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World Will Overshoot 1.5°C Climate Target by 2030, UN Report Confirms

A new United Nations report concludes that the world will likely surpass the 1.5°C global warming target by 2030, effectively ending hopes of meeting the central goal of the Paris Agreement. The report, released Tuesday, warns that only a rapid and unprecedented scaling up of emissions cuts and carbon removal technologies can limit peak warming to 1.8°C and eventually bring temperatures back below 1.5°C this century.

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion, faces life in prison

Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of collusion with foreign entities under Beijing's National Security Law, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The 29-year-old, already serving a four-year-and-eight-month term for subversion, entered the plea in a Hong Kong court, which said sentencing would occur at a later date.

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Australia

Australian economy grows 2.1% as GDP beats forecasts, cementing September rate hike expectations

Australia’s economy grew a stronger-than-expected 2.1% over the 2025-26 financial year, and 0.4% in the June quarter, data released Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. The figures beat economist forecasts of 1.8% annual and 0.3% quarterly growth, prompting traders to lift the implied probability of a September rate hike by the Reserve Bank to about 70%, up from 50% before the release.

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US Politics

Judge Rules Death Penalty Eligible in Trial of Charlie Kirk Murder Accused

A Utah judge has ruled that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a campus debate in September 2025, can face the death penalty if convicted, after prosecutors presented evidence they called 'overwhelming' of a capital crime. The ruling was made at a hearing on Tuesday, local time, where prosecutors outlined their case that Robinson's actions endangered the lives of thousands at the event.

Australia

AFP raids home of former senior CFMEU official in Victorian building industry corruption probe

Australian Federal Police officers have raided the Melbourne home of former CFMEU official John Perkovic as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption in Victoria’s building industry. At least half a dozen officers and a sniffer dog arrived at Perkovic’s Keilor property early this morning, searching the backyard and a black Range Rover SUV in the driveway before he left the house.

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Australia

Rare photos from Pilbara strike era uncovered in attic, shed new light on Indigenous rights movement

Decades-old photographs of Aboriginal workers and communities during and after the landmark 1946 Pilbara strike have been discovered in an attic more than 1,500 kilometres from Roebourne, Western Australia, and are now on display for the first time at the University of Western Australia’s Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in Perth. The images, taken by an anthropologist during the 1950s and 1960s, capture a forgotten chapter of Indigenous resistance and self-determination that helped launch the broader land rights movement.

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World Brief: US Strikes on Iran Claimed, Zelenskyy Warns Airlines, and Xi Visits Egypt

Iranian state media has announced numerous US strikes on the country, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned airlines about Ukrainian drones targeting Russian airspace, according to video reports from Al Jazeera on Tuesday. Other developments include a deadly car bomb attack at a Colombian police station, Palestinian mourning after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Egypt in a decade.

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Zelenskyy Declares Russian Airspace Unsafe for Commercial Airlines; Putin Vows to Escalate Strikes on Ukraine's Energy Grid

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, as the Kremlin escalates its rhetoric ahead of winter. In a briefing on September 2, Zelenskyy urged the aviation industry to account for the growing number of Ukrainian attack drones operating inside Russia, while emphasizing there is no intention to threaten civilian flights directly. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin promised to step up strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

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Geopolitics

Germany Blames Russia for Leipzig Drone Attack; Far Right and Far Left Attack Government's Response Ahead of Key Vote

The German government has formally accused Russia of orchestrating last month's failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, ordering retaliatory measures including the closure of Russia's consulate in Bonn and tighter entry controls for Russian nationals. The announcement has ignited a fresh political firestorm, with both the far-right and far-left attacking the government's tougher stance just days before a key regional vote, exposing a deepening divide in German politics over relations with Moscow.

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Geopolitics

Russia targets Ukraine's rail network, killing six workers, in deadly new phase of war

Russia has opened a deadly new phase in its war against Ukraine by deliberately targeting the country's railway network, with six employees killed on Tuesday when a ballistic missile struck a locomotive depot, according to Ukraine's state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. The attack was part of a massive bombardment of Kyiv and the surrounding region that killed at least 12 people and wounded a dozen, including three children.

US Politics

CDC excludes two Pennsylvania measles deaths from national tally in break with precedent

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has excluded two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health officials from its latest national surveillance data, publicly challenging the state's determinations in a move that breaks with the long-standing precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death reporting. The decision, reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post, was ordered by the CDC's new director, Erica Schwartz, who is less than a month into the job.

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UK and Ireland escalate pressure on Israeli settlements as Russia-Iran axis deepens

Al Jazeera's September 1 newsfeed reported the UK Foreign Secretary condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, an Irish minister calling for EU action to ban trade with settlements, Iran and Russia vowing to stand against US 'unilateralism', six days of Russian strikes pushing Kyiv residents to consider leaving, and renewed Israeli strikes rocking the Lebanese town of Mansouri as residents flee again.

US Politics

Whistleblower warns USPS mail-in ballot screening system could deny entire batches

A whistleblower has told Congress that a new system for screening millions of mail-in ballots ahead of November's US midterm elections was assembled so hastily, and tested so little, that a single scanning glitch could see entire batches of ballots rejected — prompting a US senator to warn that the project, described as a key part of Donald Trump's voting restrictions, is 'perilously rushed and potentially unlawful.'