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Paddington Bear statue vandalisers fined for criminal damage

The pair drunkenly stole the statue in the early hours of the morning before fleeing in a taxi to the RAF base they live on.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia

Labor to push budget tax cuts through parliament in apparent attempt to wedge Coalition

Government changes parliamentary schedule on Wednesday morning in surprise move to bring debate on federal budget tax cuts immediatelyLive updates: Australia federal budget 2025 latest news and reactionLabor bets big with $17.1bn in tax cuts to win over middle AustraliaExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageLabor is seeking to quickly pass its budget night tax cuts through the parliament this week, in...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia

Wrapped in plastic: Sarah Hanson-Young waves a dead salmon in Senate – video

The Greens senator produced the apparently headless, dead fish during question time in the Senate after directing a question at Labor’s Jenny McAllister. ‘On the eve of an election, have you sold out your environmental credentials for a rotten, stinking extinction salmon?’, Hanson-Young asked before the Senate president, Sue Lines, told Hanson-Young to remove the fish from the chamber. The Albanese government’s new...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia

Why economists are so keen to abolish non-compete clauses

A proposed ban on-compete clauses in employment contracts was a centrepiece of the budget. But what are they, how do they work, and why do most economists think they are bad for workers and the economy?

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia

US lawmakers urged to stop China’s critical minerals ‘exploitation’ of DR Congo

House subcommittee hears that the cobalt-rich African nation’s population is suffering as ruling elites and their partners profit.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post

Tokyo frets about durability of US alliance ahead of Hegseth visit

Donald Trump’s language about American allies has sparked anxiety among Japanese officials

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World

Uganda: Refugee Crisis Worsens As 6,000 Flee to Kisoro in One Month

[Nile Post] Kisoro District has witnessed a sharp rise in refugee arrivals, with over 6,000 Congolese crossing into Uganda since the beginning of this month.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica

Senegal: IMF Chief Outlines Plan to Resume Grants to Senegal

[RFI] A top boss at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says his organisation hopes to finalise a new aid programme for Senegal as soon as possible after suspending its $1.8 billion credit line in October following revelations of distorted figures and fiscal mismanagement.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica

West Africa: Police Arrest Political Activist Over Derogatory Remarks About Ghanaian King

[MFWA] Police in Tamale have arrested a social media activist and supporter of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over a social media post deemed defamatory to the Yaa Naa, the Overlord of the Dagbon Kingdom in Northern Ghana.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica

Kenya: Maize Shortage Sparks Food Crisis As Prices Soar

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The cost of living in Kenya is escalating as maize prices surge by 45%, hitting Sh4,800 per bag since January, with projections reaching Sh5,500 by April.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Advances WTO Membership As Govt Announces 'Successful' Fifth-Round Negotiations

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia has announced positive outcomes from the recently concluded fifth round of negotiations, advancing the government's plan to complete its World Trade Organization (WTO) accession process by March 2026.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica

Italy’s Pirelli pushes Chinese owner to cut stake amid fears of Trump freeze-out

Management will demand Sinochem reduce its stake in tyremaker at board meeting on Wednesday

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World

Paris getaway: the flavours, caves and castles of the Loire

What to see, do and taste in the wine and food lover’s paradise that’s just over an hour by train from the capital

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World

Spain’s huge ghost hotel — and why they can’t knock it down

The 20-storey El Algarrobico is a deserted monument to the struggle between environment and development

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World

Inside Russia’s Gazprom: can the ailing energy giant be revived?

The gas and oil company is struggling to recover from record losses after Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine destroyed its business model

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World

An ominous shadow falls over mRNA technology

Once researchers begin wondering whether their government might pull the rug from under them, the damage is done

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World

US strategic ambiguity on Taiwan won’t work any longer

Washington must be clear with Beijing about the consequences of an assault on Taipei

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World

Colombia: Armed Groups Batter Border Region

People cross a river to Venezuela from Tibu, Colombia on January 21, 2025, following fightings that killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Colombian Catatumbo region. 2025 AP Photo/Fernando Vergara Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near theColombia-Venezuelaborder have committed grave abuses and displaced thousands.The groups have killed, assaulted, kidnapped, and...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch

Dead fish, heckling senator and a DiCaprio intervention as salmon law debated

A dead fish used as a prop in the Senate, a Hollywood superstar's intervention and Labor being shouted at as a "pack of mongrels" all have featured on the day a new law to protect salmon farm jobs in Tasmania is passed.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia

Zimbabwe: Who Is Kirsty Coventry and How Did She Become the Most Powerful Person in World Sports?

[The Conversation Africa] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a woman as its president for the first time ever. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever IOC president and the first from an African country, becoming a symbol of the IOC's drive to diversify its leadership and image.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica

Africa: Wealthy Nations Owe Climate Debt to Africa - Funds That Could Help Cities Grow

[The Conversation Africa] Wealthy nations fuelled their industrial growth and urbanisation by burning fossil fuels. This was the biggest cause of climate change, which now affects every country in the world, even developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa which are responsible for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Wealthy nations owe a climate debt.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica

Piracy threat prompts dark sail for cruise ship in Philippine waters

For passengers aboard the Queen Anne, their cruise holiday took a dramatic turn as they approached the Philippines.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post

Thailand’s PM Survives Parliamentary Vote of No-confidence

The opposition People's Party has accused Paetongtarn Shinawatra of being under the undue influence of her father, ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat

'It killed everything': Scientist assesses fluid spills at NT fracking site

Traditional owners and a scientist fear there have been more fracking fluid spills by gas companies exploring the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia

Albanese thinks the Coalition is ‘delulu with no solulu’ – but what does it mean?

Caitlin Cassidy translates the prime minister’s use of gen Z phrases for Catie McLeodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister is using phrases I don’t understand in parliament. On Wednesday, he said the Coalition were “delulu with no solulu”. What is going on?Catie, I am rapidly aging out of being cool and don’t understand the...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia

Death toll rises in Korean wildfires as firefighters struggle to contain blaze

Multiple wildfires are raging across South Korea's south-eastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country's worst forest fires in decades.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia

Thousands turn out for Turkey protests after more than 1,400 arrests

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says protesters want to turn the country into a "place of chaos".

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe

Demonstrators block traffic in Budapest in opposition to new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events

The protest was the second in as many weeks since the ruling Fidesz party of Hungary used its two-thirds parliamentary majority last Tuesday to expedite the law, which critics say is the government's most recent assault on the rights of the LGBTQ+ community in the country.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews

Bitter broccoli ploughed into soil as epic dry continues in Victoria

One farmer in Victoria's west has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of broccoli, during a dry spell described by another as the worst since the millennium drought.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia

Women’s health a 'national priority' as budget unveils $793m investment

The changes included may save some women "thousands of dollars across their lifetimes", according to budget documents.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia

Taiwan to hold civil defence drill to put emergency responses to the test

Exercise will take place in the southern city of Tainan on Thursday to prepare the public for military conflict and natural disasters.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post

Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid

Most dental diseases are preventable – if you look after your teeth and mouth.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia)

Georgia: Drop Repressive ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill

Click to expand Image Protesters march in front of Georgia’s parliament in Tbilisi, calling for the release of other protestors, whose images they display on posters, March 7, 2025, 2025 Sebastien Canaud/NurPhoto via AP (Berlin, March 26, 2025) – TheGeorgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as “foreign agents,” Human...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch

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Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe

Gauteng education department taken to court over special needs learners

Pupils at Filadelfia Secondary School have reported neglect and sexual harassment, but the provincial department has failed to intervene

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Mail & Guardian Africa