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Jewish father attacked by mob at Italian service station

A Jewish father and his six-year-old son were targeted by a mob on Sunday chanting “Free Palestine” and “murderers” at a service station near Milan, with the man eventually pushed to the floor and repeatedly kicked, in the latest...

Ghislaine Maxwell is not a victim. And if she is pardoned, it won’t be for the sake of justice | Arwa Mahdawi

Roll up! Roll up! The Ghislaine Maxwell Rehabilitation Tour is coming to town. You may think Jeffrey Epstein’s associate and former girlfriend is now behind bars for good reason but, according to some big brains in the Maga-sphere, poor...

IMF upgrades global growth forecast as Trump tariffs ease, but warns on risks

Global growth will be stronger than previously expected this year after Donald Trump scaled back his most extreme tariff threats, the International Monetary Fund said as it upgraded the economic outlook for 2025.The Washington-based organisation said a “de-escalation in...

Well-known Arizona forager dubbed the ‘mushroom man’ faces deportation

As potent monsoon storms awaken a dormant desert around this time each year, Hernan Castro prepares to head for the southern Arizona mountains to forage for mushrooms that are a centerpiece of his life.Castro’s passion for mushroom cultivation and...

Trump’s attempts at damage control on Epstein are just making things worse | Sidney Blumenthal

Donald Trump’s evident panic over his intimate relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is a case study in damage control gone haywire. If he is trying to keep a scandal clandestine, Trump has instead shined a klieg light on it. His...

‘There is history here’: For Laredo’s baseball team, the US/Mexico border is their true hometown

The differences between attending a baseball game in the US and Mexico are difficult to miss. The on-field rules are identical, but the atmosphere in Mexican baseball stands is noisy, musical, constant and infectious. The two fan cultures are...

As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter

The world has stood by as Israel has murdered tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, wounded more than double that number, buried countless more under the rubble and devastated civilian infrastructure. The territory’s survivors, displaced repeatedly by the...

Child molestation survivor revisits case of his father killing his accused abuser on live TV

A child abuse survivor whose father shot his accused abuser to death in plain view of television news cameras in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the 1980s says he suggests parents whose children are molested “not to take the law...

Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds

Just 474 out of more than 90,000 oil slicks from ships around the world were reported to authorities over a five-year period, it can be revealed, and barely any resulted in any punishment or sanctions.The figure, obtained from Lloyd’s...

Porn sets, wild dogs and knitting: 30 years of Yancey Richardson gallery – in pictures

Andreu (Bathroom Mirror), 1997David Hilliard’s large-scale, multi-panelled photographs transform intimate, personal moments into richly layered narratives that explore masculinity, aging, sexuality and spirituality. Andreu (Bathroom Mirror) captures a quiet moment of vulnerability and contemplation, using multiple perspectives to blur...
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Sydney’s huge Gaza protest shows there’s now no stopping the tide of public opinion | Sarah Malik

The rain couldn’t stop us. At least 100,000 people took over the CBD and marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge...
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