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Australia news live: Surge in EV demand and fuel diplomacy push sends trade surplus to nine-year low

Jump in imports narrowed Australia’s goods trade surplus to $1.1bn in June quarter. Follow today’s news livePenny Wong says Australia has ‘more work to do’ forging relationships in the PacificThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, is in Fiji today amid a meeting with her counterparts from across the Pacific.We’ve got work more work to do. We’ve announced that we do want to engage with and negot...

Criticism of Hong Kong’s economy and rule of law is baseless

Recent criticism of aspects of Hong Kong’s economic development and work on safeguarding national security, by a so-called expert on Hong Kong, is factually baseless. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government rightly rejects the allegations. We must set the record straight. Since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance...

Trump signs new executive orders seeking to limit US birthright citizenship

The US president's latest effort comes after Supreme Court ruled against his push to reinterpret constitutional right.

US presses China over alleged scam bosses despite growing police cooperation

US President Donald Trump has personally pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping over transnational criminal organisations involved in Southeast Asia’s sprawling online scam industry, a senior State Department official said on Thursday. Michael DeSombre, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Washington was raising concerns ab...

Toronto police arrest two in US Consulate shooting investigation

Suspects recruited via encrypted app and offered money for violent acts, Toronto police reveal after arrests.

US Pacific north-west blanketed in thick smoke as firefighters push back blazes

Cities in Washington and Oregon seeing some of world’s worst air quality indices as smoke from fires cloaks regionWildfires raging in the US Pacific north-west are blanketing the region with thick smoke, delivering some of the world’s worst air quality even as firefighters made progress against larger blazes in Washington state.As of Thursday afternoon, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, h...

ラグビー日本代表 豪戦 明治大 伊藤龍之介など先発メンバーに

ラグビー日本代表の8日行われるテストマッチ、オーストラリア戦のメンバー23人が発表され、明治大の伊藤龍之介選手やワーナー・ディアンズ選手などが先発に名を連ねました。

Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship

Executive orders come after supreme court rejected president’s first bid to restrict guarantee enshrined in US constitutionDonald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders that the White House said aims to restrict eligibility for birthright citizenship and ban “birth tourism”.The ‌orders come just over a month after the United States supreme court rejected Trump’s first attempt to restrict th...

‘It is British life’: No 10 vows to stop councils trying to limit standing in pubs

Westminster council has recommended banning ‘vertical drinking’ or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policyNo 10 has vowed to confiscate powers from local councils which try to restrict customers from standing up while drinking in pubs or ordering at the bar.It comes after the Guardian revealed on Thursday that Westminster council in central London recommended not allowing “vertical drink...

‘It is British life’: Downing Street vows to stop councils trying to restrict standing in pubs

Westminster council has recommended banning ‘vertical drinking’ or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policyNo 10 has vowed to confiscate powers from local councils who try to restrict customers from standing up while drinking in pubs or ordering at the bar.It comes after the Guardian revealed on Thursday that Westminster council in central London recommended not allowing “vertical drinkin...

Trump orders ‘birth tourism’ ban in new bid to limit birthright citizenship

The order comes after an earlier effort by Trump to overturn birthright citizenship was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled it's protected by the U.S. Constitution.

8/6: The Takeout with Major Garrett

Rep. Haley Stevens discusses her primary loss to Abdul El-Sayed; President Trump denies reports of U.S. munitions shortages.

US diplomat Rubio targets Cuban military officials, companies in sanctions

US says the five entities and eight individuals sanctioned help Cuba acquire military equipment from Russia and China.

Fire engulfs earthquake housing site in Turkiye

A fire broke out at a workers' accommodation camp at a construction site for earthquake housing in Hatay, Turkiye.

WHO chief: Ebola outbreak in DRC spreading at ‘unprecedented rate’

The world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has killed 1,751 people in DR Congo.

Trump signs executive orders to deny US citizenship to children of so-called ‘birth tourists’– live

Pair of orders come month after supreme court struck down administration’s earlier attempt to place restrictions on birthright citizenship enshrined in US constitutionSign up for the Breaking News US emailOne quick note on the contempt resolution: Senator Rand Paul may try to send it straight to the Department of Justice, since advancing it in the Senate would require 60 votes. Republicans hold ju...

Quote of the day by Mignon McLaughlin: 'The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it' and why some things never change

How fragile is Lebanon’s uneasy peace?

Israel goes on the attack after the first soldiers are killed since ceasefire began two months ago.

US Senator McConnell says he’s been discharged from rehabilitation centre

Republican senator has not been seen in public since mid-June, sparking criticism of transparency over his condition.

Quote by Michel Foucault: 'Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are but...'

Michel Foucault posited that identity is sculpted by societal labels rather than an inherent human essence. He asserted that true freedom lies in critically examining and discarding these imposed identities. Today, power operates subtly through institutions dictating people's identities. Furthermore, technology and algorithms play a role in shaping digital personas, echoing Foucault's warnings. Ch...

高校野球 夏の甲子園 佐野日大 投手戦制し聖隷に勝利 2回戦へ

夏の全国高校野球、大会2日目の第2試合は、栃木の佐野日大高校が静岡の聖隷クリストファー高校に1対0で投手戦を制して2回戦に進みました。

308 abductees freed from separate attacks in northern Nigeria

Nigerian security forces say that they've returned 308 abductees home after freeing them from their kidnappers in a northern forest. Also, in South Africa, the textile industry is facing a workforce crisis after thousands of migrant workers fled the country in the past few months, in the wake of violent xenophobic protests. And in Lagos, a Nigerian artist is turning ordinary clay into vibrant port...

308 abductees freed from separate attacks in Northern Nigeria

First, Nigerian security forces say that they've returned 308 abductees home after freeing them from their kidnappers in a northern forest. Also, in South Africa, the textile industry is facing a workforce crisis after thousands of migrant workers fled the country in the past few months, in the wake of violent xenophobic protests. And, in Lagos, a Nigerian artist is turning ordinary clay into vibr...

Portuguese man o' wars spread in Spain: what to do if you get stung

The surge in jellyfish along the Cantabrian coast has forced swimming bans on several Basque beaches and prompted health authorities to step up advice on what to do if stung.

Portuguese man-of-war sightings rise in Spain: what to do if you are stung

The growing number of specimens on the Cantabrian coast has led to swimming bans on several Basque beaches and prompted health authorities to issue guidance on what to do if stung.