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Trump allegedly frustrated with Netanyahu over Gaza and Iran tensions

Trump allegedly frustrated with Netanyahu over Gaza and Iran tensions US President Donald Trump has allegedly privately expressed frustration over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to intensify military operations in Gaza, according to a report by NBC News that cites sources within the US administration. In what the outlet describes as closed-door conversations, the US president allegedly called the...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

No breakthroughs on 2nd day of U.S.-China tariff talks, but Trump touts ‘great progress’

The U.S. and China on Sunday resumed crucial tariff talks that have put the global economy on edge, but appeared to have diverging views of where the negotiations presently stand.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Latest news bulletin | May 11th – Evening

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Israeli attacks kill 19, wound 81 in Gaza within 24 hours

Israeli attacks kill 19, wound 81 in Gaza within 24 hours Gaza’s Ministry of Health says at least 19 people have been killed and 81 injured in the past 24 hours as Israel continues its bombardment of the besieged enclave. The latest figures bring the overall death toll since 7 October 2023 to 52,829, with 119,554 others wounded in the ongoing assault.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Overnight clashes in Kashmir shake ceasefire between India and Pakistan

India’s military strikes into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan earlier this week killed more than 100 militants including their prominent leadership, India's director general of military operations said on Sunday.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Rising copper demand fuels concern over pollution and rights abuses

The UN has dubbed copper the β€œnew strategic raw material” for the green digital economy - but will more mining come at a high cost to communities? The post Rising copper demand fuels concern over pollution and rights abuses appeared first on Climate Home News.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Climate Home News favicon Climate Home News

US and Iran conclude 4th round of nuclear negotiations in Oman

Iran and the United States’ fourth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme ended just ahead of Trump’s visit to the region.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Afternoon recap

Afternoon recap Good afternoon, Here are the latest developments from Gaza and the region, as the Middle East braces for US President Donald Trump’s first visit to the Middle East: Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed 19Palestinians in the past 24 hours. Earlier, health officials said the strikes, which killed mostly women and children, took place in Khan Younis and killedfive members of a single family. Pope Leo used...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

How Charlie discovered that time wealth can be the key to a slower, happier life | Modern mind

Feeling tired and out of touch with what really matters to him, a busy father tries a few behavioural experimentsRead more from this series hereCharlie* was flustered the first time I met him. He was running late, fitting our appointment into a morning of back-to-back video calls. He ate his lunch while we spoke and told me about how he feels a crushing pressure to work more and earn more. He spoke of his daily β€œ...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

β€˜Getting barer by the day’: drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust

Farmers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on hay as the promised winter rain is pushed back until JuneAustralia news live: latest politics updatesSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterSam Neumann’s father saved his earnings as a shearer to buy their farm, Redgums, near Truro on the eastern side of the Barossa Ranges in South Australia, 55 years ago. It’s grown into a thriving sheep farm. But this...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Gladys: A Musical Affair review – Berejiklian parody show is too flimsy to be funny

Sydney comedy festivalThis one-hour musical about the former NSW premier is a crowd-pleaser – if you’re happy to settle for jokes that are convenient rather than cleverGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFive years ago, locked in our homes and isolated from our loved ones, we invented new rituals to keep ourselves sane. We baked bread. We played trivia with friends on Zoom. We replaced going to the theatre with...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Gina episode 7: Mythmaking - podcast

Gina Rinehart’s father Lang Hancock is well known as a pioneer of the iron ore industry in Australia but few realise Hancock started his mining career on a smaller scale and digging for a different substance – blue asbestos. Hancock and his partner started the mining operation at Wittenoom in the 1940s before selling it to another company, CSR, which mined the area for 20 more years. Wittenoom has become synonymous...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

The kindness of strangers: I was homeless and addicted to heroin. Joanne saved my life

She said, β€˜Come and stay at my house. I’ll look after you and we’re going to get you into rehab’Read more in the Kindness of strangers seriesBy the time I was 19, my life had spiralled out of control – I was homeless and destitute, my infant son was living with my abusive mother and I was addicted to heroin. I’d had a pretty dodgy childhood; my father died when I was very young and I was left with my mother. At 16,...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Australia’s rental crisis is not what you think it is

The rapid rise in advertised rents grabs headlines but it’s only a small part of the market, an expert says, and for most renting households there is no crisisAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFootage of long queues at the doors of properties for lease has become a regular feature of property reporting over the past few years.Landlords have upped...

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

More than 300,000 voters registered for Sunday's early vote in Portugal

333,000 voters can cast their ballot early this Sunday, ready for the 18 May legislative elections. This marks the highest number of voters ever registered to exercise their right to vote in advance.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

90-year-old Hong Kong woman falls to her death while hanging laundry

Police say woman was trying to receive clothes pegs from rack outside 11th-floor window when she lost her balance.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

U.S. claims 'substantial progress' in tariff talks with China as Geneva summit wraps up

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that there was "substantial progress" in the weekend sessions but offered scant information on exactly what negotiations entailed. He said more details would come at a briefing Monday.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Anti-immigration protesters gather in Poland ahead of elections

The demonstration comes ahead of the first round of presidential elections on the 18 May, in which immigration is expected to play a key part.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

US 'encouraged' by latest Iran talks, senior official says

The US and Iran have suggested a fourth round of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program ended positively. The two are bargaining over US sanctions relief in exchange for Iran ending its uranium enrichment program.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in first blessing as pontiff

Pope Leo XIV gave his first blessing as pontiff this Sunday. In his speech, he called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Pope Leo XIV calls for Gaza ceasefire in first Sunday message

The new pope used phrases favoured by his predecessor, Francis, to call for an end to wars around the world.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Hungary suspends talks with Ukraine on minority rights amid spy scandal

The spy scandal is deepening, as are the rifts in Hungarian-Ukrainian relations.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO

High-stakes talks to revise terms of multibillion-dollar partnership are key to plans to adopt for-profit model

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Hungary's Orban blasts Ukraine to bolster domestic support

Prime Minister Viktor Orban is vilifying neighboring Ukraine in a bid to appeal to his supporters and discredit the opposition.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Hungary's Viktor Orban targets Ukraine, as opposition grows

An unprecedented smear campaign against Ukraine is raging in Hungary. Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants his fellow citizens to vote against Ukraine's accession to the EU. What's behind it all?

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps

Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers a rare kind of hope. For hundreds of displaced youth living across more than a dozen sites, it’s a chance to unite, to belong, and to dream.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Watch: Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

Worshippers packed St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV called for an end to global conflicts.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Bangladesh’s former ruling party slams ban over protester deaths

The Awami League’s activities will remain banned until after a trial of the party and its leaders over the deaths of hundreds of protesters.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Russian drones strike frontline Ukrainian villages

The Russian Defence Ministry said Sunday morning that the Russian army had 'resumed' fighting after a 'ceasefire'.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Iran says fourth round of β€˜difficult’ nuclear talks with US ends in Oman

Foreign minister says civilian enrichment cannot be subjected to any deal as Tehran and Washington set for more talks.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

India-Pakistan ceasefire 'isn't long-term peace'

Indian and Pakistani diplomats believe that while the new ceasefire deal over Kashmir was welcome, it will take a lot more to address the long-term distrust between the two countries. Experts from both sides spoke to DW.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Baidu’s Apollo Go expands robotaxi tests in Hong Kong as it aims for global reach

The Baidu unit has received an updated pilot licence, allowing it to double the number of robotaxis operating in a wider area.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Germany turns first asylum seekers away at border β€” report

In the two days since the new German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz tightened border controls, 19 people who had applied for asylum have reportedly been turned away.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15 people, mostly women and children

2 of the strikes killed 2 children and their parents in tents in Khan Younis. Other strikes killed a child and a man riding a bicycle.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in first Sunday address

The new pontiff spoke about the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Pakistan and India in his first Sunday blessing. Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear Pope Leo's address.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)