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Civilians outside their destroyed homes in Naqoura, southern Lebanon after Israeli military offensive

Israel Destroyed 11,095 Lebanese Buildings and Erased the Communities That Built Them

An elderly Naqoura resident sits in a rooftop room in Beirut, separated from 20 years of his life by Israel's March offensive. UNDP data shows 11,095 buildings destroyed across southern Lebanon. Mental

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Australia Agriculture Minister Julie Collins at press conference on H5N1 bird flu HPAI designation

Australia Confirms First High-Pathogenicity Bird Flu as Poultry Farms Go Into Lockdown

Australia has confirmed its first ever High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza case, placing poultry farms across Western Australia under lockdown and prompting a formal WOAH notification that the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b strain has

July 2, 2026

Health·News

Cars line up at a Lukoil gas station in Moscow during Russia's fuel rationing crisis

Ukrainian Drones Target Civilian Infarastructure in Russia, Target Refineries

Rationing has spread across more than half of Russia's regions as Ukrainian drone strikes cut fuel output to its lowest level in two decades. Analysts say the damage will take months to

July 2, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·Economy·News

Abstract view of a glass office building facade, illustrating the Big Four accounting firms

Canberra Weighs Breaking Up the Big Four After KPMG’s Year From Hell

Australia's Treasury released a consultation paper Wednesday proposing to split the Big Four's audit and consulting arms and cap partnerships at 400, the strongest regulatory response yet to a KPMG whistleblower scandal

July 2, 2026

Business·News

An illustration of a masked hacker working at a computer in a dark room

Crypto Hacks Hit a Record Pace in 2026. The Money Mostly Went to Two Attacks.

TRM Labs' mid-year data shows 2026 on pace for the most individual crypto hacking incidents on record, yet total losses trail past peak years, because two North Korea-linked strikes on Drift Protocol

July 2, 2026

Business·Crypto·News

A screenshot of the Perpetual Limited official website homepage

Perpetual Rejects $1.7 Billion EQT Bid, the Third Suitor Circling Its Remains This Year

Perpetual rejected a $1.7 billion takeover approach from EQT as undervalued, sending its shares up nearly 17% anyway. It is the third major ownership move on the Australian trustee this year, after

July 2, 2026

Business·News

Westpac Plans to Hire 350 Bankers to Claw Back Business Lending Ground From NAB

Westpac plans to hire 350 more business bankers over two years after its new division chief admitted the bank had ‘lost focus and conceded considerable ground’ to National Australia Bank. The hiring

July 2, 2026

Business·News

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese official portrait

Labor’s Gambling Ad Bill Reaches Parliament and Immediately Loses Both Flanks

Australia's long-delayed gambling advertising bill finally reached parliament this week, three years after the Murphy report recommended a full ban. Within a day, the Coalition and the Greens joined forces to send

July 2, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Doha Bay waterfront and West Bay skyline at twilight, Qatar, where Iranian, Qatari, and Pakistani officials held indirect talks on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding

Iran Raises Lebanon Ceasefire Violations and $6 Billion Release in Doha Talks With Qatar and Pakistan

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Wednesday that Tehran's delegation in Doha met separately with Qatar and Pakistan to review implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum, raising US violations in Lebanon and

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

An official Reserve Bank of India ceremony marking the central bank's 90th year

Iran’s Weekend Strikes Put India’s First Rupee Gain Since February on the Line

The rupee closed Thursday at 94.3950 per dollar, on course for its first monthly gain since February. Then Iran struck US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain over the weekend, oil risk

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

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Israel Destroyed 11,095 Lebanese Buildings and Erased the Communities That Built Them

Australia Confirms First High-Pathogenicity Bird Flu as Poultry Farms Go Into Lockdown

Ukrainian Drones Target Civilian Infarastructure in Russia, Target Refineries

Canberra Weighs Breaking Up the Big Four After KPMG’s Year From Hell

Crypto Hacks Hit a Record Pace in 2026. The Money Mostly Went to Two Attacks.

Perpetual Rejects $1.7 Billion EQT Bid, the Third Suitor Circling Its Remains This Year

Westpac Plans to Hire 350 Bankers to Claw Back Business Lending Ground From NAB

Labor’s Gambling Ad Bill Reaches Parliament and Immediately Loses Both Flanks

Iran Raises Lebanon Ceasefire Violations and $6 Billion Release in Doha Talks With Qatar and Pakistan

Iran’s Weekend Strikes Put India’s First Rupee Gain Since February on the Line

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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