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Family of American citizen killed by Israeli settlers demands US probe

Advocates say 20-year-old American citizen Sayfollah Musallet was 'lynched' while US officials stay silent.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Search for justice continues for Argentina’s disappeared, nearly 50 years later

This week, a human rights group in Argentina said a man who disappeared more than 40 years ago under the countryโ€™s military dictatorship had been identified and reunited with his sister. But there are concerns that the current government is reversing longstanding policy to continue searching for tens of thousands of citizens who were abducted. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Rainy Season Leaves Twenty-Four Dead Since April in Guatemala

Guatemalan civil protection authorities have counted twenty-four deaths since last April due to the rainy season, an official source said on Saturday, as National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) recommends that the population stay informed through official channels. RELATED: U.S. Flood Disaster Exposes Failures of Trump Administrationโ€™s Climate and Emergency Policies National Coordinator for Disaster [โ€ฆ]

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Moo Deng, the baby hippo who took social media by storm, turns 1

Adoring fans from around the world converged in Thailand this week to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who became a social media sensation. John Yang reports.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

โ€˜We donโ€™t want to be climate refugeesโ€™: Torres Strait uncles fear for their islands and their people

This week Australiaโ€™s federal court is due to make a decision in a landmark climate case that could safeguard the future of the island communitiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai are afraid for the future of their ancestral homelands.Their country on the outer islands of Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait), less than 10km off Papua New Guinea, is under siege from...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Rinky Hijikata's doubles dream dashed in Wimbledon final

Australia's Rinky Hijikata and his Dutch partner David Pel are soundly beaten in the men's doubles final, with Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool becoming the first British pair to win since 1936.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Private tobacco shop ATMs generate triple normal transactions

ATM suppliers compete for illegal tobacco man's business, with transactions dwarfing typical Australian machines

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Euro 2025: Germany progress but have big problems

A shambolic 4-1 defeat to Sweden did not stop Germany from qualifying for the Euro 2025 knockouts. But it further revealed a number of significant issues that coach Christian Wรผck must address quickly.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

At this Greek aged care home in Melbourne, everything old is new again

Residents of a Greek aged care home in Melbourne's north-east once made bus trips to go visit the Hellenic Museum, but now the museum has come to them.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Nvidia CEO dismisses Trump tariff concerns: โ€˜Weโ€™ll work through itโ€™

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed concerns over President Trumpโ€™s tariff agenda, saying the California-based company will โ€œwork through itโ€ and emphasized that the U.S. needs to bolster its production of chips. "Nobody likes disruptions and no one likes abrupt changes, but these settlements will โ€” President Trump will settle these deals and countries will reorganize...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Breeder makes breakthrough in fight against dreaded sheep disease

A Victorian merino stud has bred its first line of footrot-resistant rams in a major step forward against a disease that costs the sheep industry more than $80 million a year.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trump keeps Republicans guessing on Texas Senate endorsement

President Trump is keeping Republicans guessing over whether heโ€™ll endorse in the closely watched Texas GOP Senate primary between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Leadership Fund officials, both Cornyn allies, on Wednesday to discuss the Senate map, including the...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Ruffels leads Aussie charge towards more major glory at Evian Championship

Australia's Gabi Ruffels will enter the final round of the Evian Championship as the co-leader, a stroke ahead of compatriots Grace Kim and Minjee Lee.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

PLO says Israel seeks to build 2,339 illegal settlement units in West Bank

PLO says Israel seeks to build 2,339 illegal settlement units in West Bank Israel plans to build 2,339 settlement units across the occupied West Bank,Al Jazeera reported, citing a statement by the Palestine Liberation Organisationโ€™s National Office for the Defence of Land and Resistance of Settlement. The report said 1,352 of the units will be constructed in Qalqilya, 430 units in northeast Ramallah and northwest of...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Honduras Calls To Maintain Preventive Measures COVID-19 Due Cases Increase

The Honduran Health Ministry issued a health alert this Saturday due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country and urged citizens to reinforce prevention measures, with special emphasis on protecting the most vulnerable groups. RELATED: Deaths From COVID in New Delhi Increases as Cases Rise Throughout India โ€œCOVID-19 continues to pose a risk, [โ€ฆ]

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico, starting Aug. 1

President Donald Trump has sent similar letters to 23 other U.S. trading partners this week, including Canada, Japan and Brazil.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Unlocking the 'hidden and radical' power of First Nations women

Big hART's Punkaliyarra project connects women from opposite sides of the continent, "reigniting old pathways" and keeping culture alive.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Texas Democrat: Government failed โ€˜at every levelโ€™ amid deadly flooding

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said during a recent interview that the government failed โ€œat every levelโ€ in preparation and response to the deadly flooding in Texas that has killed more than 120 people. โ€œThere are families across the state in tears today, suffering so much loss, and this was totally unnecessary to have this big...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

UK lawmakers urge Foreign Secretary Lammy to recognise Palestinian state

Labour MPs demand that London act now to halt 'erasure and annexation' of Palestinian land before it's too late.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Family seeks US probe after Palestinian-American killed in West Bank

Family seeks US probe after Palestinian-American killed in West Bank A20-year-old Palestinian-Americanman has been killed in an Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank, his family said on Saturday, demanding that Washington launch a probe into his death. Saif al-Din Kamil Abdul Karim Musalat was beaten to death on Friday in Sinjil, a village north of Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry said. Musalat's...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

FIFA Club World Cup: Infantino hails dawn of โ€˜golden eraโ€™

On the eve of the FIFA Club World Cup final, the governing body's president hails a 'golden era' for the club game.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

What happened to the Liberal party of Menzies? They became obsessed with virtue-signalling | Frank Bongiorno

Robert Menzies knew the Australian people craved security and prosperity โ€“ not button-holing statements made by that one weird neighbour we all avoidRead the other in Where to for Australiaโ€™s centre rightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe image of Robert Menzies is brandished like a scimitar in and around the modern โ€“ and ailing โ€“ Liberal party. When Liberal leaders, activists or factions...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

What happened to the Liberal party of Menzies? They became obsessed with virtue signalling | Frank Bongiorno

Robert Menzies knew the Australian people craved security and prosperity โ€“ not button-holing statements made by that one weird neighbour we all avoidRead the other in Where to for Australiaโ€™s centre rightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe image of Robert Menzies is brandished like a scimitar in and around the modern โ€“ and ailing โ€“ Liberal party. When Liberal leaders, activists or factions...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Can I trust my sunscreen? Choice test results have created uncertainty over SPF claims and lab testing process

With Australia having one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, the consumer advocate groupโ€™s report left many worried and wondering about the brands they useFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSunscreen has been in the spotlight this winter, after testing by the consumer advocacy organisation Choice found 16 of 20 brands failed to...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Drew Hutton helped found the Australian Greens. So why has the troubled party booted him from its ranks?

The former life member says his support of those voicing โ€˜trans-criticalโ€™ views is a matter of free speech โ€“ but others say itโ€™s a question of what values the party supportsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDrew Hutton had assumed he would live out his life a card-carrying Green. The 78-year-old retiree turned up to local branch meetings,...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Abundance: the US book is a sensation among our progressive MPs. But can it spur action in Canberra?

One thingโ€™s for certain, it will take more than an abundance of rhetoric to get things doneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastโ€œWe should be able to argue that the clean energy future should be fucking awesome.โ€Itโ€™s days away from the start of the 48th parliament, and if in Canberra thereโ€™s one book that you must at least pretend to have read by then, itโ€™s Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Public-private pain: buying back Sydneyโ€™s embattled Northern Beaches hospital faces uncertain prognosis

The NSW government has been forced to take over the hospital from indebted owner Healthscope. But there is yet no agreement on price or what exactly the state is buyingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJust before the New South Wales parliament rose for the winter break, an unusual piece of legislation passed through both chambers late in the evening. It aimed to strengthen the arm of the Minns...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

'Stigmatised and hidden': What drives the compulsive urge to steal?

Despite being mentioned in medical manuscripts for hundreds of years, we still know little about what causes kleptomania or how to effectively treat the debilitating condition.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

A late-night phone call, a frantic flight and a baby in need of a mum

Ute Young was only expecting one baby from Vietnam when she raced from rural South Australia to Melbourne Airport on Christmas Eve 1973. Instead, she was handed three.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trump threatens to revoke citizenship of US comedian Rosie Oโ€™Donnell

O'Donnell says the Republican US president hates her because she sees 'him for who he is - a criminal con man'.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

First wave of climate migrants to keep culture alive in Australia

Australia's small but vibrant Tuvaluan community is preparing for the arrival of new migrants from their home islands โ€” including with youth events teaching their culture to the next generation.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

London police arrest over 40 supporters of Palestine Action

Protesters have gathered for a second straight week to support the banned Palestine Action. Its outlawing means support for the group is now a crime.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

UK: More than 80 protesters arrested at Palestine Action protests

UK: More than 80 protesters arrested at Palestine Action protests Submitted by Bilge Kotan on Sat, 07/12/2025 - 19:58 The activists were protesting for a second consecutive week against the groupโ€™s proscription under anti-terrorism laws A demonstrator sits with a sign, during a protest calling for the de-proscription of the Palestine Action group, at St Peter's Square in Manchester, Britain, 12 July, 2025. (Reuters)...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Mahmoud Khalil: Trump admin wants to โ€˜make an example out of meโ€™

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil said during a recent appearance on CNN that President Trumpโ€™s administration wanted use him as "an example" after he was detained for over three months. "Itโ€˜s absurd. Itโ€˜s basically to intimidate me. They want to conflate any speech for the right of Palestinians with a speech thatโ€˜s supporting terrorism, which is...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

On NPR and at elite universities, liberals should openly admit their biases

NPR and elite universities have a liberal bias, which can lead to a lack of credibility and vulnerability to Trump's attacks, and should be acknowledged to resist his attempts to stifle inquiry, debate and the free exchange of ideas.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill