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China's Info Curtain Makes Independent Check Of Tibet Devastation Impossible
In China, the state media only carried reports of rescue work and nothing about what the flash flood had destroyed and killed in its wake
Explained: Trump's Deal Giving US Access To Vast Oil Reserves In Venezuela
Donald Trump said the agreement announced Friday night would give the United States a stake in Venezuela's vast oil reserves.
2 LaGuardia Air Traffic Controllers Left Work Early Before Crash: Report
Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York's LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots, according to a government official.
Nepal To Bury Unidentified Flood Victims. How They Will Be Identified Later
At least 675 bodies have so far been recovered since the tsunami-like rumble of water and mud struck Nepal on Wednesday morning.
"Violating Law": Netanyahu Slams Settler Attack On West Bank Village
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday after nearly three weeks of tension in the area, drawing rare condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Contact Restored With 50 Indians, 275 Still Missing In Nepal: Centre
According to the Ministry, the Indian Embassies in Kathmandu and Beijing have also remained engaged with all the relevant stakeholders to ensure effective coordination of search, rescue and relief efforts
‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution
Checking for sewage spills has become as normal as checking the weather forecast, say swimmers on East Sussex beachesSouth West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows“I’m furious,” says Jo Armstrong, 75, sitting on Brighton beach with her daughter and granddaughter.Armstrong lives in Lewes, a town 8 miles from Brighton, and usually goes swimming in nearby Seaford in East Sussex every day. But over the past week the water there has been too polluted to swim. “Brighton beach was the only place that stayed clean,” she says. Continue reading...
PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain in jail as PM makes changes to early release scheme
Andy Burnham says ‘hundreds’ of people will remain in prison as part of changes to scheme designed to ease overcrowdingPC Andrew Harper’s killers will be excluded from the early release scheme after the prime minister said anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be exempt.Andy Burnham said “hundreds” of people will remain in prison as part of changes to the scheme designed to ease overcrowding in prisons. Continue reading...
‘We owe it to history’ to defeat One Nation, PM tells Labor faithful – as it happened
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJoyce explains One Nation’s migration policy with sheep and cattleBarnaby Joyce has used sheep and cattle to illustrate his claim that One Nation wants to cut net overseas migration to 130,000 people without counting short-stay visas.No it’s not. … Short-term visa stay and things such as the Palm scheme, and Pauline’s quite right, are not counted in the net overseas migration number, overwhelmingly – small portion are – because they don’t stay for 12 months. They stay generally for a period of nine.So it’s like saying to someone, how many sheep have you got. You go, ‘well, I’ve got, you know, 5000.’ Oh, yes, and how many cattle have you got? ‘Oh, well, I’ve got 2000.’ Oh, so you’ve got 7000 all up. So, no, no. Two different things. Continue reading...
One Nation’s Secret Harbour byelection win shows Labor is at a loss when it comes to calming angry voters | Analysis
Even after a week in which Pauline Hanson and One Nation candidates tripped over themselves trying to explain key policies, voters still backed the partyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe One Nation hype machine went into overdrive after Saturday’s Secret Harbour byelection but one thing is clear from the thumping victory.Despite the party’s sustained surge in public support, Labor and the Coalition still don’t have any idea how to calm an angry electorate and dint support for Pauline Hanson and her insurgent movement. Continue reading...
The president and the penthouse: how Madrid’s government spent €6.3m on a temporary ‘office’
Saga surrounding purchase for outspoken rightwing regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso refuses to go awayThe outspoken rightwing leader of the Madrid region is under growing pressure to explain why her government spent €6.3m (£5.4m) on a residential penthouse purportedly to serve as a temporary workspace while her offices were being renovated.Isabel Díaz Ayuso, a prominent member of Spain’s opposition conservative People’s party (PP), has been the president of the Madrid region since 2019. Continue reading...
Giorgia on their minds: Farage and Badenoch scrap to be mates with Meloni
Tories accuse Reform of ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ as row erupts in wake of Conservative leader’s trip to Rome Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have spent years trading barbs and fighting for the rightwing vote. But now the party leaders find themselves in a much more bizarre struggle – for the affections of the rightwing Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.The row began on Monday when the Times published an article claiming that during a meeting in Rome, Meloni had advised the Conservative leader against doing a deal with Farage to unite the right. After complaints from Reform – and, reportedly, Meloni’s team – the article was amended to remove that claim. Continue reading...
