Scorpions ‘taking over’ Brazilian cities with reported stings rising 250%

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Fast and unplanned growth of cities providing ideal conditions for the creatures to thrive, say researchers

Scorpions are “taking over” Brazilian cities, researchers have warned in a paper that said rapid urbanisation and climate breakdown were driving an increase in the number of people being stung.

More than 1.1m stings were reported between 2014 and 2023, according to data from the Brazilian notifiable diseases information system. There was a 250% increase in reports of stings from 2014 to 2023, according to research published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.

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China’s Xi Jinping likens ‘US hegemony’ to ‘fascist forces’ ahead of Vladimir Putin summit – Financial Times

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  1. China’s Xi Jinping likens ‘US hegemony’ to ‘fascist forces’ ahead of Vladimir Putin summit  Financial Times
  2. China's Xi arrives in Moscow in show of support for Putin after Ukrainian drones target capital  Reuters
  3. Xi’s Visit to Russia Complicates China’s Courtship of Europe  The New York Times
  4. China's Xi Jinping in Russia for Victory Day amid exchange of fire with Ukraine  Hindustan Times
  5. Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow as Putin’s ‘guest of honor’ ahead of Victory Day military parade  CNN
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Cardinals set for second day of conclave to elect a new pope – Reuters

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  1. Cardinals set for second day of conclave to elect a new pope  Reuters
  2. When does the 2025 conclave resume? Smoke times, full schedule for May 8  USA Today
  3. Norfolk Catholic schoolchildren on their hopes for the next pope  BBC
  4. Cardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the actual conclave  politico.eu
  5. Black smoke signals end of first day of conclave  Vatican News
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See the scenes as the Germans surrendered in World War II – USA Today

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  1. See the scenes as the Germans surrendered in World War II  USA Today
  2. 80 years after VE Day a veteran says, 'I hope people will see the futility of it all'  NPR
  3. This American soldier witnessed the Nazi surrender. 80 years later, he’s still happy to be home  CNN
  4. V-E Day and the Founding of a New World Order – Mike Watson  Law & Liberty
  5. This VE Day, the Celebrations Felt Hollow  Bloomberg.com
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The Indian Aircraft Pakistan Says It Shot Down – The New York Times

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  1. The Indian Aircraft Pakistan Says It Shot Down  The New York Times
  2. May 7, 2025 India launches attacks on Pakistan after Kashmir massacre  CNN
  3. Pakistan Hails Role of Chinese Jets in Repelling India Strikes  Bloomberg.com
  4. Three fighter jets crashed in India's Jammu and Kashmir, local govt sources say  Reuters
  5. Pak minister schooled by CNN anchor for absurd 'social media' reply as proof of downing Indian jets  Hindustan Times
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Australia news live: Rudd criticises Trump’s proposed ‘tax on Bluey’; Faruqi refuses to concede Bandt will lose Melbourne

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Ben Raue’s predictions for Menzies, Bullwinkel and Bradfield

Analyst Ben Raue also predicted that Labor’s Gabriel Ng lead by 1,145 votes in Menzies, Victoria, will “grow slightly”.

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Columbia University calls in police to clear pro-Palestinian protesters

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University’s president says activists refused to leave library despite warnings of disciplinary action and arrest

Columbia University asked the New York police department to help clear pro-Palestinian activists from the campus’s main library after protesters clashed with the school’s public safety officers.

Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said in a statement that protesters had refused to leave the building despite being warned that a failure to comply would result in disciplinary action and possibly arrest for trespassing.

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Iranians arrested in counter-terrorism raids allegedly targeted Israeli embassy

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Home secretary says raids across UK last weekend reflected some of biggest terrorism threats in recent years

Israel’s embassy in London was the target of an alleged terror plot involving a group of Iranian nationals who were detained by police after a series of dramatic raids across England on Saturday, sources have told the Guardian.

Four men remain in custody and are being questioned by police on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act targeting what police and politicians have so far only been willing to describe publicly as “specific premises”.

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US pressuring humanitarian groups to get behind Israeli aid plan for Gaza – The Times of Israel

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  1. US pressuring humanitarian groups to get behind Israeli aid plan for Gaza  The Times of Israel
  2. Famine Haunts the People of Gaza. Israel Is Trying to Convince You It’s Fake.  The Intercept
  3. 'Gaza is unlivable': One Palestinian man's struggle to feed his family as prices soar  Haaretz
  4. WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out  World Central Kitchen
  5. Opinion | This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza  The New York Times
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Three children dead after suspicious fire in Toowoomba home

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A nine-year-old boy is believed to have died in the fire while girls aged four and seven died later in hospital from critical burns

Two young children have died in hospital after a ferocious fire at a family home, taking the death toll to three.

The house in suburban Harristown in Toowoomba, about 130km west of Brisbane in the Darling Downs region, went up in flames in the early hours of Wednesday.

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