Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation?
Drones are being used to replant degraded areas of forest in Brazil - how successful have they been so far?
Slovak PM Fico in ‘serious condition’ as shooting suspect appears in court
Court near Bratislava is considering prosecutor's request for pre-trial detention of accused in assassination attempt.
Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow
Impunity for crimes committed during the civil war has fuelled post-war repression in Sri Lanka.
Israel’s PR battle is getting harder
Eight months into the war on Gaza, disunity and disarray is making Israel’s PR and messaging much tougher.
Death toll rises to six in New Caledonia riots as unrest spreads
Hundreds of heavily armed marines and police patrol the French territory's capital Noumea after a night of violence.
At least 50 killed in heavy rains, floods in Afghanistan’s Ghor province
Officials in the central region expect the number of casualties to increase as rising waters destroy thousands of homes.
Zelenskyy warns Russia’s Kharkiv offensive may only be ‘first wave’
New laws overhauling army mobilisation rules in Ukraine take effect in effort to address acute troop shortages.
‘It really was magical’: infected blood scandal victims join forces to share stories
The ‘blood friends’ swap stories and medical advice to help one another feel unburdened by their experiences
Victims of the infected blood inquiry are joining forces to share stories and support.
Sue Wathen, Joan Edgington and Nicola Leahey were diagnosed with hepatitis C after struggling through years of unexplained symptoms that were dismissed by doctors.
Continue reading...‘Bloody £9 for two’: TikTok twins rage at ice-cream van prices
Eight-year-olds’ video, which racked up 14m views, hits a sore point for mobilers who have struggled with the cost of living
Like the totemic £8 pint or £5 coffee, the cost of a Mr Whippy ice-cream has become a barometer of a world gone mad. But really, nine quid for two ice-creams? Bloody hell.
That was the damning verdict of an eight-year-old whose TikTok rant over the cost of two screwballs from an ice cream van in the park has racked up 14m views at the time of writing.
Continue reading...Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in central Afghanistan – BBC.com
- Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in central Afghanistan BBC.com
- Australian injured in deadly shooting in central Afghanistan ABC News
- Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan shot dead in Afghanistan attack The Guardian
- Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province Reuters.com
- Spanish tourists among four killed in Afghanistan shooting: Spanish Prime Minister CNN
Slovakia at pivotal moment after Robert Fico shooting – BBC.com
- Slovakia at pivotal moment after Robert Fico shooting BBC.com
- Slovakian Charged in Shooting 'Was Against Everything' The New York Times
- Slovakia's 'Lone Wolf' Assassination Attempt: How Polarization Is Spilling Over Into Violence The Wall Street Journal
- Gunman Who Shot Slovak PM Linked to Pro-Russian Extremist Group Kyiv Post
- Slovakia: 'We have to stop this hatred' DW (English)
Victorian premier accuses pro-Palestine protesters of bringing ‘violence, homophobia and antisemitism’ to Labor conference
Jacinta Allan says she is ‘disgusted’ by behaviour of protesters and intruders at Victorian Labor’s state conference
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has accused pro-Palestinian protesters of bringing “violence, homophobia and antisemitism to the front door of state conference”.
On Saturday morning, ahead of speeches by Allan and the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, a group of protesters entered the Moonee Valley Racecourse building and began chanting outside the conference room filled with MPs, unionist and other rank-and-file members.
Continue reading...Customer-facing workers ‘should not have to work in fear’, Victorian premier says, announcing plans for tougher laws
Jacinta Allan proposes stronger penalties for people who assault, threaten or intimidate retail, hospitality, and other workers
Jacinta Allan has used her first Labor state conference as Victorian premier to announce plans to change the law to better protect retail, hospitality and other customer-facing workers from abuse and assault amid reports of a surge in violence.
In her speech to party faithful at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Saturday, Allan detailed plans to introduce tougher penalties for people who assault, threaten or intimidate workers.
Continue reading...Police charge 17-year-old with attempted murder over alleged daylight brawl and stabbing in Brisbane
Boy charged after an alleged fight ended in a man being stabbed multiple times in Acacia Ridge
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged fight ended in a stabbing in the Brisbane suburb of Acacia Ridge.
Police allege two men were seen fighting on the footpath outside a Gregory St address at 2.30pm on Friday, before the 17-year-old brought out a knife and stabbed a 19-year-old man multiple times.
Continue reading...17 of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza depart with the help of U.S. officials, source says – NBC News
- 17 of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza depart with the help of U.S. officials, source says NBC News
- As Trapped American Doctors Escape Gaza, Some Stay to Sustain Aid Mission The Wall Street Journal
- U.S. medical volunteers says the war is crippling hospitals in Rafah : Goats and Soda NPR
- Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave The Intercept
- American doctors uncertain how they will leave Gaza: A day in their life ABC News
Trucks carrying 300 pallets of humanitarian aid to Gaza roll across new US pier – The Times of Israel
- Trucks carrying 300 pallets of humanitarian aid to Gaza roll across new US pier The Times of Israel
- Aid starts flowing into Gaza over U.S. pier NBC News
- Israel-Hamas war: Gaza aid driven across new US-built pier. Challenges remain The Associated Press
- JLOTS, an obscure Army-Navy capability, arrives in Gaza NavyTimes.com
- Aid offloaded from Gaza pier as Israel again denies genocide allegations The Washington Post
Video shows Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs assaulting singer Cassie in 2016
Hotel surveillance cameras at InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles captured incident Combs had vehemently denied
A newly released video shows Sean “Diddy” Combs manhandling and kicking singer Cassie Ventura – his former girlfriend – in plain view of hotel surveillance cameras in 2016, before the rapper, music producer and businessman rapidly settled a lawsuit that she brought against him this past November, according to footage exclusively obtained by CNN.
The video in question illustrates in the most graphic nature possible one of the beatings alleged and described in Ventura’s lawsuit, which Combs had vehemently denied.
Continue reading...Children’s author charged with online grooming in Sydney
Man, 41, arrested and charged with online grooming after allegedly sending inappropriate images to someone he thought was 13
New South Wales police have charged a children’s author for the alleged online grooming of children, under Strike Force Trawler.
The state crime command’s sex crimes squad force detectives launched an investigation early this month after receiving an interstate report a children’s author was allegedly communicating inappropriately with a child online.
Continue reading...Expert says employers can be found liable for sexual assault outside of work hours as PwC fights case
Accountancy firm argues it is not liable since it had taken ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent such behaviour
Employers can be found vicariously liable for alleged sexual assault that occurred between employees outside working hours but only where it was connected with their employment, according to a leading employment law expert.
PwC is facing legal action claiming the accountancy firm is liable for the alleged rape of a graduate employee following after-work drinks.
Continue reading...Ministers clawing back £251m from carers hit by DWP’s allowance failures
‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments
Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from unpaid carers over benefit infringements that occurred largely as a result of government failures, it can be revealed.
More than 134,000 people who care for loved ones are being forced to repay often huge carer’s allowance overpayments. The debts are incurred in many cases through no fault of their own, and leave carers saddled with enormous debts, and some with criminal convictions.
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