Month: May 2024

Read MoreMatthias Ecke was seriously injured after being kicked and hit in a suspected politically-motivated attack.Matthias Ecke was seriously injured after being kicked and hit in a suspected politically-motivated attack.

Read More Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded The nervous wait for the first result was longer than usual, as counting centres wrestled with multiple ballots…

Read More Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election Rishi Sunak was dealt a series of shattering blows last night as Labour won a knife-edge battle to seize the West Midlands mayoralty from the Conservatives and Sadiq Khan trounced his Tory rival in London to secure a…

Read More Program aims to help create better disability support plans to guide carers and support workers’ response to challenging behaviour Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian researchers hope a new AI-supported educational program will help reduce the use of restraints and seclusion on people with disability.…

Read More Measure to ensure student debts can’t outpace wage growth by retrospectively capping indexation rate for loans Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The federal government will cut around $3bn in student debts through a key change to the Hecs and Help programs, reversing last year’s horror…

Read More Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies. No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps…

Read More Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists The Liberal Democrats are increasingly confident that they will claim more than one Tory “big beast” at the coming general election, pointing to local election results putting them ahead in a series of true blue constituencies. Ed…

Read More ‘Chipper’ Conservatives crumple in face of incumbent mayor’s broad appeal to London voters Before the counting had even started, senior Tory sources were briefing that their candidate for London mayor, Susan Hall, had pulled off a spectacular, and unlikely, victory. Despite the Labour incumbent, Sadiq Khan, having a consistent polling lead throughout the…

Read MoreThe spat began when Spain’s transport minister said Argentina’s Javier Milei took drugs during last year’s election.The spat began when Spain’s transport minister said Argentina’s Javier Milei took drugs during last year’s election.

Read More Congress members argue US aid to Israel shouldn’t be ‘blank check’ Congress members argue US aid to Israel shouldn’t be ‘blank check’

Read More Banned dogs found on allotment where officers described conditions as ‘appalling’ More than 20 dogs have been seized after police raided a suspected illegal XL bully breeding farm in Sheffield. Twenty-two animals were seized from an allotment on Thursday, including mothers and puppies, which were being kept in what officers described as “appalling…

Read More Rightwing media have seized on campus protests to portray the president as weak. Will it have an impact in November? At the height of the tensions on US campuses this week, with Republicans gleefully seizing on student unrest as an election issue that could propel Donald Trump back into the White House, Joe…

Read MoreThe surgeon who helped treat patients during Israel’s war on Gaza was scheduled to speak at the French Senate.The surgeon who helped treat patients during Israel’s war on Gaza was scheduled to speak at the French Senate.

Read More Paul Grice, 31, and four others have been charged in the murders of two women who police believed were lured to their deaths during a pre-arranged child custody visit Paul Grice, 31, and four others have been charged in the murders of two women who police believed were lured to their deaths during…

Read MoreProtesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremoniesProtesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance…

Read More Hundreds of cities across Rio Grande so Sul hit by floods with 32,000 people displaced and infrastructure destroyed The death toll from rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 57, local authorities said on Saturday afternoon, while dozens still have not been accounted for. The state’s civil…

Read MoreBodies are found in the search for two missing Australian brothers and an American.Bodies are found in the search for two missing Australian brothers and an American.

Read MoreChancellor’s appeal comes after four assailants brutally attacked a politician who was campaigning in eastern Germany.Chancellor’s appeal comes after four assailants brutally attacked a politician who was campaigning in eastern Germany.

Read More ‘The schools and faculty who sit at the top of this chaos must be razed along with them,’ she wrote ‘The schools and faculty who sit at the top of this chaos must be razed along with them,’ she wrote

Read More Shug the pinstriped pony, who hoofed it as her trailer stopped on a highway, was eventually found horsing around A zebra that escaped from her owner in Washington state and went on the run for nearly six days has finally been rescued. In a statement released on Friday, the regional animal services of…

Read More Palestinian health ministry says it has identified four of five who died during raid in village of Deir al-Ghusun Middle East crisis – live updates Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in an overnight raid in a village near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and the…

Read More Kyiv says Moscow forces have gained ‘foothold’ in area north of Donetsk city after pounding depleted defenders Putin on our doorstep: Ukrainians watch as the frontline edges closer The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained by the Associated Press shows. The village has been a target for…

Read More Interior minister Nancy Faeser promises ‘tough action’ to protect democracy as political assaults rise The German interior minister Nancy Faeser has vowed to fight a surge in violence against politicians after a German member of the European parliament had to be taken to hospital following an attack while he was campaigning for re-election.…

Read More The French president had previously laid out conditions for sending Western troops to aid Kiev Emmanuel Macron’s statements about the possibility of sending Western forces into Ukraine have only escalated tensions and do not serve any other purpose, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Saturday. His comments come after the French President…

Read More Berkshire Hathaway CEO stressed relationship at annual meeting attracting Apple CEO Tim Cook, Bill Gates and Bill Murray The billionaire investment tycoon Warren Buffett has stressed his empire will remain a key investor in Apple after it sold billions of dollars’ worth of shares in the iPhone maker. Thousands of shareholders in Berkshire…

Read MoreSources tell Al Jazeera that talks are at critical point as a technical team is working out details of a potential deal.Sources tell Al Jazeera that talks are at critical point as a technical team is working out details of a potential deal.

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Read MoreRussian state media say Moscow has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, citing the interior ministry’s databaseRussian state media say Moscow has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, citing the interior ministry’s database

Read More Firms said food and plant checks and Latin names causing costly delays with lorries waiting hours in first week of post-EU regime Of all the effects of Brexit, probably the least anticipated was that flower exporters and customs officials would have to learn Latin. But that is one of the problems that confronted…

Read More Jerry and Rita Alter, now deceased, are suspected of having stolen artworks in the 80s, including Willem de Kooning’s Woman-Ochre The mystery of a nondescript, middle-aged couple who hung a stolen $150m Willem de Kooning painting behind a bedroom door in their Cliff, New Mexico, home may be closer to being resolved after…

Read MoreA row breaks out after Spain’s transport minister suggests Argentina’s president has taken drugs.A row breaks out after Spain’s transport minister suggests Argentina’s president has taken drugs.

Read MoreSadiq Khan, the Labour Party’s mayor of London, has romped to victory, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.’s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election.Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party’s mayor of London, has romped to victory, securing a record third straight term…

Read MoreAt least 144 people died due to the heavy rainfall in April.At least 144 people died due to the heavy rainfall in April.

Read MoreA British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals says he was denied entry to France to speak at the French SenateA British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals says he was denied entry to France to speak at the French Senate

Read More Labour incumbent beat Tory candidate Susan Hall, despite inaccurate claims by ‘excited Tories’ that she could win UK politics – latest updates Sadiq Khan has been elected mayor of London, winning a historic third term in a dramatic contest. Khan was declared the winner over the Conservative candidate, Susan Hall, on Saturday afternoon.…