Global order is ‘breaking down’, Carney tells Australian parliament
The Canadian prime minister said Australia and Canada should work together as ‘strategic cousins’.
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Musk tells jury ‘people read too much’ into his posts
Brian Belgrave, who is leading the class of individual investors suing Musk, told the court on Monday that he sold thousands of Twitter shares in July 2022, believing that Musk was no longer going to buy the platform because of his public posts and comments.
Continue ReadingUS sub sinks Iranian warship in Indian Ocean, Hegseth says
Sri Lanka’s navy says around 140 people are feared missing after a military vessel went down off its southern coast.
Continue ReadingNigeria halts Christian pilgrimages to Holy Land over Middle East conflict
NCPC say the measure is necessary to prioritise the “safety and comfort” of Nigerian pilgrims.
Continue ReadingHeavy gunfire heard as BBC reports from border of Israel and Lebanon
From the small Israeli town of Metula right on the border with Lebanon, BBC reporter Jon Donnison heard what sounded like a full-on gun battle just a kilometre (0.6 miles) or so away. For 10 minutes heavy bursts of machine gun fire echoed across the valley, interspersed with what sounded like artillery fire. The Israeli […]
Continue ReadingIsrael tells people in large parts of southern Lebanon to leave ahead of attacks
Civilians are being displaced, taking shelter in tents, parks and cars, as Israel retaliates to Hezbollah rocket attack.
Continue ReadingGreek court upholds criminal organisation verdict on neo-Nazi Golden Dawn
The party’s founder Nikos Mihaloliakos and other officials are again found guilty, almost six years after an original trial.
Continue ReadingThree men arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for China
He is one of three unnamed men who the Met Police suspect of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK.
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s long-serving former defence minister and former Robben Island prisoner dies
Mosiuoa Lekota was imprisoned with former South African President Nelson Mandela on Robben Island.
Continue ReadingSpain’s Pedro Sánchez hits back at Trump threat to sever trade saying ‘no to war’
Spain’s prime minister delivers a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump’s threat to end trade with his country.
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