Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine marks 1,000 days since full-scale Russian invasion – The Guardian

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  1. Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine marks 1,000 days since full-scale Russian invasion  The Guardian
  2. Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine’s use of western missiles against Russia could lead to nuclear response, says Moscow  The Guardian
  3. Ukraine, marking 1,000 days of Russian invasion, eyes end to war next year  Reuters
  4. Future remains uncertain for Ukrainians in Gloucestershire  BBC.com
  5. Ukraine at a crossroads as Trump return to White House looms  DW (English)
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No one wants to talk about Trump as leaders gather in Rio – POLITICO

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  1. No one wants to talk about Trump as leaders gather in Rio  POLITICO
  2. Trump’s influence already generating drama among world leaders as G20 gets underway  CNN
  3. Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics  The Associated Press
  4. WATCH: State Department holds daily briefing as Biden attends G20 in Brazil  PBS NewsHour
  5. It’s time for G20 to take the initiative to help build a fairer world  Al Jazeera English
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‘Graveyard of corals’ found after extreme heat and cyclones hit northern Great Barrier Reef – The Guardian

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  1. ‘Graveyard of corals’ found after extreme heat and cyclones hit northern Great Barrier Reef  The Guardian
  2. Parts of Great Barrier Reef dying at record rate, alarmed researchers say; "worst fears" confirmed  CBS News
  3. Parts of Great Barrier Reef record highest coral deaths due to heat, storms  Al Jazeera English
  4. A Hollings internship at the cutting edge of coral research in the Florida Keys  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  5. Parts of Great Barrier Reef record worst coral loss in 39 years, early AIMS survey results show  ABC News
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Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland was ‘fed up’ she would not drop steak knife, jury told

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Kristian White did not consider 95-year-old a threat and fired stun gun because he was ‘impatient’ and ‘not prepared to wait any longer’, manslaughter trial told

A police officer’s cursing just before he tasered an elderly woman who was holding a knife showed the aged-care resident was not a threat but that he was simply fed up with the situation, a jury has heard.

Dramatic footage of the incident taken from the nursing home’s CCTV and police bodyworn cameras has been shown at a NSW supreme court manslaughter trial for Sen Const Kristian White.

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Shuntaro Tanikawa, giant of Japanese poetry, dies aged 92

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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.

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Greg Lynn launches appeal over conviction for murdering camper Carol Clay in Victoria’s high country

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Former Jetstar pilot seeks to overturn conviction and sentence over killing of 73-year-old in the Wonnangatta Valley

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.

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Trump selects Fox News contributor Sean Duffy as transport secretary

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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.

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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.

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Bunnings breached privacy of customers by using facial recognition, watchdog finds

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Hardware chain breached law by scanning faces of everyone entering the store against a database of banned customers

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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The Australian government will force some shops to accept cash. So who still uses it, and why?

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Cash use has declined drastically across all age groups and for all products, but small pockets of resistance to digital-only payments remain

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?

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Call to ban cakes and biscuits at school lunchtimes in England

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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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Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: children tell of ‘devastation’ caused by their father – The Guardian

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  1. Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: children tell of ‘devastation’ caused by their father  The Guardian
  2. Gisèle Pelicot to address court as France mass rape trial enters final phase  BBC.com
  3. Gisèle Pelicot’s Sons Tell of a ‘Devastated’ Family at Rape Trial in France  The New York Times
  4. Gisèle Pélicot’s son calls father ‘devil incarnate’ at mass rape trial  The Telegraph
  5. Gisele Pelicot rape case: Sons face 'devil' father in court as they speak of disgust and 'lost childhood'  Sky News
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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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  1. China's Xi Jinping delivered four ultimatums to Joe Biden at Peru meeting, Beijing says  Washington Times
  2. President Biden and Chinese President Meet During APEC Forum  C-SPAN
  3. Biden’s final meeting with Xi Jinping reaps agreement on AI and nukes  POLITICO
  4. China's Xi sets boundaries for Trump with 4 'red lines'  Yahoo! Voices
  5. Xi Meets Biden, Says He Is ‘Ready to Work With New U.S. Administration’  The Wall Street Journal
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Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel’s actions constitute genocide – NPR

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  1. Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel's actions constitute genocide  NPR
  2. Pope calls for investigation on whether genocide is taking place in Gaza  The Washington Post
  3. Pope Francis calls for investigation into Gaza genocide allegations  CNN
  4. The Guardian view on a genocide probe call: sense in Gaza’s senseless conflict  The Guardian
  5. Pope: Investigate whether genocide is taking place in Gaza, respect human dignity  Vatican News - English
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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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  1. Death of teen Walmart employee found in walk-in oven not suspicious, police say  WKRC TV Cincinnati
  2. Death of 19-year-old employee found in Walmart walk-in oven was not foul play, police say  NBC News
  3. Death of teen found in Walmart oven ruled ‘not suspicious’: Police  WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
  4. Foul play ruled out month after body of Walmart employee found inside walk-in oven at Canada store  Fox News
  5. Police Rule Out Foul Play in 'Sudden Death' of Teen Walmart Employee Found in Store Oven  PEOPLE
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