Trump says China’s Xi Jinping agreed to accelerate purchases of US goods
China's Foreign Ministry said Trump initiated call with Xi Jinping and communication was crucial for stable relations.
Italy adds ‘femicide’ to the criminal code to curb violence against women
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish 'femicide' with life imprisonment.
New Zealand mother jailed for life over ‘suitcase murders’ of her children
Hakyung Lee gets life sentence with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for murdering her two children.
Second teenage boy charged with murder after alleged stabbing behind Sydney school played ‘active role’, police say
Another boy, 15, charged on Monday after 17-year-old boy died from wounds to thigh in Rouse Hill
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A second teenage boy arrested in his home over his alleged “active role” in the stabbing murder of a 17-year-old in a suburban park will spend months in custody.
The alleged victim died from a knife wound to his thigh after a confrontation at a park behind a school in north-west Sydney on Monday afternoon.
Continue reading...All-male lineup take top slots at ABC Sydney after Chris Bath’s shock departure
Director of audio concedes ‘there is always more to do’ on diversity as station staff express dismay at dearth of female presenters
ABC radio’s chief, Ben Latimer, says “there is always more to do” on diversity after Chris Bath was replaced with a male presenter on ABC Sydney, leaving the station with an all-male lineup from Breakfast through to Drive in 2026.
Bath, who announced her resignation after only one year on Monday, will be replaced by Thomas Oriti in the key Drive slot, which was vacated by the veteran broadcaster Richard Glover after 26 years.
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Continue reading...China warns it will ‘crush’ foreign efforts to interfere over Taiwan – Reuters
- China warns it will 'crush' foreign efforts to interfere over Taiwan Reuters
- China and Japan Are in a Showdown, With Trump in the Middle The New York Times
- Japan’s New Leader Infuriated Beijing. She Isn’t Backing Down. The Wall Street Journal
- Japan ‘crossed a red line’ with Taiwan remarks, Chinese foreign minister says Politico
- Japan’s Takaichi Says Didn’t Intend to Get Specific on Taiwan Bloomberg.com
Cuba condemns ‘aggressive’ US stance towards Venezuela as tensions rise
Cuba has accused the US of preparing a violent intervention in Venezuela as Washington expands its military presence.
Minnesotans gear up to fight Trump ending Somalis’ temporary protected status
Though president’s order is legally questionable, advocates worry community could be targeted for immigration raids
In the days since the president said he would be ending a legal immigration status program for Somalis in Minnesota, local elected officials and community members said they will fight back.
On Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that he would be “terminating, effective immediately” temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota. Trump wrote that Minnesota was a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity”. “Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!” he wrote.
Continue reading...Saudi crown prince’s pushback on Israel normalization reportedly irked Trump – The Times of Israel
- Saudi crown prince’s pushback on Israel normalization reportedly irked Trump The Times of Israel
- Scoop: Trump's meeting with MBS got tense over Israel Axios
- View / To judge Saudi’s crown prince, think in decades https-//www.semafor.com
- ‘Normalisation’ with Israel: What it means and why it’s not happening Middle East Eye
- Donald Trump, bin Salman talks on Abraham Accords strained The Jerusalem Post
Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft
The man is alleged to have stolen coins from parking meters in the German town of Kempten, police said.
US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans
Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation
The interior department announced today new “America-first” entrance fees for national parks, commemorative annual passes featuring Donald Trump and “resident-only patriotic fee-free days for 2026” including Trump’s birthday.
Starting next year, entrance fees for international visitors will more than triple.
Continue reading...New Zealand woman gets life sentence for ‘suitcase murders’ of her children
Hakyung Lee killed her two kids and hid their bodies in suitcases months after her husband died of cancer.
New Zealand woman gets life sentence for ‘suitcase murders’ of her children
Hakyung Lee killed her two kids and hid their bodies in suitcases months after her husband died of cancer.
Russian mercenaries accused of cold-blooded killings in Mali – BBC speaks to eyewitnesses
Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
Excessive restraint in immigration detention centres ‘deeply concerning’, report finds
Watchdog says force being applied ‘inconsistently, disproportionately, and without adequate justification’
Home Office contractors are over-using restraint in immigration detention centres and failing to tackle the toxic culture behind bars, according to the findings of a new watchdog report described as “deeply concerning”.
By Force of Habit: How the Use of Force in Immigration Detention Has Lost Sight of Necessity and Dignity was published by the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB), which examines conditions in prisons and immigration detention centres. The findings revealed force being applied inconsistently, disproportionately, and without adequate justification, which it said undermined the dignity and welfare of highly vulnerable individuals.
Continue reading...Who killed our children? Indian parents ask as ‘house of horrors’ convict acquitted
Twenty years after police found the bodies of 19 women and children in Nithari, the case is back in the spotlight.
The looming election Trump can’t afford to lose
In a Tennessee district the president won by 22% last year, a Democratic upset could prompt Republican panic.
Judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants
District judge in California says detainees who were already living in the US are legally entitled to a bond hearing
A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond.
US district judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, California, certified a nationwide class of individuals who were already living in the United States when they were detained and are legally entitled to a hearing to determine whether they can be released on bond while their deportation cases proceed.
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