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Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Chris Bowen says Labor will increase size of its main climate and energy program by 25% to capitalise on falling cost of solar panels and batteriesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government will substantially expand a renewable energy underwriting scheme as it aims to capitalise on the falling cost of solar panels and...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:New Zealanders have often been frustrated with crucial economic decisions being made using months’-old data. A new tool is starting to bridge that gap.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:The Thai army has accused its Cambodian counterpart of violating the ceasefire, which was intended to end a fierce five-day border conflict.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:The 73-year-old has become the first Colombian president to be convicted of a crime.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Japan’s warning wasn’t triggered by a government audit or diplomatic scandal. It came because a citizen saw concerning social media posts and decided to act.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:What led to the flare-up of the long-running dispute between the two Southeast Asian neighbors?
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:One in five Australians’ pay – especially for casuals, part-timers, women and younger workers – would be affected by Labor’s move on penalty rates and overtime.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:A coroner finds Donald Ward's death following an abandoned police pursuit in Karratha in 2023 was an accident, with attending police and paramedics bearing no responsibility.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Midtown skyscraper’s tenants include private equity giant, the NFL and KPMG
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Senate Democrats received a massive shot in the arm on Monday as former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) announced he is a go for the state’s high-stakes Senate race, delivering the party its biggest recruiting victory of the cycle and the hope that it could lead to more in the coming months. Speculation surrounding...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the trade deal negotiated between the United States and the European Union over the weekend, calling it “fake.” The trade deal sets tariffs on European goods at 15 percent, half the rate that Trump had previously threatened on the continent. In exchange, the EU has pledged to buy...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Commitment by APG towards solar and battery projects will boost Australia’s efforts to move away from fossil fuels
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa stated at the UN on Monday that Palestine is ready to welcome an international Arab “support force” to bring stability and guarantee a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. RELATED: Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Gaza: Over 147 Dead from Starvation and Malnutrition Since October 2023 “The State of Palestine is ready […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Potential acquisition displaces earlier agreement to merge with competitor Flowserve
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:A new study shows large language models find it much harder to understand the nuances of Indian, British and Australian English.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:During last October's election campaign, Premier David Crisafulli promised to resign from the top job if there were not fewer victims of crime by the end the term.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Analysts dismiss plan but executives welcome sign of more support for fossil fuel exports
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:The uncertainty around the paused tariffs has led to massive layoffs in Lesotho's textile industry.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he is working to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which is aimed at compensating people who have been injured by vaccines. “The VICP is broken, and I intend to fix it. I will not allow the VICP to continue to ignore its...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:More than 100 healthcare workers in Boston protest medical organisation's silence on Gaza More than 100 doctors and medical staff lobbied outside the Boston Medical Complex on Friday for the largest medical organization in the USA to oppose the “genocide” unfolding in Gaza. Healthcare Workers for Palestine and the Committee of Interns and Residents’ (CIR) local union chapter were among those campaigning for the...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Researchers believe more students will chase a career in tech if they get hands-on experience at school. They are giving students coding classes, electronic tablets and remote cars to spark an interest in STEM.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:When a German physicist returned from a health retreat 100 years ago, his ideas sparked a debate about reality, and gave rise to quantum mechanics — the "spooky" science of the very small.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Click to expand Image A family who fled from Buthidaung, Myanmar, at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, June 25, 2024. 2024 Mohammad Ponir (Bangkok) – The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group inMyanmar’s western Rakhine State, has imposed severe restrictions and committed grave abuses against the ethnicRohingya population, Human Rights Watch said today.The Arakan Army’s territorial gains in the state have been...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton — who played a key role in her team's Euro 2025 final win over Spain — pays tribute to her late grandfather.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer says she has not asked for anything from the US government in exchange for her new testimony about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but she would "welcome any relief".
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:President Trump urged action to get more food into Gaza as the real threat of starvation stalks tens of thousands of Palestinians. Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu must "make sure they get the food." Deema Zein reports.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Trade agreement receives mixed reaction in Europe.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Republicans are quietly moving to kill proposed regulations for PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge that is spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers across the country, destroyed their livelihoods and contaminated food and water supplies. The Biden administration in its final days issued a draft health risk assessment level for some PFAS in […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:In our news wrap Monday, President Trump said he's giving Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 more days to reach a deal to end the Ukraine war, a judge blocked a Trump administration effort to defund Planned Parenthood, a suspect is in custody after two people were killed outside a casino in Reno and authorities are investigating an incident in which passengers had to evacuate a burning plane in Denver.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Jorge Rodríguez, head of the VEN25+ Campaign Command, reported that the Great Patriotic Pole Simón Bolívar (GPPSB) won 285 out of the 335 mayoralties contested, representing 85% of the total. RELATED: Venezuelans Commemorate 71st Anniversary of Commander Chavez’s Birth On Monday, July 28, in statements to the press, Jorge Rodríguez provided detailed results of the […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Europe agrees to buy U.S. energy The European Union will purchase $750 billion worth of energy from the U.S. as part of the deal, President Trump announced over the weekend. Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press The trade deal, announced Sunday, sets tariffs at 15...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:The announcement of the U.S.-European trade deal marks an important moment in President Trump’s larger battles over tariffs and trade. But it’s generating mixed reactions in Europe and in the U.S. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Jovita Neliupšienė, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:President Trump will conclude his four-day trip to his ancestral homeland of Scotland on Tuesday. The final engagement on Trump’s official schedule before his return is the opening of a new golf course, in memory of his late mother, in Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland. That’s a fitting conclusion to a trip that...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice cream factory and the operations next door to find out how it works.
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