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More than 400 schools in France to be closed on Monday as more protests planned

Education minister says 24 schools have been burnt or ransacked and 78 staff members injured since student unrest began last monthEurope live – latest updatesMore than 400 schools in France will be closed or partly closed on Monday as authorities brace for another week of student protests.Lessons will be totally or …

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‘The Israeli occupation does not distinguish’: Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter

‘The Israeli occupation does not distinguish’: Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter Submitted by Hani Abu Rezeq on Sun, 10/04/2026 - 11:23 Mary Abu Dawud and her mother Maysaa were among five Palestinians killed when three strikes hit their residential building in Gaza City Fourteen-year-old Fuad shows a…

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Green Party recognises Zionism as a form of racism and backs single Palestinian state

Green Party recognises Zionism as a form of racism and backs single Palestinian state Submitted by Imran Mulla on Sun, 10/04/2026 - 10:40 Vote by party members on Sunday backs single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all ethnic and religious groups Britain's leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski …

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Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal

Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuelsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe hosts of the next major United Nations climate conference, Turkey and Australia, are facing critici…

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‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation

Commonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt noticeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of a robodebt victim who ended his life says she is experiencing “injustice of another ki…

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The Populist: Social contract | Episode 4 – podcast

One Nation was the first Australian political party with a website, and its online game today is recognised as some of the most effective in the business. The party specialises in shareable anti-immigration messaging – and in bypassing traditional media to reach voters directly. ‘She tells it like it is,’ Pauline Ha…

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Would slashing migration tank the economy or reset Australia’s living standards? Canada may offer clues

Annual population growth for the North American nation has slowed to just 0.5% – and the economy is ‘adjusting’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWould slashing net overseas migration “trash the economy” or deliver the necessary population “reset” to restore Australia’s stagnant living standa…

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JD Vance flexing Maha connections as he eyes 2028 election

Considered Republican frontrunner for presidential election, Vance is cozying up to the movement – as it splitsJD Vance, widely considered to be the Republican frontrunner for the presidential election in 2028, is aligning himself with the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement as some say it is shedding its gra…

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One Nation celebrated stunning success in Queensland in 1998 – then it all fell apart. What happened?

Those who lived through the rightwing populist party’s most successful election say history could soon repeat itself – but this time ‘on steroids’Listen to episode 4 of The Populist podcastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDavid Oldfield brims with unfinished business.Even fierce political r…

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Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’

Residents of Dalby may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The premier sees ‘opportunity’ for the state – but others fear AI’s global creepFrom the veranda on his bush block, Denver Kanowski has watched resources companies come and go from rural Queensland for 70 years.The home cost him $800, and lets him live how …

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Debris found as US Coast Guard search for missing medical plane carrying six people

Six passengers and crew onboard still unaccounted for after medical plane vanishes off coast of MassachusettsResearches found debris from a medical transport plane that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic early on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the US Coast Guard said.A state…

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1,500 Hong Kong residents tour revamped Huanggang Port border crossing

More than 1,500 Hong Kong residents toured the revamped Huanggang Port border crossing on Sunday as authorities pushed ahead with preparations for its opening. A Security Bureau spokesman said that participants took franchised buses or cross-boundary coaches from various districts to reach the crossing and were show…

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Hotstone Yoga closure losses rise to HK$7.8 million as 694 customers file reports

Losses linked to the abrupt closure of Hotstone Yoga have risen to nearly HK$8 million (US$1 million), with close to 700 reports filed by affected customers in Hong Kong, according to authorities. The Customs and Excise Department said that as of 6pm on Sunday, it had received 694 reports relating to the yoga chain,…

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China urged to build ‘system’ to protect expanding overseas interests

Beijing has been urged to do more to protect its overseas interests with a call for diplomatic engagement to reshape international rules and deeper security cooperation with other countries. As China’s expanding global footprint comes under pressure from geopolitics and restrictions from the West, a Chinese analysis…

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US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say

Suspect allegedly killed woman at hotel in Okinawa as prime minister calls crime ‘exceptionally brutal and vicious’A US marine stationed on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa is accused of murdering a Japanese woman and has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said on Sunday.The suspect allegedly “killed [a]…

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