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  1. NDIS provider's former director had drug problem, court told

    A former co-director of a company that oversaw Ann Marie Smith's care was captured on a listening device admitting she has a drug problem after she was asked to leave her workplace to seek help, court documents show.

    ABC News Australia · 2026-09-16T07:23:40Z

  3. ‘We are prey’: discovery of seven women’s bodies fuels anger over femicide in South Africa

    String of female murder victims found near Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week The discovery of the bodies of seven women around Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week, has prompted an outpouring of fear, grief and anger over a lack of progress in tackling femicide. When Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo did not return after going for a run on 9…

    The Guardian — World · 2026-09-16T07:00:14Z

  9. Al-Qaida and IS-linked violence in Africa’s Sahel belt set to hit record levels this year

    Twenty-five years after 9/11, figures compiled by conflict monitor underline how Sahel region has become centre of Islamist terror Islamist extremist violence in Africa’s Sahel region is set to reach historic highs after a series of sweeping offensives by groups linked to al-Qaida and Islamic State, according to new figures compiled by the conflict monitor Acled . As the US marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11…

    The Guardian — World · 2026-09-16T06:00:12Z

  15. Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds

    Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans The Bank of England and the British financial system were for centuries deeply involved in the enslavement and transatlantic trafficking of millions of African people, according to new research on Britain’s slavery history. Research by historians compiling the Register of British Slave Traders has found that the…

    The Guardian — World · 2026-09-16T05:00:12Z

  21. People protecting nature and land set up self-defence units amid threat of murder

    Defenders of forests and rivers killed at rate of one every three days in 2025, with 85% of deaths in Latin America Nature and land defenders were murdered at the rate of one every three days last year, prompting many communities to set up self-defence units, according to the latest annual death toll by the independent watchdog Global Witness. Organised crime groups or professional killers were implicated in more…

    The Guardian — World · 2026-09-16T05:00:10Z

  27. Ferocious fight among Brazil’s supreme court erupts on eve of presidential election

    Scandal explodes as country’s election campaign peaks, with polls suggesting dead heat between candidates Brazil’s supreme court has been thrust into what experts consider the greatest crisis since the return of democracy in the 1980s, as two rival judges lock horns on the eve of the presidential election with unpredictable consequences for Latin America’s largest democracy. The politically charged dispute exploded…

    The Guardian — World · 2026-09-15T19:14:00Z

  33. Carney says Canada will pursue ‘unique security and economic alliance’ with EU amid US trade spat

    Prime minister speaks of strengthening Canada’s economic and political ties to Europe at Canada Investment Summit Mark Carney said Canada will pursue a “unique security and economic alliance” with Europe as he positions his country as a base to build in the “new global economic order”. Speaking to investors, company executives and government ministers at the inaugural Canada Investment Summit on Tuesday, the prime…

    The Guardian — World · 2026-09-15T19:08:37Z

  39. ‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US

    Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing When Donald Trump announced in February 2025 that the US would accept Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees, many white South Africans who believed that they were victims of racism in their country thought that their prayers had been answered. However, in the past few months, dozens of applicants to the…

    The Guardian — World · 2026-09-15T04:00:27Z