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Vanuatu holds election amid earthquake devastation
Polls have opened in Vanuatu , a Pacific nation grappling with political instability and the logistics of holding a snap election in the
aftermath of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake
that killed at least 14 people and displaced thousands.As downtown Port Vila remained shuttered, with multiple buildings earmarked …
A ceasefire deal is here. For Gaza, the Middle East and the world, the future remains unknown
Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair | Greg Jericho
2025 has not started well, and you should be bloody angry.
We are less than five months from the federal election and both major parties’ climate change policies are an amalgam of indolence and lies.
Not one politician in either major party is being honest with voters.
The Liberals claim …
The US supreme court will hear arguments on Friday from TikTok and its China-based owner ByteDance, which is seeking to block a law signed by Joe Biden that will ban the short-form video app beginning on 19 January unless it is divested from ByteDance. TikTok has said divestment is “not …
UK should seek new customs union with EU, Lib Dems to say
The Liberal Democrats are to call for the government to seek a formal customs union with the EU to boost growth and insulate the UK from the impacts of a Trump presidency, a move that will place new pressure on Keir Starmer over Europe.
The changed Lib Dem stance – …
Met police investigating alleged spiking at bar in parliamentary estate
Police are investigating an alleged spiking in a bar on the Westminster parliamentary estate.
A woman, believed to be a parliamentary researcher, told police and staff at parliament’s Strangers’ Bar that her drink had been spiked, according to Politico.
The incident is understood to have taken place at the Palace …
‘Our fight is not over’: relatives of hostages welcome ceasefire – and vow to keep going
Caught between hope and despair for the past 15 months, families of Israeli hostages have welcomed the
ceasefire agreement with Hamas
, which promises the release of dozens kidnapped by the militant group.Yet, as they celebrate, relatives of the individuals abducted by Hamas in the attack that …
Unexpected drop in inflation lifts pressure off Rachel Reeves
The devastating impact of 15 months of war on Gaza
Israel began bombing Gaza on 7 October 2023, after Hamas crossed the border, killed about 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage to Gaza.
When ground operations began a week later, most observers inside the country and beyond expected the fighting to last weeks. Instead, it extended for 15 months …
‘A stern message’: how return of Trump loomed over Gaza ceasefire negotiations
The phone call from Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, surprised the aides of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Calling from Doha in Qatar last Friday evening, after
shabbat
had already begun, Witkoff announced he was coming to Israel and would meet with Netanyahu. Overruling …