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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanTrump races to catch up to China’s rare earth dominance
President Trump is racing to respond to a major escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, with the American supply of critical technology hanging in the balance. Trump administration officials announced plans this week to take a more active role in ensuring access to “rare earths” — minerals that are key components in several important technologies...
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Pro-reunification candidate wins north Cyprus election
Tufan Erhürman’s victory deals a blow to Turkey’s influence on the island
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:United Airlines flight diverted after windshield cracks
Federal officials are investigating after a plane's windshield cracked in-flight over Utah last week.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:England beats India to join Australia in World Cup semifinals
England secures its Women's World Cup semifinal spot with a tense four-run win over tournament co-host India at Indor's Holkar Stadium.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Israel accused of 80 Gaza ceasefire violations killing 97 people
Israel accused of 80 Gaza ceasefire violations killing 97 people A Palestinian government office says Israeli forces have carried out 80 ceasefire violations since October 10, killing 97 people and wounding 230 more. In a statement on Telegram, it condemned what it called “flagrant and clear violations of the ceasefire decision and the rules of international humanitarian law”. It said the attacks were recorded “across...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Drone footage reveals Gaza City's destruction as people return home during ceasefire
One week into the ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians are returning to destroyed homes and trying to find shelter.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Jeffries: Trump, Republicans 'radio silent' on shutdown negotiations
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday accused President Trump and congressional Republicans of going “radio silent” during the government shutdown. Jeffries told host Jonathan Karl on ABC’s "This Week" that“we haven't heard anything from Donald Trump or the Republicans over the last few weeks. They have gone radio silent since” a Sept. 29...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Multiple sclerosis support group tries to fill gaps as NT services dwindle
Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis can often be an isolating experience, and even more so for those in Darwin who lack access to on-the-ground supports. Despite these barriers, a group of local women have created a support group to help fill the service gap.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Israel says ceasefire and aid to resume after airstrikes kill 26 in Gaza
Israel says it has resumed enforcement of the Gaza ceasefire plan after it was "violated" by Hamas following a wave of Israeli strikes that killed 26 people.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Healthscope to become charity as it proposes taking employee tax benefits
In-receivership hospital group Healthscope is taking radical steps to stay alive, converting to a charity and proposing to take 90 per cent of a benefit intended to reduce workers' taxable income.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Millions being spent as Australia prepares for deadly H5 strain of bird flu
The bird flu outbreak that saw millions of chickens culled and a national shortage of eggs has been declared eradicated, but scientists warn a much deadlier strain of avian influenza could arrive this spring.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Global health is in retreat. It’s not all about Trump.
Despite the Covid experience, nations aren’t proving more willing to help each other or to dig deep to help poor countries.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Democrats rip DHS jet purchase during shutdown
Democrats criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for purchasing, during the government shutdown, two high-end private jets for the secretary and other top officials to use for their official travel. The U.S. Coast Guard entered into a contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation on Friday to procure two G700 jets for more than $170 million,...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Live: Wall Street rises as trade tensions ease, ASX set to slip
Wall Street lifts after US President Donald Trump uses conciliatory language about China. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Live: Ley puts tax cuts back on Coalition agenda
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is expected to use a speech in Sydney later today to promise the Coalition will offer income tax cuts at the next election. Follow live.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Washington rep on shutdown: 'Everything is on' Republicans
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said on Sunday that “everything is on” Republicans as the government shutdown drags on. “On the one hand, Democrats want credit for shutting the government down in order to get health insurance subsidies that you talk about that are obviously important and consequential, but on the other hand, they say it's...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Gaza genocide: On the moral collapse of Germany's elite
Gaza genocide: On the moral collapse of Germany's elite In a BBCinterviewin 1996,American intellectual Noam Chomsky was asked by presenter Andrew Marr how hecould know that his interviewer was censoring himself. He replied: "I’m not saying that you are self-censoring. I am sure you believe everything you are saying. But what I am saying is that if you believed something different you wouldn’t be sitting where you are...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Back-to-back heatwaves forecast for Qld, pushing up temperatures and fire danger
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting hotter-than-usual temperatures with a potentially record-breaking forecast for western Queensland.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Will the Pakistan-Afghanistan peace agreement hold?
The neighbours have agreed to an immediate ceasefire after week of cross-border violence.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Your say: week beginning October 20
CEO accountability, changes to super policy and the impact of cats on other wildlife: an edited selection of your views.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:FBI probes hunting stand with sight line on Air Force One in Palm Beach
The FBI is investigating a hunting stand that was found in the sight line of Air Force One on Friday. FBI Director Kash Patel told NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company, that the Secret Service “discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone” prior to...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strikes kill at least 45 across Gaza, civil defence says
Israeli air strikes kill at least 45 across Gaza, civil defence says Gaza’s civil defence and hospital sources report that Israeli air raids across the territory have killed at least 45 people on Sunday.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Paddocks are finally green again but bringing a flood of unwelcome guests
A resurgence of rabbit populations following recent rainfall is driving experts to urge for increased control measures.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:'Priceless' jewels stolen in raid on Louvre Museum in Paris
A masked gang targeted France's crown jewels during a brazen daylight raid.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza; Bupa bonuses questioned; crown jewels snatched in Louvre heist
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. Israeli forces have carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Gaza and closed off the territory to aid supplies amid accusations that Hamas violated their ceasefire agreement.Meanwhile, company records have revealed that Bupa staff were given $14m in bonuses shortly...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:'Felt so sickened': Teen's final message to health service met with silence
The ABC has uncovered the case as part of an examination of Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service's treatment of mental health patients and their suicides.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Ukraine’s EU membership bid set for breakthrough in December, says deputy PM
Taras Kachka believes "creative solutions" will overcome Hungary's opposition to Kyiv's joining the EU.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Turkish Cypriots elect Tufan Erhurman in northern Cyprus polls
More than 218,000 people voted in TRNC leadership election that could shape the island’s political direction.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Fact-checking Trump’s claim that each boat strike off Venezuela’s coast saves 25,000 lives
President Donald Trump said U.S. military strikes on five Venezuelan boats have saved more than 100,000 lives because the maneuvers thwarted drug smuggling. Several aspects of Trump’s statement make it wrong.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, no longer poses a public health threat in the country.Trachoma is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji. Fiji is the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public...
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strikes kill 42 Palestinians across Gaza, medical sources say
Israeli air strikes kill 42 Palestinians across Gaza, medical sources say Medical sources in Gaza report that Israeli air raids on multiple locations across the territory have killed at least 42 Palestinians since this morning.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Why is migraine more common in women than men?
A stark difference emerges at puberty: one in three women develop migraines, compared to one in 15 men.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Should humans colonise space? We asked 5 experts
Earth is the only home humans have ever known. But that might not be the case for much longer.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Is Australia still a lucky country – or has the ‘Australian way’ lost its way?
We Should Be So Lucky is a missed opportunity to analyse the contradictory effects of the neoliberal revolution – and its challenge to founding Australian ideals.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:A wave, a honk, or a headlight flash? Road etiquette isn’t universal – and that brings risks
In Australia, many drivers speak different ‘road languages’. Having a universal one could make us all safer.
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