US court says Trump’s Doge team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data

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Court refuses to block ‘department of government efficiency’ from accessing data such as citizenship status

A US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans.

The Virginia-based fourth US circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 decision said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the US Department of Education, treasury department, and office of personnel management.

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Israel put on notice over sexual violence claims, UN says – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Israel put on notice over sexual violence claims, UN says  The Jerusalem Post
  2. UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces  Al Jazeera
  3. UN chief puts Israel, Russia 'on notice' over conflict-related sexual violence accusations  Reuters
  4. UN will add Hamas to blacklist of groups that commit sexual violence as weapon of war  Ynetnews
  5. Israel says UN chief warned it could be listed in upcoming sexual violence report  KEZI
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YouTube Stars Killed in Horror Off-Road Car Accident – The Daily Beast

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  1. YouTube Stars Killed in Horror Off-Road Car Accident  The Daily Beast
  2. Influencer couple killed in Canadian mountain crash  Fox News
  3. B.C. couple behind popular offroading YouTube channel Toyota World Runners die in crash  CBC
  4. Stacey Tourout and Matthew Yeomans, Off-Roading YouTube Couple, Die in Tragic Car Accident  E! Online
  5. Influencer couple known for off-roading travel adventures die in crash  New York Post
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WA Museum partnership with Woodside criticised as record-breaking marine heatwave decimates coral reefs

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A report finding 75% of coral is bleached or dead along a 1,500km stretch of WA coastline is released as fossil fuel giant inks partnership extension

The WA Greens and the state’s peak conservation body have condemned the extension of a research partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside, as the state reels from a record-breaking marine heatwave that has killed corals over a 1,500km stretch of ocean.

The five-year continuation of the “longstanding collaboration”, in which the gas giant supports the museum’s biodiversity research along the WA coastline, would allow for further targeted research along the Gascoyne coast, according to announcements.

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Australia’s borrowers may have to wait weeks for Reserve Bank’s rate cut to reduce their mortgage

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NAB said it would wait 13 days to pass on the 0.25% cut to borrowers, while Westpac announced it would wait 14 days

Mortgage rates will slide after the Reserve Bank announced a third interest rate cut of the year – but borrowers with some major banks may have to wait weeks for relief.

Lenders have lined up to reduce their rates by 0.25%, with 20 banks – including each of the big four – announcing on Tuesday that they will pass on the cuts but only two of them doing so immediately.

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Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say

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Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millennia

Critics of Australia’s Aukus submarine deal say the government has given itself the power to nominate any place in Australia as a potential nuclear waste dump, without proper consultation with communities and indigenous landowners.

Australia has agreed to take sole responsibility for the management, security and storage of all nuclear waste from its fleet of proposed nuclear-powered submarines, including the spent fuel from the submarines’ reactors – high-level nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millennia once the submarines are decommissioned from the early 2050s.

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UK politics: Pressure grows on Starmer as Channel migrant figures pass 50,000 since Labour’s win – as it happened

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Home Office data shows 474 migrants arrived yesterday in eight small boats bringing the total to over 50,000

Rachel Reeves has been taking questions from journalists in Belfast. She says Northern Ireland is “absolutely crucial” for the UK’s growth prospects, pointing to the nation’s strong TV, film and video game industries.

The chancellor claimed stability has returned to the UK’s economy despite mounting concerns about its ability to respond to shocks amid global uncertainty from Donald Trump’s trade war. Job losses are rising, fewer employers are advertising for staff and inflation remains high.

If you look at the growth numbers in the first quarter of this year, we were the fastest growing economy in the whole of the G7. Whilst the US economy shrunk in the first quarter of this year, the UK economy grew.

We’ll get data for the second quarter of this year later this week. But we are creating more jobs, 384,000 additional jobs compared with a year ago, wages are rising at a faster rate than inflation, putting more money in people’s pockets.

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Madonna urges Pope to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’ – BBC

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  1. Madonna urges Pope to visit Gaza 'before it's too late'  BBC
  2. Madonna calls on Pope Leo to visit Gaza 'before it's too late'  ABC News
  3. Madonna Speaks Out After Journalist Killed in Gaza Strike  yahoo.com
  4. 'Please say you will go': Madonna begs Pope Leo to save Gazan children  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Madonna urges the pope to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’  AP News
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Myanmar army detaining two-year-olds as proxies for parents, witnesses tell UN

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Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to escalate

Children as young as two years old have been detained by Myanmar’s military, often as proxies for their parents, and held in prison facilities where there is systematic torture, UN investigators have warned.

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, which was set up to document and share evidence of abuse with national, regional and international courts, said in a report that the “frequency and brutality” of atrocities inside the country had continued to escalate, more than four years after the military seized power in a coup in February 2021.

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Sea of Galilee Turns Blood Red – Does it Explain the Biblical Plague? – Ancient Origins

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  1. Sea of Galilee Turns Blood Red - Does it Explain the Biblical Plague?  Ancient Origins
  2. Algae bloom causes Israel's Sea of Galilee to turn red  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Lake Galilee, a biblical background in northern Israel, has recently turned red, raising concerns am..  매일경제
  4. People warn of 'bad omen' as Biblical sea turns to chilling blood red  UNILAD Tech
  5. Culprit turning the world's oceans red has reached Israel  WION
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Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt

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US medical journal article about 60-year-old with bromism warns against using AI app for health information

A US medical journal has warned against using ChatGPT for health information after a man developed a rare condition following an interaction with the chatbot about removing table salt from his diet.

An article in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported a case in which a 60-year-old man developed bromism, also known as bromide toxicity, after consulting ChatGPT.

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