- Negotiators get closer to agreeing on a plastic pollution treaty The Associated Press
- Hope of breakthrough at international plastic treaty talks after two-year deadlock The Guardian
- Can countries agree to "end the world's plastic pollution crisis"? CBS News
- UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms Reuters
- As Plastic Talks Continue, a Reminder of What We’re All Exposed To The New York Times
Israel Warns Residents on Both Sides of Lebanon Border to Stay Away – The New York Times
- Israel Warns Residents on Both Sides of Lebanon Border to Stay Away The New York Times
- Israel launches airstrike on Hezbollah for first time since ceasefire Axios
- Drone aerials show scale of destruction of Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon The Associated Press
- LIVE: Israel ‘hammers’ Gaza as Lebanese army claims ceasefire ‘violated’ Al Jazeera English
- Middle East: Israeli military warns Lebanese not to go south DW (English)
Australian children react to social media ban for minors
We’ve been talking to children in Australia about the country’s new social media ban for under 16s.
UK MPs face crucial vote on divisive assisted dying bill
Many politicians are still undecided on whether the terminally ill should be allowed to end their lives.
World gets first glimpse inside Paris’s restored Notre-Dame
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the rescued, renovated and refurbished cathedral in what is a breathtaking visual treat.
Romania orders election recount after TikTok bias allegations – BBC.com
- Romania orders election recount after TikTok bias allegations BBC.com
- Romania's top court postpones decision on presidential election Reuters
- Romania Court Orders a Recount After Surprise Election Result The New York Times
- Romania’s RFK Jr. is all about good food and helping farmers POLITICO Europe
- Who is Calin Georgescu, the far-right populist who won the 1st round of Romania's presidential race? The Associated Press
Chad cuts military agreement with France
The Central African nation cites "sovereignty" as it ends a years-long deal with its former colonial ruler.
Iran plans to install 6,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium, IAEA says
UN nuclear watchdog's report comes as Iran prepares to hold talks with European nations over its nuclear programme.
Poll: Netanyahu’s Likud drops slightly with Hezbollah truce; Bennett would win if he ran – The Times of Israel
- Poll: Netanyahu’s Likud drops slightly with Hezbollah truce; Bennett would win if he ran The Times of Israel
- Israel cease-fire deal has critics worried over Biden, Obama officials looking to stymie incoming Trump admin Fox News
- Israeli strikes test cease-fire; IDF warns displaced Lebanese not to return The Washington Post
- The diplomatic push that took Lebanon from Armageddon to ceasefire Reuters
- Battered by war and divisions, Lebanon faces a long list of challenges after ceasefire deal The Associated Press
Here Are the Risks When Zoos Pay for Endangered Species – The New York Times
- Here Are the Risks When Zoos Pay for Endangered Species The New York Times
- Millions of Dollars to Protect Pandas Was Spent by China on Roads and Buildings The New York Times
- Panda diplomacy leads to millions going to China, with very little oversight Straight Arrow News
- Panda Conservation Projects Backfiring After American Zoos Dished Out Millions To China Daily Caller
- Zoos' Panda Payments to China Come Under Scrutiny Newser
Starbucks opens a cafe with a view of North Korea – CNN
- Starbucks opens a cafe with a view of North Korea CNN
- Starbucks Opens at Korean Border: Sip Coffee While Looking into North Korea Yahoo Finance
- Starbucks opens shop overlooking Korean DMZ NBC News
- Starbucks serves South Koreans coffee and glimpse into the North Reuters
- Starbucks Offers Glimpse of North Korean Life From New Cafe Bloomberg
Ireland votes in close-run election dominated by housing crisis
Polls show centre-right incumbents Fine Gael and Fianna Fail running neck and neck with leftist-nationalist Sinn Fein.
NSW farmer fined record $1m for wiping out critical koala habitat for private airstrip larger than Sydney airport
Ronald Greentree and his company Auen Grain cleared 1,262 hectares of land home to 30 threatened species, NSW government says
The former graincorp chair and prominent wheat farmer Ronald Greentree has been handed a record fine of more than $1m for illegal land-clearing in the north-west of New South Wales.
Greentree and his company Auen Grain were sentenced in the state’s land and environment court on Friday for offences related to illegal clearing of an area larger than Sydney airport on the property “Boolcarrol”, north-west of Narrabri.
The sentence follows a 2022 court decision that found Greentree and Auen Grain guilty of eight separate land-clearing events at the property between December 2016 and January 2019.
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Continue reading...Justin Hemmes’ Merivale to pay $19.25m to ex-staff who allege they were underpaid
But the Sydney hospitality giant, which operates more than 90 bars, restaurants and hotels, didn’t admit any liability in relation to the claims
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Sydney pub baron Justin Hemmes’ company has agreed to pay millions to ex-employees who alleged they were underpaid, but did not admit any liability in relation to the claims.
Merivale has agreed to pay $19.25m to settle the lawsuit which was approved in the federal court on Friday, after five years of legal arguments and closed-door negotiations.
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Continue reading...China jails journalist for seven years on espionage charges
Dong Yuyu, a former editor at Guangming Daily, was arrested in 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat.
Power cut hits Zimbabwe’s parliament after budget speech
Zimbabwe's parliament was plunged into darkness after the finance minister's budget speech.
Police and protesters clash in Georgia over EU talks delay
Georgian police fired water cannons at people protesting in Tbilisi over the government’s EU delay.
Australia Passes Landmark Social-Media Ban for Under-16s – The Wall Street Journal
- Australia Passes Landmark Social-Media Ban for Under-16s The Wall Street Journal
- Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16 The New York Times
- Australia's under-16 social media ban sparks anger and relief Reuters
- Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law The Associated Press
- Teen News Boss Criticises Australian Social Media Ban Barron's
Louise Haigh quits as transport secretary after admitting conviction for misleading police over stolen mobile – UK politics live
Transport secretary departs after it emerged she pleaded guilty to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013
In her resignation letter Louise Haigh said little about the past conviction, now spent, that led to her resignation. But she gave a fuller statement yesterday when approached by reporters about the story. She said:
In 2013 I was mugged while on a night out. I was a young woman and the experience was terrifying.
I reported it to the police and gave them a list of what I believed had been taken - including a work mobile phone that had been issued by my employer.
Louise Haigh has done the right thing in resigning. It is clear she has failed to behave to the standards expected of an MP.
In her resignation letter, she states that Keir Starmer was already aware of the fraud conviction, which raises questions as to why the prime minister appointed Ms Haigh to Cabinet with responsibility for a £30bn budget? The onus is now on Keir Starmer to explain this obvious failure of judgment to the British public.
Continue reading...‘Absolutely no reason for panic’: As ruble falls, Putin says situation is ‘under control’ – Meduza
- ‘Absolutely no reason for panic’: As ruble falls, Putin says situation is ‘under control’ Meduza
- Russia in panic as US sanctions trigger ruble collapse DW (English)
- The ruble’s in a slump. For the Kremlin, that’s a two-edged sword. MarketWatch
- As rouble plummets, how will Chinese merchants get money out of Russia? South China Morning Post
- Russia tries to stem panic over the plummeting ruble, as the central bank is forced to intervene CNBC