The truce broke down this week after a Thai soldier lost a leg to a landmine blast, prompting Thailand’s PM to say the peace deal was ‘now over’ One person has been killed by gunfire along the Thai-Cambodia border as conflict heats up between the two nations days after a Trump-backed ceasefire agreement has broken … Read more
Takaichi caused a stir last week after she summoned aides to her office for a 3am meeting to prepare for a budget committee hearing Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has said she gets by on just two to four hours sleep a night – prompting concern over her commitment to a better work-life balance among … Read more
Investigators believe an explosion that killed 13 people may be linked to group operating in the disputed region Police have carried out raids and made several arrests across the Indian region of Kashmir in the aftermath of a car explosion in Delhi that left 13 people dead. On Wednesday, the Indian government confirmed it was … Read more
Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sector Canada’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 … Read more
The $C56bn plan focused on investing in a resource economy falls short of changing Canadians’ day-to-day lives Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, likes to say that when he was young, “we used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly.” That idea – of sprawling projects that transform nations, … Read more
Munduruku people demand to speak to Brazil’s president, saying they are never listened to Protesters blockaded the main entrance to the Cop30 climate conference for several hours early on Friday morning, demanding to speak to Brazil’s president about the plight of the country’s Indigenous peoples. About 50 people from the Munduruku people in the Amazon … Read more
Convicted sex offender said Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and called president a ‘maniac’ The public disclosure of more than 20,000 pages of newly released documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has reignited a long-running scandal over his relationship with the rich and powerful. Democratic politicians released three emails obtained from Epstein’s estate, … Read more
Jonathan Jarvis, who led the agency from 2009 to 2017, laid out the dire consequences of not closing parks in shutdown Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare” of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a former National Park Service director, amid alarm over the impact of the federal government shutdown. … Read more
Documents include emails depicting coordinated effort to influence online search results and journalists Jeffrey Epstein and his associates worked to suppress negative press and rebuild his image in the years after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges in Florida of solicitation of prostitution and of solicitation of prostitution with a minor, newly released … Read more
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media … Read more