How Trump’s Actions Could Affect Honduran Elections
President Trump weighed in heavily on Honduras’s elections. Will voters be influenced on Sunday by his pardon of an ex-president or his pick in this year’s race?
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Australia news live: ‘unusually prolonged flu season’ in NSW; Geraldton bushfire out of control in WA
Meanwhile Melbourne could face its coldest December day in almost 40 years. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIs McLaren costing Oscar Piastri the F1 title, department asked at Senate estimatesIt’s a strong start to Senate estimates this morning, with Nationals senator Matt Canavan asking the department of infrastructure secretary, Jim Betts, about the F1 results from Qatar overnight.It’s been a bit of a frustrating night for some Australians … you deal with transport and cars, so do you think McLaren is biased against Oscar Piastri and costing him the world championship?I definitely think he’s copped some raw decision [making] this year. Continue reading...
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.
Trump confirms he recently spoke with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro
Trump remained tight-lipped on details of call with Venezuelan president as tensions rise between countriesDonald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, but he did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.“I don’t want to comment on it. The answer is yes,” the US president said when asked if he had spoken with Maduro. He was speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One. Continue reading...
Greek sheep and goat cull raises fears of feta cheese shortage
Livestock is being culled across the country due to an infectious disease outbreak.
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told
Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raisedThe former director of UK special forces and other senior military officers tried to cover up concerns that SAS units were carrying out unlawful killings in Afghanistan, an inquiry has heard.A senior special forces whistleblower said the chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of two small children, after the alarm was first raised in early 2011. That failure allegedly allowed them to continue until 2013. Continue reading...
Top global arms producers’ revenues surge as major wars rage: SIPRI report
From Israel to Elon Musk's SpaceX and other giant companies in the US and Europe, arms producers had a profitable 2024.
Deadly Floods in Indonesia Leave Hundreds Missing
Hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced as extreme weather has ravaged Southeast Asia this month. Indonesia’s heavy rain was linked to two tropical cyclones.
Trump invites families of national guard members who were shot to White House
President plans to honor Sarah Beckstrom, who was fatally shot, as well as Andrew Wolfe, who is in critical conditionDonald Trump said on Sunday that he invited the family of a national guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, adding that he spoke to her parents and they were “devastated”.US army specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed in a shooting on Wednesday in Washington DC. Her fellow service member, US air force staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Vigils across West Virginia have taken place in their memory. Continue reading...
Ukraine talks 'productive' but more work needed, Rubio says
American and Ukrainian delegations meet in Florida to discuss the outlines of a peace deal with Russia.