Fifty hippos killed by anthrax in DR Congo
Efforts are now under way to recover the animals and bury them to prevent further spread.
Global executions at highest level since 2015, report says
But Amnesty International also says only 15 countries carried out the death penalty, the lowest on record
Executions at highest level since 2015, Amnesty International says – BBC
- Executions at highest level since 2015, Amnesty International says BBC
- Executions at 10-year high after huge increases in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia The Guardian
- Global execution figures hit highest level in almost a decade, says Amnesty Euronews.com
- Iran responsible for majority of executions as 2024 marks deadliest year since 2015 The Jerusalem Post
- Global: Recorded executions hit their highest figure since 2015 Amnesty International
Global executions at highest level since 2015, report says
But Amnesty International also says only 15 countries carried out the death penalty, the lowest on record
Rachel Reeves rejects calls for a ‘Buy British’ campaign amid tariffs crisis – UK politics live
Chancellor also says fiscal rules will not be changed, saying ‘we saw what happened when the previous government lost control of the public finances’
Half of Britons (51%) think the government should impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the US, according to polling by More in Common, a campaign group. Last week, just before the Trump tariffs were announced, YouGov published figures suggesting 71% of Britons would favour retaliatory tariffs against the US.
Yesterday YouGov also released polling suggesting that only around a third of voters think Keir Starmer and the government played a significant role in ensuring the US tariffs imposed on the UK are relatively low.
Continue reading...Coalition releases long-awaited modelling showing energy plan could drive down household gas bills by 7%
Peter Dutton says policy would be ‘gamechanger’ despite experts questioning whether it would work
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The Coalition’s plan to create a domestic gas reservation for the east coast would drive down household gas bills by 7% and industrial gas bills by 15%, newly-released estimates.
The opposition’s long-awaited modelling by Frontier Economics, released on Tuesday evening, estimated the changes would bring down new domestic gas supplies to $9 or $10 a gigajoule, and came after experts shed doubt on whether the policy could drive down prices through a government market intervention.
Continue reading...London mural by key postwar artist saved from demolition
William Mitchell artwork saved but Blackheath community centre in which it was housed will be torn down
A rare piece of postwar art that was under threat of being demolished along with the south London building it was housed in has been saved.
The work, a mural by William Mitchell, was created for a community centre in Blackheath that is to be torn down to make way for social housing. The mural will now be preserved by Heritage of London Trust (Holt).
Continue reading...Ukraine detains suspected Russian assassin
Indictment comes amid an uptick in targeted attacks on Ukrainian officials and public figures.
Albanese and Dutton face-off in first Australia election debate
Cost of living issues dominated the debate and the political rivals were asked about Trump's tariffs.
Devastation after deadly flooding in DR Congo’s capital
Hundreds of people have been moved to emergency shelters after flooding in DR Congo’s capital, Kinshasa.
Has the dire wolf come back to life? Here is what we know
Their DNA is very close to that of the grey wolf. Here is all we know about Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, the pups.
How Trump tariffs could push Vietnam into the arms of China
The move has sent shock waves through a region of US strategic importance that had respected Trump as tough on Beijing
Vietnam had tried to appease Donald Trump: tariffs on US goods were reduced; regulations were passed to allow Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its Starlink in the country. The prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, even joked in January that he would happily “play golf all day long” at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida if it could “bring benefits to my country and my people”.
The strategies do not appear to have worked. Trump has inflicted an extraordinary 46% tariff on Vietnam that threatens to devastate its economic growth plans and undermine relations between the two countries. The tariff has sent shock waves through Vietnam, a manufacturing powerhouse where Trump has always been fairly popular, and across south-east Asia.
Continue reading...Two teenagers found guilty of manslaughter of 80-year-old man in Leicestershire park
Bhim Kohli, who was walking his dog, was racially abused, kicked and punched in ‘gratuitous’ attack
Two teenagers have been found guilty at Leicester crown court of the manslaughter of Bhim Kohli after the 80-year-old was attacked in a park near Leicester in September.
A 15-year-old boy, who kicked, punched and racially abused the 80-year-old man while he was walking his dog in a park, has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Continue reading...Pro-Palestine protesters ‘shut down’ New York’s Grand Central station
Pro-Palestine protesters staged a demonstration at New York’s Grand Central station.
Armed agents almost sent to home of DoJ official ‘fired over Mel Gibson case’
US marshals sent to deliver letter warning Liz Oyer about testifying to Congress over actor’s gun case, lawyer says
The Trump administration-led justice department planned to send armed US marshals to deliver a letter warning a career pardon attorney about testifying to Congress after she says she was fired over a case involving the actor Mel Gibson, her lawyer said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
“This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the home of a former Department of Justice employee who has engaged in no misconduct, let alone criminal conduct, simply to deliver a letter, is both unprecedented and completely inappropriate,” Michael Bromwich, a lawyer representing the fired pardon attorney Liz Oyer, wrote to the justice department.
Continue reading...Audit finds Hong Kong company breached Panama Canal ports contract
Report comes as US uses claims of Chinese meddling to push for control over strategic waterway.
More than 70 people dead after roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub
Crews search for survivors after more than 160 injured at Jet Set in Santo Domingo
More than 70 people have died and about 160 others injured in the Dominican capital early on Tuesday after the roof collapsed at a nightclub where politicians, athletes and others were attending a merengue concert, authorities said.
The death toll reached 79 by the late evening as crews continued to search for survivors in the rubble at the one-storey Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, said Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center of Emergency Operations.
Continue reading...South Sudan to accept man deported from US in bid to defuse visa row
The government initially denied entry to the man, saying he was Congolese, not South Sudanese.
The crisis in North Macedonia runs deep
The tragedy in Kocani cannot be explained away as another case of local corruption.
Penguins, vaccines: Can negotiations save Trump’s oddest tariff targets?
Barely inhabited islands, countries the US enjoys a trade surplus with, and a tariff formula that isn't about tariffs.