Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Donald Trump has authorised economic sanctions against the international criminal court. It comes in response to the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former defence minister for alleged war crimes in Gaza.Elsewhere in Trump’s America, the chair of the federal election commission says the president tried to fire her illegally; the Trump administration is being sued over its aggressive dismantling of USAid; the taskforce to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin is being disbanded; and the president has demanded 60 Minutes be “terminated”.ABC executive tells court there was ‘pressure from above’ over Antoinette Lattouf’s positionVictorian man charged after allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments against federal MPActions of police officer who shot 95-year-old with Taser ‘inexcusable’, Clare Nowland’s granddaughter saysKhaled Sabsabi to represent Australia at Venice Biennale: ‘I felt this wouldn’t happen because of who I am’Ukraine war briefing: Putin admits situation ‘very difficult’ in Kursk as Kyiv forces mount new offensiveJillaroos coach Brad Donald resigns ahead of historic rugby league Test in Las Vegas Continue reading…Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Donald Trump has authorised economic sanctions against the international criminal court. It comes in response to the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former defence minister for alleged war crimes in Gaza.Elsewhere in Trump’s America, the chair of the federal election commission says the president tried to fire her illegally; the Trump administration is being sued over its aggressive dismantling of USAid; the taskforce to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin is being disbanded; and the president has demanded 60 Minutes be “terminated”.ABC executive tells court there was ‘pressure from above’ over Antoinette Lattouf’s positionVictorian man charged after allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments against federal MPActions of police officer who shot 95-year-old with Taser ‘inexcusable’, Clare Nowland’s granddaughter saysKhaled Sabsabi to represent Australia at Venice Biennale: ‘I felt this wouldn’t happen because of who I am’Ukraine war briefing: Putin admits situation ‘very difficult’ in Kursk as Kyiv forces mount new offensiveJillaroos coach Brad Donald resigns ahead of historic rugby league Test in Las Vegas Continue reading…
Donald Trump has authorised economic sanctions against the international criminal court. It comes in response to the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former defence minister for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Elsewhere in Trump’s America, the chair of the federal election commission says the president tried to fire her illegally; the Trump administration is being sued over its aggressive dismantling of USAid; the taskforce to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin is being disbanded; and the president has demanded 60 Minutes be “terminated”.
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ABC executive tells court there was ‘pressure from above’ over Antoinette Lattouf’s position
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Jillaroos coach Brad Donald resigns ahead of historic rugby league Test in Las Vegas
In pictures
Before Larry Clark directed the infamous 1995 film Kids, he was better known as a photographer. When he returned home from Vietnam aged 20 in 1966, Clark began snapping his intimate circle of friends – and their heroin use, as documented in a new book.
What they said …
“People are talking about scrubs with marshmallows on them, or that mimic marshmallows. People have made posters. People are talking about lapel pins.”
Dr Matt Ingram said colleagues across New South Wales were rallying and have embraced calling themselves “clinical marshmellows [sic]” after junior doctors were handed the moniker in an email stuff-up last week.
In numbers
Nasa astronomers have significantly upped the odds of a direct hit from a giant asteroid currently hurtling towards Earth. Last week, scientists in Europe put the chances of an asteroid strike in 2032 at just 1.3%.
Before bed read
Benedict Cumberbatch decided to play for laughs a non-binary character named All in Zoolander 2. “I’ve had to apologise for that quite a lot,” he later told Variety. But he’s not the first actor to wonder what the hell they were thinking when accepting earlier roles.
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