Iceland grants whale hunting permit despite animal welfare concerns
The government grants a licence to Iceland's sole whaling firm - a move condemned by animal welfare groups.
More than 10 million displaced in war-torn Sudan, IOM says
UN says 7.26 million people fled since war began in April 2023, with 2.83 million already displaced by previous wars.
Ukraine ‘hits missile launch sites in Russia’
The mayor of the city of Kharkiv says the situation there is "calmer" as Russia has been shelling less.
South Korean soldiers fire warning shots after troops briefly cross border from North – The Hill
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Australia’s power and gas companies want Coalition to retain Labor’s 2030 climate target
Coal and gas-fired power plant owners say interim target an important step to net zero by 2050
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The owners of Australian coal and gas-fired power plants have joined the country’s leading business groups in saying the Coalition should keep Labor’s 2030 climate target if it wins the next election.
The Australian Energy Council, which represents electricity companies and gas wholesalers and retailers, the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Industry Group said maintaining an interim target – legislated as a 43% cut compared with 2005 levels – was an important step in getting to net zero emissions by mid-century.
Continue reading...Australian capital city rents have biggest monthly fall in over four years but crisis ‘far from over’
Sydney house rents still nation’s highest but an expected rise in vacancy rates this winter could provide some relief to tenants, expert says
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Average asking rents in Australia’s capital cities fell 0.5% in May, the largest percentage monthly decline in more than four years.
New data released by SQM property research shows the fall in average capital city rents – to $723 in May – was the largest monthly percentage decline on that measure since April 2020.
Continue reading...Details of $25m in Australian taxpayer-funded VIP flights to stay secret
Calls intensify for the federal government to fully explain why it no longer publishes the information
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The details of more than $25m in taxpayer-funded VIP flights for Australian ministers and dignitaries will be kept secret, fuelling calls for the federal government to fully explain why it no longer publishes the information.
The government has cited national security advice for the decision to no longer publish the flight logs, but advocates have argued transparency provides a deterrent to improper use and “right now, it’s potentially open slather”.
Continue reading...“Now we make Russia pay”: EU to transfer first $ 1.6 bn in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine – Euromaidan Press
- “Now we make Russia pay”: EU to transfer first $ 1.6 bn in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine Euromaidan Press
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- Biden, France's Macron reach agreement on using Russian assets for Ukraine Reuters
- Von der Leyen: Ukraine to receive 3.4 billion euros from EU this summer Kyiv Independent
At least 49 dead after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Yemen – The Associated Press
- At least 49 dead after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Yemen The Associated Press
- Forty-nine die after migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, IOM says BBC.com
- At least 49 dead, 140 missing in migrant boat sinking off Yemen: UN Al Jazeera English
- Migrant boat sinks off Yemen coast, killing at least 49 people, U.N. immigration agency says CBS News
- At least 49 dead and 140 missing after migrant boat sank off the coast of Yemen KOMO News
Israeli killings of Gaza civilians during raid may be war crimes: UN
Palestinian officials say Israeli forces killed 274 people during the operation to rescue four captives held in Gaza.
Banana giant held liable for funding paramilitaries
Chiquita made payments to the AUC, which engaged in widespread human rights abuses for decades.
Nuseirat, anatomy of Israel’s massacre in Gaza
How was the killing of nearly 300 people justified in the name of extracting four?
Conservatives try to shift the mood ahead of UK general election – The Associated Press
- Conservatives try to shift the mood ahead of UK general election The Associated Press
- ‘Cosplaying Liz Truss’: Rishi Sunak condemned for £17bn tax giveaway The Guardian
- UK's Rishi Sunak pledges £17 billion in tax cuts by 2030, looking to bounce back from D-Day gaffe CNBC
- U.K.'s glum Conservatives try to shift the mood with a promise of tax cuts as election nears NBC News
- UK's glum Conservatives try to shift the mood with a promise of tax cuts as polling day nears ABC News
Forty-nine die after boat capsizes off Yemen – IOM
The search continues for 140 people who are still missing, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Israel-Gaza war: ‘talks ongoing’ but no formal response to ceasefire proposal from either side, says official – as it happened
Official briefed by mediators says that neither Hamas or Israel has yet given a formal response to US-backed plan. This live blog is closed
Israel’s military has said it has intercepted some of a barrage of about 50 projectiles fired towards the Golan Heights from the direction of Lebanon. In a statement the IDF said:
Following the sirens that sounded in northern Israel a short while ago, approximately 50 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into the area of the central Golan Heights. The IDF aerial defense array successfully intercepted a number of the projectiles. The rest of the launches fell in open areas. No injuries were reported.
Continue reading...UEFA Euro 2024: full football match schedule, start times, format and teams
All you need to know about the 2024 European Football Championships in Germany ahead of the June 14 tournament kick off.
NSW man ordered to stop posing as a paramedic and providing health services without qualifications
Andreas Pantziaros given prohibition order from NSW Health Care Complaints Commission after purporting to be a paramedic
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A man who wore a uniform, drove a vehicle closely resembling an ambulance and charged for emergency health services he was not qualified to perform has been deemed a risk to public health and safety.
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has handed down a permanent prohibition order against Andreas Pantziaros for offering health services via his company Medic Corp Ambulance.
Continue reading...Mexico’s Sheinbaum to push forward with judicial reform, peso slumps – NBC News
- Mexico’s Sheinbaum to push forward with judicial reform, peso slumps NBC News
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- Mexico's Leftists Won Big. Investors Are Worried. The New York Times
- Mexican Peso counterattacks and rallies ahead of AMLO-Sheinbaum meet FXStreet
- Mexico's outgoing president vows to pursue changes to Constitution despite market nervousness WSB Atlanta
Can Germany’s coalition recover after EU vote? – DW (English)
- Can Germany's coalition recover after EU vote? DW (English)
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- The Fall of Germany’s Greens The Wall Street Journal
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At least 49 dead, 140 missing in migrant boat sinking off Yemen: UN
Refugees and migrants are increasingly taking the dangerous route despite instability in Yemen and fallout of Gaza war.