International Warning of ‘deepening crisis’ in Myanmar, five years on from military coup Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the people of Myanmar "face a deepening crisis", five years after the country's democratically-elected government was overthrown by the military.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article todayFebruary 1, 2026 1
insert_link International Years After Coup, Myanmar’s Government in Exile Teeters on Irrelevancy The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to achieve most of its goals.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article todayFebruary 1, 2026 1
insert_link International Why Is Taking the Rest of the Donetsk Region So Important to Putin? Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the question “the one remaining item” in Abu Dhabi peace talks. Russia disputed that.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article todayFebruary 1, 2026 1
International Shooting at Mardi Gras parade in Louisiana wounds five people, including child Louisiana governor says the shooting in Clinton is ‘absolutely horrific and unacceptable’Five people, including a six-year-old child, have been wounded in a shooting during a parade in Louisiana, sending people in the crowd fleeing for cover, authorities say.The shooting occurred shortly after the midday start of the Mardi Gras in the Country parade in Clinton, East Feliciana sheriff Jeff Travis told reporters. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article todayFebruary 1, 2026 1
International Australia swelters through fourth hottest January on record – as it happened This blog is now closed.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals senator Matt Canavan says he is not harbouring any plans to run against the party leader, David Littleproud, with a leadership spill expected to take place on Monday, saying “I don’t care about all this stuff”.Asked why he wouldn’t run for leader during an appearance on Sky on Sunday morning, Canavan said:Maybe I’m a different kind of species, Andrew?”I go to […] todayFebruary 1, 2026 1
International Living hell of North Korea’s ‘paradise on Earth’ scheme back in spotlight in Japan Plaintiffs in case say they were lured from Japan, exploited for labour and cut off from families for generationsIt has been more than six decades since Eiko Kawasaki left Japan to begin a new life in North Korea. Then 17, she was among tens of thousands of people with Korean heritage who had been lured to the communist state by the promise of a “paradise on Earth”.Instead, they encountered something […] todayFebruary 1, 2026
International US, Iran signal talks to avert military conflict amid tensions in the Gulf Trump says Iran is 'seriously talking to us' as Tehran indicates progress on a framework for negotiations.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article todayFebruary 1, 2026
insert_link International Assefa targets London repeat & Sawe eyes course record Reigning champions Tigst Assefa and Sebastian Sawe will target record-breaking London Marathon victories in April.Source: feeds.bbci.co.ukRead full article todayFebruary 1, 2026
insert_link Local How a determined physically challenged delegate crawled over 30 metres to vote in the NPP presidential primary While thousands of delegates across Ghana walked comfortably to their polling stations on Saturday, January 31, to participate in the NPP presidential primary, 37-year-old Frank Nti chose a different path—one of grit, pain, and unyielding resolve.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article todayFebruary 1, 2026 2
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