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Plapp's breakaway falls short as Carapaz takes stage 11 honours at the Giro

Luke Plapp's bid to earn his second win at the Giro d'Italia falls short as former champion Richard Carapaz announces himself as a contender for the 2025 crown with a terrific late burst to capture the stage 11 honours.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Flooding rains in NSW to become more widespread, tracking south to Sydney

Torrential falls will continue right through Thursday across the already flooded Mid North Coast catchments, with the potential for a fourth consecutive day of totals well above 100 millimetres.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

The key reason one train problem sent Sydney's network into meltdown

The blank signs, "major disruptions" and panic on the platforms, it was an all too familiar scene for Sydney's commuters. So what caused the meltdown?

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Doctors Without Borders official says Israeli blockade of Gaza a war crime

Doctors Without Borders official says Israeli blockade of Gaza a war crime A Doctors Without Borders official told Channel 4 News on Wednesday that Israel's blockade of Gaza was a war crime. Clare Manera, Emergency Coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, slammed Israel's blockade of Gaza in an interview conducted fromDeir al-Balah in central Gaza. Israel has fully blockaded the enclave since early March. The UN says...

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Canada Goose shares soar nearly 20% as company beats estimates, pulls full-year guidance

Shares of Canada Goose rose 20% after the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Target cuts sales outlook as retailer blames tariff uncertainty and backlash to DEI rollback

Target missed first-quarter sales estimates and said it was setting up a new office to try to accelerate its turnaround.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump clashes with Ramaphosa in another televised Oval Office stoush

US President Donald Trump confronts his South African counterpart over violence inflicted on white farmers in his country, in an at-times heated White House meeting reminiscent of the February clash involving Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Target shares fall after hit from tariffs and store boycotts

Retailer cuts outlook as sales drop more than expected

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Hedge fund Elliott wins two seats on Phillips 66 board

Investment firm has lobbied for sweeping changes at US energy group

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

France plans to send criminals to prison in South America

France plans to send criminals to prison in South America Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 19:09 Expert tells Middle East Eye it is part of a long history of banishing 'undesirables' overseas French Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin leaves a court building after attending the signing for a Guiana Amazonian park agreement, as part of an official trip to French Guiana, on 19 May 2025 (Ronan Lietar/AFP)...

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Ministers to delay UK junk food advertising ban until next year

Marketing of unhealthy products to be barred before 9pm on TV but branded advertising using company names will be allowed

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Honeywell close to securing Johnson Matthey catalyst unit in Β£1.8bn deal

Tie-up would mark the latest acquisition of a UK asset by a US group

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US judge finds South Sudan-linked deportation flight violated court order

The Trump White House has accused Judge Brian Murphy of attempting to shield 'vicious illegal aliens' from deportation.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Trump puts South Africa’s president on the defensive over unproven β€˜genocide’ claims

The president offered videos and images to support his allegations that white farmers are being systematically targeted.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with genocide claim

In a tense encounter in front of reporters, Donald Trump stunned Cyril Ramaphosa with a video of claims of a white "genocide" in South Africa. The trip had aimed to salvage strained bilateral ties.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

US Speaker hails $3tn Trump budget bill deal but Republican hardliners hold out

Mike Johnson overcomes sticking point on taxes but needs to placate fiscal conservatives in his party ahead of vote

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump admin’s South Sudan deportation bid violates court order, US judge says

The men from Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Mexico, Cuba and South Sudan were convicted of murder, armed robbery and other crimes, US officials say.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

'The mood is changing': Israeli anger grows at conduct of war

Support for the war in Gaza is waning, with some Israeli political and military figures criticising the conflict in recent days.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of targeted killing of white farmers

U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpused a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump’s baseless claim of widespread and targeted killing of white farmers.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpused a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump's baseless claim of the systematickilling of white farmers.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Armed Violence Forces Closure of 1,600 Schools in Haiti, Thousands of Children Left Without Education

More than 1,600 schools were forced to shut down across Haiti between January and April due to the growing wave of armed violence, depriving thousands of children of their right to education. The most affected departmentsβ€”Centre, Ouest, Artibonite, and Nordβ€”have witnessed relentless clashes between armed groups and rampant insecurity, transforming schools from safe havens into […]

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

UN's Guterres 'alarmed' by Israeli army shooting towards diplomats

UN's Guterres 'alarmed' by Israeli army shooting towards diplomats On Wednesday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, said UN chief Antonio Guterres was β€œalarmed” by reports that the Israeli army fired shots towards a diplomatic delegation visiting Jenin in the occupied West Bank. β€œIt is clear that diplomats who are doing their work should never be shot at, attacked in any way, shape or form," Dujarric said. He added...

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 21 May 2025

A β€œhealth financing emergency” must drive country-led, data-driven solutionsMinisters from multiple countries hit by the abrupt cuts in external funding for health agreed on the urgent need for country-owned and implemented strategies – and a laser-sharp focus on health data – at a ministerial dialogue co-hosted by WHO and the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly.Opening remarks...

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: WHO News favicon WHO News

Daniel Loeb’s Third Point Investors in deal to create London-listed insurer

Planned reverse takeover of reinsurer Malibu Life has already met resistance from fund shareholder AVI

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump attacks South Africa’s Ramaphosa over alleged targeting of white farmers

US president brandishes printed media reports of what he claims are murdered farmers in Oval Office exchange

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump says there’s a ‘genocide’ in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers reject that claim

Both white and Black farmers and even conservative white Afrikaner groups denied the Trump administration’s β€œgenocide” and land seizure claims that led the U.S. to cut all financial aid to South Africa.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says tariffs haven't dented consumer spending

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company hasn't seen any signs of consumers tightening their wallets in the face of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Keir Starmer makes U-turn on winter fuel payments

UK prime minister tells MPs he wants β€˜more pensioners’ to receive the benefit

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Fact-checking Trump’s claims of white farmer ‘genocide’ in South Africa

White farmers have been murdered in South Africa, but those murders account for such a small percentage of the country's total and do not amount to genocide, experts say.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

US accepts Qatari plane into Air Force One fleet

The White House insists that the gift is legal, but some of Trump's biggest backers have criticised the deal.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Judge says Trump administration violated court order by deporting migrants to South Sudan

A federal judge says the Trump administration violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the African nation of South Sudan.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Former Microsoft engineer fired over protest on Israel AI ties

Vaniya Agrawal, a former Microsoft engineer, speaks out about being fired over her pro-Palestinian protest.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israel will create a 'sterile zone' in Gaza for aid distribution, Netanyahu says

Israel will create a 'sterile zone' in Gaza for aid distribution, Netanyahu says Israel will create a β€œsterile zone” in southern Gaza for pre-screened Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. β€œIn this zone, which will be totally free of Hamas, residents of Gaza will receive full humanitarian aid,” he added. It's not clear how long Palestinians will stay in the zone, as Netanyahu said...

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Netanyahu says Israel will control all of Gaza after offensive

Netanyahu says Israel will control all of Gaza after offensive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that all of the Gaza Strip would be under Israeli control by the end of its debilitating offensive on the enclave. "All of the Gaza Strip will be under the Israeli army's control" by the end of the current assault, Netanyahu said at a press briefing in Jerusalem. He added that Israel was only...

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Is European pressure on Israel likely to make a difference?

The UK pauses trade talks as the EU threatens to review ties with Israel.

Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East