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Polish presidential election: Candidates neck and neck
With only days to go until the runoff in Poland's presidential election, candidates Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki are vying for the support of undecided voters.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:
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Poland's presidential election sees candidates neck and neck
With only days to go until the runoff in Poland's presidential election, candidates Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki are vying for the support of undecided voters.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Germany updates: Cabinet approves family reunification curbs
The German Cabinet has approved a proposal by Interior Minister Dobrindt on curbing migrants' rights to bring relatives to Germany. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is visiting Berlin.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Husic says Australia should be โpreparedโ for other nations to sanction Israel โ as it happened
This blog is now closedAlbanese says โwe follow our own pathโ after UK, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions over GazaJacinta Nampijinpa Price demoted from shadow cabinet, Jane Hume dumped as Coalition unveils new frontbenchGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie has insisted her party never made free votes for cabinet members a condition of...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Watching from above: Surveillance in Cape Town
As Cape Town continues its investment in digital security infrastructure, the challenge lies in balancing innovation with accountability, and enforcement with the protection of fundamental rights
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Digital trust at risk: Are municipalities able to protect our personal data?
Residents deserve to know that the information shared with their municipality is securely stored and will not be leaked, sold or weaponised
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Japan's bond market ignites fears of outflows from U.S., carry trade unwind and market turmoil
Higher Japan government bond yields could spark a wave of capital repatriation with Japanese investors pulling funds from the U.S.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt is โscaredโ about Australiaโs research capacity โ this is why
In an uncertain world, Australia is spending about 1.7% of its Gross Domestic Product on research and development. The OECD average is 2.7%.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Green light for gas: North West Shelf gas plant cleared to run until 2070
Environmental and First Nations groups have campaigned against extending Karrathaโs large gas plant. Australiaโs new environment minister just approved it.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:European businesses have never been this gloomy about China
An annual survey of European companies in China found record lows across several metrics due to slower growth and geopolitical worries.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Tim Cook paying the price for Appleโs bow to China
Tim Cook may run the worldโs most valuable company, Apple, but letโs stop pretending heโs ever done anything genuinely revolutionary. The man is an efficient operator, a disciplined executor, a logistics wizard. But when it comes to visionโthe kind that reshapes reality and bends the future to its willโCook falls short. Heโs a caretaker. A [โฆ] The post Tim Cook paying the price for Appleโs bow to China appeared first...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Suspected Taiwanese Trafficking Victims Caught in Cambodiaโs โDeficientโ Scam Crackdown
The recent deportation of around 180 Taiwanese nationals to China highlights the closeness of Cambodia-China relations โ and the shortcomings of Phnom Penhโs anti-fraud campaign.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Raining one week, dusty the next โ how did a dust storm make it all the way to rainy Sydney?
Satellite images show how a dust storm from drought-affected SA travelled across to Sydney. New research seeks to improve Australiaโs understanding of dust storms.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australia has elected its youngest senator. With Gen Z wielding more political power, is it a sign of things to come?
21-year-old Charlotte Walker has made history. With huge challenges facing young people, better youth representation in politics is just what we need.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: What chip shortage? 10 questions with AI startup unfazed by U.S.-China tensions
Hearing about artificial intelligence from inside Chinese business paints a very different picture of the tech than popularly understood.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:EU Commission President Receives Award for Green Deal Laws She is Undoing
Click to expand Image European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives to attend a meeting with leaders of the European chemical industry at EU headquarters in Brussels, May 12, 2025. 2025 Nicolas Tucat/AP Photo In June 2024, the EUadopted a groundbreaking law requiring large companies to respect human rights and the environment throughout their global value chains. It also introduced new plans to limit CO2...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Orban accused of using Ukraine spy row in fight for political survival
Relations between war-torn Ukraine and its Nato neighbour Hungary plummet to a new low.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as trade war bites
US-listed shares of PDD Holdings fell over 13% on Tuesday as the firm said its profit had almost halved.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Carlos Lopes โ Europeโs insecurity and delusion about Africa
Guinea Bissau economist and former African Union advisor Carlos Lopes has seen the so-called โpartnership of equalsโ touted by Brussels flounder on a desire to open up market access for European countries, rather than help Africa industrialise.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australia must not become complacent to Chinaโs aggression in the South China Sea
History teaches that once coercion goes unchecked, it tends to escalate. Any disruption to our seaborne supply lines is a major risk.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Crowds overrun US-backed group's new aid distribution site in Gaza
Videos show people walking over torn-down fences at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's site in Rafah.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:A major decision on a Woodside gas plant's future hinges on WA rock art โ video
Unless something extraordinary happens, Labor's new environment minister, Murray Watt, looks set to extend the life of a huge Woodside gas plant in Western Australia.The decision hinges on the impact of the plant's continued operation on Murujuga rock art. A summary of an 800-page rock art monitoring report, released by the WA government, suggested concerns were overblown. However Adam Morton, Guardian Australia's...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:The Woodside bossโs attacks on my generation are blatant scapegoating โ and we see straight through them | Hannah Ferguson
Meg OโNeillโs comments that young people are โideologicalโ about fossil fuels while ordering from Temu are a blatant attempt to shift responsibility away from her industryAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYouโre likely familiar with the term โcarbon footprintโ, which measures an individualโs environmental impact. The concept communicates to consumers...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Trump Warns Netanyahu Against Sabotaging Iran Nuclear Talks
The Trump administration has expressed concerns that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu could disrupt the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, potentially causing instability in the Middle East. Related: Ireland Moves to Ban Israeli Products from Occupied Palestinian Territories: A Bold Stand Against Imperialism Amid sensitive negotiations between Washington and Tehran to revive the Iranian nuclear program, [โฆ]
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvรกn Gil Denounces Ecuadorโs Travel Warning as โRidiculousโ and Subservient to U.S. Interests
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvรกn Gil sharply criticizes Ecuadorโs travel advisory against Venezuela, calling it a โridiculousโ move influenced by U.S. imperialism, while reaffirming Venezuelaโs sovereignty and condemning U.S. human rights abuses. Related: Venezuela Issues Travel Alert for the United States, Denouncing Systematic Persecution of Venezuelan Citizens on US Soil On May 27, 2025, Venezuelaโs Foreign [โฆ]
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:This rare alpine frog is fighting against a lethal fungus โ by breeding faster and faster
Infected male alpine tree frogs set about fathering far more offspring, helping avoid extinction in the wild โ for now.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Australians remain deeply sceptical about the value of private healthcare โ itโs time for radical reform | Anthony Scott
Healthscopeโs collapse is a โcanary in the coalmineโ moment for the embattled sectorThe viability of private healthcare in Australia has been thrown into doubt after Brookfieldโs decision to place Healthscope, the operator of 37 private hospitals, into receivership. After months of acrimonious negotiations with private health insurers and a failed search for buyers, the global investment firm has walked away. This is a...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:ASEAN Holds First Trilateral Summit With China, Gulf States
Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim said there are โvast opportunities" for closer economic cooperation amid the uncertainties attending the shift in U.S. trade policy.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Russia Drafts Peace Memorandum for Ukraine Conflict, Urges Kyiv to Respond
Russia advances a draft memorandum proposing a ceasefire and peace treaty with Ukraine, calling on Kyiv to reciprocate and engage in dialogue to end the ongoing conflict. Related: Russian Navy Launches Baltic Sea Drills Amid Rising NATO Tensions Russia is actively developing a draft memorandum aimed at establishing a future peace treaty with Ukraine, Russian [โฆ]
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:โNot a saintโ: Florence Nightingale, heroic founder of modern nursing, is humanised in a new novel
Laura Elveryโs novel, Nightingale, invites us to see the legendary nurse not as a symbol, but as a person shaped by illness, desire, pain and time.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Breaking: Coalition gets back together after week-long split
The Liberal and National parties have struck a deal to reunify, a week after the Coalition's extraordinary split in the wake of a ruinous election defeat.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Homicide probe underway after man found dead in Gold Coast hotel room
An autopsy found the 35-year-old man suffered head and internal injuries.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:This WA beach looks pristine until you scratch the surface
A remote beach in WA offers a glimpse into the severity of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Trump warns Putin he is 'playing with fire' over Ukraine
US president President Donald has become increasingly frustrated with his Russian counterpart over his actions in Ukraine, lashing out at him for the second time this week.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Maryland Advocates Call for Penalties on Washington Gas After Ruling on False Environmental Claims
Advocates are ramping up pressure on the Maryland Public Service Commission to penalize Washington Gas Light Company following a March ruling which found that the company misled millions of customers by claiming methane gas was better for the environment than electricity. The ruling by Utility Law Judge Ryan McLean found that Washington Gasโs marketing statements [โฆ]
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