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Trump says he wants to meet Kim Jong Un as he hosts South Korean president
Lee Jae Myung tells US president he wants him to play role ‘in establishing peace on the Korean peninsula’
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:
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Live updates: Trump says 'Department of War' coming soon; Abrego Garcia in center of storm
President Trump said Monday he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again, during a meeting at the White House with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. And he said the Department of Defense could be renamed the "Department of War" within the next week. "We won the World War I, World...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the destructiveness of war and the hope that lies in fiction
In Desolation, inexplicable elements, often in the form of coincidence, disrupt and distort causal chains. Dreams and imagination have a subversive role.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Ether slides to start the week after hitting a fresh record near $5,000
Ether rose to a new record over the weekend, after hitting an all-time high Friday for the first time since 2021.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Medicinal cannabis is most often prescribed for pain, anxiety and sleep. Here’s what the evidence says
Medicinal cannabis use has increased rapidly in Australia over recent years. But there’s limited evidence it helps the conditions it’s most commonly prescribed for.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Israel’s call-up of 130,000 reservists raises legal risks for dual citizens and their home countries
The risks for individuals are profound. They could be involved in a protracted conflict and potentially exposed to future prosecution for crimes.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Keurig Dr Pepper to buy Dutch coffee company JDE Peet’s in $18 billion deal; KDP stock falls 11%
After its planned acquisition of Dutch coffee company JDE Peet's, Keurig Dr Pepper will split its beverage and coffee units into two separate U.S.-listed firms.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Neighbour uncovers near-complete 7m fossil on western Qld property
Discovered on an outback station by a neighbour and potentially 100 million years old, the fossil will be put on display at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum in Queensland.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:French helicopter crew survive crash into lake
The helicopter was attempting to collect water to fight wildfires at the time of the crash.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Organisation of Islamic Cooperation does not specify action following Israeli hospital bombing
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation does not specify action following Israeli hospital bombing At an extraordinary meeting on Monday to discuss Israel's Gaza genocide in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), outlined no specific diplomatic, economic, or military action beyond issuing a statement condemning Israel for its actions over the past 22 months. "We are called upon to redouble...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging they are stifling AI competition
The complaint casts OpenAI as a threat to humanity bent on putting profits before public safety as it tries to build on its phenomenal growth since the late 2022 release of ChatGPT.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Markets are sure the Fed will cut in September, but the path from there is much murkier
Friday's booming rally turned into Monday's reality check as investors weighed just how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Polish veto risks Ukraine’s crucial Starlink access amid refugee aid row
Neighbour Poland has been one of Ukraine's staunchest backers since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Judge temporarily blocks Ábrego García's deportation
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is taken into custody in Baltimore as his lawyers say he may be sent to Uganda.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Judge temporarily blocks Abrego Garcia's deportation
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is taken into custody in Baltimore as his lawyers say he may be sent to Uganda.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:How double-tap strikes have been used to kill journalists and first responders in war zones
How double-tap strikes have been used to kill journalists and first responders in war zones Submitted by Sean Mathews on Mon, 08/25/2025 - 17:52 Double-tap strikes like the one Israel used to target Nasser hospital maximise civilian casualties Palestinian medics evacuate a casualty of Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on 25 August 2025 (AFP) Off Israel killed at least 19...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Once elusive Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty in US
Charges relate to his decades-long involvement in leading the Sinaloa cartel and its role in funnelling drugs to the US.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Keurig Dr. Pepper to unwind merger after buying Peet’s Coffee for $18 billion
Shares of Keurig Dr Pepper fell 7% in early trading Monday.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump hints he will change Pentagon’s name to Department of War
“I don't want to be defense only,” the president said. “We want offense too.”
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:'Death of journalism': Outrage after Israel kills more journalists in Gaza
'Death of journalism': Outrage after Israel kills more journalists in Gaza Submitted by Maysa Mustafa on Mon, 08/25/2025 - 18:18 Five journalists, including two from MEE, were killed in a double-tap strike on Nasser hospital while one was shot by Israeli soldiers A journalist holds the blood-covered camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga during her funeral, after she was killed in an Israeli...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Musk sues Apple, OpenAI over alleged AI competition suppression
Elon Musk filed a US lawsuit against the two tech giants in Texas that alleges that Apple suppressed Grok’s xAI.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump hosts South Korea's Lee, discuss North Korea and trade
Lee hailed Trump as a "peacemaker," with the US president also reminding everyone of his "very good relationship" with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Trade and the US military's presence in South Korea were also brought up.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump threatens new China tariffs over magnets
The US president’s escalation comes despite a 90-day pause on increased tariffs that has already been agreed.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Ukraine updates: New Polish president vetoes refugee bill
Poland's new conservative president blocked legislation to extend child benefits for Ukrainian refugees in Poland, saying only those who work should receive them.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:TeleSUR: Indifference Is Not an Option in the Face of Genocide
Our confidence is that hope will rise from ignominy and oppression. On Monday, Israeli occupation forces murdered at least 20 people at Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, including five journalists covering the horrors of the genocide. RELATED: Death Toll for Gazan Journalists Rises to 244 as Four Killed in Israeli Strikes In reaction […]
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Person in U.S. diagnosed with flesh-eating screwworm after travel to El Salvador
A person in the U.S. who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Democratic governors demand Trump resume offshore wind project near Rhode Island
The Democratic governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut, members of Congress and union workers are calling on the Trump administration to allow a major offshore wind project to move forward.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Don’t mourn the deaths of Palestinian journalists
Don’t offer condolences. Act, stop Israel, and hold journalists’ murderers to account.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli double strike on hospital
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was a "tragic mishap" and promised a "thorough investigation".
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Kmart faces legal action in Australia over potential forced labour links - podcast
Earlier this month an Australian-based Uyghur group launched legal action against Kmart in the federal court. The case has put the retailer’s supply chain under scrutiny for potential links to forced labour in China’s Xinjiang province.Nour Haydar speaks with senior reporter Ben Doherty about the legal action against Kmart and the warnings that Australia could become a dumping ground for products linked to forced...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump predicts ‘conclusive ending’ to Gaza war within three weeks
The US president has made such claims before, but Israel has pressed on with its genocidal war with full US backing.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Place your bets on the rise of the US prediction market
Users can take a punt on the outcome of events, from sports matches to the Nobel Peace Prize
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Nigeria Rescues 76 Hostages from Bandits in Katsina, One Child Dies in Operation
Nigeria’s military has freed 76 hostages from armed bandits in Katsina State, following a precision airstrike and ground raid on Saturday at Pauwa Hill in the Kankara local government area. The operation, described as “successful” by Katsina’s internal security commissioner Nasir Mu’azu, tragically resulted in the death of one child. The rescue targeted a hideout […]
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump envoy says officials still working on ending Russia-Ukraine war as a lack of progress fuels doubts
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg says officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: