Bowen: Zelensky forced to face tough new reality after Trump-Putin phone call

Many world leaders, including Ukraine's President Zelensky, are finding the world is more uncertain under new US leadership.

Source: BBC

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Source: The Economist

Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera

‘I thought I was dead,’ said the kayaker, who was let go by humpback off the Chilean coast after a few seconds

A humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker into …

Source: The Guardian

Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds

Scientists say more-frequent hotter temperatures in west African region are part of reason for reduced harvests and price rises

The climate crisis drove weeks of high temperatures in the west …

Source: The Guardian

Ancient Roman basilica unearthed on central London construction site

Archaeologists say the remnants of an ancient Roman basilica unearthed in the heart of London are "one of the most significant discoveries" in years.

Source: CBS News

What Trump’s assault on USAid means for the world – podcast

What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports

“My community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,” Sahat Zia tells Lucy Hough. …

Source: The Guardian

Tycoon profited after India relaxed border security rules for energy park

Exclusive: Military experts raise concerns over change to protocols on Pakistan border to allow project that was handed to billionaire Gautam Adani

The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along …

Source: The Guardian

Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London

Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters

For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of …

Source: The Guardian

China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe

A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad …

Source: The Guardian

ISIS has an army in waiting — and Trump's next move could decide whether it rises again

In a network of prisons and detention camps across Syria, the Islamic State militant group or ISIS, has an army in waiting, and support for its regime lives on.

Source: NBC News

How Trump's USAID overhaul could lead to famine in Sudan

President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on all foreign aid could not have come at a worse time for Sudan, which is facing famine amid it's 2-year civil war.

Source: NBC News

Trump’s aid cuts will lead to a surge in propaganda and misinformation, say press freedom groups

From Ukraine to Afghanistan, independent media organisations across the world are being forced to lay off staff or shut down after losing USAid funding

Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze will …

Source: The Guardian