- Syria Begins National Dialogue but Without Kurdish-Led Militia The New York Times
- Syria dialogue conference a 'historic opportunity', Sharaa says BBC.com
- Key takeaways from Syria’s National Dialogue conference Al Jazeera English
- Syrians back freedoms, constitutional process at landmark dialogue Reuters
- Syria calls for Israel's withdrawal from its lands, in closing statement of national dialogue summit The Times of Israel
Billion Indians have no spending money – report
India's population is 1.4 billion but its consuming class is only 140 million, or about as big as Mexico.
Billion Indians have no spending money – report
India's population is 1.4 billion but its consuming class is only 140 million, or about as big as Mexico.
Myanmar villagers reveal ‘desperate’ illegal kidney sales
Two Burmese men tell the BBC they used forged documents and middlemen to undergo surgery in India.
Donald Trump orders new tariff investigation into US copper imports
President opens new front in assault on global trade norms as advisers claim China moving to dominate copper market
Donald Trump on Tuesday opened yet another front in his assault on global trade norms, ordering a new investigation into possible tariffs on copper imports to rebuild US production of a metal critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, semiconductors and a wide range of consumer goods.
Trump, looking to thwart what his advisers see as a move by China to dominate the global copper market, signed an order directing commerce secretary Howard Lutnick to start a new national security investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same law that Trump used in his first term to impose 25% global tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Continue reading...Sydney nurse who allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients in viral video charged
Strike Force Pearl investigators arrested and charged Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, but no charges have been laid against her former colleague Ahmed Rashid Nadir
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A public hospital nurse who allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients in a viral video posted by an Israeli influencer has been charged with three offences.
Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who worked at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital, was charged with three offences including threatening violence, using a carriage service to threaten to kill and using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.
Continue reading...Chinese Navy Task Group Operating in Australia’s EEZ; U.S., Japan Hold Ballistic Missile Exercise – USNI News
- Chinese Navy Task Group Operating in Australia's EEZ; U.S., Japan Hold Ballistic Missile Exercise USNI News
- New Zealand says China has agreed to consider concerns about its recent military drills The Associated Press
- Meet the Type 055 – multi-role destroyers steering China’s blue-water navy goals South China Morning Post
- US Ally Releases Photos of Chinese Warships Near Coast Newsweek
Grow a Spine: Democrats Have a Lot to Learn From the German Left – The Intercept
- Grow a Spine: Democrats Have a Lot to Learn From the German Left The Intercept
- How TikTok Helped Germany’s Left to a Surprise Election Showing The New York Times
- Resurgence of Germany’s Left exposes fragmented, polarised electorate Reuters
- After Germany’s Election, the Left Can Hope Again Jacobin magazine
- Germany’s Left comes back from the dead POLITICO Europe
Couple’s trauma after body placed next to them on flight
Cabin crew placed the body of a passenger who died mid-flight in an empty seat beside the pair.
Israel says it is conducting strikes in southern Syria – ABC News
- Israel says it is conducting strikes in southern Syria ABC News
- Israel Strikes Syria Hours After Country’s Leader Demands Withdrawal The New York Times
- Israel strikes targets in southern Syria after demanding demilitarisation The Guardian
- Netanyahu says Israel won’t allow Syrian forces ‘south of Damascus’ The Associated Press
- Katz confirms Israeli strikes in southern Syria: 'We will not allow it to become southern Lebanon' The Times of Israel
US judge blocks Trump’s suspension of refugee resettlement program
US district judge in Seattle says Trump’s executive order exceeded his powers by shutting down program
A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to suspend the US’s refugee admission system after ruling that the move exceeded his powers.
The ruling, from US district judge Jamal Whitehead, stated that Trump’s executive order affecting refugee admissions, issued on the day of his inauguration, amounted to an illegal usurpation of the powers of Congress.
Continue reading...Rachel Maddow says MSNBC laying off ‘non-white’ hosts and staff is ‘indefensible’
Majority of producers on Maddow and Joy Reid’s shows let go with option to re-apply amid network shake-up
MSNBC has told the majority of the employees who produce Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid’s primetime evening news shows they are being let go as part of the network’s programming overhaul with the option to apply for new roles, according to two people directly familiar with the matter.
Maddow, the biggest star and highest-rated anchor at MSNBC, will get to keep her executive producer, Cory Gnazzo, and several other senior producers, the people said.
Continue reading...Bibas family tells Netanyahu to ‘shut up,’ as he details the murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir – The Times of Israel
- Bibas family tells Netanyahu to ‘shut up,’ as he details the murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir The Times of Israel
- Israel and Hamas agree on new exchange, leaving fragile ceasefire intact The Associated Press
- Their Time Is Up Tablet Magazine
- Bibas family learning details of murders from media and Netanyahu, relative says Haaretz
- It's not over until it's over, today will only close one chapter - editorial The Jerusalem Post
BREAKING: A Peace Deal Has Been Reached Between Russia And Ukraine – Greek City Times – GreekCityTimes.com
- BREAKING: A Peace Deal Has Been Reached Between Russia And Ukraine - Greek City Times GreekCityTimes.com
- Is there a deal to end Russia's war with Ukraine? NPR
- A Ukraine ceasefire deal is starting to come into view. Would it work? Vox.com
- Trump’s Art of the Deal turns around an unwinnable war against Ukraine Fox News
- Trump is trying to clean up the mess created by Zelensky Villages-News
Gaza: Six babies have died from cold in two weeks, medics say – BBC.com
- Gaza: Six babies have died from cold in two weeks, medics say BBC.com
- Seven babies die of hypothermia in Gaza, health officials say CNN
- Father describes baby daughter’s death from the cold in Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Newborns in Gaza are dying from the cold as fears rise over ceasefire's next phase NBC News
- The Menace in Gaza That’s Still Terrifying All of Us Here Slate
Six babies have died from cold in Gaza over two weeks, medics say
Five newborns and a two-month-old have reportedly died, with doctors blaming a lack of shelter and heating.
ABC election guru Antony Green says it’s ‘time to retire’ as he prepares to leave on-air role
Analyst, who is about to turn 65, said the upcoming federal election would be the last he covers on air
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The ABC’s election analyst, Antony Green, has just announced that the upcoming federal election will be his last on-air with the ABC.
Green said on Wednesday morning it was “time to retire”.
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Continue reading...Newsom threatens to pull funds unless California cities crack down on homelessness
‘We’re not going to fund failure,’ says governor, who warned local authorities they could lose out on millions of dollars
California’s governor warned cities and counties that they could lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding if they do not make progress in clearing out encampments and tackling homelessness.
Gavin Newsom’s comments on Monday, while announcing $920m in funding to address the crisis, come as he escalates efforts to push local governments to take greater action. Last summer, Newsom told counties he could withhold state support if they failed to do more homeless encampment sweeps.
Continue reading...Wes Streeting to axe thousands of jobs at NHS England after ousting of chief executive
NHS staff fear power grab by health department as health secretary looks to shrink body due to ‘duplication’ of roles
Wes Streeting will axe thousands of jobs at NHS England after his ousting of its chair and chief executive in what health service staff fear is a power grab.
The health secretary’s plan follows Amanda Pritchard’s shock announcement on Monday that she was stepping down as the organisation’s chief executive next month.
Continue reading...Airport workers left stunned after ‘cutting man’s hair at security’ on his way into Amsterdam – LADbible
- Airport workers left stunned after ‘cutting man’s hair at security’ on his way into Amsterdam LADbible
- Video. Colombian man caught with cocaine under toupee at Cartagena airport Euronews
- Man caught with cocaine stash under toupee in Colombia BBC.com
- Man caught trying to smuggle cocaine under a wig in Colombia Sky News