Australia tries to stop a violence against women ‘epidemic’, starting with schools
As the nation reels from the Bondi Junction stabbings, what can be done to shift behaviour?
‘Unable to meet the community’s expectations’: Australia to ban live sheep exports in 2028
Government promises $107m package for industry to transition, after years of campaigning against trade
Australia’s live sheep export trade will end on 1 May 2028, the federal government has announced, after years of campaigning by animal welfare advocates.
Labor’s long-held policy to end the sea exports has been opposed by many in the agricultural sector, although the trade has been declining while bans on sending sheep on ships during the Middle Eastern summer were put in place.
Continue reading...Aurora australis: spectacular southern lights might be seen as far north as Queensland after ‘extreme’ solar storm
Bureau of Meteorology says aurora australis could be visible near Sydney and Perth between Saturday 10pm and Sunday 2am, while warning of storm’s impacts
Aurora australis could be visible from Sydney, Perth and even parts of Queensland this weekend, after an “extreme” geomagnetic solar storm.
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned the storm that creates the beautiful auroras could also threaten infrastructure and essential services, including power supply.
Continue reading...This Indian historian fights the far-right, one makeup video at a time
Ruchika Sharma combines her passion for history and eyeshadow, taking on myths about the past shaping India's present.
Australia weather: spill warning for Sydney’s Warragamba dam as Bunbury recovers from freak WA tornado
Warragamba dam in NSW nearing capacity after two West Australians were hospitalised on Friday
Warragamba dam could spill over the Mother’s Day weekend amid severe weather warnings on the east coast, and after a tornado tore through the West Australian city of Bunbury, injuring two people.
WaterNSW issued a warning on Friday that the Warragamba dam was nearing capacity after several days of rainfall, and that a spill event was “likely in coming days”.
Continue reading...Cannes film festival faces strike disruption over seasonal workers’ rights
Group will protest against government’s treatment of freelance workers at festivals across France
The Cannes film festival is facing strike action as it opens next week and could see protests by projectionists, floor managers and press agents who are demanding changes to the French government’s treatment of seasonal film festival staff.
The festival on France’s Côte d’Azur has faced major strike action only once before, during the student protests and workers’ strikes that began in May 1968.
Continue reading...Warning over solar storm that could give US rare view of northern lights
Noaa issues warning for extreme G5 geomagnetic storm, with effects due to last through weekend and possibly into next week
A ferocious solar storm powerful enough to knock out or disrupt satellite and communications systems, the power grid and radio signals was raging on Friday, space weather researchers warned.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) issued a rare warning for extreme G5 geomagnetic storm conditions when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated. The effects were due to last through the weekend and possibly into next week. The last extreme G5 event was in 2003.
Continue reading...UN general assembly votes to back Palestinian bid for membership – The Guardian
- UN general assembly votes to back Palestinian bid for membership The Guardian
- US promises to squash Palestinian membership push at UN following vote Fox News
- Watch: 'Isolated' Israel Cries Foul After Big Win For Palestine AT UNGA, Envoy Shreds UN Charter The Times of India
- Israeli ambassador shreds UN document in angry speech CNN
- U.S. Defends U.N. Voting ‘No’ on Palestinian Membership The New York Times
Red carpets, racing and flames: Photos of the week
A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.
Eurovision queen Loreen wants to write a boring song
The two-time winner talks Eurovision, protests in Sweden and why she wants to write a song about tax.
NSW to formally apologise for previously criminalising homosexuality
Chris Minns says he hopes move will bring ‘some semblance of closure’ to those convicted
The New South Wales government will formally apologise to people convicted under laws criminalising homosexuality in a move the premier hopes will bring closure to those who have been affected.
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality, NSW will become the last Australian state to issue an apology after all five others did last decade.
Continue reading...Arvind Kejriwal Leaves Jail After 50 Days, Says “Need To Fight Dictatorship” – NDTV
- Arvind Kejriwal Leaves Jail After 50 Days, Says "Need To Fight Dictatorship" NDTV
- Arvind Kejriwal has got bail, but his arrest indicates a broken criminal justice system The Indian Express
- Out Of Jail For 21 Days, Arvind Kejriwal's Temple Visit Ahead Of Roadshows NDTV
- Top news this week: Arvind Kejriwal gets bail, Air India layoffs and more Mint
- Arvind Kejriwal: India court grants bail to Delhi leader BBC.com
US says Israel may have breached international law using American weapons
Report says it is "reasonable to assess" there have been breaches in Gaza, but admits it does not have "complete information".
Bill Browder: Putin ‘on the Ropes’ After ‘Devastating’ Blow – Newsmax
- Bill Browder: Putin 'on the Ropes' After 'Devastating' Blow Newsmax
- EU moves to give profits from Russian assets to Ukraine BBC.com
- A pain in the assets for Russia POLITICO
- €3B assets package 'almost nothing,' Ukrainian minister says POLITICO Europe
- The clash over whether to commandeer Russia's frozen assets Financial Times
Why Modi’s party is not fighting elections in Kashmir
This is the first general election since India ended the special status of Kashmir in 2019.
Peru president’s brother held in corruption probe
Nicanor Boluarte’s arrest comes weeks after President Dina Boluarte's home was raided over corruption allegations.
Video shows bus plunge off a bridge St. Petersburg, Russia, killing 7 – CBS News
- Video shows bus plunge off a bridge St. Petersburg, Russia, killing 7 CBS News
- CCTV captures fatal bus crash into St Petersburg river Yahoo! Voices
- Seven killed as bus falls into river in Russia's St Petersburg Reuters
- Bus lifted out of St Petersburg river after deadly crash which killed at least three The Associated Press
- Bus swerves wildly and drives off Russian bridge, killing three, six hospitalized: video New York Post
Strobe lights and black outs: Australian power companies seek to reduce bat electrocutions
Loss of habitat and food sources driving fruit bats closer to urban centres, leading to bat deaths, power outages
It’s an increasingly frequent occurrence on Australia’s east coast – a fruit bat foraging for food lands on a power line to rest.
The flying fox (as it’s also known), spreading its wings before taking flight, touches a second power line and is electrocuted.
Continue reading...Rudy Giuliani suspended by New York radio station over 2020 election lies
WABC owner says Trump ally received warnings not to discuss ‘election fallacies’ and that refusal to do so ‘left me no option’
The former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s troubles deepened on Friday when he was suspended by WABC radio, for trying to use his show to discuss the lie that the 2020 presidential election was lost by Donald Trump because of electoral fraud.
John Catsimatidis, a New York billionaire, Republican donor and owner of WABC, told the New York Times: “We’re not going to talk about fallacies of the November 2020 election. We warned him once. We warned him twice. And I get a text from him last night, and I get a text from him this morning that he refuses not to talk about it.
Continue reading...Biden donors rage over his pledge to pause weapon shipments to Israel: ‘Bad, bad, bad decision’ – Fox News
- Biden donors rage over his pledge to pause weapon shipments to Israel: 'Bad, bad, bad decision' Fox News
- Opinion | Biden's Real Mistake in Pausing Military Aid to Israel The New York Times
- Biden's Israel red line, and the Democratic Party's shift away from Israel The Washington Post
- Capehart and Lewis on the political fallout of Biden withholding some weapons from Israel PBS NewsHour
- Biden faces new Democratic divisions after Israel shift Yahoo! Voices