Brazil’s Lula hails ‘bold’ Chinese investors as rival pitches rare earths to Trump
Brazilian president names China a possible partner in his critical minerals plans, as Flavio Bolsonaro courts Trump, with election looming.
· Igor Patrick
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Ben Affleck gives unexpected update on his love life 2 years after Jennifer Lopez split
The twice-divorced actor also addressed the rumors that one of the co-hosts of “The View” tried to set him up with Shakira.
· Eric Todisco
Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar removed from Michigan sex offender registry
Convicted offender among 20,000 people removed from list after state supreme court ruling on Sora registration law
· Marina Dunbar
UK plays the blame game, terror in the skies, Russia’s red lines: RT stories that shaped the week
RT looks at the top news stories this week, including a dubious ‘terror plot’ at RAF Fairford, and a nuclear warning from Moscow Read Full Article at RT.com
· RT
Read Full Article at RT.com
RT looks at the top news stories this week, including a dubious ‘terror plot’ at RAF Fairford, a nuclear warning from Moscow, and crisis on board an Israel-bound airliner
· RT
Roger Craig opens up about dementia diagnosis: ‘I don’t regret it’
The three-time Super Bowl-champion running back’s condition has stabilized over the past several years, his wife, Vernessia, told The Athletic in a feature published Thursday.
· Evan Webeck
Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator after botched execution: Lawyers
The Tennessee woman's legal team says doctors are working to clear doses of the drug pentobarbital from her system.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Brisbane 2032 emblems leaked by official YouTube channel
The emblems for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics have been accidentally leaked by the Games' official YouTube channel, ruining its own grand unveiling slated for Monday.
· Henry Hanson
Leader of $1.7M Hamas fundraising scheme bragged about ‘friends’ in NY: feds
Saleem Alzaq, who works in Hamas’ “media office,” boasted that he had “so many” friends in the Big Apple in a 2025 exchange with an undercover NYPD agent over Snapchat, federal pr…
· Ben Kochman
Victoria is about to have the most unpredictable election in living memory
Much has been written about the rise of Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the past 12 months. The Victorian election will give us our best look yet at the decline of the two-party system.
· Casey Briggs
Man charged with preparing terrorist acts against Nigel Farage
Joshua Kerry had already been charged with the murder of former British MP Ann Widdecombe and has now been charged with preparing acts of terrorism.
Inside Somaliland: The Israel-Turkey clash coming to the Horn of Africa
Somaliland officials say Yemen's Houthis need to be engaged, but they want to enlist Israel against Turkey and Somalia
· Middleeasteye
SC urges public to report graft involving judges, court employees
MANILA, Philippines -— The Supreme Court has issued a memorandum order which would give litigants and court personnel nationwide an opportunity to report any incident of graft and corruption involving justices, judges and court employees, according to Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen.
· Arlie O. Calalo
In China’s Taoist martial arts schools, fighting is only part of the lesson
SHIYAN, China — There was a time when Chinese master Yuan Shimao thought martial arts were all about punching and kicking. As a young practitioner, he focused on speed and strength.
· Associated Press
Newly released video shows Luigi Mangione’s arrest
The bodycam footage also shows a police officer finding a gun in Mangione's backpack, days after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Geelong notch seventh-straight AFLW win as Scheer fires against Richmond
Geelong has climbed to the top of the AFLW ladder with a 34-point victory over Richmond at Princes Park.
Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror acts against Farage
Police said Joshua Kerry, 28, had been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, saying that these related in part to the leader of the Reform UK party.
· Michael Holden
Gunfire erupts outside trendy West Hollywood clothing store during daylight robbery
The terrifying attack unfolded in seconds.
· Katie Jerkovich
Iraq grants Iranian airlines 40 daily Najaf flights after US exemption
Mahan Air is excluded from the agreement as Baghdad says Washington granted its request for a waiver.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Last First: Winter K2’ on Apple TV, a Documentary About a Mountaineering Milestone Turned Tragic
In 2021, a glut of climbers set out to break records by climbing Pakistan’s K2 during a brutal winter.
· John Serba
Trump says ‘Cornell 7’ frat boys ‘won’t get a fair shake’ if Letitia James is involved in gang rape probe
Donald Trump says seven Cornell fraternity brothers accused of rape won’t get a fair shake under NY Attorney General Letitia James’ probe.
· Emily Goodin
Israeli military conducts explosion in southern Lebanon
Israeli army carried out two large explosions in the southern Lebanon town of Majdal Zoun, located in the Tyre District, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency has reported.
· Middleeasteye
Man jailed for piloting small boat carrying 26 others
Jemal Abdela was sentenced after pleading guilty to endangering 26 others, including six children.
· Bbcnews
Qld's mostly sunny long weekend could descend into severe storms
Storms are expected across southern parts of Queensland during the long weekend, but conditions up north should ease for the public holiday.
· Chloe Chomicki
Inside the world premiere of Ben Affleck’s new Netflix thriller, ‘Animals’
Affleck debuted his new Netflix political thriller, “Animals,” to a packed house at the Directors Village Theatre on Thursday night.
· Katcy Stephan
How Gisele Bündchen feels about her divorce from Tom Brady 4 years later
At the time of their divorce, the supermodel had explained she and the athlete simply had “grown apart.”
· Jolie Zenna
Hawaii’s centuries-old sea arch collapses into Pacific after series of rough storms
Hōlei sea arch, formed 550 years ago by erosion from ocean waves, no longer standing, National Park Service confirmsA famed centuries-old sea arch on Hawaii’s remote and rugged coastline has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean, the National Park Service confirmed on Friday, following a stretch of rough storms in the re…
· Lucy Campbell
France’s ‘high school’ protests aren’t what you think
The ‘spontaneous’ student uprising in France has been suspiciously quickly adopted by left-wing politicians to push their own pet causes Read Full Article at RT.com
· RT
France’s ‘high school’ protests aren’t what you think
The ‘spontaneous’ student uprising in France has been suspiciously quickly adopted by left-wing politicians to push their own pet causes
· RT
NY governor slams handling of Cornell 'gang-rape' case
Kathy Hochul says the woman who accused a group of Cornell University students of rape has been "failed" at "every turn" by authorities.
· Brad Ryan
Men charged over alleged plot to target Manchester Jewish community
The pair were arrested in the Northern Quarter area of the city on the eve of Yom Kippur.
· Bbcnews
Nearly 100 earthquakes shake Hawaian volcano, unrest prompts park closure
Parts of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park are closed after nearly 100 earthquakes shook the summit of Kīlauea volcano.
· FOX Weather
NYPD cops rush to heroically save choking infant outside Bronx apartment: ‘I wasn’t breathing either’
The partners immediately made a U-Turn and found the child’s desperate mother, 21-year-old Janibel Montana, outside, holding her limp son and screaming for help, dramatic body camera video captured…
· Khristina Narizhnaya, Haley Brown
Hochul backs changes to New York’s ‘voluntary intoxication’ loophole law
Hochul, who is up for reelection next month, says she will “work with the New York State legislature” to pass legislation to close the loophole, which can prevent predators who take advantage of so…
· Sofia Poznansky, Vaughn Golden
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne
The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2amGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Victoria in the early hours of Saturday morning, shaking Melbourne and waking people across the whole regio…
· Martinfarrer
Artillery attack injures six people, including two children, in Yemen’s Taiz
Six civilians, including two children and a woman, have been wounded in artillery shelling of residential neighbourhoods in central Taiz, Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency reported, citing local sources.
· Middleeasteye
Is a 'fantasy' now driving Australia's power reliability outlook?
Historically, forecasting power reliability was a sober task. Experts say Australia is now counting on projects that will never be built.
· Daniel Mercer
G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil in bid to curb soaring prices
The announcement from French President Emmanuel Macron came after US President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Europe to release reserves.
Rams’ must-win game against Eagles comes at worst time possible, then Aaron Donald news dropped
The Rams have come up with enough explanations and theories for why they keep losing to the Philadelphia Eagles to fill a doctoral thesis. It’s time to write a different ending. Preferably one that…
· Vincent Bonsignore
Saudi Arabia launched more than 90 attacks in Yemen in 24 hours, Houthis claim - report
Reuters also reported Friday that Saudi Arabia is preparing an offensive against the Houthis to break the chokehold and secure the shipping routes in the Red Sea.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Pentagon planning for more naval forces in Mideast as Trump weighs renewed strikes on Iran - report
US President Donald Trump's administration is deliberating on how to approach the Iran war, now in its eighth month, as US midterm elections approach in November.
· ARIELLA ROITMAN
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Ken Urker quietly split shortly before his tragic death
Urker was tragically found dead on his 34th birthday at his Louisiana home, found with drug paraphernalia and a gun.
· Leah Bitsky
Royal Navy's new attack submarine arrives at Faslane
HMS Agamemnon is the sixth vessel in the Astute class and will undergo sea trials after arriving on the Clyde.
· Bbcnews
Two artists from same remote community finalists in prestigious portrait prize
Students of generations of famous painters at Warmun's Art Centre, Dwayne Jessell and Troy Drill's unique Kimberley self-portraits are finalists at this year's Lester Prize.
· Giulia Bertoglio
Botswana approves killing of 23 elephants for independence celebrations
Its controlled annual elephant hunting quotas have sparked criticism before, but the government has defended them as necessary to manage elephant numbers and try and limit human-elephant conflict.
· Associated Press
Tedesco and Ponga went through different worlds to meet in NRL grand final
On Sunday, opposing fullbacks James Tedesco and Kalyn Ponga will lead their teams into the NRL grand final. It's about the only thing their paths have had in common.
· Nick Campton
A 'bent' needle and multiple doses: How a botched execution unfolded
Convicted killer Christa Pike remains in hospital receiving emergency treatment after surviving two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital.
· Brianna Morris Grant
Pakistan sent four planeloads of weapons to Saudi-backed government in Yemen: Report
Pakistani military advisors are deployed with Saudi counterparts to support the Yemeni government
· Middleeasteye
US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say
As of Thursday night, Pike remained critically ill and is being treated at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
· Bbcnews
Christa Pike ‘on a ventilator and unconscious’ after failed execution
The convicted killer’s lawyers said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into Pike’s body instead of her bloodstream.
· Kim Chandler, James Stengle