Copenhagen and Oslo airports forced to close temporarily due to drone sightings
Both airports have been reopened, with Danish police unable to confirm origin of drones.
Australian health experts warn Trump’s unfounded autism claims about paracetamol may harm pregnant women
TGA confirms drug is safe for use in pregnancy as doctors worry about effect of White House misinformation
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Australia’s peak body for obstetricians and gynaecologists fears pregnant women will not take paracetamol when they need it and suffer harm from unmanaged fever after the Trump administration made unfounded claims linking it to autism.
They encouraged women to talk to their doctor rather than rely on the White House announcement on Tuesday, which they described as “not a no-harm scenario”.
Continue reading...Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society
Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments
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The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction in a major legal win for one of Australia’s largest environmental organisations.
The Wilderness Society has been successful in federal court proceedings it launched in March that sought to compel the minister to make recovery plans for species including the greater glider and the ghost bat.
Continue reading...Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s son charged with coercion
The move comes weeks after the former leader was sentenced to 27 years in jail over an attempted coup plot.
Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s son charged with coercion
The move comes weeks after the former leader was sentenced to 27 years in jail over an attempted coup plot.
Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC
Three charges against Duterte stem from his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups say killed thousands
International criminal court prosecutors have charged the former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte with three counts of crimes against humanity over bloody campaigns carried out during his “war on drugs”.
A charge sheet, dated 4 July but made public on Monday, laid out accusations against the 80-year-old former leader, who has been in ICC detention in The Hague since March.
Continue reading...New Zealand loosens residency restrictions as record number of citizens leave
Minister for economic growth said visas for skilled and experienced migrants could help plug gaps in the workforce
New Zealand is making it easier for migrant workers to come and live in the country, in its latest attempt to bolster the workforce and economy.
Announcing two new residency pathways, the minister for economic growth, Nicola Willis, on Tuesday said skilled and experienced migrants could help plug gaps in the workforce.
Continue reading...Experts alarmed as Trump pushes unproven link between Tylenol and autism
Doctors call president’s warning that pregnant women should limit use of acetaminophen – also known as paracetamol - ‘highly concerning’ and ‘irresponsible’
Medical experts are raising alarms after Donald Trump warned pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol, baselessly linking the painkiller – also known as paracetamol - with a rise in autism among children.
From the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), doctors have endorsed the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy after Trump said pregnant women who can’t “tough it out” without the painkiller should limit their intake.
Continue reading...Trump to address UN General Assembly after France recognises Palestinian state
Donald Trump will address UN leaders on Tuesday, as more European countries look set to join the French policy change.
Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure
Russia denies involvement after Copenhagen and Oslo airports forced to close after drone sightings
The Danish prime minister has said the country was subjected to the “most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure to date” after a drone incursion shut Copenhagen airport for several hours.
Mette Frederiksen said authorities were still investigating who was behind the suspected hybrid attack, but she said she could not rule out Russia.
Continue reading...Zohran Mamdani agrees to ABC town hall after Kimmel reinstated
New York mayoral candidate had withdrawn from WABC event in protest at network’s suspension of talkshow host
Zohran Mamdani, the New York Democratic mayoral candidate, said on Monday evening he was willing to appear at a town hall hosted by a local ABC station after the national network said it would reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show.
Mamdani had announced his withdrawal from the televised town hall hosted by a local ABC station in protest of the network’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s talkshow.
Continue reading...‘Moonies’ church leader arrested over gifts to ex-South Korea first lady – BBC
- 'Moonies' church leader arrested over gifts to ex-South Korea first lady BBC
- Unification Church Leader Is Arrested on Corruption Charges in South Korea The New York Times
- Unification Church leader arrested in bribery case involving former South Korean president’s wife CNN
- Leader of South Korea's unification church jailed after court issues warrant Reuters
- Unification Church leader arrested in S Korean ex-first lady bribery case Al Jazeera
‘Moonies’ church leader arrested over gifts to ex-South Korean first lady
Han Hak-ja, who leads the controversial Unification Church, allegedly bribed Kim Keon Hee with luxury gifts.
Police officer charged with assault after Hannah Thomas injured at pro-Palestine protest in Sydney
Senior constable charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm due to appear in court in mid-November
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A New South Wales police officer has been charged with assaulting Hannah Thomas, who sustained a serious eye injury after she was arrested at a protest in June.
Thomas was arrested and charged alongside four others at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney on 27 June that was attended by about 60 people at SEC Plating.
Continue reading...Jimmy Kimmel show to return after suspension over Charlie Kirk comments
The late-night comic's show will return to air after Disney said it had "thoughtful coversations" with him.
Poland to Russia: ‘You have been warned’ so don’t ‘whine’ if your jets are shot down in NATO airspace – politico.eu
- Poland to Russia: ‘You have been warned’ so don’t ‘whine’ if your jets are shot down in NATO airspace politico.eu
- UK and Poland vow to confront Russian aircraft violating Nato airspace The Guardian
- A Polish Soldier, an Unusual Radar Dot and Then NATO Jets The New York Times
- Can NATO innovate fast enough to counter Russia’s growing drone threat? CNN
- Poland will shoot down objects in clear-cut airspace violations, prime minister says Reuters
Unification Church leader arrested in South Korea over bribery allegations linked to former first lady
Han Hak-ja, aged 82, is detained after Seoul court hearing over claims she told church officials to bribe wife of then president Yoon Suk Yeol
The 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church was arrested in South Korea early Tuesday as investigators probe allegations that the church bribed the wife of jailed former president Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker.
Han Hak-ja, the widow of the church’s South Korean founder, Sun Myung Moon, has denied allegations that she directed church officials to bribe Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, and the lawmaker.
Continue reading...Eat salmon, win prizes: Fat Bear Week begins in Alaska’s Katmai national park
Fattest brown bears, bulking up for hibernation, pitted against each other in online public vote – who will win?
It’s that time of year again, when audiences turn to a welcome distraction from the heavy news cycle: Katmai national park and preserve in southern Alaska is celebrating its fattest brown bears.
The park is set to kick off its annual Fat Bear Week on Tuesday, an online competition where the public votes for the park’s fattest brown bear.
Continue reading...Trump rails against Tylenol but autism claims not supported by science
President’s announcement latest move in campaign that seeks to valorize the ‘natural’ – often at women’s expense
Donald Trump has, allegedly, found “the answer to autism”: Tylenol.
On Monday, Trump announced that pregnant women should dramatically limit their use of acetaminophen, known by the brand name Tylenol or internationally as paracetamol, because, he claimed, it raises the risk of autism.
Continue reading...Violence in GP surgeries driven by waiting times and drug refusals, global study shows
Research covering 24 countries finds female and younger staff face worst aggression from patients
Violence and abuse by patients against staff in GP clinics is widespread globally and usually triggered by long waiting times and the refusal to prescribe requested drugs, research shows.
The findings are based on a 24-country study of the threats and aggression that family doctors, receptionists and other practice staff experience at work.
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