- Gisèle Pelicot Has Become a Feminist Hero in France Amid Rape Trial The New York Times
- Video: France Rape Trial Renews Push to Revise Legal Definition of Rape The New York Times
- Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life ABC News
- Troy University chancellor rescinds retirement plan, will continue serving WSFA
- Digested week: Tupperware has filed for bankruptcy. I hope you’re happy, snowflakes The Guardian
Indian Kashmir votes in regional polls with return of autonomy at forefront
Contest pits parties seeking to restore region's special status against India's main governing party BJP.
US and France working on Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire plan – as it happened
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Lebanon’s minister of culture, Judge Mohammad Wissam El-Mortada, has been speaking to Sputnik Radio, and Lebanon’s National News Agency is carrying some quotes from the interview.
In it, he said “Lebanon is engaged in a confrontation in defence of everything that is humane in this world against the enemies of humanity. Israel is exceeding all restrictions.”
Continue reading...Israel slammed for sending 88 unidentifiable bodies of Palestinians to Gaza
Gaza authorities refuse to accept 'inhumane' shipment of bodies, saying Israel must provide data about their identities.
Europe’s intense rainfall in September twice as likely thanks to climate change – NPR
- Europe's intense rainfall in September twice as likely thanks to climate change NPR
- Europe’s deadly floods are glimpse of future climate BBC.com
- Extreme Rainfall: Why It Is Becoming More Frequent and Deadly Bloomberg
- Two foreign tourists, a baby and his grandmother, are missing after floods hit central Italy The Associated Press
- Study Finds Climate Change Doubled Likelihood of Recent European Floods The New York Times
Israel-Hezbollah violence is Biden’s big Middle East fear come true – Axios
- Israel-Hezbollah violence is Biden's big Middle East fear come true Axios
- The War That Would Not End The Atlantic
- Biden Is Sleepwalking Toward War in Ukraine and Middle East Cato Institute
- 'The War That Would Not End': The Atlantic Traces Biden Administration's Failed Effort to End the Gaza War Haaretz
- Opinion | Biden’s Diplomatic Magical Thinking The Wall Street Journal
‘A very brave thing to do’: all-nude play about boomers v gen Z to premiere at Sydney’s Griffin theatre
An influencer on the run crashes a community of naturalists, in one of five new Australian plays premiering at the theatre in 2025
Boomer naturists will face off with a gen Z influencer in an all-nude comedy at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company next year, one of five new Australian plays premiering in its 2025 season.
Naturism, by Sydney playwright Ang Collins, is a comedy about a gen Z eco-influencer (played by Camila Ponte Alvarez) on the run who crashes a remote, off-grid bush eco-paradise created by a group of nudist baby boomers. The entire cast will perform nude for most of the play’s duration.
Continue reading...UK economy to grow faster than Japan, Italy and Germany this year, says OECD
Forecast upgrades UK to joint second after US but it is still expected to have highest inflation among G7 countries
The global economy is “turning a corner”, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, which has upgraded the UK’s growth forecast for this year to faster than that of Japan, Italy and Germany.
The OECD’s latest outlook ranked Britain joint second among the G7 developed countries in its latest outlook for the world economy. However, the UK is still expected to have the highest inflation in the group.
Continue reading...Why boarding schools for toddlers are gaining popularity in Lesotho
As many parents migrate for job opportunities, children are left with relatives, nannies, and more recently at schools.
Long-range missiles to hit Russia: Where does NATO stand on Ukraine demand?
Zelenskyy hopes to hit assets inside Russia to get the upper hand in negotiations but has not succeeded yet.
Co-operative Group returns to profit as almost £40m lost to shoplifting
Mutual reports half-year pre-tax profit of £58m despite soaring wage bill and rising cost of theft at retail stores
The Co-operative Group has laid bare the impact of shoplifting as it said the cost of crime in its stores soared by almost 20% to £40m in the first half of the year.
The member-owned mutual has spent £18m so far this year on measures to protect staff in its food business, including rolling out body-worn cameras and fortified kiosks.
Continue reading...Paedophile swimming coach dies after conviction
Dick Caine was recently found guilty of sexually assaulting six female students in the 1970s and 1980s.
China test-fires intercontinental ballistic missile for first time in decades
Beijing said the test was "routine" but analysts say that is odd as the last such test was in 1980.
Long-term sick need to get back to work where they can, says Starmer
Labour leader says there should be more support to help people back into jobs, vowing to do ‘everything we can to tackle worklessness’
People who have been on long-term sickness leave and claiming benefits will need get back into the workplace “where they can”, Keir Starmer has said.
The prime minister said he wants more schemes across the country that support people back into work from long-term sickness because he believes in the “basic proposition that you should look for work”.
Continue reading...The ‘brilliant’ way Israel kills innocents
In the minds of Israel's cheerleaders, children killed in its 'sophisticated' plots are nothing but an inconvenience.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah fires missile at Mossad HQ near Israel’s Tel Aviv
Israel's army says projectile it brought down was first fired from Lebanon to reach central Israel.
Man jailed for pretending to rob Sydney jewellery store in $2.8m insurance fraud plot
Shanel Tofaeono tied up store employee whose hands were ‘shaking so much due to fear’, judge says
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A man who pretended to rob a luxury jewellery store and tied up a terrified employee as part of an alleged $2.8m insurance fraud plot has been jailed for his crime.
Shanel Tofaeono, 39, was part of a wider scheme allegedly headed up by jeweller Michel Germani to stage a robbery of his Hilton hotel store in Sydney’s CBD in January 2022.
Continue reading...Anna Sebastian Perayil: Death of Indian employee sparks debate on ‘toxic work culture’ – BBC.com
- Anna Sebastian Perayil: Death of Indian employee sparks debate on 'toxic work culture' BBC.com
- Mom Says Daughter, a Ernst & Young Employee, Died as a Result of 'Overwhelming Workload' PEOPLE
- 26-year-old employee's mother writes letter to EY Chairman: Anna's death should serve as a wake up call f The Times of India
- Death of young Ernst & Young employee raises questions about workplace culture NBC News
- Probe into EY Indian employee death finds it lacked labour welfare permit Reuters India
Greens MP invokes Whitlam in public housing push – as it happened
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- Labor refuses to rule out negative gearing changes as Treasury reportedly studies housing tax
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Plibersek approves three coalmine expansions
We have more on environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s approval of three coalmine expansions on Tuesday from Graham Readfearn here.
There’s a range of everyday common health conditions that are unnecessarily blocking up our emergency departments and contributing to those wait times to see our precious general practitioners.
We would love to see more GPs. Who doesn’t love their local family doctor? My wife and I and our children certainly do. But we all know how difficult it is to not only find one, find one that bulk-bills, but find one that hasn’t closed their books and can take an appointment. That’s not just in the bush, that’s in our major capital cities as well, whether it’s after 6pm or on a weekend, when your local pharmacy is open.
Continue reading...Phillip Schofield to return to TV 16 months after quitting This Morning over affair
Former ITV presenter will appear in Channel 5’s Cast Away, which follows a celebrity stranded off Madagascar
Phillip Schofield is returning to television 16 months after quitting This Morning over what he called an “unwise, but not illegal” affair.
The 62-year-old, who stepped down from presenting the ITV daytime show in May 2023 after 21 years, will appear in a Channel 5 special called Cast Away, which follows a celebrity stranded on an island off the coast of Madagascar for nearly two weeks.
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