US cannabis company Eaze pays supervisors less than those they oversee, workers say

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Shift supervisors unable to unionize are left in limbo, despite workers claiming low pay and lack of authority

The largest cannabis delivery service in the US faces a growing backlash in southern California from shift supervisors who said they are paid less than the workers they supervise, struggle to make ends meet on low and stagnant wages, and are at odds with the company over their right to form a union.

Nearly 600 delivery drivers at Eaze in California voted to unionize in 2023 with the United Food and Commercial Workers, and secured a first contract earlier this year after threatening to strike in April.

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Home Office urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route

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Most applicants who feel forced to use 10-year immigration route are people of colour, analysis of FoI data shows

A long and expensive visa route for immigrants has been called “racist” after analysis showed most applicants who feel forced to go through it are people of colour.

The “10-year route” visa is used by hundreds of thousands of people who are not eligible for other immigration schemes because of a lack of income or professional qualifications. Many work in low-paid jobs, such as cleaning or care work. Other common routes to settlement in the UK take five years.

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Starmer’s free tickets for Arsenal and Taylor Swift part of job, says minister

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Business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, defends PM over gifts he has received since becoming Labour leader

Keir Starmer’s attendance at Arsenal football matches and Taylor Swift concerts is “part of the job”, the business secretary has said.

Jonathan Reynolds described the occasions for which Starmer had accepted tickets, including a Coldplay gig and football matches, as “major cultural, sporting events”.

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Storm Boris: Italians evacuate as flooding hits Emilia-Romagna – BBC.com

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  1. Storm Boris: Italians evacuate as flooding hits Emilia-Romagna  BBC.com
  2. 1,000 Evacuated As Waters Rise In Northern Italy  The Weather Channel
  3. Flood-hit central Europe will get billions in EU aid, von der Leyen promises  Reuters
  4. At least 1000 people evacuated as flooding hits northern Italy  The Associated Press
  5. Flooding in Europe Is a ‘Clear Reminder’ of the Threat of Extreme Weather  The New York Times
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Satellite Photos Reveal Damage from Attack on Russia’s Biggest Ammo Storage – Newsweek

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  1. Satellite Photos Reveal Damage from Attack on Russia's Biggest Ammo Storage  Newsweek
  2. Video shows explosions after drone attack on Russian ammunition depot  CNN
  3. Russia Stockpiled Missiles In Toropets; Ukraine Hit It With 100 Drones  Forbes
  4. Ukrainian drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal in Russia's Tver region  Reuters
  5. Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian ammo depots aim to starve its bombing campaign  Business Insider
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First Thing: Trump stages first rally since apparent assassination attempt

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Presidential nominee claims God saved him and apparent attempts on his life have made him tougher. Plus, how to win at canapes

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Donald Trump staged his first rally on Wednesday night since the second apparent attempt on his life, telling his supporters in New York that “these encounters with death” had made him stronger and attributing his survival to divine intervention.

Why did he pick New York? While Kamala Harris has a double-digit lead in the state overall, Long Island itself has moved to the right in recent years.

Why would Iran do this? Intelligence officials say the state opposes Trump’s re-election, thinking he will worsen relations between Washington and Tehran.

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Judge throws out ‘weak’ case against driver at centre of Daylesford pub crash that left five people dead

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Court had heard William Swale had suffered a ‘severe hypoglycaemic attack’ before the November 2023 crash

A diabetic driver who ploughed into a regional Victorian beer garden, leaving three adults and two children dead, has walked free from court after a magistrate threw out the “weak” case against him.

William Swale, 66, had all 14 charges against him struck out on Thursday following a three-day committal hearing this week in Ballarat magistrates court over the November 2023 crash.

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Billionaire Guy Hands’ property firm takes housing reforms to European court

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Annington Property fears recent legislation will force it to offload some of the 38,000 freeholds it owns on UK military homes

A property company founded by the billionaire Guy Hands has taken a legal fight with the UK government to the European court of human rights over fears it could lose significant sums as a result of planned housing reforms.

Annington Property, which owns the freehold of about 38,000 military homes, has filed the claim against the housing minister, Angela Rayner, over concerns that the new Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act could force it to off-load the homes well below market value. Last month it launched a challenge in the high court on the same grounds.

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10-year-old student at Japanese school in China dies after being stabbed – NBC News

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  1. 10-year-old student at Japanese school in China dies after being stabbed  NBC News
  2. Boy Stabbed to Death in China as Anti-Japan Sentiment Soars  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Xi’s Nationalism Faces Reckoning After Murder of Japanese Boy  Bloomberg
  4. Ten-year-old Japanese boy dies after stabbing in China  BBC.com
  5. 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in China dies after stabbing  Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Four teenagers arrested amid investigation into alleged homophobic attacks involving dating apps in WA

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Detectives charge boys with armed robbery offences after app allegedly used to arrange meetings

Police investigating a series of alleged homophobic assaults have accused four Western Australian teenagers of assaulting two men they separately arranged to meet via an online dating app.

The arrests came after police said they were investigating incidents in which men had agreed to meet someone they connected with on a dating app, and had then allegedly been assaulted by several males while being subjected to homophobic slurs.

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Australia’s population passes 27 million milestone after post-pandemic migration boost

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ABS data shows the jump from 26 to 27 million people by March 2024 took just one-and-three-quarter years, ‘far quicker than the average’

There are now more than 27 million people calling Australia home – a quick jump of 1 million people in less than two years thanks to post-pandemic overseas migration.

The national population grew by 2.3% to 27.1 million in the year ending 31 March, according to new data released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.

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Moira Deeming kept ‘Liberal party mentor’ Peta Credlin in the loop ‘at all times’ amid Nazi stoush, court hears

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Trial shown messages between MP and Sky News host discussing defamation action against Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto

Moira Deeming viewed the Sky News host Peta Credlin as a Liberal party “mentor” when the pair liaised after the MP was ousted by the Victorian party last year, the federal court has heard.

Deeming is suing the Victorian Liberal leader, John Pesutto, for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser after she helped organise and spoke at the “Let Women Speak” rally on 18 March 2023 which was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis. She was expelled from the party less than two months later after initially being suspended in the days after the rally.

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UN General Assembly demands Israel ends occupation of Palestinian territories – BBC.com

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  1. UN General Assembly demands Israel ends occupation of Palestinian territories  BBC.com
  2. A UN vote on Palestine underlines America’s weakening clout  The Economist
  3. U.N. General Assembly demands Israel end occupation of Palestinian territory  The Washington Post
  4. Israel-Hamas War: UN Members Demand Israel Withdraw From Palestinian Territories  Bloomberg
  5. World reacts to UN vote calling on Israel to end Palestinian occupation  Al Jazeera English
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UN overwhelmingly votes to sanction Israel, impose arms embargo – The Cradle

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  1. UN overwhelmingly votes to sanction Israel, impose arms embargo  The Cradle
  2. A UN vote on Palestine underlines America’s weakening clout  The Economist
  3. Israel-Hamas War: UN Members Demand Israel Withdraw From Palestinian Territories  Bloomberg
  4. UN General Assembly demands Israeli pullout from Palestinian areas within 12 months  The Times of Israel
  5. UN votes against Israel’s occupation of Palestine: Will it change anything?  Al Jazeera English
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NSW police reopen two investigations after landmark gay hate crime inquiry

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Police commissioner Karen Webb hopes new technology and fresh eyes lead to breakthrough in two of state’s 854 unsolved murders

New South Wales police have reopened active investigations into two of the state’s 854 unsolved murders as part of their response to a landmark inquiry that found they failed to properly investigate dozens of potential gay hate crimes over 40 years.

The two murders are being investigated while detectives look at a further 213 case files prioritised by a special unit of the state’s police force – Taskforce Atlas - which was launched to oversee the implementation of the gay hate crime inquiry’s recommendations.

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Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control – NPR

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  1. Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control  NPR
  2. Several Lives Claimed In Portugal Wildfires  The Weather Channel
  3. Video. WATCH: State of calamity declared as Portugal's fires worsen  Euronews
  4. Portugal mobilizes thousands of firefighters to tackle wildfires after state of calamity declared  The Associated Press
  5. Portugal wildfire deaths rise to seven after firefighters trapped in blaze  The Guardian
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