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African legends bring hope to Somali football
Somalians hope hosting Emmanuel Adebayor, Samuel Eto'o and Jay Jay Okocha in a legends game can help bring international football back to the country after nearly 40 years.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:
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As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests
Chinese banks have become the biggest international funders of companies that trade in goods linked to deforestation, a trend that could further imperil the world’s most climate-critical forests, environmental advocates say. A new report from the advocacy group Global Witness, published Thursday, tracks financing from China’s top banks to companies that rely on the world’s […]
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Report: Paper Mills Around the Country, Including Virginia, Release Pollution From Decades-Old Boilers
Donna Thomasson is a 34-year-old nurse who grew up on a hillside overlooking the Smurfit Westrock paper mill nestled in the hollers of Covington in Southwest Virginia. Its smokestacks tower over nearby homes. “I think it’s getting worse,” she told researchers at the Environmental Integrity Project about air pollution coming from the mill. “The odor […]
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Germany updates: 2025 was 3rd driest spring on record
Germany's weather service said the exceptionally dry spring amounted to an extreme drought. The news comes as a new climate group is planning a protest in Berlin. DW has the latest.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Swiss communities on alert after massive landslide
Residents in the Lötschental valley have been asked to prepare for evacuation. It comes after Wednesday's glacier collapse dumped millions of cubic meters of ice, rock and mud.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Amid 51st state taunts, King's popularity in Canada grows
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The time when foreign invasions were impossible is over, former diplomats tell defence conference
The post-Cold War era where nations didn’t have to worry about their sovereignty and territorial defence is over, a former NATO secretary general told the conference in Ottawa.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:South Korea's Hybe bets on China K-pop revival with new office launch
The agency behind global sensation BTShas been preparing to establish itself in China since last year, a Hybe official said recently.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Federal budget deficit running $4.8bn better than expected – as it happened
This blog is now closedErin Patterson given voice as interview with police fills in some blanks: week five in courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe health minister, Mark Butler, has said a new Covid-19 variant is spreading around Australia, encouraging Australians to stay up-to-date with their boosters. He told RN Breakfast:I do encourage, particularly as we head into winter, for people to...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Plane carrying Liberian president involved in landing scare
Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Shein's embattled IPO signals mounting troubles for fast fashion giant
Shein's embattled IPO has hit it latest roadblock after reportedly failing to receive approval from Chinese regulators.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC
Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary general of humanitarian affairs, says "we're seeing food set on the borders and not being allowed in".
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:NATO faces make-or-break decision on a post-US future
NATO is facing a pivotal moment in its history. Ahead of its June 24-25 summit in The Hague, NATO is weighing up whether it can truly continue to count on US support (and membership), whether it will become a European-only organization, or whether it has a future at all. This suggests a massive shift for […] The post NATO faces make-or-break decision on a post-US future appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The Launch of ‘The Diplomat’
The launch of The Diplomat, which took place on 16 May at the University of Pretoria’s Javett Art Centre, was attended by the ambassadors and embassy staff of more than 45 embassies
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Anwar’s bold and conflicted bid for legal immunity
KUALA LUMPUR – In the corridors of Malaysian power, the language of justice often changes depending on who is speaking — and who is being spoken about. Several years after alleging Anwar Ibrahim sexually assaulted him in a private residence in Segambut, Yusoff Rawther’s civil suit has reached a legal crescendo — just as Anwar, […] The post Anwar’s bold and conflicted bid for legal immunity appeared first on Asia Times....
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Will elections for judges make Mexico the ‘most democratic country in the world’? Critics fear the opposite
Opponents fear electing judges could politicise the judiciary, promote inexperienced or corrupt judges, and erode Mexico’s system of checks and balances.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Human Rights Defenders Targeted in Uzbekistan
Earlier this month, Sharifa Madrakhimova’s passport was tampered with and destroyed, preventing her from traveling abroad to accept an award honoring her work defending human rights in Uzbekistan. Shortly afterward, Abdurakhmon Tashanov, another prominent rights defender, was ordered to pay several thousand dollars in a civil defamation case for an innocuous Facebook post. Click to expand Image Sharifa Madrakhimova...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Yemen: A Year On, Houthis Should Free UN, Civil Society Staff
Click to expand Image The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024. (C) 2024 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – The de facto Houthi authorities inYemen should immediately and unconditionally release dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who were arbitrarily detained over the course of...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:One Nation picks up four Senate spots, with surprise NSW seat for former British soldier Warwick Stacey
Final Senate result confirms pathway for Labor to pass legislation with either Coalition or Greens support alone, or majority of diverse crossbenchAustralia news live: latest politics updatesFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation has gained an unexpected Senate seat in New South...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:How Labor’s North West Shelf approval further endangers Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art | Benjamin Smith and John Black for the Conversation
Industrial pollution has degraded the rock art and will continue to do so until emissions at Murujuga are reduced to zero, experts argueAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn Thursday, the new environment minister, Murray Watt, approved an extension for the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The gas plant at Karratha, Western Australia,...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:NSW MP decries anti-Chinese violence in Sydney – video
Speaking in NSW parliament after an alleged attack on a Chinese couple in Sydney, Chinese Australian MP Jason Yat-Sen Li says 'racism doesn't need to be proven in court to be real in people's lives'. Li argued for tackling the root causes of youth crime: 'poverty, disengagement and trauma to young people and their families'. Li said he and the member for Hefron, where the incident took place, had met with the attorney...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:If the horrors unfolding in Gaza are not a red line for Australia to take stronger action then I don’t know what is | David Pocock
Everyone knows the Australian government cannot end the war alone, but we do have an important role to play as a middle power, and it must be more than just wordsMuch has been made this week over Anthony Albanese’s strongest comments yet criticising the Netanyahu government’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza. While welcome, his rhetoric calling this an “outrage”, “unacceptable” and “untenable” feels...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Golden Triangle Methamphetamine Trafficking Continues to Surge, UN Says
Asian governments seized a record 236 tons of the drug in 2024, the vast majority of it in mainland Southeast Asia.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:teleSUR joins the 9th OPEC International Seminar as a Media Partner
As a Media Partner, teleSUR will not only broadcast the main sessions, but will also generate analytical and multi-platform content. Related: Cuban President Highlights TeleSUR’s Role in the Global South The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has confirmed the participation of teleSUR , the multi-platform of the Global South, as a Media Partner […]
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Sovereignty: The Shield and Sword of Autocrats
As norms collapse and repression globalizes, authoritarian regimes are weaponizing sovereignty to deflect accountability – and they’re winning.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Autocratic Leaders Are Using Sovereignty as a Shield
As norms collapse and repression globalizes, authoritarian regimes are weaponizing sovereignty to deflect accountability – and they’re winning.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Elon Musk promises more risky launches after sixth Starship failure
The Starship program has already experienced more failures than many other space missions in the past. Will it ever see success – and if so when?
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Polish knife-edge presidential vote pits liberal mayor against conservative
Opinion polls say Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki are running neck and neck ahead of Sunday's vote.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Bolivia’s Constitutional Court Suspends MTS Legal Status, Impacting Andrónico Rodríguez’s Presidential Bid
Bolivia’s First Constitutional Chamber orders immediate cancellation of the Third System Movement’s (MTS) legal status, suspending its participation in the August elections and challenging Andrónico Rodríguez’s candidacy within the Popular Alliance. Related: Bolivian Electoral Tribunal Not To Register Evo Morales’ Presidential Candidacy In a decisive move, Bolivia’s First Constitutional Chamber of the Beni Departmental...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Haitian Children Faces Risk of Sexual Attacks Amid Country’s Chaos
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than half of the displaced are children, meaning one in eight Haitian children has been uprooted in recent years. Children on the frontlines Such displacement puts an already vulnerable population further at risk, increasing their chances of malnutrition, sexual violence and abuse. The UN Children’s Fund […]
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Child rapist Stephen White to be released from jail despite knife attack
A 59-year-old man with a long history of sexual violence, who served almost 22 years in prison and attacked a support worker with a knife last year when initially released, will be re-released into the community.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Idyllic Swiss village stood for centuries - until a roaring glacier wiped it out
Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Canary Islands, Leaving Seven Dead
A boat carrying over 100 migrants capsized near shore as it arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands, drowning four women and three girls, Spanish authorities confirmed. In the chaotic scene at El Hierro’s port, survivors clung to ropes and life preservers as rescuers struggled to pull them from the sinking vessel. According to Spain’s maritime rescue […]
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Most of Australia’s conservation efforts ignore climate risks – here are 3 fixes
New research reveals only 44% of biodiversity offset policies and 27% of voluntary conservation programs consider climate risk. These 3 practical steps can help.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Repeated concussions force young footy player to retire at 15
Riley Mansfield's rugby league career was just taking off, but he's been told by doctors to hang up the boots due to serious head knocks.
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