists jailed for 5-1/2 years for alleged extremist ties to Navalny Reuters
- Russia jails journalists for alleged ties to Navalny Al Jazeera
Israeli military attacks family car carrying father and children in Jenin
A Palestinian father comforts his young daughter after Israeli troops opened fire on their family car in Jenin.
Australia’s next government may be Great Barrier Reef’s last chance after sixth mass bleaching, conservationist says
Consecutive and severe bleaching is ‘fundamentally changing’ nature of reef, the International Coral Reef Society says
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The Great Barrier Reef was hit by a sixth widespread coral bleaching event since 2016 this summer – the second time the world’s biggest coral reef has seen the phenomenon strike in back-to-back years – according to government authorities.
Scientists and conservationists reacted with dismay that widespread bleaching – driven by global heating – was becoming normalised, with one saying Australia’s next term of government may be the natural wonder’s last shot at survival.
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Continue reading...$500 for the nosebleeds? Lady Gaga fans furious over ticket prices for Australian shows
The Mayhem tour’s ticketing agencies deny dynamic pricing has been implemented, but fans have complained prices are high and inconsistent
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The little monsters are not happy. Lady Gaga fans have swamped social media to complain about exorbitant ticket prices for the pop star’s Australian concerts, with many speculating that dynamic pricing is involved – a claim the official ticketing agency for the Melbourne and Brisbane shows, Ticketmaster, has denied.
Off the back of her chart-topping album Mayhem, Lady Gaga is heading to Australia for the first time in 11 years, with Live Nation bringing the Mayhem Ball to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in December. Ticketmaster, which is owned by Live Nation, is responsible for the ticket sales in Melbourne and Brisbane. Ticketek is separately handling the Sydney show, because of its affiliation with Sydney venue Accor Stadium.
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Continue reading...China appoints new trade envoy in face of tariff turmoil
The shift comes as Beijing refuses to back down in an escalating trade war with Washington.
Abducted US pastor freed in South Africa after deadly shoot-out
Three people died in the "high-intensity shootout" that led to Josh Sullivan's rescue, officials say.
US pastor kidnapped during church service in South Africa found after shoot-out
Three people died in the "high-intensity shootout" that led to Josh Sullivan's rescue, officials say.
Curry, Butler help Warriors beat Grizzlies in play-in
A combined 75 points by Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry against the Grizzlies help Warriors qualify for the playoffs.
Biden attacks Trump in first speech since leaving White House
The ex-president uses the speech to criticise the Trump administration's cuts to the welfare agency.
Biden attacks Trump in first speech since leaving White House
The ex-president uses the speech to criticise the Trump administration's cuts to the welfare agency.
‘Let Rome burn’: Coalition MP says allowing blackouts the only way to turn voters off renewable energy
Exclusive: Power outages in major cities would help build opposition to climate policies, Colin Boyce tells podcast
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The Coalition MP Colin Boyce says he believes the way to turn voters against renewable energy is to “let Rome burn for a while” and allow power blackouts to occur in major cities.
Guardian Australia reported on Wednesday that Boyce had described blackouts as a “big political opportunity” at a meeting of climate science deniers in late 2023.
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Continue reading...China to snub UK energy summit amid row over infrastructure projects
Exclusive: Absence of world’s biggest clean energy producer will be welcomed by US pushing oil and gas exports
China is to snub a major UK summit on energy security next week, the Guardian has learned, amid a growing row over the country’s involvement in UK infrastructure projects.
The US will send a senior White House official to the 60-country summit, to be co-hosted with the International Energy Agency. Leading oil and gas companies are also invited, along with big technology businesses, and petrostates including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Continue reading...Protester tasered and arrested at Republican town hall
Six people were removed after congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took the stage.
Irregular migrant crossings into Europe fall 30% in first quarter of 2025
Human rights groups say drop is partly due to EU policies that turn blind eye to rights abuses in countries such as Libya and Tunisia
Irregular crossings at Europe’s borders have fallen by 30% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, in a decrease that rights groups partly attributed to EU policies that have emphasised deterrence while seemingly turning a blind eye to the risk of rights abuses.
The decline was seen across all the major migratory routes into Europe, the EU’s border agency Frontex said in a statement, amounting to nearly 33,600 fewer arrivals in the first three months of the year.
Continue reading...Scoop: Trump holds situation room meeting on Iran nuclear deal negotiations – Axios
- Scoop: Trump holds situation room meeting on Iran nuclear deal negotiations Axios
- Opinion | Witkoff Walks It Back on Iran WSJ
- US Wants Iran to Limit Nuclear Program Rather Than Dismantle It Bloomberg
- Iran’s Negotiating Position Gets Worse and Worse The Atlantic
- Khamenei downplays US talks prospects as some Iranians' hopes stir, currency gains Reuters
Peru’s ex-President Ollanta Humala guilty of money laundering – BBC
- Peru's ex-President Ollanta Humala guilty of money laundering BBC
- Peru’s former first lady seeks asylum in Brazilian Embassy as she and ex-President Humala sentenced to prison CNN
- Peru’s former president sentenced to 15 years in jail for money laundering Financial Times
- Brazil grants asylum to wife of Peru's former president Humala Reuters
- Brazil to Lean Toward Granting Asylum to Peru’s Convicted Former First Lady Bloomberg