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Sussan Ley elected first female Liberal party leader, narrowly defeating Angus Taylor in ballot | Sussan Ley newsthirst.

Sussan Ley has become Australia’s first female opposition leader, beating Angus Taylor in the race for the Liberal leadership. Smashed in the 3 May federal election, Liberal MPs met to elect a new leadership team at Parliament House on Tuesday morning, without Peter Dutton, the former leader who lost his seat in the historic drubbing….

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Trump’s Hollywood ambassador Jon Voigt joins coalition asking for tax incentives | Trump administration newsthirst.

Donald Trump’s Hollywood ambassadors, including actor Jon Voight, joined labor unions and major studios in asking the US president to expand and extend tax incentives for film and television productions. In a letter addressed to Trump on Sunday, the studios and unions did not mention his threat to introduce 100% tariffs on films made abroad,…

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Diddy trial draws media circus to New York streets: ‘I just want to catch the vibe’ | Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs newsthirst.

Outside the southern district courthouse in Manhattan, at least a hundred members of the media gathered on Monday as the high-profile racketeering and sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs begins. Passersby could see dozens of cameras and crew members; perhaps surprisingly, there were few, if any, demonstrations or protests. Rows of cameras in front of…

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Newsom calls on California cities to ban homeless encampments ‘without delay’ | California newsthirst.

Gavin Newsom has called on California cities and counties to clear and effectively ban encampments “without delay” as the governor intensifies a crackdown on homelessness in the state. Newsom on Monday announced a new model ordinance to address “persistent” camps, in hopes of reducing the most visible signs of a worsening crisis, as well as…

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Koyo Kouoh, art curator due to lead 2026 Venice Biennale, dies at 57 | Venice Biennale newsthirst.

Koyo Kouoh, the groundbreaking Swiss-Cameroonian curator who was to become the first African woman to head up the Venice Biennale, died suddenly on Saturday, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa announced. “It is with profound sorrow that the trustees of Zeitz MOCAA announce the sudden passing of Koyo Kouoh, our beloved executive director and…

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Kurdish militants PKK to disarm after decades of attacks against Turkey | Turkey newsthirst.

A Kurdish militant group whose attacks and insurgency against Turkey have spanned more than four decades has declared it will disarm and disband, after a call from its jailed leader earlier this year. The Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) announced the decision to dissolve its guerrilla forces, heeding a watershed announcement from Abdullah Öcalan three months…

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