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Slovakia approves sale of brown bear meat to public
Brown bears are a protected EU species but the government has launched a cull after recent attacks.
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China and tariffs have wiped off $130 billion from critical chip firm ASML since peak value
ASML, like many chip firms, has been hit by restrictions on exports to China and U.S. tariff uncertainty.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Beyond Grant Capital: What the Buen Vivir Fund Experience Teaches Us
The Buen Vivir Fund received global acclaim but closed unexpectedly. Two years after its closure, its learnings and ethos continue to live on as a new fund is formed.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Germany moves to suspend refugees' family reunification
The new German government has agreed to stop family members of refugees with subsidiary protection status from moving to Germany. The controversial move will affect Syrian families in particular.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Serhiy Nigoyan — First victim of the Ukrainian revolution
Serhiy Nigoyan’s name is hardly known outside Ukraine, but the 20-year-old is celebrated in a mural in the capital, Kyiv, and in Ukrainian songs, while the country’s leaders laid flowers at the Hrushevskoho Street memorial on the anniversary of his killing on 20 January 2014.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:36 MEPs demand end of Israel trade agreement now to stop the Gaza genocide
Since World War II, no genocide has been so well-documented, yet so long ignored by Western powers. Denouncing the EU-Israel trade agreement is a decisive step in confronting the far-right Israeli government. But this step, alone, will not be enough to alter the course of Israeli authorities, warn MEPs from the Left, the Greens, and the S&D.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:View from the Hill: Liberals and Nationals patch things up and announce a shadow ministry
As the Coalition re-forms, tensions are still running high in the Nationals.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:A Transco Pipeline Plan to Boost Gas in Five States Would Sharply Increase Air Pollution in N.C. Towns
Two compressor stations along Transco’s natural gas pipeline in North Carolina would emit more than 935,000 tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases each year, state records show. The expansion would also contaminate nearby communities with harmful air pollutants up to 350 percent over current levels. Transco, a division of the Houston-based group Williams, plans to increase […]
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Coalition unveils new frontbench as Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says some decisions not merit-based
Sussan Ley and David Littleproud announce shadow ministry after resolving brief splitWho’s in and who’s out: Sussan Ley’s new Coalition frontbenchLiberals and Nationals reach agreement to reunite CoalitionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe senior Liberal Jane Hume has been dumped to the backbench and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been demoted from shadow cabinet as Sussan Ley and David...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Researchers Turn to AI to Help Diagnose Children’s Speech Disorders
In some parts of the country, speech language pathologists are scarce, even as more children need support with verbal communication. Researchers are ...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:'Wedding bomb' murderer gets life sentence in India
The bomb, disguised as a wedding gift killed a software engineer and his great aunt just days after his wedding in 2018.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Who’s in and who’s out: key takeaways from Sussan Ley’s newly unveiled Coalition frontbench
Several moderate Liberals and key Ley supporters have been catapulted into the shadow ministryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter a dramatic breakup, the Coalition is back together – and the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, has announced who’s made it into her inner circle.There are plenty of winners and losers, including several moderate members and key Ley supporters catapulted to the...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source: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: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: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 ‘prepared’ for other nations to sanction Israel – as it happened
This blog is now closedAlbanese says ‘we follow our own path’ 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 ‘scared’ about Australia’s research capacity – 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 Karratha’s large gas plant. Australia’s 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 Apple’s bow to China
Tim Cook may run the world’s most valuable company, Apple, but let’s stop pretending he’s ever done anything genuinely revolutionary. The man is an efficient operator, a disciplined executor, a logistics wizard. But when it comes to vision—the kind that reshapes reality and bends the future to its will—Cook falls short. He’s a caretaker. A […] The post Tim Cook paying the price for Apple’s bow to China appeared first...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Suspected Taiwanese Trafficking Victims Caught in Cambodia’s ‘Deficient’ Scam Crackdown
The recent deportation of around 180 Taiwanese nationals to China highlights the closeness of Cambodia-China relations – and the shortcomings of Phnom Penh’s anti-fraud campaign.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Raining one week, dusty the next – 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 Australia’s 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 — Europe’s insecurity and delusion about Africa
Guinea Bissau economist and former African Union advisor Carlos Lopes has seen the so-called “partnership of equals” 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 China’s 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 – 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 boss’s attacks on my generation are blatant scapegoating – and we see straight through them | Hannah Ferguson
Meg O’Neill’s comments that young people are ‘ideological’ 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 podcastYou’re likely familiar with the term “carbon footprint”, which measures an individual’s environmental impact. The concept communicates to consumers...
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