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ICC deputy prosecutor praises Australia's 'extraordinary' support amid US sanctions

A senior International Criminal Court official has said Australia and other countries are providing "extraordinary" support to help protect the court's staff from the latest wave of US sanctions, while vowing the court will not be deterred from its work. ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan, who has herself been personally sanctioned by the US, is visiting Canberra and Brisbane this week for talks with jurists and officials from across Australia and the Pacific.

Geopolitics

Ukrainian attack reported near Lipetsk steel plant that supplies Russian military

Explosions and fires were reported in the Russian city of Lipetsk late on Oct. 27 following a strike by Ukrainian forces, with a fire breaking out in the area of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant, according to Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova Plus. The plant has previously been identified as a supplier to Russian defense companies producing air defense systems, drones, missiles, and other weapons, and is owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin.

US Politics

Canadian woman dies after avoiding medical care over deportation fears, son says

A Canadian woman with permanent US legal residency died in her western Washington home after avoiding medical care because she feared being detained or deported, her son said. Paige Adamson, 61, died Oct. 18 of internal bleeding and blunt force injuries from a fall, according to Dylan Adamson, who said she was facing a deportation hearing over allegations that she voted illegally in 2018, which she denied.

US Politics

Brooklyn woman convicted of receiving ISIS military training; sentencing set for February

Halima Salman, 27, a former Brooklyn resident who was taken to Syria at age 17 by her father and married to an Islamic State fighter, was convicted Tuesday in federal court of receiving military training from the militant group. The jury reached its verdict after several days of deliberations that at one point appeared deadlocked. Salman faces up to 10 years in prison; sentencing is set for Feb. 2.

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Australia

Federal government invests $180m in western Victoria rare earths mine

The federal government has conditionally invested $180 million in the Donald Rare Earth and Minerals Sands Project planned for western Victoria, backing a mine that local farmers say will destroy prime agricultural land. Two federal agencies, the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Export Finance Australia, have issued conditional approval for up to $110 million and $70 million respectively for the joint venture between locally registered Astron Corporation and United States uranium giant Energy Fuels, which has already contributed $183 million.

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World

Healey delivers £100 energy payments and bank tax rise in first Budget

Chancellor John Healey has delivered his first Budget, announcing a £100 one-off energy payment for 20 million households in England funded by a tax increase on bank profits, as the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales confirmed they would replicate the payment and the OBR said British households would be little better off than before the pandemic even a decade after Covid-19 hit, a situation its boss David Miles described as “pretty grim”.

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Australia

Exit polls put Israeli opposition bloc slightly ahead as Australian MPs get security boost

Israelis voted on Wednesday in their first national election since the October 7 attacks, and with polls just closed, early exit polls indicated the opposition bloc of parties edging slightly ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition, according to Australian reports; RTÉ described the blocs as even. In Australia, federal politicians are set to receive a security boost that could include wider use of emergency alarms, as the government fast-tracks a review following last week's attack on independent MP Helen Haines.

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World

Olivia Chow wins second term as Toronto mayor with decisive victory

Olivia Chow has been re-elected as mayor of Toronto for a second term, winning 54 per cent of the vote against rival Brad Bradford’s 41 per cent in a tightly fought contest that saw record turnout. The 69-year-old incumbent’s dominant 13-point victory defied pre-election polls that had suggested a dead heat, and she promptly pledged to pursue rental housing, free school lunches, and reduced transit fares for frequent riders.

Australia

Clive Palmer met Queensland premier over commercial matter, details kept secret

Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer secured a personal audience with Queensland Premier David Crisafulli over a “matter of commercial significance” related to his interests in the state, but the details have been blocked from public release under Right to Information laws. Documents obtained by Brisbane Times show only a single text message was released, with key segments redacted as “contrary to the public interest,” and no correspondence or records of three diarised meetings were found.

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World

12 gunmen killed in Kimbe shootout after armed robbery, PNG police say

Papua New Guinea police have confirmed the deaths of 12 men who they say staged an armed robbery at a tradestore in Kimbe, West New Britain, on Monday and then opened fire on officers while attempting to flee. West New Britain Governor Sasindran Muthuvel said the public is deeply frustrated with repeated armed robberies and violent crime, and supports a call to officially categorise criminal groups as terrorists.

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World

Protesters storm pro-Vucic TV station after election loss

Dozens of protesters stormed the newsroom of Informer TV, a station supportive of former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, on Monday evening, calling for the arrest of its editor and shouting “This is how it is in free Serbia!” The incident came as tens of thousands celebrated a second night on the streets after Vucic’s alliance was defeated in Sunday’s historic election by the Student List, a movement born out of student-led anticorruption protests.

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