Month: December 2022

Read More Io Dodds reports on the true human cost of Twitter’s layoffs, the employee rights that were trampled over, and the chaos that ensued in offices across the world when Musk took the helm Io Dodds reports on the true human cost of Twitter’s layoffs, the employee rights that were trampled over, and the…

Read MoreThe Irish soldier was serving on a peacekeeping mission when the convoy came under small arms fire.The Irish soldier was serving on a peacekeeping mission when the convoy came under small arms fire.

Read More MADRID, Dec 14 (IPS) – The external debt of the world’s low and middle-income countries at the end of 2021 totalled 9 trillion US dollars, more than double the amount a decade ago. Such debt is expected to increase by an additional 1.1 trillion US dollars in 2023. Read the full story, “The…

Read More Zelenskiy adviser says an ‘unknown drone’ struck a military facility in western Russia; Canada says Vladimir Putin never intended to return gas pipeline to full operation At a glance: what we know on day 295 of the invasion Moscow has said no “Christmas ceasefire” was on the cards after nearly 10 months of…

Read More Some Beijing hospitals have as many as 80% of staff infected, according to one doctor, leading to serious staff shortages Chinese doctors and nurses are being told to keep working even when infected with Covid-19, staff and residents reported, as the virus rips through the population in the wake of eased restrictions. Some…

Read MoreFactory output and retail sales missed forecasts in November amid lockdowns and weakening global demand.Factory output and retail sales missed forecasts in November amid lockdowns and weakening global demand.

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Read More Scientists behind car number plate study say ‘potentially catastrophic’ decline must be reversed The number of insects splattered on vehicle number plates in Britain fell by 64% between 2004 and 2022, according to a survey. Each summer citizen scientists record the number of insect splats on their number plates on an app after…

Read More Post-pandemic relaxation of restrictions could weaken animal protection and pose a hazard to public health, say experts China appears to be weakening its post-Covid restrictions on the farming of wildlife such as porcupines, civets and bamboo rats, which raises a new risk to public health and biodiversity, warn NGOs and experts. Before the…

Read More The Historic England list also includes two cab shelters in London and first world war training trenches A watermill that inspired the landscape artist John Constable, an intact Victorian soup kitchen and two 16th- and 17th-century shipwrecks are among the historic sites to have been listed in England during the past year. The…

Read More Government and security agencies considering crackdown on terror laws and implications of radicalisation and misinformation Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Wieambilla shooting will raise “important policy questions” for government and security agencies, with political leaders…

Read More The opposition leader is determined to reheat the climate wars, via whatever means and whatever the costs to Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, had a very fine moment in the…

Read More Marie Stopes Institute has been prevented from promoting its services through paid ads on Google since 3 December Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Abortion and contraceptive provider Marie Stopes Institute Australia says Google has banned its advertising in searches under a misinterpretation of law in…

Read MoreLatest exchange suggests some contact remains between two sides despite intense fighting in Ukraine’s east and south.Latest exchange suggests some contact remains between two sides despite intense fighting in Ukraine’s east and south.

Read More The stop-gap legislation will give lawmakers one more week before funding runs out The US House of Representatives has passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown while lawmakers debate a larger funding package worth nearly $2 trillion. The Senate is expected to take up the measure later this week. Congress…

Read More Biden administration said Arizona ‘is trespassing on federal lands’ Biden administration said Arizona ‘is trespassing on federal lands’

Read MoreSeveral prominent figures from the Puerto Rican community and the salsa music world honored the late Rodríguez with tributes on social media.Several prominent figures from the Puerto Rican community and the salsa music world honored the late Rodríguez with tributes on social media.

Read More Beijing accused Washington of “abusing” its export controls as the US reportedly plans to curb tech sales to China China has condemned the US government following reports that it plans to place dozens of Chinese technology firms on a trade blacklist that would bar them from buying certain American parts and components, dubbing…

Read More Local leaders condemn ‘insensitive cruelty’ as residents remain shaken after weather event likened to an inland tsunami Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast New South Wales Health have apologised for sending Eugowra flood victims bills for helicopter…

Read More Liberal senator says Australia’s approach to emissions debate had not been ‘ideal’ for Pacific relations Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Senior Coalition frontbencher Simon Birmingham has said the former Morrison government was wrong to resist increasing Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction target. Speaking in Palau, Birmingham…

Read More Follow the latest updates on the murders of four University of Idaho students as a white care is spotted on Moscow gas station footage – unclear if it is Hyundai in question Follow the latest updates on the murders of four University of Idaho students as a white care is spotted on Moscow…

Read More Russia used psychological pressure on kids in detention, says Kyiv Russia used psychological pressure on kids in detention, says Kyiv

Read More NT supreme court rules Const Zachary Rolfe cannot decline to answer questions at inquest by invoking penalty privilege Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A Northern Territory police officer can be forced to answer a coroner’s questions…

Read MoreHere’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.”Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.”

Read More Twitter on Wednesday suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk’s private jet, despite a pledge by the social media platform’s new owner to keep it up because of his free speech principles. But shortly afterward, the account was suspended again. That came after Musk tweeted that a…

Read More Girl fled to neighbour’s house but mother and sister murdered by her father in drug-induced psychosis, court told Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast On the day her dad killed her mum and sister, a 10-year-old Melbourne girl wrote in her diary that she was worried…

Read More Both Tehran and Moscow questioned the legality of the US-backed resolution Iran has been removed from a UN group dedicated to women’s rights following a vote spearheaded by the United States, which accused the government of abuses against demonstrators protesting the death of a young woman in police custody earlier this year. Tehran…

Read More Dredging and landfill work creates 170 hectares of new land in Spratly Islands, which are also claimed by China and others Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second half of this year, signalling an intent to significantly fortify…

Read More Sitiveni Rabuka calls for calm, while his claims of irregularities are rebuffed by election supervisors Fiji’s opposition leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, has alleged irregularities in voting data while calling for calm, as counting continued in the country’s national election. Provisional results had the opposition People’s Alliance party hovering in the mid to low 40s…

Read More Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the longtime and beloved dancing DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and a former contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance,” has died at the age of 40. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” his wife Allison…

Read More Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed his disappointment at the news Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed his disappointment at the news

Read More Female pedestrian, also 74, died after being struck in Sydney’s CBD on Wednesday with bus driver on dangerous driving occasioning death charge Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A 74-year-old bus driver has been charged after a…

Read MoreThe fatalities include a mother and her eight-year-old son ripped from their home by a twister.The fatalities include a mother and her eight-year-old son ripped from their home by a twister.

Read MoreAs tensions rise in the Taiwan Strait, private companies are stepping forward to prepare Taiwanese civilians for war.As tensions rise in the Taiwan Strait, private companies are stepping forward to prepare Taiwanese civilians for war.

Read MoreRights groups say the National Unity Government, made up of elected members, must represent Myanmar at all UN bodies.Rights groups say the National Unity Government, made up of elected members, must represent Myanmar at all UN bodies.