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Nov 7, 2026 - World

Charity’s AGM decides overwhelmingly to begin tendering process amid criticism of Barclays’ fossil fuel investmentsThe National Trust has voted overwhelmingly to seek a new banking partner in a significant victory for members who have long argued that its relationship with Barclays was at odds with its commitment to protecting the natural world.The resolution, passed at the charity’s annual general meeting on Saturday with the backing of its board of trustees, instructs the organisation to begin a competitive tendering process for its banking arrangements. Continue reading...

Nov 7, 2026 - World

Trump’s military wants help finding Iran’s nuclear program via social media, and critics can’t help pointing out that the president said he “obliterated” it.U.S. Central Command posted on X Friday that the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program “is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear program.” The post said that includes “its facilities, equipment, and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community, or the movement of any of the above.”The post had drawn nearly 5 million views as of early morning Saturday, along with a flood of mockery. Many critics brought up President Donald Trump’s claim that U.S. strikes in June 2025 had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear sites.The offer comes as the U.S. war with Iran drags into its ninth month. Trump and Vice President JD Vance have both acknowledged the war’s unpopularity was a leading reason Republicans lost both chambers of Congress on Tuesday.“WTF????” wrote broadcaster Piers Morgan. His post alone had drawn more than 2 million views.MeidasTouch co-founder Brett Meiselas asked CENTCOM directly: “Aren’t you embarrassed?”His brother, MeidasTouch founder Ben Meiselas, went further.“If an adversary hacked the CENTCOM account and started making posts it wouldn’t be as damaging or embarrassing as what CENTCOM has been doing,” he wrote.“The Mossad outsourced, Centcom crowdsourced, and comedy ensued,” wrote Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone.Tehran-based academic Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a frequent defender of the Iranian government, called the post a sign of a “dying Zionist empire: weak, ignorant, and pathetic.”Other users kept returning to the same question: How can the administration need help finding a program the president says it already destroyed?“Wasn’t it totally wiped out forever a year and a half ago?” one user asked. Another wrote: “Paying $20 million for a nuclear site that Trump already destroyed.”Another user pointed out that the post went up on a Friday night: “Are they rly asking X on a Friday night for Iran’s nuclear information.”

Nov 7, 2026 - World

This blog is closed, you can read our report on the New Zealand election hereAnother update here with 8% of the vote counted. National on 31.2%, Labour 28.4%, the Greens 12.9%, Act 11.2%, NZ First 9.6%, Opportunity 5.7% and Te Pāti Māori 0.4%.On these numbers, we would have a right bloc coalition back in power. Long way to go. Continue reading...

Nov 7, 2026 - World

Six people were killed and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a busy market square in Krakow, Poland, authorities said.

Nov 7, 2026 - World

Paraguay's former President Santiago Peña has been taken to the attorney general’s office for questioning