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Greenland crisis: Europe needs the US, but it also needs to stand up to Trump
US presidentâs increasingly bellicose demands for control of the island may force the EU to draw a line in the snow Greenland: new shipping routes, hidden minerals â and a frontline between the US and Russia?The crisis over Greenland may deliver the moment when Europe must stand up to Donald Trump, as officials have said a US attempt to annex the territory could shatter the Nato transatlantic alliance.European leaders have entertained Trumpâs demands for nearly a year as he has pushed Nato countries to increase their defence spending to 5% of GDP, and threatened to pull US support from Ukraine as part of a peace process that appears to favour Russia. They have also given a muted response to US adventurism abroad including the capture and rendition of Venezuelaâs NicolĂĄs Maduro. Continue reading...
Filipino migrant workerâs death in NSW referred to federal police
Deputy state coroner concludes 21-year-old, who died after exiting a moving vehicle, was âexploitedâ and exposed to âpotentially criminalâ conduct in five weeks in AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales coroner has referred the death of a Filipino migrant worker, who died after jumping from a moving vehicle in 2019, to the Australian federal police to consider further investigations.NSW deputy state coroner Rebecca Hosking handed down the findings into the death of 21-year-old Jerwin Royupa on Friday. She concluded Royupa, a trainee at a winery, was âexploitedâ and exposed to âpotentially criminalâ conduct during his five weeks in Australia. Continue reading...
Myanmar military-backed party leads after second round of election voting
Critics, including human rights and opposition groups, say election is neither free nor fair.
The $2 Rental Batteries Helping to Power South Africa
The batteries offer an affordable system for those who lack reliable power and the money to buy their own solar panels.
A Refuge for Afghan Music Is at Risk of Falling Silent
Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which had banned music. A new policy of deportations by Pakistan threatens this community of exiles.
Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists
Report claims unrestricted online access will be a âgovernment privilegeâ, limited to individuals vetted by regimeIran is planning to permanently break from the global internet, only allowing individuals vetted by the regime to connect online, according to Iranian digital rights activists.âA confidential plan is under way to turn international internet access into a âgovernmental privilegeâ,â according to a report from Filterwatch, an organisation monitoring Iranâs internet censorship, citing a number of sources in Iran. Continue reading...
The Iranian state silenced protests with brutality. What now for Iranâs opposition?
Grieving, bruised and divided on the wisdom of foreign-backed revolt, how can the Iranian people achieve change?The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami in his novel 1Q84 may have foreshadowed the great and indelible rift Iranian society is about to experience. âThe ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they donât want to see. But the surviving victims can never forget. They canât turn away. Their memories are passed on from parent to child. Thatâs what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.âInside Iran, contrasting memories are already being brought into even sharper relief and made more traumatic by the blanket propaganda from Iran state TV portraying protesters as drug-crazed or pawns of a foreign power attracted to a violent terrorist culture reminiscent of Islamic State. Continue reading...
Uganda's president heads for victory as his main rival cries foul
President Museveni has about 75% of the vote with results in from more than half of all polling stations.
Nearly 50 Venezuelan soldiers killed in US abduction of President Maduro
Venezuela's Defence Ministry says 83 people in total killed in US attack to abduct President Nicolas Maduro.
Minnesota leaders decry targeting by US justice department over ICE turmoil
Governor Tim Walz says âweaponizing the justice system is an authoritarian tacticâ as he and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey reportedly will be subpoenaedThe US justice department is investigating Minnesotaâs political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administrationâs controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdownâs most vocal Democratic critics, including the stateâs governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading...
