Inquest into death of Clare Nowland after Tasering by NSW police aims to answer ‘outstanding questions’

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Coroner will examine 95-year-old’s death and look at dementia training for aged care staff, police and ambulance officers

Three years after police fatally Tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients.

Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at 95-year-old Clare Nowland after being called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma in southern New South Wales on 17 May 2023.

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Chinese Supertanker Crosses Strait Without Paying Tolls – WSJ

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  1. Chinese Supertanker Crosses Strait Without Paying Tolls  WSJ
  2. Chinese Tanker Set to Test US Hormuz Naval Blockade  Bloomberg.com
  3. Chinese oil tanker exits Strait of Hormuz, stops at Gulf of Oman, data shows  Reuters
  4. Chinese-linked ships cross Strait of Hormuz on eve of Trump-Xi meeting  Middle East Eye
  5. Chinese supertanker carrying two million barrels of Iraqi crude oil attempts to pass Strait of Hormuz  The Independent
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A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget

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The Murdoch papers sharpened their sickles and hammered Jim Chalmers’ budget for ‘the most radical redistribution of wealth since the Whitlam era’

The voters of New South Wales woke up in a communist state on Wednesday – at least according to the Daily Telegraph, which claimed that “Lying Jim” Chalmers was cackling like the devil as he gouged them with big taxes in the federal budget.

To underline this apparent sharp turn to the left, the Tele added a red hammer and sickle and used a red background.

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Bahamas prime minister re-elected in early election victory – Reuters

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  1. Bahamas prime minister re-elected in early election victory  Reuters
  2. Philip Davis and Progressive Liberal Party win general election in Bahamas  Al Jazeera
  3. Bahamas voters return Davis to power in historic win, reject NBA star Rick Fox  Miami Herald
  4. The Bahamas goes to polls in three-way battle with immigration a key issue  The Guardian
  5. Bahamians head to polls in snap election after Parliament dissolved in April  AP News
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Trump’s rollback of toxic gas rules limits EPA’s authority to protect public health, analysis says

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Ethylene oxide (EtO) is about 60 times more carcinogenic than believed in 2006, research finds

A new Trump administration plan to rescind 2024 regulations for toxic ethylene oxide (EtO) pollution more broadly aims to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to strengthen public health protections around hazardous emissions and could result in more of the toxin being released into the air.

Recent research has found EtO is about 60 times more carcinogenic than thought when the last regulations were developed in 2006. In 2024, the Biden EPA passed a rule that strengthened the regulations to reflect the updated science, and required the nation’s EtO emitters to collectively cut their emissions by about 90%.

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Mass protests in Argentina decry Milei’s funding cuts to prized public universities – AP News

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  1. Mass protests in Argentina decry Milei’s funding cuts to prized public universities  AP News
  2. Argentina sees vast protests against Milei's university cuts  DW.com
  3. Tens of thousands demonstrate against Milei cuts to university budgets  Buenos Aires Times
  4. Massive protest against cuts to public universities in Argentina: ‘It is our future as a society, as a people’  EL PAÍS English
  5. Funding crisis in Argentina sparks new wave of protests  The Transmitter
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MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Gave Trump’s War Partner ‘60 Minutes’ Reins – The Daily Beast

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  1. MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Gave Trump’s War Partner ‘60 Minutes’ Reins  The Daily Beast
  2. Exclusive | Bari Weiss tapped Major Garrett for newsy ‘60 Minutes’ interview after ‘negotiation’ with Netanyahu: sources  New York Post
  3. The Major Trouble at '60'  status.news
  4. Bari Weiss let Netanyahu pick interviewer for '60 Minutes,' report says  Haaretz
  5. MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Plotting to Put Favorite Anchor on Flagship Show  The Daily Beast
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‘I’m afraid if she gets out’: US author’s sons say they want mother to stay in jail

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Kouri Richins, 35, faces up to life in prison for killing her husband, and her three sons say they are ‘afraid’ of her

The young sons of Kouri Richins, a Utah author, said ahead of her sentencing hearing Wednesday that they would feel unsafe if their mother was ever released from prison after she was found guilty in March of killing their father.

Richins, 35, faces several decades to life in prison on five felony convictions, including aggravated murder.

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UAE denies Netanyahu held ‘secret’ meeting with president during Iran war – France 24

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  1. UAE denies Netanyahu held 'secret' meeting with president during Iran war  France 24
  2. Lebanon says two paramedics among 13 killed in Israeli strikes  BBC
  3. At least 15 people killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  4. IDF uses robots to advance in Lebanon, FPV drones will continue challenging IDF  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon ahead of US-mediated talks  Reuters
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Residents of Haiti’s Cite Soleil demand protection after gang violence displaces hundreds – AP News

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  1. Residents of Haiti’s Cite Soleil demand protection after gang violence displaces hundreds  AP News
  2. Gang violence displaces hundreds in Haiti’s capital  Al Jazeera
  3. Hospitals evacuated, MSF services halted as rival gangs clash in Haiti's capital  Reuters
  4. Fresh gang attacks frustrate Haiti businesses, hit charity hospital as residents flee  Miami Herald
  5. Gangs, Drones and US Warships Besiege Haiti  Truthdig
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The Significance of UAE, Saudi Arabia Offensive Attacks in Iran War – Newsweek

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  1. The Significance of UAE, Saudi Arabia Offensive Attacks in Iran War  Newsweek
  2. UAE’s secret attack on Iran risks drawing Gulf states into the war  The Guardian
  3. U.A.E.’s Secret Attacks on Iran  WSJ
  4. UAE Said to Have Hit Iran Earlier in War as Israel Ties Grow  Bloomberg.com
  5. UAE secretly launched strikes on Iran during war, attacked oil refinery — report  The Times of Israel
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Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

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Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto

Ministers should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday.

Labour held out the prospect of a clean air act while in opposition in 2023, but this was dropped from the final election manifesto, and the government has made no move to reinstate it.

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Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows

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Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effect

The stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “accelerated cognitive decline” in middle-aged and older people, research shows.

However, providing care for only five to nine hours a week has the opposite effect, boosting brain health so much that the benefits last until older age.

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US heading for ‘checkmate’ and ‘total defeat’ in Iran war, says neocon Robert Kagan – Middle East Eye

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  1. US heading for ‘checkmate’ and ‘total defeat’ in Iran war, says neocon Robert Kagan  Middle East Eye
  2. Checkmate in Iran  The Atlantic
  3. Opinion | What the White House and Wall Street are getting wrong about the Iran war  MS NOW
  4. Robert Kagan on why he believes U.S. faces likely defeat in Iran  PBS
  5. The war on Iran will likely end in American retreat  Al Jazeera
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