Woman who blackmailed Son Heung-min gets four years in jail
The woman claiming she was carrying the ex-Tottenham captain's child and extorted $200,000 from him.
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Love Letters From a Chinese Jail
The torn pieces of paper by Gao Zhen, a renowned artist jailed in China, show family portraits, memories of New York and expressions of faith. To his wife, they are love letters.
Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence
Each side accused the other of firing first. The fighting came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.
Prince Harry’s UK security under government review, reports say
Home Office has reportedly ordered threat assessment amid long-running row into Duke of Sussex’s safetyPrince Harry’s security arrangements while in the UK are being reviewed by the government, according to reports.Harry wrote to the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, shortly after her appointment and submitted a formal request for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which is overseen by the Home Office, a source close to the prince said in October. Continue reading...
Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in London for talks on ending Ukraine war
Ukraine’s president says latest discussions on peace proposals with US were ‘constructive, although not easy’See all our Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy will meet the leaders of the UK, France and Germany in London on Monday to discuss the latest US-authored peace proposal aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.Days of negotiations between US and Ukrainian officials ended on Saturday without an apparent breakthrough. The Ukrainian president called the discussions “constructive, although not easy”. Continue reading...
‘Pure political pork’: government withdraws energy bill subsidies as treasurer forecasts ‘difficult’ budget decisions
Chalmers flags pressure on national finances as Reserve Bank contemplates possibility of interest rate rises next yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers has foreshadowed more “difficult decisions” in next week’s mid-year budget update after cabinet decided not to extend billions of dollars in energy bill rebates into the new year.The withdrawal of the power bill subsidies comes as the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy board mulls a recent rebound in inflation that could force the central bank to hike interest rates next year. Continue reading...
How many Syrians have returned home one year since the fall of al-Assad?
One year after al-Assad’s fall, nearly 1.8 million displaced Syrians and 780,000 refugees have returned home.
Anika Wells claimed more than $8,500 for family travel to Melbourne during AFL grand final weekends over three years
Exclusive: Labor’s minister for communications and sport has stood by her use of family travel expenses as within the rulesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnika Wells claimed more than $8,500 in family travel expenses to Melbourne during AFL grand final weekends in 2022, 2023 and 2024, when she received free suite tickets to the matches.The minister for communications and sport has stood by her use of family travel expenses as within the rules, but the Coalition opposition is demanding reforms to expense rules and an inquiry into Wells’ spending by the independent parliamentary expenses authority (IPEA), which tracks and reports politicians’ spending on travel and office expenses. Continue reading...
UN faces ‘brutal choices’ as it launches 2026 aid appeal
Aid cuts mean UN is asking for just half of anticipated need and is forced to prioritise only the most desperate.
Humza Yousaf says Israel deliberately destroyed Gaza’s education system
Former Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said that Israel is carrying out what he calls a “scholasticide” in Gaza.