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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) and Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands after a document signing ceremony at the Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv Thursday, amid…
Observers film ICE agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tyre on Penn Avenue in Minneapolis. – AFP President Donald Trump has not discussed “formal plans” to deploy US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to polling sites at November’s midterm elections, the White House said on Thursday, while declining to rule out their presence near voting locations.Trump said on Monday that Republicans should “nationalise” and “take over” voting in at least 15 unspecified locations, repeating his false claims that US elections are plagued by widespread fraud.His remarks were echoed by Steve Bannon, a former Trump adviser and influential right-wing commentator, who repeated false claims that people living in the US illegally vote in large numbers and said on his War Room podcast on Tuesday: “You’re (expletive) right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.” …
Australia and Indonesia signed a security treaty yesterday, paving the way for closer co-operation and new military training facilities in the latter. The pact will facilitate defence initiatives that include embedding a senior Indonesian officer within Australia’s defence force, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after the signing in Jakarta. Australia will also support the development of military training facilities to boost Indonesia’s ability to conduct joint drills, he said. Canberra has been seeking to bolster its military power in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence. Indonesia has proven more cautious with its foreign policy, not wanting to be seen taking sides and upsetting Beijing, its biggest trading partner. Albanese hailed the agreement as “a historic moment in our nations’ relationship”. “Australia and Indonesia share one of the world’s longest maritime boundaries, which naturally makes us close partners. But today, we are more than just partners, we are close friends,” he added. Source link
A police car is parked outside a residential building where the shooting took place. A top Russian military intelligence general was shot in a Moscow apartment building yesterday and hospitalised, Moscow said, in what it said was an assassination attempt orchestrated by Ukraine. There was no comment from Kyiv, which has claimed responsibility for some of the several high-ranking military officials that have been killed since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive in February 2022. Russian investigators said Vladimir Alekseyev – the deputy head of Moscow’s GRU military intelligence, sanctioned in the West for his alleged role in cyberattacks and charges that he organised a nerve agent attack on a Russian defector in Britain – was shot by an “unidentified individual”. It said the suspect fled the scene and the general was admitted to hospital. Law enforcement officers and journalists work outside a residential building where…
Maasai pastoralists lead emaciated cattle, affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, to a watering point, near Magadi township of Kajiado, Kenya.…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Quai d’Orsay, France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his…
A federal jury in Phoenix has ordered Uber to pay $8.5mn after finding it liable in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she was assaulted by a driver, a verdict that could influence thousands of similar cases against the ride-hailing company.The case, brought by plaintiff Jaylynn Dean, was the first trial – known as a “bellwether” – of more than 3,000 similar lawsuits against Uber that have been consolidated in US federal court.Bellwether trials are used to test legal theories and help gauge the value of claims for possible settlements.The jury found that the driver was an agent of Uber, so the company was responsible for his actions.They awarded Dean $8.5mn in compensatory damages but declined to award punitive damages.Attorneys for Dean had sought more than $140mn in damages.In a statement, an Uber spokesperson noted that the jury rejected Dean’s other claims, that the company was negligent or that its safety systems were defective, adding that the company plans to appeal.”This verdict affirms that Uber acted responsibly and has invested meaningfully in rider safety,” the spokesperson said.Sarah London, an attorney for Dean, said the verdict “validates the thousands of survivors who have come forward at great personal risk to demand accountability against Uber for its focus on profit over passenger safety”.Uber shares fell 0.5% in extended trading following announcement of the verdict.Dean, an Oklahoma resident, sued Uber in 2023, one month after her alleged assault in Arizona.She said Uber was aware of a wave of assaults committed by its drivers, but had failed to take basic actions to improve the safety of its riders.Such assertions have long dogged the company, drawing headlines and congressional scrutiny.Alexandra Walsh, an attorney for Dean, said during the trial’s closing arguments that Uber had marketed itself as a safe option for women traveling at night.”Women know it’s a dangerous world. We know about the risk of sexual assault,” Walsh said. “They made us believe that this was a place that was safe from that.”Uber, which has faced numerous safety controversies, including allegations of lax driver vetting and a culture critics said prioritised growth over passenger protection, has argued that it should not be held liable for criminal conduct by drivers who use its platform, saying that its background checks and disclosures about assaults are sufficient.The company maintains that its drivers are independent contractors rather than employees, and that regardless of their classification it cannot be responsible for actions that fall outside the scope of what could reasonably be considered their duties.”He had no criminal history. None,” Kim Bueno, an attorney for Uber, said of the driver during closing arguments, noting that he had 10,000 trips on the app and a nearly perfect rating from riders. “Was this foreseeable to Uber? And the answer to that has to be no.”US District Judge Charles Breyer, who normally sits on the bench in San Francisco, oversaw Dean’s case in Phoenix.He is managing all of the similar federal cases against Uber, which have been centralised in his court in San Francisco.The company is also facing more than 500 cases in California state court.In the only one of those cases to go to trial so far, a jury in September sided with Uber.The jury found that while the company had been negligent with its safety measures, that negligence was not a substantial factor in causing the woman’s harm.Uber rival Lyft is facing similar lawsuits in both state and federal court, although there is no co-ordinated federal litigation for those claims. Source link
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (centre) walks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono (left) and Danantara Indonesia chief executive officer Rosan Roeslani upon his arrival at the Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport in Jakarta yesterday. Source link
Malaysia has imposed a ban on imports of electronic waste, as it looks to tighten controls on the entry of hazardous materials and safeguard the environment, the head of the country’s anti-graft body said. The country is among the world’s top destinations for plastic waste and other scrap, but has struggled to fend off a deluge of generally illegal unrecyclable garbage. Malaysia anti-corruption commission chief commissioner Azam Baki, who chairs a government taskforce on the issue, said e-waste would be reclassified under the “Absolute Prohibition” category in customs regulations effective immediately. Source link
US President Donald Trump has called for negotiations on a “new, improved, and modernized” nuclear arms control agreement with Russia following the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) — the last legally binding nuclear arms control pact between the United States and Russia. New START, signed in April 2010 and entered into force in February 2011, capped deployed strategic nuclear warheads and delivery systems for both countries. It was the final remaining bilateral agreement limiting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The treaty officially expired on 5 February 2026 after it could not be extended further under its terms. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that instead of extending New START, the United States should task its nuclear experts with drafting a modernized successor treaty that can endure future security challenges. The president criticized the original agreement as poorly negotiated and suggested that any future deal should be broad in scope and inclusive of contemporary realities. Trump has also previously stated that any new arms control framework should potentially include other nuclear powers, such as China, to reflect the current global nuclear landscape — although Beijing has rejected participation in such talks given its smaller arsenal. The treaty’s expiration has reignited international concern over nuclear proliferation and strategic stability. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the lapse as a “grave moment” for global peace and security, urging both Washington and Moscow to urgently negotiate a successor agreement to reduce nuclear risks. Meanwhile, the Kremlin reiterated that Russia will continue to act responsibly as a nuclear power, even as the treaty has lapsed, expressing regret over the end of New START and signaling continued openness to dialogue with the United States under constructive conditions.Analysts warn that without a replacement for New START, the US and Russia will be operating without binding limits on their strategic nuclear forces for the first time in decades, heightening risks of miscalculation and a renewed arms buildup. Source link
