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โIf I didnโt have kids, I am deadโ: Jasmineโs dreams turned into nightmare six weeks after arriving in Australia
Migrants and refugee women who experience domestic violence face major hurdles to get help. One centre in NSW is trying to change thatAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJasmine* arrived in Australia two years ago expecting to marry the partner who brought her here. After six weeks, โthings changed drasticallyโ.โHe started to abuse me, abuse my...
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Australiaโs wage growth remains solid. But now the recovery needs to be sustained | Greg Jericho
The government must not let up on policies which enable workers to bargain for decent pay risesAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor swept to victory on 3 May after a campaign dominated by concerns about the cost of...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Fossil footprints found in Australia the oldest evidence of amniotes โ video
Fossilisedfootprintsfound in Australia provide the oldest evidence for reptiles on Earth, a discovery that suggests the group evolved in the southern rather than the northern hemisphere, and some 35-40 million years earlier than thought. A 35cm trackway of clawedfootprintsfound in sandstone on Taungurung country, near Mansfield in eastern Victoria, have been dated to between 354 and 358m years old in a paper published...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Richard Di Nataleโs advice for the next Greens leader โ podcast
The Greens were on a high โ until they werenโt. This election left the minor party almost entirely wiped out in the House of Representatives and without its leader Adam Bandt.Before a vote on who will take the party forward, the former Greens leader Richard Di Natale speaks to Nour Haydar on what lessons can be learned from the election result and where to now for the minor partyYou can support the Guardian at...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:The Greens are about to choose a new leader. Hereโs how it works โ and who could be Adam Bandtโs successor
Sarah Hanson-Young, Larissa Waters and Mehreen Faruqi among possible successors after Bandtโs shock loss in MelbourneAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens will choose a new leader after Adam Bandt unexpectedly...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Prestige vs progress: what stops Chinaโs researchers from chasing big new ideas?
Bogged down by an incentive system favouring titles over innovation, young scientists struggle for academic support amid Beijingโs self-reliance push.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Around 90 percent of Gaza families facing severe water shortages
Around 90 percent of Gaza families facing severe water shortages Around 90 percent of families in Gaza are facing severe water shortages amid widespread destruction of infrastructure, Wafa news agency is reporting citing medical sources. According to the sources, 25 percent of water samples taken in the Strip are contaminated, promoting the spread of disease in the enclave. They further noted that, with soaring summer...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:UN Security Council Should Commit to People with Disabilities
Click to expand Image A doctor adjusts the cover on the amputated leg of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl at the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center in GazaCity, February 26, 2025. 2025 Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo As the United Nations Security Council prepares for Protection of Civilians Week 2025 on May 19-23, when many stakeholders gather to advance ways to protect civilians in armed conflict, UN member states should...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:US overdose deaths fall 27% last year in largest one-year drop ever
Last yearโs drop was the largest one-year decline ever recorded, with the previous biggest one-year drop of 4 per cent in 2018.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Rabbis call on UK to step up pressure on Israel to end Gaza blockade
Rabbis call on UK to step up pressure on Israel to end Gaza blockade Submitted by Simon Hooper on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:46 Prominent Jewish religious leaders call for 'an end to starvation in Gaza' and accuse Israeli government of using denial of food and aid as a 'tool of warfare' Palestinians queue for a hot meal at a kitchen run by the UN's World Food Programme at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza in April...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Starmer calls Israeli blockade 'intolerable' but dodges call to recognise Palestine
Starmer calls Israeli blockade 'intolerable' but dodges call to recognise Palestine BritishPrime Minister Keir Starmer has called theIsraeliblockade on Gaza "intolerable" and said his government is working towards a two-state solution. Starmer made the remarks in response to a question in parliament by Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, who said: "For more than ten weeks Israeli forces have blocked food, water and...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:China denounces US-Israeli plan for Gaza aid distribution
China denounces US-Israeli plan for Gaza aid distribution China's UN envoy has weighed in on the US-Israeli plan for Gaza's aid distribution, and demanded that Israel "fulfil its obligations as the occupying power under international humanitarian law by immediately lifting the blockade and restoring full access to supplies". Addressing the UN Security Council, Fu Cong said that Gaza "has become a living hell," noting...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:'Electrocuted, decapitated': Migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia revealed in HRW report
'Electrocuted, decapitated': Migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia revealed in HRW report Submitted by Sally Abou AlJoud on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 13:03 Rights group criticises Fifa for awarding Riyadh the 2034 World Cup hosting rights without requiring enforceable labour protections Social activists form a human chain to protest for Bangladeshi female migrant workers who are facing abuse by employers in Saudi Arabia, in...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Toy group VTech to move production out of China despite tariff reprieve
Hong Kong-based group pushes ahead with plan to shift US-bound production and warns US consumers face higher prices
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Uruguayans Accompany Pepe Mujicaโs Funeral Procession
He died at the age of 89, one year after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his esophagus. On Wednesday, thousands of Uruguayans accompanied the funeral procession of former President Jose โPepeโ Mujica, which departed from the Executive Tower in Montevideo and made its way to the Legislative Palace, where his remains will lie [โฆ]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Commission unveils major plan to simplify EUโs agricultural rulebook
New tweaks to EU farming rules could potentially save farmers up to 1.58 billion annually, according to Commission estimates, but continue a trend toward making the EUโs green farming architecture more flexible.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:RECOMMENDED โ The US plans to lift onerous, long-standing sanctions on Syria. Will its destroyed economy finally be able to recover?
Trump's move to lift sanctions has sparked jubilation in Damascus, but can curbs on the war-torn nation be swiftly eased to aid economic reconstruction?
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Syria poised for investment boom as US sanctions eased
Trump's move to lift sanctions has sparked jubilation in Damascus, but can curbs on the war-torn nation be swiftly eased to aid economic reconstruction?
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Mount Athos monastery home to diverse Orthodox community
Perched on a cliffside above the Aegean Sea, the Monastery of Simonos Petra is home to one of Orthodoxyโs most diverse monastic communities.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:EU announces top lawyerโs departure on same day as โPfizergateโ ruling
Daniel Calleja Crespo will take on a new role in Madrid after four decades in Brussels.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Booking your summer holiday? These destinations cost up to 17 per cent less to fly to this year
Choosing the right dates to travel over summer can also save you hundreds.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Military rulers in Mali dissolve all political parties
All political meetings have also been banned as the junta intensifies its grip on power.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Exceptionally low river levels raise fears over water supplies
The warning comes after some parts of the UK had the driest Spring in nearly a century.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:The wealthy can't find enough people to manage their money. Here's why
The talent crunch is not just owed to a lack of qualified candidates โ it's also selectivity on the part of family offices.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Why the China-US Trade War Truce Wonโt Last
The May 12 announcement is best viewed as a truce that does not shift the underlying structural reality: the U.S. and China are locked into a long-term cycle of escalating strategic competition.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Western carmakers risk wipeout in China, warns Jeep owner Stellantis
Maxime Picat, one of two internal candidates for next group CEO, โshockedโ at foreign groupsโ loss of market share
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:FIFA Congress: Infantino, Trump and Saudi Arabia
With no presidential election and no World Cup to be awarded, the agenda of the FIFA Congress appears unspectacular. Still, Donald Trump's policies and the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia are causing controversy.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:How EV subsidies are taking the UK back to the 1970s
A cautionary tale about good intentions messing up the tax system
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Did the US flinch first in tariff war with China?
A high-stakes game of chicken has come to an end for 90 days, as both China and the US claim the upper hand.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Migrants who arrived in UK after 2020 face five more years on settlement path
Governmentโs migration crackdown set to double default period for those pursuing potential pathway to citizenship
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Europe โlaggingโ behind on human rights by not recognising right to healthy environment, experts say
There is now a robust legal framework to tackle serious environmental crimes, but experts say the Council of Europe missed a chance to protect human rights.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen weighs the costs of speaking against injustice
The Pulitzer Prize winner argues in his new book that it is essential for art 'to confront what's happening right now'.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Africa: No, Eating a Salted Apple Doesn't Give 'Instant Headache Relief' - and Too Much Salt Can Be Harmful
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A video shared on Facebook claims that cutting an apple in half, sprinkling it with salt, and eating it provides instant headache relief. But there is no scientific evidence to support this, and eating too much salt may be harmful to your health.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:China, US sign duelling deals after agreeing to trade war truce
Following their tariff reductions, China and the US have unveiled major investments โ Beijing in Brazil and Washington in the Middle East.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Tanzania: No Evidence Video Shows Fulani Boy Eating Human Arm, Most Likely From Tanzania and Baboon Meat
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Some Facebook users have posted a video with the claim it shows a young Fulani boy eating a human arm. But there's no evidence the boy is Fulani or that the meat isn't monkey, most likely baboon.
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