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Gaza Health Ministry Reports 103 Dead, 219 Injured in 24 Hours Amid Ongoing Israeli Bombardment
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported Thursday that at least 103 Palestinians were killed and 219 others injured in the past 24 hours due to continued Israeli airstrikes across the enclave. The latest casualties bring the total death toll since the start of Israelโs military offensive on October 7, 2023, to 56,259, [โฆ]
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:
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From outlaw bushrangers who fell in love to a famous horseman born a woman, Australiaโs history is full of queer stories
At the time LGBTQ+ people had to hide away. But researchers are now working to discover and celebrate themGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn 1841, Anne Drysdale invited Caroline Newcomb to live with her on her farm outside Geelong. It was a bold move for the time: the full decriminalisation of homosexuality was 156 years away;the legalisation of same-sex marriage, 176 years.In colonial...
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:Australia's class shines through as horror drop sets sad tone for West Indies
Australia won the first Test against the West Indies thanks to an inspired bowling display on a dramatically wearing pitch. But the West Indies started the day with the match on the line, only for their shocking catching to let them down.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli Settlers Accused of Blocking Ambulances Amid Surge in West Bank Violence
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has accused Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank of deliberately obstructing ambulances, preventing emergency teams from reaching injured civilians during recent waves of settler and military violence. In a video released Thursday, PRCS documented an incident in Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, where a settler attempted to block [โฆ]
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:TeleSUR and Xinhua Advance in Strategic Alliance for Media Innovation
Related: 2025 Anibal Nazoa Awards: teleSUR Recognized for 20 Years of Latin American Journalism In a key meeting for the future of regional journalism, TeleSURโs president, Patricia Villegas Marรญn, and Jiang Yan, director general of Xinhuaโs Regional Office for Latin America, analyzed opportunities for technological and communicational collaboration. The meeting allowed them to identify synergies [โฆ]
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Foreign aid cuts hurt the most vulnerable in worldโs largest refugee camp
In recent months, healthcare in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh has been badly affected by foreign aid cuts.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Opioids Found in Food Aid: A Weapon Against Gazaโs Population Exposed
New reports reveal that Israel is allegedly contaminating humanitarian aid flour with oxycodone in Gaza, using narcotics as a weapon to weaken Palestinian society amid a brutal siege and humanitarian crisis. Related: Israel Intensifies Blockade on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid Blocked Amid Famine and International Outcry The Government Media Office in Gaza has exposed a shocking [โฆ]
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:General Motors recalls over 60K Chevy trucks due to brake pressure issue
The impacted vehicles include the 2019 to 2024 Chevrolet Silverado models in 4500 HD, 5500 HD, and 6500 HD.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Five quick hits: Hazlewood's rapid-fire five and Shamar's special fireworks
A wearing pitch, another terrible West Indies drop in the slips, and Josh Hazlewood's rapid-fire "five-fa". Here are five quick hits from day three of the first Test in Barbados.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Congo and Rwanda sign a US-mediated peace deal aimed at ending decades of bloody conflict
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group is the most prominent armed group in the conflict, and its major advance early this year left bodies on the streets. With 7 million people displaced in Congo, the United Nations has called it "one of the most protracted, complex, serious" crises on Earth.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:DR Congo and Rwanda sign peace deal in Washington to end decades-long conflict
It is hoped that the US-brokered agreement will end decades of violence in DRC's mineral-rich east.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Industry aghast as black marketeer avoids jail for 62-tonne food import
Meat and seafood producers are calling for tougher biosecurity penalties after a woman avoided a prison term for illegally importing 62,000kg of meat, fish and insect-infested fruit from Thailand.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Streeting puts robotic surgeons at heart of 10-year plan for NHS
Hospitals that do not embrace technology will be paid less for procedures in effort to boost productivity
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution
The Senate blocked an effort Friday to prevent President Trump from taking future military action against Iran without authorization from Congress, less than a week after he directed strikes aimed at the country's nuclear capabilities. Senators voted 47-53 largely along party lines against the war powers resolution. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:How the Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions affects presidential powers
The Supreme Court delivered a major decision Friday that limits federal judgesโ power to block the presidentโs agenda nationwide. Stemming from a case over Trumpโs order on birthright citizenship, the ruling says that individual judges cannot grant nationwide injunctions against presidential policies. Supreme Court analyst Amy Howe and law professor Amanda Frost join Geoff Bennett to discuss.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:University of Virginia president resigns under US government pressure
James Ryan, the university's president, stepped down amid Trump administration scrutiny over diversity initiatives.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Chesapeake Bay Program Says No to Full Membership for Virginia Tribal Nationsโfor Now
The Chesapeake Bay Program declined to grant tribal nations full membership and voting rights in its governing body at a meeting Friday, its principal staff committee instead saying officials could explore advisory roles and potential partnerships with tribes. That decision came in response to a formal request by the Indigenous Conservation Council (ICC) on behalf [โฆ]
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Raskin on LGBTQ books ruling: Implications are 'breathtaking'
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Friday criticized the Supreme Court ruling that sided with parents who seek to opt out their children from reading LGBTQ books in school, calling its implications "breathtaking." "If you can opt out of mandatory classroom readings because it offends your religious objections, you can do it because it offends your...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:NDIS cuts to leave regional kids with less access to vital physiotherapy
The National Disability Insurance Agency is cutting travel allowances for physiotherapists, which some parents say will disadvantage their children living with disabilities โ especially in regional and remote areas.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: DRC and Rwanda sign peace deal mediated by Trump administration
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The major snags holding up Trump’s ‘big bill’ as the Senate prepares to vote
A make-or-break weekend lies ahead for Trumpโs big budget bill and his hope of passing it by July 4. Republican senators had not yet posted text of their proposal as of Friday afternoon, but PBS News Hour has learned that they hope to start voting Saturday. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz with the latest.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Biggest US banks pass Federal Reserve stress tests
Central bank toned down scenario to measure lendersโ resilience from previous year
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Iranian FM tells Trump to change his 'disrespectful' tone toward Khamenei
Iranian FM tells Trump to change his 'disrespectful' tone toward Khamenei Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that if US President Donald Trump wants Iran to return to the negotiating table, he needs to change his behaviour toward Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran's...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Couples weigh commercial baby-making amid surrogacy laws review
With more Australians finding surrogate mothers overseas, parents and lawyers are calling for an overhaul of Australia's "patchwork" laws, while some ethicists say paying for babies should remain illegal.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:A music librarian brought Stephen Sondheim to tears โ and got him to bequeath his life's work
Mark Horowitz is quite proud that he made Stephen Sondheim cry. Heโs even more proud that he convinced the late musical theatre legend to bequeath his vast archive of manuscripts, sheet music, notebooks and more to the U.S. Library of Congress.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:University of Virginia’s president resigns under pressure from Justice Department
James Ryan, the University of Virginiaโs president, is resigning after a pressure campaign by the Trump administration and amid a Justice Department investigation into UVAโs diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. It marks what appears to be the first time the White House has forced out a university leader. Geoff Bennett speaks with Peter McDonough of the American Council on Education for more.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Venezuelan immigrants in Chicago live in fear after loss of temporary legal status
The Trump administration announced Friday that starting on Sept. 2, Haitians cannot remain in the U.S. under temporary protected status. Itโs part of a broader change by the administration to revoke legal protections for citizens of several countries, including Venezuela. Many Venezuelan migrants ended up in Chicago, where special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports about a community on edge.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:China steps closer to landing on moon by 2030
China has successfully conducted an escape flight test on its lunar spacecraft Mengzhou, which means โdream shipโ in Mandarin. By 2030, the country plans to send three Chinese astronauts to land on the moon. It was the second zero-altitude escape flight test in 27 years, following the first one conducted by the Shenzhou manned spacecraft [โฆ] The post China steps closer to landing on moon by 2030 appeared first on Asia...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:'Commercialising concussion': The Australians taking a backyard collision game global
As hype over the game grows, so do concerns about the potential for brain injuries.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Communities fight back against states banning Pride flags on government buildings
This year marks a decade since same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide. But in several Republican-led states, efforts are underway to ban Pride flags from public schools and government buildings, sparking a wave of local resistance. Deema Zein reports.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Trump moves toward mineral deals
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump advances mineral talks with China, DRC The Trump administration is announcing they've reached a trade agreement with China that includes mineral provisions โ and is seeking further agreements with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Greg Nash The Trump administration...
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Brooks and Capehart on the Supreme Court’s decisions and Trump’s claims about Iran
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including analysis of the Supreme Courtโs latest decisions, the Trump administrationโs claims that U.S. strikes obliterated Iranโs nuclear program, and the results of New York Cityโs mayoral primary.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:'He was a very handsome guy': Back to the days when Grandad was hot
A flick through some old magazines took Ross Willis and his daughter through a "time warp" to the days when he was a teen model, and suit tailors thrived in Newcastle.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:University of Virginia president resigns under White House pressure
Trump administration broadens its attacks on higher education to include public institutions
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:School canteen orders may be thing of the past as rising costs bite
Writing your school lunch order on a brown paper bag may be a thing of the past. School canteens still rely on the goodwill of volunteers and advocates say more funding is needed to keep the roller door open.
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