Nationwide strike by Canada’s postal workers bring mail deliveries to a halt
The strikes comes after proposals by the government that would shutter some post offices and end door-to-door delivery.
Dubai sex-trade ring boss held by police after BBC investigation
Charles Mwesigwa led a degrading network exploiting vulnerable women in glamorous parts of Dubai.
Dubai sex-trade ring boss held by police after BBC investigation
Charles Mwesigwa led a degrading network exploiting vulnerable women in glamorous parts of Dubai.
Nicolas Sarkozy’s lawyers will try to ensure time in prison is ‘as short as possible’
Former French president sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over election campaign funds scheme with Gaddafi regime
Lawyers for the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy have said they will try to ensure he serves as little time in prison as possible, after he was sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to get election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
“We’re going to make sure that his incarceration will be as short as possible,” Sarkozy’s lawyer, Jean-Michel Darrois, told the BFMTV news channel on Friday after he became the first French president to go to jail.
Continue reading...“China Built A Bridge 2,051 Feet In The Air”: Glass-Bottom Path Terrifies Tourists While World’s Highest Crossing Opens Tomorrow – Rude Baguette
- "China Built A Bridge 2,051 Feet In The Air": Glass-Bottom Path Terrifies Tourists While World's Highest Crossing Opens Tomorrow Rude Baguette
- World’s highest bridge to open to traffic in China’s mountainous southwest South China Morning Post
- World’s Tallest Bridge To Open 625 Meters Above Canyon Newsweek
- World’s tallest bridge is days from opening to traffic WHSV
- Guizhou’s Groundbreaking Suspension Bridge Now Open, Cutting Travel Time Across Huajiang Grand Canyon From Two Hours To Just Minutes Travel And Tour World
Israeli loudspeakers broadcast Netanyahu’s speech to UN into Gaza
Operation prompts outrage as Israeli PM criticises western countries for recognising Palestine as a state and pledges to continue war
Israeli military loudspeaker systems have broadcast Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN into Gaza in an unprecedented operation that immediately prompted controversy and outrage.
In a statement on Friday, an Israeli government spokesperson said: “As part of the public diplomacy effort, the prime minister’s office has directed civilian elements, in cooperation with the [Israel Defense Forces], to place loudspeakers on the backs of trucks on the Israeli side of the Gaza border so that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s historic UN general assembly speech will be heard in the Gaza Strip.”
Continue reading...Polar bears take over abandoned research station in Russian Arctic – Reuters
Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption
Critics warn the change will make life more difficult for LGBT people.
Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption
Critics are warning the change would make life more difficult for LGBT people.
Ladakh statehood activist arrested days after violent crackdown by Modi
Sonam Wangchuk, who has been agitating against the government, was on his way to speak at a press briefing
A renowned environmentalist at the forefront of a protest movement in the Indian region of Ladakh has been arrested amid a wider crackdown on dissent under the prime minister, Narendra Modi.
Sonam Wangchuk, an activist, engineer and inventor, has been leading a lengthy agitation against the Modi government, calling for statehood and greater protections to be granted to his home region of Ladakh. He was arrested on Friday afternoon, on his way to address a press conference.
Continue reading...As delegates walk out, Netanyahu tells UN Israel must ‘finish job’ in Gaza
The Israeli leader rails against critics and denounces Western allies for recognising Palestine in fiery UN address.
Boxing in Ghana suspended after Akushey dies at 32
All boxing activities in Ghana are suspended following the death of super-middleweight Ernest Akushey 11 days after a bout in Accra.
Native forest logging must end in order to reach Labor’s emissions reduction target, expert says
Murray Watt says ‘it’s not the government’s intention to stop old growth logging’ as Greens and academics press for total halt
The Albanese government is being urged to end old growth logging “at a minimum” in order to meet a 2035 emissions reduction target recommended by the Climate Change Authority.
One of Australia’s most respected forest scientists, Prof David Lindenmayer, of the Australian National University, has also written to the authority questioning why it did not go further in its advice and recommend an end to all native forest logging.
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Continue reading...Netanyahu Slams Western Countries Recognizing Palestinian State – Bloomberg.com
- Netanyahu Slams Western Countries Recognizing Palestinian State Bloomberg.com
- Defiant Netanyahu Denounces Palestine Recognition, to a Mostly Empty U.N. Hall The New York Times
- Does international recognition mean Palestine is going to be a state? Al Jazeera
- Palestinian statehood condemned by Israeli officials brings a 'glimmer of hope' for some Palestinians NBC News
- Netanyahu criticizes countries recognizing Palestinian state as 'sheer madness' - as it happened Reuters
Netanyahu faces diplomatic isolation at UN General Assembly
UN delegates walked out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the podium at the UN General Assembly.
Massive Polar Bears Caught On Video In Unexpected Place, Footage Is Awesome: WATCH – OutKick
- Massive Polar Bears Caught On Video In Unexpected Place, Footage Is Awesome: WATCH OutKick
- Watch: Polar bears occupy abandoned Soviet-era research station BBC
- A bear living in an abandoned village and other news in pictures The Times
- Polar bears take over abandoned research station in Russian Arctic Reuters
- Polar bears take over abandoned research station in Russia Yahoo
‘Order in the hall’: Dozens walk out as Netanyahu begins speech at UN
Dozens of people filed out of the room in protest at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Cuomo wants to be New York City’s next mayor. Will his plans help the city?
Former New York state governor trails Zohran Mamdani in the polls as he pitches a more centrist economic policy.
EU launches drone wall to ‘detect and destroy’ – Euronews.com
- EU launches drone wall to 'detect and destroy' Euronews.com
- EU to move forward with plans for drone wall amid Russian incursions The Guardian
- Europe has a Russian drone problem. Here are ways it could be solved AP News
- EU to develop ‘drone wall’ amid regional airspace violations Al Jazeera
- EU eastern states agree on need for 'drone wall', bloc's defence chief says Reuters
Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers – Reuters
- Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers Reuters
- What is the plan for digital IDs and will they be mandatory? BBC
- More than 1.6m sign petition opposing Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards The Guardian
- Digital IDs Are Being Introduced in the UK. Here’s How They’re Expected to Work. The New York Times
- U.K. says it will introduce digital ID cards, reviving a contentious idea NBC News