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One of Australia's oldest Afghan restaurants set to close after 44 years
After 44 years, it's a bittersweet end for the tight-knit family behind the Melbourne institution Afghan Gallery — and the community it has warmly embraced.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:
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Israel's US-backed Gaza aid plan may lead to second Nakba, UN agency chief warns
Israel's US-backed Gaza aid plan may lead to second Nakba, UN agency chief warns The head of Unrwa has sharply criticised Israel’s plan for aid delivery in Gaza, saying it violates core humanitarian principles and is designed to serve military goals rather than genuine relief efforts. “It is not possible for a humanitarian organisation, which truly respects the basic humanitarian principles, to adhere to such a scheme,...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Australian researchers lead world-first project on female athlete health
About 6 per cent of sports science and sports medicine research is female-specific — the Australian Institute of Sport is determined to change that to help athletes around the world perform at their peak.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Why more artists are ‘pulling a Swiftie’
When pop star Taylor Swift announced in 2019 that she was re-recording her previous works, musician Pete Murray was shown a way forward to reclaim his legacy.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Trump's ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy
The Trump administration’s efforts to block international students from Harvard could come at a hefty price — and not just for the university. Harvard students are top innovators in the country, with foreign-born alumni leading dozens of successful startups. Besides their business contributions, international students more broadly make up a sizeable portion of...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Sunday shows preview: House GOP bill faces weary Senate; Trump-Harvard battle crescendos
President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” slimly passed the House on Thursday morning after lawmakers wrestled with the legislation during an all-night session. The GOP spending bill now rests before a weary upper chamber as Medicaid reforms and deficit expansion remain concerns for Senate Republicans. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has urged his colleagues not to...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa sworn in for full term, promising a crackdown on gangs
The right-wing Noboa had defeated left-wing candidate Luisa Gonzalez amid allegations of electoral fraud.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Former Israeli captive says army air strikes in Gaza put her in danger
Former Israeli captive says army air strikes in Gaza put her in danger Naama Levy, one of five Israeli female soldiers freed during the January ceasefire, told a crowd in Tel Aviv that Israeli air strikes terrified her far more than anything else during her captivity in Gaza. “They come by surprise,” she said, describing the strikes. “First you hear a whistle, pray it doesn’t fall on you, and then — the booms, a noise...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Gingrich presses Senate GOP to advance Trump agenda: ‘Keep moving’
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) pressed Senate Republicans to advance President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which the House passed earlier this week. Gingrich said that GOP senators have “every right” to formulate their version of the president’s mega bill, but if they care about the United States economy and their constituents, they will eventually vote...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Stuttgart beat Arminia Bielefeld 4-2 to win German Cup
Third Division winners Bielefeld had their dreams dashed by Stuttgart, who lifted their fourth ever German Cup. The final proved one step too far for giant-killers Bielefeld, who beat Leverkusen en route to Berlin.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Watch: Suspected sabotage causes Cannes power cut 'meltdown'
The prestigious film festival was disrupted, about 160,000 homes were without power and businesses were left without power.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Reliable energy or ‘carbon bomb’? What’s at stake in the battle over Australia’s North West Shelf
Pollution damage to the ‘oldest outdoor art gallery on Earth’ is among the concerns as Woodside seeks to extend the life of a huge liquified natural gas projectGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email The new environment minister, Murray Watt, says he plans to decide on whether Australia’s biggest-emitting gas...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Alan Davies: ‘I get called Jonathan Creek all the time – nowadays people think I’m James May’
The British comedian and actor on encouraging hecklers, why Will Ferrell deserves an Oscar and his love for Kylie MinogueIn your first memoir, My Favourite People and Me, you picked Kylie Minogue as one of your favourite people – but added that you stopped loving her when I Should Be So Lucky came out. To make this a question: how dare you?Ah, Kylie. She’s completely adored everywhere she goes, and I adore her as well....
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Living in a tiny house is preventing me and my toddler from becoming homeless | Kelley Swain
Australia needs to modernise and humanise its thinking around the concept of propertyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn my dream, I’m building something out of stones. They are uneven and craggy, the kind I’d admire at the base or walls of a very old building. Other women are simultaneously working. We aren’t quite doing it together, but we are building something, these friends and I,...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Here come the culture wars: can Queensland’s LNP resist wading into the ideological mire?
David Crisafulli’s small-target election campaign has created problems for how the LNP governs that are already beginning to show throughGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOnly four years ago, some Queensland Liberal National party figures were contemplating the breakup of a political party that couldn’t work out what it stood for.“What is our raison d’etre?” the former party president, Cynthia...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israel accused of using aid control to forcibly displace Palestinians
Israel accused of using aid control to forcibly displace Palestinians Israel’s tight grip on humanitarian aid is not just reckless—it’s part of a strategy to uproot Palestinians from northern Gaza, the Norwegian Refugee Council has warned. Ahmed Bayram, the organisation’s spokesperson, told Al Jazeera the selective delivery of aid amounts to coercion. “We think that providing aid to one area above another, as opposed...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Iranian director speaks out after Cannes triumph
Jafar Panahi uses his Palme d'Or acceptance speech to send a message against the regime's restrictions.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Indigenous People Ask Leo XIV To Stop the Violence in Protests in Panama
The seven indigenous ethnic groups of Panama have asked Pope Leo XIV to intercede to stop violence against them in the national protests and to urge the government of Jose Mulino to establish a genuine dialogue to resolve the current crisis. RELATED: Panamanian Workers and Social Movements Unite in Fierce March Against Mulino’s Neoliberal Agenda […]
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Iranian revenge drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’ wins top Palme d’Or award at Cannes
Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at theCannes Film Festivalon Saturday for his revenge thriller“It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival's top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Trump vs. Harvard: Elite university with no international students?
President Trump is putting pressure on US universities. The elite university Harvard is resisting, but now Washington has threatened to block it from enrolling foreign students. Can Harvard continue to hold out?
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Famine looms in Gaza — what's impeding the aid convoys?
After more than two months of a total blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Israel is now allowing a very limited number of trucks in. Aid agencies say it's not enough and warn of famine in the coming weeks.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Gaza: 9 children of doctor couple killed in Israeli strike
The strike occured in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Germany's antisemitism chief questioned the "proportionality" of Israeli's military actions in Gaza.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Iranian film, It was Just an Accident, wins Palme D’Or at Cannes festival
The film is inspired by dissident director Jafar Panahi's own experience in jail.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The most psychotic musical since ‘Sweeney Todd’ — and why America needs it
"Luigi: The Musical" is a satirical take on the real-life murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Luigi Mangione, using humor to highlight the absurdity of our culture's obsession with violence and attention.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Arsenal stun Barcelona to win the Women’s Champions League
Arsenal lift the UEFA Women's Champions League with a 1-0 win that ended Barcelona's hopes of a three-peat.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be justified by Holocaust: German official
Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be justified by Holocaust: German official Germany’s commissioner for antisemitism has called for a more honest and critical discussion about Berlin’s stance on Israel, warning that recent actions in Gaza go beyond what can be defended in the name of historical responsibility. Felix Klein told the Sunday edition of the national daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that while Germany’s...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Venezuela Lives in Peace on the Eve of Regional and Legislative Elections
A few hours before the regional and legislative elections of May 25 in Venezuela, calm reigns in the country, as the authorities have implemented measures to ensure public order and public safety, according to teleSUR reports. RELATED: Over 400 International Observers To Monitor the Venezuelan Elections From San Cristobal, the capital of Táchira state, journalist […]
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Bulgarians pay tribute to Cyrillic script forefathers on St Cyril and Methodius Day
Hundreds of people gathered in the Bulgarian capital on Saturday to lay flowers at the base of the statue of St Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Glagolitic script, which later evolved into the Cyrillic alphabet.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Biden says he’s ‘feeling great’ in first remarks since cancer diagnosis
Former President Biden said Friday he is “feeling great” almost a week after publicly announcing his prostate cancer diagnosis. Biden made the comments from Connecticut's Bradley International Airport while visiting for his grandson’s graduation, according to News8. The remarks are the first spoken since Biden’s Sunday acknowledgement of the aggressive prognosis. On Monday, the longtime...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:‘How do you go to sleep?’: Israeli captive families slam Netanyahu at rally
Hostages and Missing Families Forum called on the government to 'return to the negotiating table'.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strikes kill 48 in Gaza since dawn, health officials report
Israeli air strikes kill 48 in Gaza since dawn, health officials report Israeli warplanes have killed at least 48 Palestinians in fresh air raids across the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:'Rust' armorer convicted in cinematographer's death released from prison
SANTA FE, N.M.(KRQE) – Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the set of "Rust" who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, has been released from prison. In April 2024, Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months for the involuntary manslaughter of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Hutchins was shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of "Rust"...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Trump slashing half of National Security Council staff
President Trump is slashing half of the National Security Council (NSC) staff as part of a restructuring process under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also serving as the acting national security adviser. The administration is downsizing the NSC, made up of top advisers and experts tasked with advising the president on national security...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Sabotage suspected as power cut hits Cannes Film Festival
A substation was set on fire and a pylon damaged, interrupting screenings and affecting 160,000 homes.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Will Trump follow through on his new EU tariff threat?
The US president has threatened to impose a 50-percent tariff on all goods from the EU starting June 1.
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