Of Books and Men
My colleague, the book critic Dwight Garner, tells us about “Flesh” by David Szalay, this year’s Booker Prize winner.
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Australia news live: ACT closes 10 schools after health warning over children’s play sand; Hobart stadium plan passes first parliamentary vote
Construction of roofed stadium at Macquarie Point a condition of Tasmania Devils entering AFL and AFLW in 2028. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome ACT schools partially closed, with preschools also affected over asbestos warning for play sandThe list of schools closed in the ACT also includes partial closures impacting multiple classes and preschool closures.What we’ve done is been very clear and said we’re going back to an approach where the market will determine the types of technologies and the pathways. And that is the traditional liberal approach to addressing these types of issues. And that’s how business gets certainty because it enables the market to dictate.I think people will understand that they don’t want us racing ahead of the rest of the world, costing us manufacturing jobs, costing us industry jobs, and putting unrealistic and unreasonable pressure on households because of their electricity bills. Continue reading...
Some South Korean Workers Return to Georgia Factory After U.S. Reissues Visas
The State Department has reissued visas for many workers detained in a September raid, lawyers said, as the Trump administration tries to undo damage from the operation.
Trump administration targets European antifa groups as ‘global terrorists’
US State Department labelled four groups, from Germany, Greece and Italy, as 'specially designated global terrorists'.
Trump administration suing Gavin Newsom over California’s voter-approved redistricting plan – live
Trump’s justice department is attempting to block the state’s new congressional maps , which voters overwhelmingly approved through Proposition 50.Democrats appear more enthusiastic than Republicans about voting in next year’s congressional elections following the party’s victories in recent state and local contests, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, which showed Republican President Donald Trump’s approval steady at 40%.The six-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed 44% of registered voters who called themselves Democrats said they were “very enthusiastic” about voting in the November 3, 2026, elections, compared with 26% of Republicans who said the same. Some 79% of Democrats said they would regret it if they didn’t vote in the election, compared to 68% of Republicans. Continue reading...
West Bank mosque torched amid surge in Israeli settler violence
Israeli settler violence targeting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is at its highest level on record, per the UN.
U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia’s Bid for F-35 Jets
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.
BBC apologises to Donald Trump over edit of speech for Panorama
Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bnThe BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation, after lawyers for Trump threatened to sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the BBC issued a retraction, apologised and settled with him. Continue reading...
Former Prince Andrew and Another Prominent Briton Come Up in the Epstein Emails
Newly released files from Jeffrey Epstein include correspondence with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington.
Authorities recover remains of all killed in Turkish military plane crash
Officials have recovered the remains of all 20 people who were killed when a Turkish C-130 cargo plane crashed Tuesday.