Trump picks ex-congressman and Fox host as transport secretary
Sean Duffy, one of Trump's most vocal defenders on cable news, will need to be confirmed by the Senate.
Shuntaro Tanikawa, giant of Japanese poetry, dies aged 92
The poet also wrote the lyrics for the Astro Boy theme song and translated Peanuts into Japanese
Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died aged 92.
Tanikawa, who translated the Peanuts comic strip and penned the lyrics for the theme song of the animation series Astro Boy, died on 13 November, his son Kensaku Tanikawa said on Tuesday. The cause of death, at a Tokyo hospital, was old age.
Continue reading...Greg Lynn launches appeal over conviction for murdering camper Carol Clay in Victoria’s high country
Former Jetstar pilot seeks to overturn conviction and sentence over killing of 73-year-old in the Wonnangatta Valley
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A former Jetstar pilot who was convicted of murdering an elderly camper in Victoria’s high country has formally lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence.
Greg Lynn, 58, was last month sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in prison for the 2020 murder of 73-year-old camper Carol Clay in the Wonnangatta Valley.
Continue reading...Indian tribes seek to bring back ancestral skulls from UK
The Nagas want to bring home human remains which colonial administrators had removed from the country.
Trump selects Fox News contributor Sean Duffy as transport secretary
Former Republican congressman from Wisconsin was also a cast member on MTV’s The Real World: Boston
Donald Trump has named Sean Duffy, a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin,and former cast member of the MTV show The Real World, to serve as the secretary of transportation. He was also a co-host on Fox Business but left that role on Monday, according to Fox News Media.
Duffy served in Congress from 2011 until 2019. Before being elected to public office, he was district attorney for Ashland county, Wisconsin, from 2002 to 2008 and previously had a reality TV show role. Duffy was a cast member on The Real World: Boston in 1997 where he would meet his wife, Fox news contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy.
Continue reading...Matt Gaetz ‘paid for sex’, says lawyer for two women who testified to House committee – as it happened
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The reported tension between Elon Musk and Boris Epshteyn as they vie for status in Donald Trump’s inner circle of un-elected influencers involves the tech entrepreneur, Musk, challenging lawyer Epshteyn on the merits of his suggestions for senior appointments in the incoming Republican administration, according to Axios.
It quotes several unnamed sources, who’ve been giving accounts of the apparent strain between the two men bursting out into public rows, saying that Musk argues Epshteyn has too much sway over the names Trump is picking and considering for his cabinet and senior administration posts, while Epshteyn is “bristling” at Musk challenging him.
Continue reading...From political outsider to Ghana’s ‘Mr Digital’
Presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia hopes he can silence his critics once more to become Ghana's leader.
Bunnings breached privacy of customers by using facial recognition, watchdog finds
Hardware chain breached law by scanning faces of everyone entering the store against a database of banned customers
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Bunnings breached the privacy of potentially hundreds of thousands of Australians through the use of facial recognition technologies in stores to scan every customer on entry that were aimed at addressing theft or store safety, the Australian privacy commissioner has ruled.
In 2022, it was revealed the hardware chain was one of a number of retailers using facial recognition tech in stores to check the face of every customer entering the store against a database of banned customers.
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Continue reading...Wicked stars take to the green carpet for European premiere
Parts of the film were made in the United Kingdom, and British actress Cynthia Erivo, who plays the green witch Elphaba, said she's "finally back home".
The Australian government will force some shops to accept cash. So who still uses it, and why?
Cash use has declined drastically across all age groups and for all products, but small pockets of resistance to digital-only payments remain
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The Australian government has announced it will mandate that businesses selling essential goods and services must accept cash from 2026, and has confirmed that cheques will no longer be accepted as legal tender from 2029.
So how many Australians are still paying with cash?
Continue reading...Call to ban cakes and biscuits at school lunchtimes in England
Campaigners want ministers to overhaul rules to outlaw snacks that contain up to 12 teaspoons of sugar
Schools in England should be banned from giving pupils cakes or biscuits as part of their lunch because they contain so much sugar, food campaigners say.
They want ministers to overhaul the rules that guide schools on the nutritional content of the meals they serve to outlaw such sugary snacks.
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China’s Xi Jinping delivered four ultimatums to Joe Biden at Peru meeting, Beijing says – Washington Times
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Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel’s actions constitute genocide – NPR
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Death of teen Walmart employee found in walk-in oven not suspicious, police say – WKRC TV Cincinnati
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US envoy heads to Beirut as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire talks gain momentum – CNN
- US envoy heads to Beirut as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire talks gain momentum CNN
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Two telecoms cables in Baltic Sea severed, raising suspicions of sabotage
Outages include 1,200km link between Germany and Finland and 218km cable between Lithuania and Sweden
Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, have been severed, raising suspicions of sabotage by bad actors.
The episode on Monday recalled other incidents in the same waterway that authorities have probed as potentially malicious, including damage to a gas pipeline and undersea cables last year and the 2022 explosions of the Nord Sea gas pipelines.
Continue reading...Ex-Canadian minister says he was alleged target of Iran assassination plot
Canadian authorities reportedly foiled the alleged assassination attempt on Irwin Cotler.
MDA, city residents share experience of Hezbollah rocket attack in Ramat Gan – The Jerusalem Post
Canada reportedly foils Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler
Tehran alleged to have targeted retired politician, 84, who is also human rights activist and critic of Iran
Canadian authorities foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate a former justice minister and rights activist who has been a strong critic of Tehran, the Globe and Mail newspaper has reported.
The 84-year-old was justice minister and attorney general from 2003 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2015 but has remained active with many associations that campaign for human rights around the world.
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