The launch of a nuclear-capable long-range missile from a Chinese submarine in the South Pacific with just hours of notice has angered Australia and New Zealand, who labelled the test destabilising and concerning.

An absolute banger of an exclusive from the Sunday Times. It's devastating. For the first time, I'm uncertain if Farage can actually survive this www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

#USA in 2026…

This campaign is close to my heart, literally. I have an internal defibrillator & it's saved my life a couple of times. Just 5% of people in cardiac arrest outside hospital survive. That becomes 60% with quick access to a defibrillator. Please share.

NEW: A bipolar man's mental health was deteriorating. ChatGPT affirmed his religious delusions, telling him that he was Jesus Christ and that it was God, according to a new lawsuit. When the man became suicidal, ChatGPT told him: “You've made your choice." futurism.com/artificial-i...

lollllll -- Fox News is now doing super tight shots of the crowd at Trump's state fair to try to conceal how empty it is

“Snow coverage in Australia is in long-term decline due to increasing temperatures caused by climate change, data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows. “ www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Wow. Too bad we'll probably have to go abroad to get access to it.

Orbán hid half of Hungary’s budget deficit, new PM says ft.trib.al/ypO151B

Federal prosecutors at a hearing today are seeking a sentence of more than 30 years for Miles Guo, who was convicted 2 years ago of a massive fraud that involved a political movement he built with Steve Bannon and other Trump allies like Peter Navarro. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Attention documentary filmmakers! We want to see your view of our climate future. Submit your short film to our Bloomberg Green Docs competition. >> Grand prize: $25,000 >> Deadline: August 14, 2026 >> Official rules: bloom.bg/4ntdLqe

Story on this: EU sets October deadline for ‘tangible results’ on China imbalances after key trade talks www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Happy 250th, America.

EU sets deadline of October for reduction in trade deficit with China ft.trib.al/TTJzYfy

"Between 1995 and 1999, more than 12,000 #Tibetans successfully sought exile. In the past five years, that number has plummeted to just 81." www.dw.com/en/numbers-o...

Sarah Martin has been absolutely all over the grift that is One Nation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You know what? This is a genuinely great response by Hogan: calling Hanson racist, comparing her to “this stupid boofhead over here, Trump”, laying out the diversity of the working class he came from, and declaring “I want to die in Australia - in a multicultural Australia!”

Bahrain: The alarm siren has been activated. We urge citizens and residents to remain calm, head to the nearest safe location, and follow updates through official channels.

fOLLoW tHe MOnEy

NEWS: Trump just posted about his latest strikes on Iran and threatened that “the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist” if the U.S. is “forced to militarily complete the job.” A reminder: the MOU specifically bars these kinds of threats.

Getting rid of well-respected high ranking members of the military in order to install loyalists is what you do when you are planning to do the wrong thing and want to make sure the military complies with your orders.

I think we just passed oops.

“The media has treated Hanson as entertainment and consistently given her a platform,” writes Marcia Langton. “They have failed to fact check her in real time, allowing her lies to hang around unchallenged.” trib.al/qBEsX9T

U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06...

Also if you don’t know, seals smell real bad. Like your dog rolled in everything and did a wet fart on itself on your bed. Like you can smell them over a headland in SW Tas.

Stark. Brutal. Deadly. This is the temp map forecast for France for 5pm this afternoon.

Reuters: UK, France, and Germany missions raise alarm about Chinese activities off eastern Taiwan – ‘“We have noted with ​concern novel Chinese activity in the waters east of Taiwan,” the de facto British, French and German embassies in Taipei said in a rare joint statement.’

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

You wanna see it in the cinema BTW. The sound is beautiful and really important to the story.

#Australia’s trust in #Trump to “do the right thing” is woefully low. At around 21% of respondents expressing trust that the #US government could do the right thing, it’s same level for #Xi’s government in #China… www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

The US Justice Department made an illegal deal with President Donald Trump to immunize him, his family and his businesses from audits or other federal probes related to past filings, a group of tax experts and former IRS officials told a judge

Just saw this movie. Awesome!

Just saw this movie. Awesome!

Crap way to go out. I was looking forward to him having one last crack… www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon

NYT: Can you now say whether you will hold anyone in your administration accountable for the strike on a school that killed more than 100 children? TRUMP: No. It's such a strange question to be asked. It's a long time ago. Mistakes are made. I would ask Pete Hegseth that question.

c.1820 French lithographs of Chinese trades, unknown artist(s)

Some full toss questions from the Sydney Morning Herald / the Age and especially Sky News to the would-be leader of #Australia Pauline Hanson at the very first time she has appeared at the National Press Club.

"One Nation wanted millions from the NRA while planning to soften Australia's gun laws" www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03...

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel may have a 'personal slush fund' of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents, according to Rep. Jamie Raskin. Raskin is demanding documents from Patel — citing claims that $8,000 payments are made to agents who carry out "unlawful partisan and personal orders."

China's National Bureau of Statistics in today's data release: "the domestic imbalance between strong supply and weak demand is acute." It's hard to argue with that, but Beijing won't do anything about it this year. The GDP growth target makes that impossible. www.stats.gov.cn/english/Pres...

WSJ: "America’s trade deficit was close to unchanged in April, adding to evidence that the Trump administration’s tariffs have done little to rebalance the U.S.’s trade position with the rest of the world." www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Entrance to a courtyard house, Peking, c.1890s, by Isabella Bird

After Putin called Trump to wish him a happy birthday, he launched yet another massive attack on Ukraine. Russian drones and missiles are currently in the skies over Kyiv #Ukraine

it's notable to me that the administration tried to frame tonight's UFC event as a "gift to Americans" but you can't watch it unless you have a paid subscription to Paramount+

In case we had any doubt

“Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average…” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Asia energy crisis at ‘worst’ case scenario, ADB warns ft.trib.al/Z7TqzzC

EXTRAORDINARY report. Pig Feast explores Indigenous land rights in West Papua but key leader Mama Yasinta changed her tune after pressure from officials. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

BREAKING: FIFA peace prize recipient is bombing Iran a day before the start of the FIFA World Cup.