Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $111bn takeover
The approval came as Donald Trump is to attend a dinner with billionaire Paramount backers the Ellisons.
Lebanese villagers replace IDF-gifted Jesus statue after soldier incident – The Jerusalem Post
- Lebanese villagers replace IDF-gifted Jesus statue after soldier incident The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli Soldiers Sentenced to Jail for Damaging Jesus Statue in Lebanon The New York Times
- Israeli soldier's desecration of crucifix in south Lebanon draws condemnation Reuters
- Outrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon BBC
- Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village The Guardian
South African police chief suspended over $20m health contract
Cyril Ramaphosa said the suspension was because of the critical role Fannie Masemola plays in fighting crime.
US-Israeli war on Iran will push 30 million back into poverty, UN warns
Disruption to fuel and fertiliser supplies due to the Strait of Hormuz closure will hit crop yields, UNDP chief warns.
Journalist recalls Israeli strike killing Amal Khalil in southern Lebanon
Journalist Zainab Faraj recalled the final moments of fellow journalist Amal Khalil.
Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $111bn takeover
Attention now turns to regulatory authorities, with both Washington and London expected to examine the merger's impact.
More than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence, inquiry finds
Opposition parties accused security forces but the official report does not say who was responsible.
Tanzania election violence: Mohamed Chande Othman says 518 people killed – BBC
- Tanzania election violence: Mohamed Chande Othman says 518 people killed BBC
- Tanzania Report Blames ‘Outside Forces’ for Deadly Election Violence The New York Times
- Tanzania postelection inquiry shows 518 people died in last year’s violence KSAT
- Tanzania Says at Least 518 Died in Violence After 2025 Election Bloomberg.com
- Report: 518 people died in Tanzania’s post-election violence Daily Nation
Turkiye MPs pass bill to restrict social media use for children under 15
Lawmakers pass bill to require social media platforms to introduce age-verification tools and control mechanisms.
US military board, seize another ship in international waters
The Pentagon has released video of US soldiers descending from helicopters to board and seize another ship.
US-Kuwaiti journalist held in Kuwait over social media posts acquitted, lawyers say
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin reportedly faced charges, including spreading false information, after he re-posted images related to the Iran war.
Lebanon Latest: Israel attacks kill journalist and target first responders
A fragile ceasefire holds as Israeli strikes kill a journalist and target first responders in Lebanon.
12 Russian FSB officers killed in drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk, Ukraine’s military says – The Kyiv Independent
- 12 Russian FSB officers killed in drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk, Ukraine's military says The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine kills 12 Russian FSB officers in drone strike The Telegraph
- Ukrainian Drones Are Cutting Off Ammo Resupply To Russian Artillery Forbes
- Azov Disrupts Enemy Logistics in Donetsk Using Hornet Drones Backed by Former Google CEO Militarnyi
- Ukraine war latest: 12 Russian FSB officers killed in Ukrainian drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk The Kyiv Independent
US to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian boats laying mines in Hormuz, Trump says
US says it intercepted another tanker carrying Iranian oil as Trump underscores alleged infighting within Iran's leadership.
After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers’ week has a new director: ‘I don’t envy anyone in this position’
Rosemarie Milsom, who formed and runs Newcastle writers festival, will take over from Louise Adler after the literary festival imploded over invitation to Randa Abdel-Fattah
In January, as the implosion of Adelaide writers’ week made headlines around Australia and the world, Rosemarie Milsom was watching closely.
The Adelaide festival board, which oversees AWW, had overridden the literary festival’s director, Louise Adler, and disinvited the Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah over past comments she’d made about Israel and Zionism. This decision resulted not in a quieter, less-controversial festival as the board members may have hoped, but a boycott by 200-odd writers, the resignation of Adler – followed by the whole board – a potential defamation lawsuit against the South Australian premier and the collapse of AWW.
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‘A history of the Earth’: Twelve Apostles revealed to be as old as 14m years
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Microscopic fossils embedded in limestone have helped reveal the true age of Victoria’s Twelve Apostles as 8.6m to 14m years old.
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Tourist’s ‘pre-wedding challenge’ damages historic Florence statue – CNN
- Tourist’s ‘pre-wedding challenge’ damages historic Florence statue CNN
- Tourist charged with damaging historic Florentine fountain in pre-wedding prank The Guardian
- Tourist charged for climbing Florence's Neptune Fountain in pre-wedding stunt Wanted in Rome
- Hen-do reveller ‘causes £4k damage’ after grabbing Neptune statue's willy the-sun.com
- Tourist, 28, Charged Over Pre-Wedding Statue Prank The Daily Beast