- India Parliament Passes Controversial Muslim Property Law Bloomberg.com
- Waqf Bill: India's parliament passes Muslim land bill after fierce debates BBC
- RS passes waqf bill 128-95 as BJD boosts NDA numbers Times of India
- The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025: Benefits of the Bill PIB
- India’s opposition says will challenge Muslim properties bill in top court Al Jazeera
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,135
These are the key events on day 1,135 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Greece’s Aegean islands reel from ‘lake of mud’ flash floods before Easter rush
Authorities race to complete clean-up operation after devastation from gales and heaviest rainfall in 20 years
People on the Aegean islands, more used in April to the sight and scent of spring’s blossoms, have been left reeling from flash floods spurred by typhoon-strength gales, with authorities calling a state of emergency in some of Greece’s most popular destinations less than three weeks before Easter.
“It’s a total catastrophe and it happened in just two hours,” said Costas Bizas, the mayor of Paros, the island worst hit by weather not seen in decades. “We need all the help we can get.”
Continue reading...Activist takes case over Trinidad’s homophobic laws to UK’s privy council
Legislation was repealed in 2018 but Caribbean country’s supreme court last week recriminalised the act after appeal
The privy council in London will soon be called upon to make the final decision on a court case to remove homophobic laws in Trinidad and Tobago.
The laws were repealed in 2018 in a high court judgment that struck from the statute book the “buggery law” that had criminalised consensual anal sex since an act passed in 1925 under British rule. However, last week Trinidad’s supreme court upheld a government appeal against the ruling and recriminalised the act, dealing a hammer blow to LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean country and prompting the UK Foreign Office to update its advice for LGBTQ+ travellers.
Continue reading...India’s parliament passes bill that would change Muslim land endowments – AP News
- India’s parliament passes bill that would change Muslim land endowments AP News
- India Parliament Passes Controversial Muslim Property Law Bloomberg.com
- Congress to move Supreme Court challenging constitutionality of Waqf Amendment Bill: Jairam Ramesh Hindustan Times
- 'Watershed moment': PM Modi hails Waqf Bill passage in Parliament Times of India
- India’s Lower House passes controversial bill that would change Muslim land endowments PBS
Trump tariffs: How island of penguins and seals ended up on list – BBC
- Trump tariffs: How island of penguins and seals ended up on list BBC
- Penguin Memes Fill Internet After Trump Tariffs An Inhabited Island NDTV
- Reciprocal Tariff Calculations United States Trade Representative (.gov)
- Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s international trade tariffs – cartoon The Guardian
- Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs AP News
Have Trump’s tariffs killed US-Africa preferential trade?
The AGOA framework that saw African countries export duty free to the US is as good as dead, experts say.
Thursday briefing: What Israel’s new move to seize ‘large areas’ of Gaza means for the conflict – The Guardian
- Thursday briefing: What Israel’s new move to seize ‘large areas’ of Gaza means for the conflict The Guardian
- Netanyahu says Israel is now dividing up Gaza. What does that mean on the ground? CNN
- IDF says it widened ground operations in northern Gaza, aiming to expand buffer zone The Times of Israel
- Israeli military will expand its operations and seize 'large areas' of Gaza, defense minister says NBC News
- The Tank Commander Now Running Israel’s Military Sees a Year of War WSJ
Feasts, frogs and flowers: Africa’s top shots
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How much will Trump’s new tariffs hurt other countries and US consumers?
Trump’s reciprocal tariffs range from 10 percent to more than 50 percent on the US’s trading partners.
Penguins, seals and colonies: 5 mind-boggling tariffs in Trump’s ‘liberation’ plan – politico.eu
- Penguins, seals and colonies: 5 mind-boggling tariffs in Trump’s ‘liberation’ plan politico.eu
- 'Nowhere's safe': How an island of penguins ended up on Trump tariff list BBC
- 'Tariff the seagulls?' These are the remote islands on Trump's tariff list, and what they export CBC
- Trump’s tariffs target island of penguins, but Russia faces no new trade rules NBC News
- Revealed: Norfolk Island and uninhabited Australian territories hit with Trump’s tariffs based on mislabelled shipments The Guardian
Kamala Harris’ campaign advisor floored by Democrat’s flub on ‘The View’ – New York Post
Asian markets drop further as IMF warns Trump tariffs ‘a significant risk’ to global economy – business live
Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcement
- Full report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street
- Analysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists
In the Pacific, Fiji is the hardest hit by Trump’s tariffs. It has been levied with a 32% tariff, Vanuatu at 22% and Nauru at 30%.
Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka said the move was akin to a “trade blockade” that his country could not win.
Today was the worst stock market experience in five years. Usually when you have a terrible stock market experience, it’s because a bank fails, a pandemic, a hurricane or because some other country does something.
We don’t have these kinds of stock market responses in response to policies that the President of the United States is proud of. That is something that is entirely without precedent. It is extremely dangerous.
If any administration of which I was a part had launched an economic policy so totally ungrounded in serious analysis or so dangerous and damaging, I would have resigned in protest.
Continue reading...Celebrations as president’s impeachment is upheld – as it happened
Removed president says he is ‘very sorry’ to have not lived up to expectations. This blog is now closed
Yoon violated his duty as South Korean commander-in-chief by mobilising troops, says Justice Moon, the constitutional court’s acting president says. The president’s martial law declarations violated parliament’s rights, he says as the ruling continues.
Justice Moon says it is difficult to see the South Korean opposition’s actions as a severe national crisis to justify Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration, Reuters is reporting as he continues delivering the ruling.
Continue reading...MCG admits ‘breakdown’ in security after guns allegedly smuggled into game
Men arrested at Melbourne sporting venue allegedly carrying loaded firearms after passing through upgraded security
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The MCG has blamed a “breakdown in the thoroughness” of security screening procedures after two men allegedly carrying loaded firearms were able to access a blockbuster match between Collingwood and Carlton.
Police alleged the weapons were found after a search by officers at the ground, as a crowd of 82,058 fans watched the Magpies defeat their arch-rivals on Thursday night.
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Continue reading...South Korea’s President Yoon removed from office over martial law decree
South Korea's Constitutional Court says President Yoon Suk-yeol 'violated' basic rights by declaring martial law.
South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office after court upholds impeachment
The court said Yoon had ‘committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people’ over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December
South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been removed from office after the country’s constitutional court voted unanimously to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach him over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December.
After weeks of deliberations and growing concerns about the future of South Korea’s democracy, all eight justices voted to strip Yoon of his presidential powers.
Continue reading...Environment watchdog confirms Sydney’s mystery beach balls likely came from sewage treatment plants
NSW EPA investigation finds debris that washed up on Sydney beaches in 2024 ‘consistent with a land-based sewage source’
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Authorities investigating mystery balls of debris that closed beaches in Sydney and the south coast in recent months have determined that they likely originated from Sydney Water’s land-based sewage treatment network, the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) said on Friday.
“The development comes after a comprehensive scientific and technical investigation found similarities between the makeup of the debris balls and samples taken from several of Sydney Water’s major wastewater treatment plants, including those at Malabar and Bondi,” the EPA said in a statement.
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Continue reading...EU urged to put human rights centre stage at first central Asia summit
Bloc to discuss trade, security and energy with leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
The EU is being urged to put human rights centre stage as it begins its first summit with the leaders of central Asia.
The president of the European Council, António Costa, and the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, are meeting the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on Friday.
Continue reading...Trump reportedly threatening to freeze $510m in grants from Brown University
University says it has not yet been notified, but school was among dozens warned of academic crackdown
The Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding from schools it accuses of allowing antisemitism on campus, according to multiple media outlets including Reuters and the New York Times.
University officials said they had not yet been formally notified, but the school was among dozens warned last month that enforcement actions could be coming as the administration seeks to crack down on academic institutions .
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