Man killed by 13ft great white shark in Western Australia
The man was bitten just before 10:00 (03:00 BST) at Horseshoe Reef – north-west of the popular Rottnest Island near the city of Perth, local police said.
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How parties carve out their victory with “gerrymandering”.
May 16, 2026, 08:26May 16, 2026, 08:26 Gerrymandering is almost as old as the United States itself.Image: keystone How bizarre the redesign of electoral districts in the USA can end up was recently shown at a simple intersection in the small town of Millcreek. Not two, not three, but four different counties in the state […]
Continue ReadingTrump on arms sales to Taiwan: Good leverage for the USA
May 16, 2026, 07:51May 16, 2026, 07:51 Passes the ball to China: Donald Trump.Image: keystone US President Donald Trump sees his pending decision on further arms sales to the island of Taiwan, which is claimed by China, as an effective means of exerting pressure on Beijing. He’s still leaving it up in the air, “it […]
Continue Reading1 in 3 Reform UK voters has a positive view of Tommy Robinson – POLITICO
The march, and a pro-Palestinian demonstration expected to take place at the same time, drew intensive police planning, with 4,000 officers, armored vehicles, helicopters, drones and for the first time facial recognition technology deployed to keep order in the capital. Nationally, Robinson is seen negatively by 47 percent of adults across all voter groups, compared […]
Continue ReadingAndalusia election offers clues to Spain’s political trajectory – POLITICO
Sheinbaum’s predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, demanded an apology from Spain for human rights violations committed during that era. In 2024, the current president did not invite King Felipe to her inauguration, saying neither he nor the Spanish government had responded to the request. However, comments last October by the Spanish foreign minister, José Manuel […]
Continue ReadingUS planning to criminally indict ex-Cuban leader Raúl Castro
Charges could come as soon as next week in a case reportedly focused on Cuba’s downing of two planes in 1996.
Continue ReadingFrom misfit to rap sensation: A ‘Reble’ storms into Indian hip-hop
Reble has emerged as one of hip-hop’s most distinctive new voices, channelling defiance into a sound rooted in India’s northeast.
Continue ReadingPalestinian leaders hold rare party meeting as polls show rising discontent
The Fatah faction elects top decision makers, but ordinary Palestinians feel the party and its leader are out of touch.
Continue ReadingSwitzerland finally to open secret files on Nazis’ Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’
He is very familiar with Swiss sensitivity, and shame, over its role in World War Two, when Jewish refugees were turned away at the border, while Swiss banks kept the money of Jewish families who later died in Nazi concentration camps. “It is a problem for a democratic state that these files are still closed,” […]
Continue ReadingWhat is a ‘safe death’? Mentally ill woman asks for assisted dying in Canada
Nothing has worked for the 49-year-old Toronto woman, who described herself as “functionally terminal”, no longer able to work, leave the house or speak with her loved ones. She is now enrolled in a psychiatric care programme at a local hospital that, she said, is designed to support people with severe and persistent mental illness […]
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