- Live: Israel to send delegation to Doha for ceasefire talks Middle East Eye
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- Witkoff met with Hamas leaders, Qatari mediators to advance hostage deal, Egyptian sources say The Jerusalem Post
China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
Wolf warrior-style comments mark China’s strongest rhetoric on US president Donald Trump since he entered the White House
China’s ministry of foreign affairs has promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any other war”, marking China’s strongest rhetoric on US president Donald Trump since he entered the White House.
On Tuesday, in response to Trump imposing an extra 10% tariff on Chinese goods, taking the cumulative duty to 20%, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said: “Exerting extreme pressure on China is the wrong target and the wrong calculation … If the US has other intentions and insists on a tariff war, trade war or any other war, China will fight to the end. We advise the US to put away its bullying face and return to the right track of dialogue and cooperation as soon as possible.”
Continue reading...Iranian singer whipped 74 times for song calling for removal of women’s headscarves – The Times of Israel
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- He Sang in Praise of Women Exposing Their Hair. Iran Flogged Him. The New York Times
- Iranian singer flogged 74 times after singing about hijab removal, lawyer says CNN
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- Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi given 74 lashes over protest song The Guardian
Brisbane, Australia, Braces for Powerful Cyclone – The New York Times
- Brisbane, Australia, Braces for Powerful Cyclone The New York Times
- Watch: Australia's east coast braces for Cyclone Alfred BBC.com
- Fallen trees, howling wind and drunken parrots: bracing for Alfred, I remember another Queensland cyclone The Guardian
- Carnival, Royal Caribbean cancel voyages, ships stuck at sea Yahoo Life
- Cyclone Alfred in Australia: What makes it rare and potentially more dangerous The Indian Express
North Korea halts tourism just weeks after reopening
Tourists were finally allowed into North Korea last month, but the excitement has been short-lived.
Moment Blue Ghost spacecraft landed on the Moon
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The Paradox of Trump’s Economic Weapon – Foreign Affairs Magazine
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- Who’s Got Trump’s Ear on Tariffs? Lutnick or Navarro? The New York Times
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- CNBC Daily Open: Trump clashes on foreign policy, wields economic threat CNBC
- The Latest: Trump's economic disruptions moving markets downward News-Press Now
Exclusive | Russia Is Chasing a Deal to Keep Its Military Bases in Syria – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal
- Exclusive | Russia Is Chasing a Deal to Keep Its Military Bases in Syria - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
- Syria gets fresh batch of currency printed in Russia, as ties continue to warm The Times of Israel
- Syria gets new cash shipment from Russia in sign of warming ties Reuters
- Syria received new delivery of local currency printed in Russia, gov't officials say The Jerusalem Post
- Concerns mount over Russia’s fragile pivot from Syria to Libya The Arab Weekly
Trump deepens NATO’s crisis of trust on sharing intel – POLITICO Europe
- Trump deepens NATO’s crisis of trust on sharing intel POLITICO Europe
- ‘What the Hell Is Happening to Your Country?’ The Atlantic
- ‘A world without American leadership’: Top allies scaling back intelligence sharing with America MSNBC
- What is the Five Eyes alliance as Trump upends geopolitics? Reuters
- America-Led Spy Network Risks Collapse Over Trump-Russia Fears Newsweek
France to consider protecting European allies with its nuclear arsenal, Macron says – CNN
- France to consider protecting European allies with its nuclear arsenal, Macron says CNN
- Poland and Baltic nations welcome Macron’s nuclear deterrent proposal The Hill
- Emmanuel Macron says Europe must be ready to defend Ukraine without U.S. assistance NBC News
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- Poland, Denmark open to Macron’s nuclear deterrent proposal POLITICO Europe
Trump wants to destroy the EU — and rebuild it in his image – POLITICO Europe
New Zealand’s high commissioner to the UK loses job after Trump comments
Phil Goff questioned Donald Trump’s grasp of history at a Chatham House event in London, prompting the foreign minister to say his position is ‘untenable’
New Zealand’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom has been removed from his role after publicly questioning US President Donald Trump’s grasp of history – remarks that have rendered his position “untenable” in the eyes of New Zealand’s government.
At a public Chatham House event in London this week, high commissioner Phil Goff asked a question of Finnish foreign affairs minister Elina Valtonen, who was speaking on how to keep the peace with Russia, with which Finland shares a border.
Continue reading...‘Who’s doing the vetting?’: Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments – POLITICO
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- This Pentagon Press Secretary Has a Long History of Bigoted and Xenophobic Posts Mother Jones
- Pentagon official condemned over tweet about Jewish victim lynched by Georgia mob The Guardian US
- Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories Jewish Insider
- Pentagon Spokeswoman Repeated Nazi Version of Leo Frank’s Lynching The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com
Cyclone Alfred live updates: BoM tracking map forecast shows category 2 storm hitting Brisbane and south-east Qld; landfall in Queensland and NSW delayed as storm slows – latest news
BoM path track map predicts TC Alfred will cross coast on Friday near Brisbane, the first storm of its size to do so in decades. Follow the latest updates today
- Why did Tropical Cyclone Alfred slow down on its path towards the east coast?
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- Brisbane flood map: suburbs at risk during Cyclone Alfred
Speaking of preparations, adjunct senior lecturer at the Centre for Disaster Studies at James Cook University Yetta Gurtner gives advice here:
Chalmers confident insurance companies ‘know their responsibilities’
I’m confident they know their responsibilities and obligations to people.
Continue reading...Australia news live: Victoria to tighten bail laws; man shot dead by police in Queensland
The Victorian premier said she would be introducing legislation to' ‘bring about that change … very soon’. Follow today’s news live
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Chalmers defends Australian defence spending as Trump administration says nation should spend more
Jim Chalmers has defended Australia’s defence spending as having already gone up “considerably”, amid suggestions from the Donald Trump administration that Australia should spend more.
That is a very, very substantial pick-up in defend spending and one of the reasons we’re doing that is to be able to work more effectively with our allies and partners like the United States … We do pay our own way on defence. We are substantially increasing defence spending.
We have got a good relationship with the Americans, particularly that economic relationship which is of mutual benefit, and these are the sorts of things that we have been talking about with our American counterparts as they finalise some of the policies on things like tariffs.
Continue reading...Cyclone Alfred update: NSW and Queensland prepare for flooding as authorities urge ‘do not underestimate this storm’
BoM warns of hazards from ‘erratic’ storm and forecasts show it slowed again and downgraded to a category one storm when it makes landfall between Friday and Saturday morning
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Millions of people in Queensland have hunkered down while residents in parts of northern New South Wales have been ordered to evacuate as Australia’s east coast prepares for wild weather brought by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
The slow-moving storm is now expected to make landfall in Queensland late on Friday or on Saturday morning, later than was forecast earlier in the week, after the category two system “spun around on itself” and briefly stalled overnight on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast – CNN
- Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast CNN
- Tracking Alfred: Maps show the cyclone’s impact Sydney Morning Herald
- Cyclone's fringe lashes eastern Australia Yahoo
- EYE OF THE STORM: Fear shifts to new state as big city in ‘destructive core’ news.com.au
- Carnival, Royal Caribbean cancel voyages, ships stuck at sea TheStreet
One day, three crises and Trump’s free-wheeling foreign policy on display
Supporters say bold moves on Hamas, Ukraine and tariffs are part of the president’s deal-making, while critics say his convention-breaking playbook is dangerous.
Voice referendum normalised racism towards Indigenous Australians, report finds
Complaints detailing distressing incidents of racism reveal 2023 referendum one of Australia’s ‘darker moments’, author says
Warning: this article contains distressing descriptions of racism
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A report examining racism towards Indigenous Australians found one fifth of all complaints contained reference to the failed voice to parliament referendum, in what authors say was one of the nation’s “darker moments”.
The report, titled If You Don’t Think Racism Exists Come Take a Walk With Us, was released on Thursday. Undertaken by the University of Technology Sydney’s Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research and the National Justice Project, it is the second annual report about racism targeting First Nations people and is based on 453 validated reports of racism made to the Call it Out register in the 12 months to 20 March 2024.
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Continue reading...Europe’s leaders to hold Ukraine talks at ‘turning point in history’ – BBC.com
- Europe's leaders to hold Ukraine talks at 'turning point in history' BBC.com
- Europe can’t ‘live off dividends of peace’, Macron says in speech calling for major rearmament FRANCE 24 English
- French economy minister floats taxing the rich to fund military buildup POLITICO Europe
- French fiscal woes crimp Macron's defence spending plans Reuters
- France Eyes Taxes on Rich, Not Companies, to Help Fund Defense Bloomberg