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Beijing Puts $35,000 Bounty On Taiwanese Influencers Over 'Anti-China' Posts
Chinese police on Thursday offered bounties of up to $35,000 for help arresting Taiwanese influencers Wen Tzu-yu and Chen Po-yuan on allegations that the pair disseminated "anti-China" content online.
France Lifts Travel Ban On Telegram Founder PavelDurov
France has lifted its travel ban on Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who is under investigation over illegal content on his messaging app, judicial sources close to the case said Thursday.
'Ensure Young Ukrainian Men Don't Come To Germany': Chancellor To Zelensky
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday that fewer young Ukrainian men should come as refugees to Germany.
Melania Trump launches new initiative to help children raised in foster system
Donald Trump signed order creating ‘Foster the Future’ to develop opportunities and online hub for resourcesMelania Trump, the first lady, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at improving career and education opportunities for children raised in foster care.Her husband, Donald Trump, signed an executive order Thursday that creates a “Fostering the Future” program that brings together federal entities, non-profits, educational institutions and the private sector to develop those opportunities for foster youth. Continue reading...
Trump administration suing Gavin Newsom over California’s voter-approved redistricting plan – live
Trump’s justice department is attempting to block the state’s new congressional maps , which voters overwhelmingly approved through Proposition 50.US justice department joins lawsuit to block California’s new electoral mapDemocrats appear more enthusiastic than Republicans about voting in next year’s congressional elections following the party’s victories in recent state and local contests, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, which showed Republican President Donald Trump’s approval steady at 40%.The six-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed 44% of registered voters who called themselves Democrats said they were “very enthusiastic” about voting in the November 3, 2026, elections, compared with 26% of Republicans who said the same. Some 79% of Democrats said they would regret it if they didn’t vote in the election, compared to 68% of Republicans. Continue reading...
Australia news live: Ley says Liberals will ‘step on the gas’ to lower power prices; ACT closes schools after health warning over play sand
ACT’s minister for education says 10 public schools to be fully closed and others partially closed. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome ACT schools partially closed, with preschools also affected over asbestos warning for play sandThe list of schools closed in the ACT also includes partial closures affecting multiple classes and preschool closures.What we’ve done is been very clear and said we’re going back to an approach where the market will determine the types of technologies and the pathways. And that is the traditional Liberal approach to addressing these types of issues. And that’s how business gets certainty because it enables the market to dictate.I think people will understand that they don’t want us racing ahead of the rest of the world, costing us manufacturing jobs, costing us industry jobs and putting unrealistic and unreasonable pressure on households because of their electricity bills. Continue reading...
Cop30: ‘We will exterminate ourselves’ if we keep extracting fossil fuels, activists say – as it happened
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heatingMore than half of all delegation members at Cop30 have withheld or obscured details of their affiliations, potentially concealing conflicts of interest and undermining trust in the Cop process, warns Transparency International.According to the campaign group’s examination of the UNFCCC’s official list of registered participants, 54% of participants in national delegations either did not disclose the type of affiliation they have or selected a vague category such as “Guest” or “Other”.Yet, at Cop30, thousands of delegates still do not share enough information, most from within national delegations. If Cop30 is indeed the Cop of truth, the lresidency and the UNFCCC Secretariat should now commit to reviewing and strengthening participant disclosure rules ahead of future summits, ensuring integrity and accountability at every level. Continue reading...
US designates four European anti-fascist groups as terrorist threats
State department claims groups in Germany, Italy and Greece ‘conspiring to undermine foundations of western civilization’The US state department has announced that it will designate four European self-described anti-fascist groups as Foreign Terrorist Organisations, as the Trump administration broadens its campaign against what it portrays as an international wave of leftist violence.In a public statement on Thursday, the state department said it would designate Antifa Ost in Germany, the Italy-based International Revolutionary Front, and two organisations in Greece – Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self Defense – as “Specially Designated Global Terrorists … conspiring to undermine the foundations of Western Civilization through their brutal attacks”. Continue reading...
Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in Arctic region
Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sectorCanada’s domestic spy agency says Russia and China have a “significant intelligence interest” in Canada’s Arctic, and are targeting both the country’s government and its private sector.In his annual speech on threats facing Canada, Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), flagged mounting concerns over hostile nations growing increasingly emboldened in the Arctic. Continue reading...
Peers to mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill
More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by seven lords in move which could filibuster legislationPeers will mount a new offensive to halt the assisted dying bill on Friday, tabling almost 1,000 new amendments to the legislation in an effort to run down the clock.More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by just seven members of the House of Lords, all of them vocal opponents of assisted dying (AD). A source close to the bill said it was possible it could in effect get filibustered if peers pushed many amendments to a vote. Continue reading...
Hospital consultants gearing up to join resident doctors in striking over pay
Exclusive: Move could cause huge disruption and present ministers with major new headache Hospital consultants are gearing up to join resident doctors in striking over pay in a move that could cause huge disruption for the NHS and present ministers with a major new headache.In addition, resident doctors – who will tomorrow embark on their latest strike – have decided to adopt a more militant approach in pursuit of their 26% pay claim in which they strike every month, to put pressure on the government. Continue reading...
Spain Fines Elon Musk's X $5.4 Million Over Cryptocurrency Ads
Spain's securities regulator said Thursday it has fined social media platform X five million euros for failing to comply with rules governing the advertising of financial products, including cryptocurrencies.
