Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

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Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council

A Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide following a public campaign and an intervention from the State Library of New South Wales.

Waverley library removed the book “for review” earlier this month after the Jewish news outlet JWire reported it had approached the council.

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‘Confluence of errors’ led to Belgian tourist Celine Cremer’s death in Tasmanian wilderness, coroner finds

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Coroner finds 31-year-old deviated from a walking track as dusk fell, four days before the winter solstice

Overlapping errors, including a lack of preparation in near-freezing winter weather, contributed to the death of a Belgian tourist on a wilderness track.

Celine Cremer set off on a walk at Philosopher Falls in Tasmania’s remote north-west on 17 June 2023 and was reported missing almost 10 days later.

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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

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Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti

Seven people charged with vandalising Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland have been accused of malicious damage “having a terrorist connection”.

The clubhouse at the five-star Trump Turnberry hotel and resort on the west coast of Scotland was graffitied on 8 March last year and the course was dug up and painted with the words “Gaza is not 4 sale”.

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‘No precedent’: Lorde and Little Simz to star at world-first festival run on clean power

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A zero-emission compact hydrogen power plant will drive the main stage at Clifton Down in Bristol

When Lorde, Little Simz and Wet Leg stride on to stages in Bristol this weekend, they will not only be entertaining tens of thousands of festivalgoers but taking part in what is being billed as a world-first clean power project.

The two stages at Forwards festival on Clifton Down are being driven almost entirely by green power – a combination of hydrogen and mobile batteries charged with sustainable energy.

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‘Nature thrives when given a chance’: restored Cheshire wetland now a haven for rare grebe

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Woolston Eyes in Warrington, a dumping ground for canal dredgings, has become best place in UK for black-necked grebe

A dumping ground for dredgings from the Manchester Ship Canal has become the best place in Britain for the rare and beautiful black-necked grebe, hosting 64% of Britain’s breeding population.

Since 2021, Woolston Eyes in Cheshire has been restored, extended and turned into a mosaic of freshwater pools, reedbeds, willow scrub and rough grassland, managed by the RSPB and Woolston Eyes Conservation Group.

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South Korea to re-examine 310,000 missing person cases after fake record scandal

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Renewed scrutiny comes after police officer accused of falsifying records in order to close the cases of people who were later found dead

South Korean police will re-examine about 310,000 missing persons cases closed over the past three years, prompted by a scandal in which an officer was arrested on suspicion of falsifying records to close files on two people who were later found dead.

The case has drawn national attention, with President Lee Jae Myung ordering an investigation into the police handling of it and telling the force to draw up a reform plan.

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Fleeing Russians fear Putin is quietly preparing for another mobilization – politico.eu

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  1. Fleeing Russians fear Putin is quietly preparing for another mobilization  politico.eu
  2. More than 113,000 Russians cross into Georgia in a week as fears grow of new mobilization, Politico reports  The Kyiv Independent
  3. Russians rush for rentals abroad amid mobilization fears  TVP World
  4. Russians Step Up Money Transfers to Georgia Amid New Mobilization Rumors  Caspian Post
  5. Politico: Familiar scenes of mass exodus re-emerge along the Russia-Georgia border  sovanews.tv
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US nears deal to secure stake in Venezuelan oil fields, insiders say – Al Jazeera

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  1. US nears deal to secure stake in Venezuelan oil fields, insiders say  Al Jazeera
  2. Trump Live Updates: President Says U.S. to Take Control of Big Portion of Venezuelan Oil  The New York Times
  3. Trump says he has secured a vast U.S. stake in Venezuelan oil industry  The Washington Post
  4. Trump announces ‘biggest oil deal in world history,’ says it will substantially lower gas prices  Fox Business
  5. Trump says U.S. now has majority control of over 60 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves  CBS News
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Federal judge again halts Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting in midterms

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President’s directive stalls for a second time about a week before the first postal ballots are due to be sent out

A federal judge on Thursday halted – at least for the moment – attempts to implement Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting.

The president’s directive stalled for a second time about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm elections. In the US district court, Judge Indira Talwani placed a 14-day hold on the government implementing the order in a case that could be headed back to the supreme court, which on Monday overturned an earlier ruling of hers that had blocked Trump’s order from taking effect.

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Iran links Hormuz reopening to ending regional wars as Trump reportedly rejects return to June deal – CNBC

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  1. Iran links Hormuz reopening to ending regional wars as Trump reportedly rejects return to June deal  CNBC
  2. Iran war live: Tehran prepares conditions to open Strait of Hormuz  Al Jazeera
  3. White House silent on Iran-Oman Hormuz plan Tehran says would ban US warships  Fox News
  4. Iran war diplomacy turns toward reopening Strait of Hormuz  Reuters
  5. Iran War Updates: Tehran engages in renewed diplomatic push, touts proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz  CBS News
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Germany’s far right taps nostalgia for communist East to propel election surge – politico.eu

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  1. Germany’s far right taps nostalgia for communist East to propel election surge  politico.eu
  2. Germany's election clash over Nazi past as AfD eyes power in Saxony-Anhalt  BBC
  3. My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick  The Guardian
  4. Germany’s Far-Right Maintains Wide Poll Lead Ahead of State Vote  Bloomberg.com
  5. Saxony-Anhalt election: Why the AfD is so strong  DW.com
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U.S. to Step Up Deportations to Haiti Despite Warning Not to Visit – The New York Times

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  1. U.S. to Step Up Deportations to Haiti Despite Warning Not to Visit  The New York Times
  2. ICE sends second deportation flight to Haiti in a week. There are kids aboard  Miami Herald
  3. ‘Everybody’s scared’: Haitian families living in limbo after feds revoke legal protections  OregonLive.com
  4. Florida economy faces a workforce reckoning as TPS for Haitians ends  The Week
  5. Haitian nationals arrive in Cap-Haitien following end of TPS  WPLG Local 10
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