- Trump says US needs Greenland for international security Reuters
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Trump refugee ban ‘strands Afghans endangered by US withdrawal’
More than 1,600 people eligible to resettle in the United States are waiting to flee Afghanistan and Pakistan, say advocates
More than 1,600 Afghans eligible to enter the US as refugees will see their entry blocked under an executive order signed by Donald Trump on Monday evening that suspends the resettlement of all refugees to the United States for an indefinite period of time.
The decision has led to panic among prospective Afghan refugees, including family members of hundreds of active-duty service personnel and children waiting to be reunited with family members already in the US, according to a leading refugee resettlement activist and a US official who spoke with the Guardian on condition of anonymity.
Continue reading...Australia’s pro-Palestine movement shifts focus to pressuring Albanese to cut ties with Israel
Groups call for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest and urge Australia to pressure Israel on Palestine just as South Africa was over apartheid
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Pro-Palestine protests that have been held every week in Sydney and Melbourne since 7 October 2023 will now switch focus to pressuring the federal government into cutting ties with Israel, organisers have said.
Amal Naser, from the Palestine Action Group (PAG), called the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel a “step forward” for the pro-Palestine movement in Australia, and said the group would now pivot from weekly protests to targeted protests that call for specific policy change in government.
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Continue reading...Gaza rebuild to take long time despite promised aid surge, says UN
Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".
‘In every street there are dead’: Gaza rescuers reckon with scale of destruction
Gaza's Civil Defence agency said it feared there were more than 10,000 bodies still buried under rubble.
Teacher who told Sydney Catholic Schools she was transitioning allegedly asked to move and not given shifts
Zoe Conolan-Glen’s discrimination case has now been referred to the federal court
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A music teacher who told the management of Sydney Catholic Schools she was transitioning was allegedly asked to move to a different school before being given no shifts for a year.
Sydney woman Zoe Conolan-Glen lodged a discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission in July 2024, which was referred to the federal court on 18 December, claiming the prospective school’s management also asked intrusive questions, including which staff bathroom she would use and how she would react if a parent complained about her identity.
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Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,062
Here are the key developments on the 1,062nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Anthony Zurcher: With the promise of a ‘golden age’, a second Trump era begins
Trump's inaugural speech was a mix of promises – and contradictions – that underlined some of the challenges he faces upon his return.
The new American imperialism – The Economist
- The new American imperialism The Economist
- Opinion | The Dark Roots of Donald Trump’s Obsession With Panama and Greenland The New York Times
- What the History of American Expansion Can Tell Us About Trump’s Threats Mother Jones
- Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Panama... Trump's expansionist agenda FRANCE 24 English
- How the world is reacting to Donald Trump’s inauguration Semafor
Musk accused of giving Nazi salute during Trump inauguration celebrations
Anti-Defamation League defends tech billionaire for making 'awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm'.
Trump signs order to rename Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali
Gulf of Mexico to be called Gulf of America, and Denali, highest North American peak, reverts to Mount McKinley
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In a flurry of first-day-in-office activity, Donald Trump has signed an order to rename the 617,800 sq mile Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s 20,000ft mountain Denali.
The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America, and Denali, the highest peak in North America, will revert to Mount McKinley – the name it was called before Barack Obama changed it in 2015.
Trump embraces role of demagogue, claims to be ‘peacemaker’ – follow live inauguration updates
Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes
Activists ask: is there any point in mass protest?
Continue reading...Trump returns to White House and unleashes barrage of executive orders
President pledges immigration crackdown, rolls back climate rules and pardons 1,500 January 6 rioters
Donald Trump launched his second term as US president with a barrage of executive orders reaching into broad swathes of American life, from pardoning hundreds of supporters who attacked Congress on January 6, including rightwing extremists convicted of seditious conspiracy, to rolling back LGBTQ+ rights and environmental rules while declaring an immigration emergency on the southern border.
Trump and his allies had long promised a “shock and awe” approach. They did not hold back.
Continue reading...Yemen’s Houthis signal they’ll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli ships – The Associated Press
- Yemen’s Houthis signal they’ll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli ships The Associated Press
- Yemen’s Houthis to only target Israel-linked ships following Gaza ceasefire Al Jazeera English
- Yemen's Houthis signal they'll limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli ships ABC News
- Houthi Pledge To Curtail Ship Attacks Sparks New Security Assessment The War Zone
- Yemeni Houthis to Limit Red Sea Attacks to Israeli-Linked Ships OilPrice.com
Anthony Albanese convenes national cabinet on antisemitism after Sydney childcare centre set alight
Prime minister, who has previously resisted calling the meeting, says it will focus on recent wave of attacks and graffiti
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National cabinet will meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss antisemitism in Australia, after Anthony Albanese pledged that the latest attack on a Sydney childcare centre “will lead to action”.
The prime minister previously resisted calls for such a meeting, saying on Monday Australians did not just want to see more meetings on antisemitism.
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Continue reading...Watch: Key moments from President Trump’s inauguration day
The oath of office and a Melania air kiss - watch the highlights from Donald Trump's day.
UK ‘second most attractive country for investment’, survey finds
The survey of chief executives, published ahead of the World Economic Forum, follows an upgraded growth forecast from the IMF
The UK is the second most attractive country for investment behind the US, signalling a climb up the rankings, according to an annual survey of global business leaders by the consultancy PwC.
Published at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the survey of almost 5,000 chief executives from 109 countries puts the UK in second place, ahead of China, Germany and India.
Continue reading...Mozambique opposition leader open to serving in rival’s government
Venâncio Mondlane tells the BBC the conditions under which he is prepared to join the government.
Best of ‘frenemies’: Trump’s relationship with Europe this time may be very different
Weak, distracted and unprepared? How prepared France, Germany and the rest of the continent really are for his return to power
Best of ‘frenemies’: Trump’s relationship with Europe this time may be very different
Weak, distracted and unprepared? How prepared France, Germany and the rest of the continent really are for his return to power
Hospitality firms ‘to incur £1bn costs from employer NICs on 774,000 more workers’
Industry body says businesses and jobs at risk unless Rachel Reeves’s tax changes delayed or altered
The hospitality industry will incur an extra £1bn of costs for 774,000 of its workers who will be newly eligible for employer national insurance contributions from April, endangering jobs and businesses, a leading industry body has claimed.
UKHospitality, which represents thousands of restaurants, hotels, pubs, cafes and nightclubs, is calling on the government to delay or alter changes to the tax announced in Rachel Reeves’s October’s budget in order to protect jobs.
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