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Throwing a party in an Airbnb this summer? Hereโ€™s how the platform plans to stop you

Spain recently removed 65,000 Airbnb listings amid mounting backlash against the platform.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

New satellite photos show damaged North Korean warship

Kim Jong Un has called the shipyard accident a "criminal act" and vowed to find those responsible.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

15 aid trucks looted in Gaza, says UN, amid dozens more deaths in Israeli strikes

Raids were motivated by โ€˜hunger, desperation and anxietyโ€™, and support from the Israeli authorities is needed, the World Food Programme said.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

EU's โ‚ฌ2 handling charge for cheap imports to snare Chinese products

Trade Commissioner Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ announced a fee to counterbalance the cost safety checks for products coming from China โ€“ and hopefully curbing numbers of packages sent to Europe.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Can EU secure a US trade pact despite Trump's new tariff threat?

US President Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with a 50% tariff on goods, saying current negotiations with the bloc were "going nowhere." Can the EU still step back from a major tariff war?

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

On free speech, Britain can learn from America

Police are dragged into investigating petty incidents, undermining trust in our freedom to express opinions

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Saudi 'Masked Youth Movement' criticises lack of freedom in kingdom

Saudi 'Masked Youth Movement' criticises lack of freedom in kingdom Submitted by Reem Aouir on Thu, 05/22/2025 - 16:37 A string of anonymous videos posted to social media allege corruption and suppression of freedoms in Saudi Arabia, sparking online debate Screengrab from one of the first videos of what is now being referred to as the 'Masked Youth Movement' (TikTok) Off A series of videos featuring masked individuals...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims - minister

Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Inside the Liberalsโ€™ battle to save John Pesutto from bankruptcy

Exclusive: Campaign to raise funds for former Victorian opposition leader has split party as deadline to pay $2.3m in defamation costs loomsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn May last year, a select group of business leaders and philanthropists gathered in a Melbourne boardroom for an intimate dinner with a singular focus: saving the then Victorian Liberal leader, John Pesutto.Organised by a...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Outraged Liberals say short-lived Coalition split has โ€˜shreddedโ€™ David Littleproudโ€™s leadership

Exclusive: Insiders say Nationals leader โ€˜on borrowed timeโ€™ as Michael McCormack signals he could be a candidate in a future leadership ballotFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberals have expressed outrage over the Nationalsโ€™ decision to abandon and then return to the Coalition,...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

The Coalition gives a masterclass on the dangers of overreach โ€“ and both sides of politics are warned | Tom McIlroy

Labor couldnโ€™t believe its political luck when it saw the opposition implosion. But the lessons of defeat shouldnโ€™t be lost on any partyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTowards the end of his at-capacity speech to the National Press Club this week, the architect of Laborโ€™s landslide victory, Paul Erickson, delivered a warning to both sides of parliament.Better versed in political history than...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

โ€˜Destruction everywhereโ€™: Taree cleanup begins as NSW floods reignite inter-agency tensions

Residents and farmers in mid-north coast take stock of losses while firefighters union and SES argue over who should lead emergency responseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor the second time in just four years, Michele Bennett has lost pretty much everything.The 50-year-old returned home on Friday to find most of her belongings destroyed after a record-breaking flood engulfed her house in...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

His Chinese-American ancestor defined birthright citizenship. Now he fights to preserve it

Wong Kim Ark won a landmark 1898 Supreme Court ruling; his great-grandson Norman Wong joins battle against Donald Trumpโ€™s bid to unravel it.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Palantir CEO Alex Karp sells more than $50 million in stock

Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar, co-founder and president Stephen Cohen and other executives also dumped millions worth of shares.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Guterres: Palestinians facing โ€˜cruellest phase of this cruel conflict'

Guterres: Palestinians facing โ€˜cruellest phase of this cruel conflict' UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the dire situation in Gaza as the "cruellest phase of this cruel conflict", warning that "families are being starved and denied the very basics, all with the world watching in real time". Speaking from UN headquarters in New York, Guterres underscored Israelโ€™s legal obligation to ensure humanitarian...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Commission to review ride-sharing rules across the EU

Rules for Uber, Bolt, Cabify, Heetch and other ride-hailing services could be unified at EU level - but the Commission warns this may still take some time.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

EU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official language

At least seven capitals have raised concerns over the costs and political implications of the move, which Sรกnchez links to defense spending.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Europe's defence: These Western European countries think World War III is imminent

As geopolitical stability continues to be undermined, the prospect of another global conflict haunts many Europeans.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Mahmoud Abbas agrees on roadmap to disarm Palestinian factions in Lebanon

Mahmoud Abbas agrees on roadmap to disarm Palestinian factions in Lebanon Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 14:06 Lebanese media report that the process to disarm Palestinian factions across Lebanon will begin in mid-June Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Baabda presidential palace, east of the capital Beirut, on 21 May 2025 (Lebanese...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israel bombs Gaza aid guards as they are attacked by looters

Israel bombs Gaza aid guards as they are attacked by looters Israelistrikes killed sixPalestinianguards protecting aid trucks on Friday, as they were being attacked by looters, in what appears to be the latest coordination between the army and local gangs. According toAnadolu Agency, the six were killed and others wounded in Deir al-Balah while attempting to "secure the arrival of aid trucks to international...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

France rejects Israeli accusations of anti-semitism as 'absurd'

France rejects Israeli accusations of anti-semitism as 'absurd' French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot dismissed as "absurd and slanderous" Israelโ€™s claim that European countries are fuelling antisemitism by criticising its actions in Gaza. "Accusing of encouraging anti-Semitism or [supporting] Hamas whoever defends the two-state solution is absurd and slanderous",Barrot wrote on X, reaffirming that France remains...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Trumpโ€™s attack on Harvard wonโ€™t make America great again

Banning foreign students from US universities will hurt the economy and slow innovation

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Opinion: Israel's genocide in Gaza is a war on demographics

Opinion: Israel's genocide in Gaza is a war on demographics The ongoinggenocidein Gaza, which has killed nearly54,000Palestinians, along with various plans toexpelthe remaining survivors, has one primary goal: to safeguard the Jewish settler-colony ofIsraelby restoring the lost Jewish demographic majority, which had been achieved through mass killings andexpulsionssince 1948. Zionists understood early on that the only...

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu debunks Trumpโ€™s โ€˜white genocideโ€™ claims in quarterly crime report

The statistics from the first three months of the year show an overall drop in crime but gender-based violence continued to be a concern

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Mail & Guardian Africa favicon Mail & Guardian Africa

The case of the minister and the HIV activists: Are we entering denialism 2.0?

Activists say the health minister is in denial over the impact of US funding cuts and accusing them and the media of overblowing the crisis and spreading disinformation

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Mail & Guardian Africa favicon Mail & Guardian Africa

FCA bans third ex-Credit Suisse banker over โ€˜tuna bondsโ€™ scandal

Detelina Subevaโ€™s decision to keep $200,000 in tainted funds revealed lack of โ€˜ethical compassโ€™, says regulator

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Africa: Six Public Health Champions Celebrated At the Seventy-Eighth World Health Assembly

[WHO] At an award ceremony taking place during a Plenary of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, 23 May 2025, public health prizes and awards were presented to persons and institutions from around the world for their outstanding contributions to public health.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Singapore cabinet sworn in as PM Lawrence Wong vows to steer country through new world order

Speaking at the Istana, Wong pledges to review and update Singaporeโ€™s economic strategies to meet the challenges of the new global landscape.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

US โ€˜gold cardโ€™ fails to lure rich Chinese, Shenzhen exports decline: SCMP daily highlights

From Trumpโ€™s attempt to entice wealthy Chinese to the US to Shenzhenโ€™s โ€˜volatileโ€™ trade in April, hereโ€™s a round-up from todayโ€™s coverage.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

After Trump crypto dinner, Justin Sun celebrates โ€˜strong signalโ€™ to the industry

The Tron founder, with the largest holding of the $TRUMP memecoin, tells the Post that he sees recent US crypto moves affecting China.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

What is Donald Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' missile defence system and how would it work?

US President Donald Trump announced the Iron Dome-like missile defence project this week. Euronews Next takes a look at what we know so far about it.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Global study debunks โ€˜lab leakโ€™ theory, finds Covid-19 virus didnโ€™t originate in Wuhan

Genetic analysis traces origins of coronavirus to bat populations in Laos and southwest China years before pandemic emerged.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

America cannot afford to sweep Bidenโ€™s blunders under the carpet

The Democratic party needs to accept its culpability

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump threatens EU with 50% tariff, Apple and other smartphone makers with 25%

U.S. President Donald Trump cranked up his trade threats on Friday, targeting both smartphone giant Apple and imports from the European Union, sending the global market roiling after weeks of de-escalation provided some reprieve.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Campaigning With a Bulletproof Vest: Political Violence and Polarization in South Korea

After surviving a stabbing and appearing on a coup arrest list, South Koreaโ€™s presidential frontrunner now campaigns behind bulletproof glass โ€“ exposing deeper political polarization and growing threats to democratic stability.

Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat