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Country is one of world’s most repressive and corrupt, raising concerns over rights abuses of those deportedThe United States has sent $7.5m to the government of Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive and corrupt regimes, to accept noncitizen deportees from the US to the West African nation, according to a leading congressional Democrat, current and former state department officials and public government data.The money sent to Equatorial Guinea […]

Aircraft headed to island on a Hurricane Melissa aid mission crashed into a pond in a neighborhood in Coral SpringsA small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and narrowly missing homes, authorities and a local resident said.The Coral Springs police department confirmed […]

Ninety-seven percent of Muslim respondents in a CAIR survey say they voted for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Shadow defence minister asked about rumours he is mulling challenge for Sussan Ley’s top spot. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJohn Howard says the Whitlam episode empowered Australians to better decide the country’s futureRN’s Sally Sara spoke to former prime minister John Howard this morning about his own reflection on Gough Whitlam’s removal. Howard called Whitlam an “outstanding parliamentarian”, and one of […]

Leaders at COP30 are being urged to consider the environmental toll of conflict.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Ukranian president promises accountability after anticorruption bureau announces probe into alleged Energoatom scheme.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 awardJustine Jordan: The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays offHungarian-British author David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker prize for his novel Flesh.Szalay’s sixth work of fiction traces the life of one man, István, from his youth to midlife. The judges “had never read […]