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Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen a day after missile attack near airport

A spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry said at least 21 people were injured in the attack.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Top African Rights Court to Consider States’ Climate Obligations

Click to expand Image Villagers fetch water from a makeshift borehole during a drought in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, July 2, 2024. 2024 Aaron Ufumeli/AP Photo A coalition of African lawyers and civil society groups has askedthe African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for an advisory opinion on 55 African Union member states’ human rights duties in the climate emergency.Led by the Pan African Lawyers Union and the African...

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Berkshire shares slip as Warren Buffett prepares to step aside as CEO

Conglomerate votes in favour of vice-chair Greg Abel’s promotion to top job next year

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Live: Nationals deputy leader 'shattered' she will likely lose Senate seat

Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey is on track to lose her Senate seat to Labor, telling ABC News Radio she is "shattered" and that a fall in the Liberal vote has cost her. Follow live.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

How long can you expect a battery to last in a second-hand EV?

As new electric vehicle sales rise, more EVs are entering the used-car market. Are used-EV batteries any good, and how can you check?

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Ford expects $1.5bn profit hit from Trump tariffs

Carmaker withdraws financial guidance and warns of potential of US’s policies to cause industry-wide disruption

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Skechers to be acquired by 3G Capital in take-private deal, shares soar 24%

Footwear giant Skechers will be acquired by 3G Capital for $63 per share, a 30% premium to its current valuation on the public markets.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Cummins treble in vain as rain ends Sunrisers' IPL hopes

Pat Cummins's Sunrisers Hyderabad are out of the Indian Premier League despite his stellar bowling performance, with rain forcing a draw with Delhi Capitals.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Zombie ants among striking finds as scientists explore Arnhem Land

Some of the country's top scientists have been working with Indigenous rangers to access rugged parts of the Arnhem Land plateau that are rarely seen, even by traditional owners.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trump defends viral image of himself as Pope: β€˜Catholics loved it’

Trump told reporters he didn’t see the image until Sunday night.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Novelist Percival Everett, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts

Everett’s Pulitzer confirmed the million-selling β€œJames” as the most celebrated and popular U.S. literary novel of 2024, and accelerated the 68-year-old author’s remarkable rise after decades of being little known to the general public.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

EU set to make it easier for UK professionals to work in the bloc

Brussels due to propose legislation to enable the recognition of qualifications of British lawyers and others

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Inspired N.C. Republicans Target Environmental Justice, Clean Energy Jobs and Programs

Conservative North Carolina lawmakers appear to be taking a cue from the Trump administration, proposing to slash more than 25 jobs and to eliminate key programs for environmental justice, environmental education and clean energy, state budget documents show. Those cuts alone would total nearly $736,000. Meanwhile, the Republican-held Environmental Management Commission would get its own […]

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Spain to provide money to support UN investigations into Israeli human rights abuses

Spain to provide money to support UN investigations into Israeli human rights abuses Spain will provide more than $560,000 to support UN investigations into human rights violations and possible war crimes committed in Gaza, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said, according to media reports on Monday. "With the aim of ending these violations of international law and with the desire to ensure accountability, I...

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Morning Mail: Israel’s β€˜intensified’ plan to seize Gaza, the voters that swung to Labor, Liberals in crisis

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. Israel has announced a new plan for an β€œintensified” offensive in Gaza, which officials said was about β€œconquering” the territory, moving the population and establishing a sustained presence.At home the fallout from Labor’s spectacular election win continues. We look...

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Pro-Palestine protestors disrupt Dutch WW2 anniversary event

5 pro-Palestine protestors were arrested after disrupting a World War II anniversary event in Wageningen, Netherlands.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Trio jailed for NT teenager's murder claim 'miscarriage of justice'

Three people convicted of murdering 18-year-old Kingsley Alley Jr after a dispute over a spilled drink have launched an appeal to have their guilty verdicts thrown out.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Bangladeshi Women’s Rights Opposed by Hardline Religious Groups

Click to expand Image A candlelight vigil marks International Women's Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 8, 2021. 2021 Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via AP Photo On Saturday,nearly 20,000 supporters of the Islamist organizationHefazat-e-Islam rallied in the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, to protest, among other issues, proposed government reforms to support gender equality and women’s rights.The protesters, who...

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Messaging app used by Trump official suspends operations after reported hack

Trump previously discouraged his officials from using Signal following "Signalgate," when Mike Waltz added a journalist to a private chat of pending war plans.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

OpenAI ditches plan to convert to for-profit business

Decision to leave non-profit arm in control of group comes after pressure campaign by Elon Musk

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Outback teen turns welding into station sign side hustle

Annabelle Smith says her passion for welding developed into a business after word of her skill spread across far west NSW.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

OpenAI says nonprofit will retain control of company, bowing to outside pressure

OpenAI will continue to be controlled by a nonprofit as it restructures into a commercial entity, the AI startup said on Monday.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Romanian PM resigns after re-run of presidential election

Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacu quit after his government’s candidate, Crin Antonescu, failed to advance to the run-off vote on May 18.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Pandora’s Box? Bangladesh and the Rakhine Humanitarian Corridor

For Dhaka, opening a humanitarian corridor could embroil the country in both Myanmar’s civil war and great power machinations.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Spanish travellers spend night on trains after thieves steal copper cables

Copper thieves bring part of Spain's high-speed train network to a standstill, leaving some passengers trapped in trains overnight and thousands stranded at stations.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Israeli airstrikes rock Yemen after Tel Aviv airport attack

Israel has launched 50 air strikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah region and a cement factory to the east.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

President Trump says US will help 'people of Gaza get some food'

President Trump says US will help 'people of Gaza get some food' US President Donald Trump said the US will provide food for Palestinians after the Israeli blockade of food and water entered its third month, CNN reported on Monday. When asked by reporters at the White House about Israeli plans for an expanded assault on Gaza, Trump did not directly respond to the question but spoke about plans to provide food: β€œWe’re...

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Mattel quickens effort to move production from China as tariffs hit toys

Maker of Barbie dolls warns of potential price increases for US shoppers and suspends financial guidance for 2025

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

What does Mary Fowler's injury mean for the Matildas heading into the Asian Cup?

Mary Fowler's injury is a devastating blow for the Matildas, raising questions as to who can step up and fill the void that she leaves.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Scared of public speaking? So was Rose, now she's a stand-up comedian

Not only did Rose Bishop overcome her fear of public speaking, she turned it into her job. The comedian offers her advice for not letting stage fright β€” in any setting β€” get in your way.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

WATCH: Trump suggests he wants to reopen Alcatraz because it’s the ultimate symbol of law and order

β€œIt represents something very strong, very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order,” President Donald Trump said when a reporter asked him to explain how he decided to call for the reopening of the notorious prison.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Pakistan Threatens to Suspend Participation in the Simla Agreement

Should it act on its warning, the situation in Kashmir could seriously destabilize as both India and Pakistan scramble to alter the status quo militarily.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Rise in antique collectors looking for radioactive glassware

An antiques shop owner says collectors have taken interest in uranium-infused glassware which glows under UV light.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?

Voice, closing the gap, tax reform and better mental health services are some of the suggested policy reforms the Labor government should pursue in its second term

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies

Once the election hype settles, Labor must deliver on its promises. And, of course, these policies will ultimately have to be paid for.

Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)