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Mar 15, 2026 - World

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are staying on the sidelines as the Iran war expands

Mar 15, 2026 - World

China's official news agency Xinhua reports that representatives from Beijing and Washington have begun their economic and trade talks in Paris

Mar 15, 2026 - World

In 2023, what were thought to be Nazar Daletskyi’s remains were buried in his home village and his mother, Nataliia, visited the grave every week. Three years later, he spoke to her on the phoneNazar Daletskyi was declared dead in May 2023. The DNA match left no room for doubt, officials told his mother, Nataliia. A Ukrainian soldier who volunteered for the front in the early weeks of the war, Nazar had become one more casualty of Russia’s invasion.Nazar’s remains were laid to rest in the cemetery of his home village. In the months after the funeral, Nataliia visited the grave at least once a week, at first to cry and later to stand in quiet contemplation, remembering her only son. Continue reading...

Mar 15, 2026 - World

This blog is now closed.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says he disagrees with his leader, Pauline Hanson, over inflammatory comments about Muslims but says parties criticising her haven’t learned the lesson of One Nation’s rise.Hanson was censured in the Senate this month for suggesting there are no “good” Muslims.I don’t want to give pastoral care, but I think attacking Pauline today does not work like people thought it might have worked 15 years ago.[People] see Pauline as having the courage to stand behind her convictions on certain issues.I’ll make it very clear, I do know people of the Islamic faith who are good people, without a shadow of a doubt.There are people of Islamic faith who are good. And she was referring to … trying to, how do you determine people who come from an area there where there’s jihad, whether they’re a good or bad? I don’t know. Maybe you can do it by talking to them. I can’t. Continue reading...

Mar 15, 2026 - World

Alexandre Dumas was wowed by it and Burt Lancaster starred there. Now the Cirque d’Hiver has a new spectacleFor more than 170 years the Cirque d’Hiver, the world’s oldest circus, has been the scene of many a breathtaking act.In 1859, gymnast Jules Léotard – whose name would become synonymous with the one-piece – captivated audiences by launching himself from one swinging trapeze to another without a safety net for the first time in public. Continue reading...