“It was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the diseases and the alcohol.” – Paul Keating, Redfern speech.

Reaching out to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can be daunting for non-indigenous people, until respect is safely established, and an equal listening approach. In my own journey of learning how to form connections over more than three decades, the first few awkward approaches were quickly followed by wide smiles and regular ‘taking the mickey,’ a sign of trust and friendship.

The European Union needs to stop “lecturing” other parts of the world and be more respectful towards its partners if it aims to combat the growing influence of Russia and China, European Council President Charles Michel has said.

In an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday, Michel admitted that the bloc has become “convinced that we know what is right and what is wrong” and often fails to make an effort to understand why other countries may think otherwise.

He noted that in the EU there is a “reflex which is close to a form of lecture” when communicating with developing countries with which the bloc has signed agreements on strategic, trade or political cooperation.

As the world's most enthralling recruitment process reaches its denouement, maybe it is worth carrying out a thought experiment.

Let's imagine you are running a small business — a fast food franchise, for the sake of topicality — and recruiting a new manager. What would be the red flags in considering applicants for the job?

Maybe the fact the candidate is a convicted felon, with three outstanding criminal cases still awaiting judgement, would be cause for concern. Perhaps a long history of racism would be a deal-breaker — including a recent false claim that members of a local immigrant community were eating cats and dogs.

Kamala Harris’ Hitler-Focused Closing Argument Is A Shameful Stain On Her Party 

Democrats are the party of mass censorship, the weaponization of the CIA, FBI, and DHS, and the politicization of everything. What does that sound like to you? 

Michael Shellenberger on X: "Kamala Harris’ Hitler-Focused Closi...mocratic presidential nominee, U.S. https://t.co/JUPB2cZOvJ" / X 26/10/2024, 6:01 pm 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen writes in her recent report that the EU should create a new intelligence body to deal with external threats.

EC chief Ursula von der Leyen’s call to create a new united intelligence body for the EU is a product of the EU institutions seeking to strengthen the union’s “federal aspect,” says former Swedish Air Defense officer Mikael Valtersson.

“Their long-term goals are to turn the EU into a federal state like the USA,” Valtersson tells Sputnik, referring to the EU institutions. “There are both federalist and antifederalist forces fighting about the future of the EU within the organization. Those that want a more federal EU use every pretext they can find to strengthen and create new federal institutions.”

Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected a visit to Ukraine by UN Secretary General António Guterres over his trip to Russia, a source in the presidential office has told the BBC.

After attending a Brics summit in the Russian city of Kazan this week, Guterres had wanted to visit Kyiv, the BBC understands.

"The president did not confirm his visit," the source told the BBC. "After Kazan and after he shook hands with the war’s instigator and spent UN Day on the territory of the aggressor country, it would be somehow strange to host him here."

Guterres' visit to Russia - who launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - was met with dismay across Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The editorial board of US newspaper New York Post has officially endorsed the candidacy of former US President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.

The newspaper said on Friday that supporting Trump was "the clear choice for a better future."

New York Post cited several aspects of Trump’s program, such as border security and a sensible immigration system, city safety and support for law and order, low-tax economic policies, as well as maintaining respect for the US in the international arena, as reasons for backing the Republican candidate.

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In Washington, DC, the NGO Doctors Against Genocide held a conference to continue publicizing the voices of health care professionals against the genocide they have witnessed in Gaza.

Forced famine, bombed hospitals, untreated disease, medicine shortages, garbage which hasn’t been collected for a year, mass homelessness, deprivation, grief, indescribable and ceaseless psychological trauma.

Israeli forces have raided on Friday the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, and ordered patients and staff to go down to the main courtyard.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the international community and institutions bear political and moral responsibility for continuation of the Israeli regime’s crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The group made the remarks in a statement on Friday, saying the international society bore the responsibility due to its silence in the face of these crimes.

The silence also stood to lead to “the collapse of the global system of values and laws due to these extensive Zionist violations,” it added.

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris went to a Philadelphia suburb on Wednesday night for a CNN town hall, where she faced questions from undecided voters. The event was arranged after Donald Trump declined to participate in a second debate with her. 

With less than two weeks to go until the election, here are some key moments from the town hall.

South Korea’s president said his government “won’t sit idle” as North Korea allegedly sends troops to support Russia’s war on Ukraine, as he met with the leader of Poland to discuss expanding defence cooperation amid the ongoing conflict.

The meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Polish President Andrzej Duda came a day after US and South Korean officials said they believe around 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations.

South Korea’s spy agency told legislators that North Korea likely aims to send a total of 10,000 troops to Russia by the end of the year.

Both Moscow and Pyongyang have denied the presence of North Korean troops.

IMF upgrades Russia to world’s fourth-largest economy
The country is outperforming Japan in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the Washington-based organization

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ranked Russia as the world’s fourth-largest economy based on purchasing power parity (PPP).      

PPP compares economic productivity and standards of living between countries by adjusting for differences in the cost of goods and services.  

In its World Economic Outlook published on Tuesday, the IMF said Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024 amounts to 3.55% of global GDP in terms of PPP, outperforming Japan, which has 3.38%.   

According to the report, Russia ranks fourth in terms of PPP after China (18.8%), the US (15%), and India (7.9%).    

LA Times editor quits after Harris endorsement blocked
Mariel Garza claims that the outlet’s refusal to back the Democratic presidential candidate could appear “sexist and racist”

The head of editorials at the Los Angeles Times, Mariel Garza, has resigned after the outlet’s owner vetoed the editorial board’s plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of next month’s US presidential election. The journalist explained that she was “not okay” with the outlet choosing to remain silent in “dangerous times.”