‘I will not be silent’: Australia censures senator for King Charles protest
Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe says she has no regrets as Senate expresses disapproval of protest against the monarch.
Biden Authorizes First Use of U.S. Long-Range Missiles by Ukraine for Strikes Inside Russia
President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russian territory for the first time, U.S. officials confirmed on Sunday. The decision marks a critical escalation in Western military support for Ukraine as it continues to defend itself against Russia’s ongoing invasion. The authorization allows Ukraine to deploy Army…
House Speaker Johnson resists calls to make Matt Gaetz ethics report public
The leading politician in the United States House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson, has resisted calls to release a report examining allegations against Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general. The report, led by the House Ethics Committee, examined accusations that Gaetz, 42, had inappropriate sexual relations with a minor and engaged…
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Resigns Following Child Abuse Scandal
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has announced his resignation following the release of a damning independent review into the Church of England’s handling of abuse by John Smyth, a prominent barrister and lay preacher who subjected as many as 130 boys and young men to years of horrific physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. The review,…
Trump Appoints Elon Musk to Co-Lead New Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
President-elect Donald Trump has announced the creation of a new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), naming Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, to co-lead the body alongside entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. The move signals a bold attempt to reshape the U.S. government, slashing spending, cutting regulations, and dismantling what Trump…
Refugees on front lines of global climate crisis, warns UN
Climate change is helping to drive a rising refugee crisis, adding to the huge numbers already displaced by conflict, according to a United Nations report. Three-quarters of the world’s forcibly displaced people live in countries heavily affected by climate hazards, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in the document released on Tuesday. The number of…
Qatar has suspended mediation efforts on Gaza, Foreign Ministry says
Qatar says it has suspended its mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel until the parties show “their willingness and seriousness” to end the war in Gaza. In a statement on X on Saturday, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Majed al-Ansari said Qatar had informed the relevant parties 10 days ago of its intentions. Earlier…
US authorities probe text messages invoking enslavement of Black people
Authorities in the United States are investigating reports of Black people across the country receiving text messages invoking slavery following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election. The racist text messages have been reported by people in more than a dozen US states, including California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama. The…
Biden ‘rushing’ billions in aid to Ukraine as Trump win fuels uncertainty
United States President Joe Biden plans to rush billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine before he leaves office in January, reports say, hoping to shore up the government in Kyiv before Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump, who won Tuesday’s election, has criticized the scale of US military and financial support…
Russian rocket takes Iranian satellites into orbit as ties grow closer
A Russian rocket carrying a payload of satellites into orbit – including two from Iran – blasted off successfully, The Soyuz-2.1 spacecraft lifted off as scheduled from the Vostochny Cosmodrome launchpad in far eastern Russia and put its payload into a designated orbit nine minutes after the launch on Tuesday. Roscosmos said that two Russian…