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Three passengers of the MV Hondius died after showing symptoms of the rare disease. Health authorities confirmed one case and are investigating five others.

Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputation Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong -based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates between the project and one of its most prominent backers. World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign”. It alleged that Sun had improperly transferred some of his WLFI tokens that come with voting and governance rights to crypto exchange Binance and, separately, that he had placed bets that WLFI would decline in market value, known as short selling. That was part of a coordinated effort to push the token’s market price down as public trading began in September, the lawsuit alleged. Continue reading...

Humanoid robots are being added to the automation of waste sorting.

Amsterdam has reportedly banned public ads for meat and fossil fuels, removing burger, airline, and gas-powered car promotions from city billboards.

MV Hondius remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected respiratory virus outbreak killed three people and left three more seriously ill. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two marine rescue volunteers who went to help others are among those who have died in a tragic yacht accident on Monday night. As we reported below, three people died as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales. Sentencing absolutely needs to reflect community expectations – but the act hasn’t been reviewed with that aim in mind since 1991. It’s no wonder many Victorians think sentencing doesn’t reflect our modern challenges. We’ll rewrite the act following the advice from experts, police and the public because, under Labor, community safety comes first. Continue reading...

U.S. warships shot down missiles and drones aimed at ships the Navy was guiding through the Strait of Hormuz, and the authorities in the United Arab Emirates blamed Iran for a drone attack.

The operator of the MV Hondius ship says a Dutch husband and wife, as well as a German national, have died but the cause has not yet been established.

Supreme court issued a temporary order to restore access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail on Monday Sign up for the Breaking News US email The supreme court issued a temporary order to restore access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail on Monday. This comes after two companies who manufacture mifepristone the drug filed an emergency appeal to the court on Saturday asking it to halt a court decision that would require an in‑person exam before the medication can be prescribed. Continue reading...

US president’s comment echoes threat that ‘whole civilisation will die’ as tension over strait of Hormuz ramps up again Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade We have a bit more of the statement from Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, who said earlier that the US or any other foreign armed forces would be attacked if they entered the strait of Hormuz (see post at 07.39 for more details). Abdollahi also said: We will maintain and vigorously manage the security of the strait of Hormuz with all our might, and we inform all commercial ships and tankers to refrain from any attempt to transit without the coordination of the armed forces stationed in the strait of Hormuz, so as not to jeopardise their security. Continue reading...

The U.S. is advancing a UN resolution against Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz as military forces secure shipping under Project Freedom.