News Archive: Brexit: Taxes and Charges for Parcel Delivery to France

Post-Brexit rules have made receiving parcels from the UK more expensive, in the process causing widespread confusion and anger. Many deliveries to France – including gifts and products ordered online – are... Read more »

From love to bloodshed: Iraq’s family violence epidemic

Shafaq News A young Iraqi man ended his father’s life with a single bullet to the head—triggered by nothing more than the father’s refusal to approve his son’s marriage to a girl... Read more »

Productivity Commission proposes revolutionary overhaul of company tax system

Under the commission’s proposals, the rate would drop to 20 per cent for all businesses with revenue of less than $1 billion, about 98 per cent of all firms. About 500 businesses,... Read more »

All the ways Republicans want to honor Trump, from the $100 bill to Mount Rushmore

WASHINGTON — Imagine getting the day off work for Donald Trump’s birthday. Receiving a $100 bill with Trump’s portrait on it. Touching down at Donald J. Trump International Airport near the nation’s... Read more »

UN posts video of hundreds of Palestinians swarming around their cars ‘and gunshots fired near crowds’ at Gaza aid site amid escalating Hamas-Israel war of words over ‘starvation’ crisis

The UN has released a video purporting to show gunfire inches away from civilians awaiting food at Israel and U.S.-backed food distribution centres in Gaza.  It comes amid an escalating war of words... Read more »

Why Qatar’s gas lifeline to Germany is at risk – DW – 07/31/2025

In November 2022, as Europe grappled with an escalating energy crisis, Germany sealed a deal with Qatar to import up to 2 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually from the Gulf... Read more »

Trump and Epstein Feuded Over Mansion Russian Oligarch Bought, Says President’s Biographer

In 2004, sex-trafficker Jeffery Epstein was looking to buy a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, and asked his then-friend Donald Trump for advice about how to move the swimming pool, according to... Read more »

Hong Kong democracy campaigner accuses UK police of asking her to ‘self-censor’ | Freedom of speech

A former Hong Kong politician and prominent democracy campaigner has accused British police of asking her to “self-censor” and “retreat from public life” after officers asked her to agree to avoid public... Read more »

Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade, Veld Music Festival among events

Get ready to dance at the annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade on Saturday, among other celebrations, this Civic Holiday long weekend. There are also road closures in effect on parade day and the... Read more »

Suspect in alleged plot to assassinate Netanyahu identified as Tamar Gershuni

Anti-government activist Tamar Gershuni has been identified as the suspect accused of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the Supreme Court cleared that detail for publication on Thursday. The Tel... Read more »