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☆ Mexico ICJ hearing: Ecuador showdown over embassy raid begins Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A showdown between Mexico and Ecuador begins on Tuesday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the culmination of weeks of recrimination over an incident that saw Ecuadorian forces raid Mexico’s embassy in Quito in April, to arrest a former vice president who had been seeking asylum. Mexico is suing Ecuador at the world court over the armed raid, saying it violated the Vienna Convention, a United Nations treaty on diplomatic relations. The incident drew widespread international condemnation, but Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa remains unrepentant, telling CNN affiliate SBS news that he does not regret how Glas was arrested. Meanwhile, Ecuador filed a lawsuit of its own at the ICJ against Mexico over its decision to grant asylum to Glas. The diplomatic spat has seen a host of Latin American leaders across the political spectrum rally around Mexico, and several nations sever ties with Ecuador.

Persons: Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s, Daniel Noboa, Glas, Mexico’s, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Julian Assange, Alicia Barcena, Noboa, –, El, Bukele, Rafael Correa, Correa, CNN’s Abel Alvarado Organizations: CNN, International Court of Justice, Vienna Convention, United, UN, SBS, ICJ, Mexico, Ecuadorian Embassy, Mexican, SBS News, National Assembly Locations: Mexico, Ecuador, Quito, Vienna, United Nations, Mexican, Glas, Ecuador’s, London, Latin America

☆ Australia plans more repatriation flights from Israel, subject to security issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australia plans more flights to repatriate citizens from Israel after plans for two flights were cancelled on Saturday, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said, but they depend on concerns about security. "I can confirm that the Australian government is planning multiple flights to depart from Tel Aviv today for Australians wanting to leave," Wong told reporters in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. I want to stress these flights remain subject to factors including the security environment," she added on Sunday. Two planned flights were cancelled late on Saturday because of what the foreign affairs department called a "highly challenging" regional situation. More than 200 Australians and their families arrived safely in London, SBS News said, brought by the first of a planned series of repatriation flights that left Israel on Friday.

Persons: Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Penny Wong, Wong, Sam McKeith, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, SBS News, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Australia, Israel, Tel Aviv, Adelaide, South Australia, Palestinian, London, Sydney

☆ Australia cancels repatriation flights from Israel due to 'highly challenging' situation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Australia has cancelled two planned flights to repatriate citizens from Israel and the Palestinian territories due to the "highly challenging" situation, the foreign affairs department said on Saturday. Repatriation flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday will not depart as planned amid a "highly challenging and rapidly changing" situation, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said in a statement on social media. Australia continues to work with citizens in the area to help them return home and will communicate about future flights, DFAT added. The first in the planned series of repatriation flights left on Friday local time, with over 200 Australians and their families arriving safely in London, according to SBS News.

Persons: Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, DFAT, Lewis Jackson, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, SBS News, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Australia, Israel, London

☆ Australia is being plagued by vicious and vindictive swooping magpies, and people say they are terrified
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's nesting season in Australia and people are on high alert for vicious swooping Australian magpies. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt's springtime in Australia, which means the return of vicious swooping attacks from the Australian magpie. An Australian magpie is shown here. While Australian magpies aren't closely related to their European counterpart, they are also known to be extremely clever. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver 80% of nesting magpies live near humans, which means swooping magpies are much rarer than they could be, Kaplan said in a post in The Conversation in 2017.

Persons: —, …, Mia, Christiaan Nyssen, Gisela Kaplan, Kaplan, gingerly Organizations: Service, BBC, CNN, Canberra Times, SBS Locations: Australia, Australian, Queensland

☆ People are 'hot bedding,' or sharing a bed with a stranger and sleeping in shifts to save money on rent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hot bedding typically involves strangers sharing a bed to save on rent. Similar to hot desking, hot bedding typically entails tenants coordinating shifts for bed use. In a 2021 survey, 3% of international college students living in Australia reported hot bedding. Hot bedding involves sharing a bed with a stranger, usually while sleeping in shifts. Do you participate in hot bedding, either as a tenant or landlord — or know someone who does?

Persons: —, Priyanka, she's, Millennials, Nadia Abdullah, Judith Allonby Organizations: Service, SBS News, SBS, Australian Bureau, Statistics, Immigrants, University of Technology Sydney, Washington Post Locations: Australia, Melbourne, India, Sydney, Canadian

☆ Squatting Russian diplomat leaves contested site after Australian court ruling
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, June 26 (Reuters) - A Russian diplomat squatting on land set aside for a future Russian embassy in Australia has left after a court ruled that Moscow had no claim to the site near the national parliament in Canberra. A Russian diplomat subsequently moved into a temporary building on the site and police were unable to arrest him because he had diplomatic immunity, local media reported. [1/2]A demountable shack is seen on the site of the former Russian embassy site in Canberra, Australia June 26, 2023. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas via REUTERSThe High Court on Monday rejected Moscow's appeal to hold onto the site and shortly afterwards the squatter left the site, SBS News reported. Relations between Moscow and Canberra have deteriorated sharply since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Persons: Mick Tsikas, Anthony Albanese, Lewis Jackson, Gareth Jones Organizations: SYDNEY, SBS News, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: Russian, Australia, Moscow, Canberra, Ukraine, Russia

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