Israel's deliberate starvation of 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels. According to the UN one third of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have not eaten for days. 40,000 babi...

Exclusive: Welfare reform paper also urges increases to rent assistance and payments to families and single parents * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A welfare reform package that includes raising jobseeker to 90% of the age pension would lift 590,000 Australians out of poverty, with the $11bn price tag paid for by curbing super tax concessions in a way that still leaves the vast majority of savers better off. A new Australian National University paper for the St Vincent de Paul Society, titled A Fairer Tax and Welfare System for Australia, examines a range of options that “are targeted to benefit persons who have the greatest financial need and would be paid for by those most able to accommodate a modest additional contribution”. Continue reading...

President Emmanuel Macron says France will formally recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly.

Israel carried out an airstrike in a Beirut suburb targeting a Hezbollah precision missile storage facility, as the Jewish state continued to attack sites related to the militant group in the southern part of the Lebanese capital despite a ceasefire agreement.

<article data-history-node-id="421773" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanon-president-urges-us-france-compel-israel-halt-attacks" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanon-president-urges-us-france-compel-israel-halt-attacks" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Lebanon president urges US, France to compel Israel to halt attacks</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called Sunday for France and the United States, guarantors of a fragile 27 November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, to compel Israel to halt its attacks.</p> <p>Aoun condemned an Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital earlier in the evening and called on "the United States and France, as guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, to assume their responsibilities and compel Israel to halt its attacks immediately".</p> </div> </div> </article>

The social media giant owned by Meta has defied an advertising downturn to increase income by $110 million over last year, even as it faces big headwinds.

Melbourne Storm has blamed a "miscommunication" between the board and management for the cancellation of the Welcome to Country before Friday's game that left an Aboriginal elder "in shock and disbeli...

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