ESPN cedes its broadcast to Trump for political speech

Ohio State wins the College Football National Championship The Ohio State Buckeyes take home their ninth national championship win in the new 12-team College Football Playoff format. Sports Pulse Nothing like a heaping dose of hypocrisy to go with your national title game. ESPN’s determination to “stick to sports” took an embarrassing blow Monday night…

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Albanese vows to continue climate action despite Trump’s plans to pull out of Paris agreement | Australian foreign policy

Anthony Albanese has vowed to continue Australia’s action on climate change after United States president Donald Trump once again moved to pull his country out of the Paris agreement. The prime minister acknowledged Trump’s move would “impact the globe” on Tuesday but said Australia remained a sovereign nation with an interest in meeting the challenge…

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Hong Kong chief justice claims overseas judges have left due to ‘orchestrated harassment’ | Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s top judge has claimed the exodus of foreign judges from the judiciary’s benches since the introduction of the national security law is due to escalating geopolitical tensions and “orchestrated harassment”. The city’s chief justice, Andrew Cheung, made the remarks at the ceremonial opening of the city’s legal year on Monday evening in a…

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