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Prediction markets allow you to put money on everything from the US attacking Iran to Jesus returning. Saahil Desai explains their dizzying riseIn the early hours of 3 January, Donald Trump ordered a surprise attack on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, to kidnap the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. Millions of Venezuelans’ lives were thrown into uncertainty. Politicians at home and abroad scrambled to respond. It seemed this was something no one […]

Trump's comments come as Iran's president tells his foreign minister to seek 'fair and equitable negotiations' with US. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Survivors, including a seriously injured child, taken to hospital as state governor declares three days of mourning.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Despite months of clashing over US military attacks and drug trafficking, the two leaders shared a 'terrific' meeting.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

No Republicans attended hearing with brothers of Renee Good and three US citizens shot and detained by federal agentsDemocrats on Capitol Hill offered apologies and promises of accountability on Tuesday amid often harrowing testimony from people who had experienced violent encounters with federal agents engaged in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.With Republicans conspicuously absent, the forum of senators and representatives heard from Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renee Good, […]

‘What have I done?’ thought Joanne Appelbee as she waited for rescue with two other children in rough seas off Western Australia Joanne Appelbee says asking her 13-year-old son Austin to swim four hours through dangerous waters to get help after her family was swept out to sea was “one of the hardest decisions” she has ever made.“I knew he was the strongest and he could do it,” she told […]

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo-thirds of homeless youth unable to access housing services: reportApproximately 40,000 15- to 24-year-olds have nowhere to live in Australia each year, with only 3.1% accessing long-term housing, according to a new report from the Home Time Youth coalition. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Palestinian women tell of harrowing experience at hands of the Israeli military at reopened Rafah crossing in Gaza.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article