At least two killed in Toronto street festival shooting pred 2 urama in 56 minutami Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between two individuals at the festival, and two firearms had been recovered from the scene.(BBC News)
Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured near street festival, with suspect still at large pred 4 urami in 17 minutami Police in the city in Canada say suspect has not been apprehended after finding six people with gunshot wounds near Salsa on St Clair FestivalA shooting near a Toronto street festival killed two people and wounded four others on Saturday, prompting police to warn of an active shooter before later saying the scene was secure.Toronto police said six people were found with gunshot wounds after the shooting near St Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue, where the Salsa on St Clair festival was underway. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia news live: Barnaby Joyce won’t guarantee One Nation policies will be costed before next election pred 6 urami in 6 minutami Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIf you’d like to read more about China’s ballistic missile test in the Pacific, David Vallance, a research associate at the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program, wrote a comment piece about it earlier in the week.Vallance says the timing – on the day the Ocean of Peace Alliance treaty was signed with Fiji – “reads as provocation at best, coercion at worst”. You can read his full piece here:There are risks of AI to defence, as well as opportunities.That’s why we established a defence AI centre in 2024 under this government. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Man charged with murder after remains believed to be missing woman found in Queensland bushland pred 6 urami in 7 minutami Toowoomba woman Jana Armstrong was last seen several days agoFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have charged a man with murder after remains believed to be a woman missing for several days were found in bushland.As of Sunday morning, the remains were yet to be formally identified but Queensland police investigators believe they are those of Jana Armstrong. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Wallabies’ pop-gun revival under Joe Schmidt blown apart as France unload heavy artillery | Daniel Gallan pred 6 urami in 31 minutami Plucky defeats decorated with patches of excellence will not cut it for Australia with a home World Cup now looming largeThe camera found Joe Schmidt shortly after France had completed a 22-point swing. Australia’s coach had seen a 21-12 half-time lead obliterated in 16 brutal minutes. Schmidt, one of rugby’s sharpest minds, looked short of answers. The trouble was that the questions confronting him had obvious answers but almost impossible solutions.Why had Australia’s discipline deteriorated? Because they were under pressure. Why had their tackle intensity and ruck speed fallen away? Because France had introduced fresh power from the bench. Why had the Wallabies gone from a nine-point half-time lead to a 13-point deficit in barely a quarter of an hour? Because one team had more large, skilful, Test-quality rugby players than the other. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US and Iran exchange strikes as Tehran again says strait of Hormuz is closed pred 6 urami in 36 minutami Tehran says vessel using unapproved route in strait was struck, drawing strikes from US forces to ‘degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners’Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday it had closed the strait of Hormuz after a vessel travelled on an unapproved route and was struck, warning that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response”.“A vessel that had jeopardised maritime security by switching off its systems was struck and brought to a halt,” the navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement, without giving any details about the ship. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
