- Georgia: Saakashvili sentenced to further four years in jail BBC.com
- Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison Al Jazeera English
- Georgia ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili's prison terms now total over 12 years after latest verdict The Associated Press
- Territorial integrity, military size, alliances — FM Sybiha sets 3 'fundamentals' for potential peace talks Kyiv Independent
- Court gives Georgia’s ex-President Saakashvili 12 years in prison POLITICO Europe
Saakashvili handed further four years in jail
The former president of Georgia has been imprisoned since 2021 when he returned to the country.
India-New Zealand: Free trade talks relaunched after a decade – BBC.com
- India-New Zealand: Free trade talks relaunched after a decade BBC.com
- India, New Zealand Ink Defence Pact, Hold Talks On Free Trade Agreement NDTV
- Watch: New Zealand PM's Champions Trophy final quip leaves PM Modi in splits India Today
- India, New Zealand to restart FTA talks after a 10-year gap The Times of India
- India and New Zealand look to bolster ties after reviving free trade talks The Associated Press
Storms weave a trail of destruction across the US
Tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms wreak havoc across multiple US states, killing at least 39 people.
US Deportations to El Salvador will have “larger ramifications”
“Can the Trump administration say Venezuela is intentionally flooding the United States with specific gang members?"
Why are the Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks stuck? An explainer on the latest – NPR
- Why are the Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks stuck? An explainer on the latest NPR
- LIVE: Trump says US will hold Iran responsible for further Houthi attacks Al Jazeera English
- After deadlock in Doha hostage talks, Israeli team heads to Cairo in search of results The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu OKs talks based on US proposal to free 11 living hostages JNS.org
- Israeli Negotiating Team in Egypt for Hostage Talks as Trump Envoy Rejects Hamas' Latest Offer Haaretz
Could titanium hearts be a solution to a global heart donor shortage?
An Australian man lived with a titanium artificial heart for more than 100 days before receiving a real heart.
Report forecasts climate change to drive rise in heart disease
Researchers say 50,000 years of healthy life lost annually in Australia to weather-linked cardiovascular disease.
Houthis pledge to escalate attacks after US strikes on Yemen
Yemen’s Houthis have said they will respond to US strikes on Yemen by escalating their attacks.
Playbook: The ‘law and order’ presidency – POLITICO
- Playbook: The ‘law and order’ presidency POLITICO
- Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks The Associated Press
- What can be done if Trump is openly defying the courts? Vox.com
- Judges Become Targets in Combative Political Environment The Wall Street Journal
- Trump’s Lawlessness is Out of Control The Bulwark
Philippines Senate launches investigation into Duterte’s ICC arrest
Imee Marcos, sister of incumbent President Marcos, leads probe amid political fallout.
US evangelical groups urge Trump to spare HIV/Aids program from aid cuts
Christian organizations helped create Pepfar, credited with preventing 25m early deaths, particularly in Africa
Christian evangelical organizations instrumental in creating the US program that has saved millions of lives from HIV/Aids are pressing the Trump administration to rescue the scheme from crushing cuts to foreign assistance.
The state department has said that the two-decade-old President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), which is estimated to have prevented 25m early deaths, is exempt from the cancellation of most US overseas aid. But the program is heavily reliant on logistical support from the US Agency for International Development (USAid), which has seen most of its projects killed off.
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Taiwan revokes visa of pro-Beijing Chinese influencer
The woman has attracted criticism over videos calling for the unification of Taiwan with mainland China.
Taiwan revokes visa of pro-Beijing Chinese influencer
The woman has attracted criticism over videos calling for the unification of Taiwan with mainland China.
Woman who planned to sell human toes regurgitated by dogs avoids jail in Melbourne court sentencing
Joanna Kathlyn Kinman, 48, was working at an animal shelter when she found body parts of dogs’ owner who had died of natural causes
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A woman who planned to sell human toes on an online black market after dogs regurgitated them has avoided jail “by the barest of possible margins”.
Joanna Kathlyn Kinman was employed at a Victorian animal shelter as a ranger when two dogs vomited up the toes and other remains in February 2024.
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Continue reading...‘I had one child and I lost him’ – North Macedonia mourns nightclub disaster
Fifty-nine people have been killed following a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia.
‘I had one child and I lost him’ – North Macedonia mourns nightclub disaster
Fifty-nine people have been killed following a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia.
DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts – The New York Times
- DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts The New York Times
- Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge has lost federal staff under Trump, NYT reports Yahoo
- Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Hit Some of Country’s Top Nuclear Scientists The New Republic
- Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts Hit Critical Nuclear Weapons Agency Newsweek
- DOGE Guts the People Who Build and Oversee U.S. Nuclear Weapons Gizmodo
Palestine Action Group launches legal challenge against controversial NSW laws restricting protests
Group claims laws rushed through after wave of antisemitism in state are ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘undemocratic’
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A legal challenge has been launched against controversial New South Wales laws aimed at curbing antisemitism and which give police broad powers to restrict protests near places of worship.
The Palestine Action Group filed the challenge in the NSW supreme court on Monday, arguing in the statement of claim that the laws were invalid because the change “impermissibly burdens the implied [commonwealth] constitutional freedom of communication on government or political matters”.
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